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Gunn Professorship in Science Fiction Kij Johnson Wins both the Hugo and Nebula Awards James Gunn's Ad Astra Journal Sheila Williams Asimov's Essays on CSSF Theodore Sturgeon Papers Donated to SF Library Collection Call for Applicants : AboutSF Webmaster Summer 2011 SF Workshop and Teaching Institute News: Summer writing workshop deadline approaches! Literature course now accepting applications. Campbell Conference 2011: "Alternating Currents: Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon" Thanks to all who attended! -- Conferences and Awards Gunn Center Conference and Awards Sturgeon Award Campbell and Sturgeon Trophies Gunn Award Hall of Fame Scholarships in SF Studies Science Fiction in Lawrence CSSF Staff Educational Program Lawrence SF Club Lawrence Area Activities and Museums Resources and Multimedia A Basic Science Fiction Library SF Websites and Other Resources SF Essays and Articles Sturgeon Collection CSSF Research Resources CSSF Research Center SF Multimedia James Gunn James Gunn's Biography Essays by James Gunn James Gunn Keynote Talk on Asimov New Book by James Gunn: Reading Science Fiction James Gunn Named Grand Master! Other CSSF Links Essays and Speeches CSSF History CSSF Blog Youth Program Donate and Volunteer View the Site Map Diversity Statement Welcome to the Gunn at the University of Kansas , a safe space for inquiry into, education about, and celebration of the genre. This site provides a wealth of information and informed commentary about science fiction and the Center's programs, including awards, course syllabi, writing resources, and much more. The best current site, without question, is that sponsored by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas. It contains a treasure of information and links to other resources. It is the one place to start for anyone seeking information about teaching science fiction. - Dennis M. Kratz, ANATOMY OF WONDER News Congratulations to the 2019 winners of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award ! ( press release here ) Thanks to all who attended the 2019 Gunn Center Conference and Awards , June 28-30 . This year's theme was, " Gender, Sexuality, Race, Class, Love, Empathy, and Style in Science Fiction: The Legacies of Theodore Sturgeon ." Fantastic discussions, presentations, and guests! 2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalists ( pdf press release here ) 2019 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalists ( pdf press release here ) Center director Chris McKitterick wins the Analog Analytical Laboratory Readers' Award (AnLab) for best novelette for " Ashes of Exploding Suns, Monuments to Dust ." - Events Calendar -   -- Now taking applications for our five SF Summer Workshops and Intensive Institute on Science Fiction . -- Spring semester's Feminism+SciFi Forum (a joint venture with the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity) met monthly in the KU Memorial Union, KU Bookstore, Jayhawk Ink Lounge. We hope to continue the series in the fall! Participants analyze and discuss science and speculative fiction from an intersectional feminist perspective. You can also join the Facebook group for at-home participation. Science Fiction Summer program underway: Kij Johnson 's SF&F Novel Writing Workshop Apply in February for next summer's traditional and "Repeat Offenders" events. Chris McKitterick 's Spec-Fic Writing Workshop This year's special-guest author: Pat Cadigan . Apply in February for next summer's traditional and "Repeat Offenders" events. Tina Connolly 's Young-Adult Novel Writing Workshop Apply ASAP for this summer's event. -- Intensive Institute on Science Fiction: the SF Short Story Apply in February for next summer's event to reserve your spot and start reading. Scholarships in Science Fiction Studies at KU Thinking of attending SF Summer 2020? The Mark Bourne Speculative Fiction Writing Scholarship is again available. Apply if you have need. - Apply now! - -- Karen Hellekson talk: " Fandoms and Alternative Histories " Thursday, November 1 Facebook event page here . 2018 John W. Campbell Memorial Award winners and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winners announced . Our founder, James Gunn , released his 50th book in September! Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction . Book-release event Monday, Sept 24 . Gunn Center Conference 2018 - " The Posthuman and Science Fiction " - is a wrap! Many special scholar and author guests, including this year's Sturgeon and Campbell Award winners, joined us to celebrate SF in Lawrence, KS, June 22-24. Kij Johnson and Chris McKitterick taught a speculative-fiction writing Masterclass in Houston, TX, January 6-7, 2018. Click here to see the promo poster . Star-Begotten: A Life Lived in Science Fiction : James Gunn's memoir is now available! Book launch event Dec 1. More info here . Our own Kij Johnson wins the 2017 World Fantasy Award for The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe ! Congratulations, Kij! Full list of winners here . 2017 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winners and 2017 John W. Campbell Memorial Award winners announced . Gunn Center Conference 2017 - " Saving the World Through Science Fiction " - is a wrap! Many special guests joined us in Lawrence, KS, to celebrate James Gunn and SF, June 16-18. Center founding director James Gunn has been inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame . Congratulations, Jim! William S. Burroughs : KU Libraries acquire the last works of legendary author. The Spencer Research Library holds many authors' papers; see this page for more . - Recent talks - Gregory Benford : " Interplanetary Economics in the 21st Century " An Evening with Margaret Atwood : "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? The Arts, the Sciences, the Humanities, the Inhumanities, and the Non-Humanities. Zombies Thrown in Extra." David Brin : " The Dangerous Impudence of Speculative Fiction " John Symons : " What Can We Teach Our Posthuman Descendants? " Gary K Wolfe : " Asking the Next Question: Science Fiction and the Rational Imagination ."  -- Click here to see full-size poster Click to see Campbell Conference page for special guests, registration, and more . -- CSSF-ication of Galaxy magazine's December 1951 cover, art by Ed Emshwiller We're planning to continue our Feminism+SFF reading series collaboration with the Emily Taylor Center - click to see sample Facebook event . -- Celebrating Science Fiction Since 1969 Vision We are working to save the world through science fiction ! This is only partly hyperbole, as we believe that the more people have the opportunity to become educated about the core messages of science fiction, the better our world can be - and the better-prepared we are, as a species, to face the future. To help achieve this, we offer a comprehensive and ever-growing set of courses and other resources to serve SF students, educators, scholars, readers, and fans, and through collaboration extend the influence of the literature of change, ideas, and the human species to the world at large. " TThe most powerful works of SF don't descr...