Ce prix fut créé en 1987, deux ans après la mort de Theodore Sturgeon, à l'initiative de James GUNN et avec l'accord de la famille de l'auteur disparu. Il récompense la meilleure nouvelle de SF parue durant l'année écoulée.
1987 | Survivre (Surviving) (MOFFETT Judith) | |
1988 | Rachel amoureuse (Rachel in love) (MURPHY Pat) | |
1989 | Le Chat de Shrödinger (Schrodinger's Kitten) (EFFINGER George Alec) | |
1990 | Le Bord du monde (The Edge of the World) (SWANWICK Michael) | |
1991 | Le Jour ou les ours ont découvert le feu (Bears Discover Fire) (BISSON Terry) | |
1992 | (Buffalo) (KESSEL John) | |
1993 | Photo de classe (This Year's Class Picture) (SIMMONS Dan) | |
1994 | Magie des renards (Fox Magic) (JOHNSON Kij) | |
1995 | Jour de pardon (Foregiveness Day) (LE GUIN Ursula K.) | |
1996 | (Jigoku no Mokoshiroku) (McDAID John G.) | |
1997 | Les Fleurs de la prison d'Aulite (The Flowers of Aulit Prison) (KRESS Nancy) | |
1998 | (House of Dreams) (FLYNN Michael A.) | |
1999 | L'Histoire de ta vie (Story of your Life) (CHIANG Ted) | |
2000 | (The Wedding Album) (MARUSEK David) | |
2001 | Tendeléo (Tendeleo's Story) (McDONALD Ian) | |
2002 | (The Chief Designer) (DUNCAN Andy) | |
2003 | Le Train noir (Over Yonder) (SHEPARD Lucius) | |
2004 | (The Empress of Mars) (BAKER Kage) | |
2005 | (Sergeant Chip) (DENTON Bradley) | |
2006 | Le Calorique (The Calorie Man) (BACIGALUPI Paolo) | |
2007 | Le Théâtre cartésien (The Cartesian Theater) (WILSON Robert Charles) | |
2008 | (Tideline) (BEAR Elizabeth) | |
(Finisterra) (MOLES David R.) ex-aequos | ||
2009 | (The Ray Gun: A Love Story) (GARDNER James Alan) | |
2010 | (Shambling Towards Hiroshima) (MORROW James) | |
2011 | Le Sultan des nuages (The Sultan of the Clouds) (LANDIS Geoffrey A.) | |
2012 | Le Choix (The Choice) (MCAULEY Paul J.) | |
2013 | (The Grinnell Method) (GLOSS Molly) | |
2014 | (In Joy, Knowing the Abyss) (PINSKER Sarah) | |
2015 | (The Man Who Sold the Moon) (DOCTOROW Cory) | |
2016 | (The Game of Smash and Recovery) (LINK Kelly) | |
2017 | (The Future is Blue) (VALENTE Catherynne M.) | |
2018 | (Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue) (ANDERS Charlie Jane) | |
2019 | (When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis) (NEWITZ Annalee) | |
2020 | (Waterlines) (PALMER Suzanne) |