The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best first novel of the year in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc, at their annual Baltimore-area science fiction convention, Balticon, held on Memorial Day weekend in the Baltimore, Maryland area each year. Awards have been presented since 1983. The award is also known as the Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award.

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  • The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best first novel of the year in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc, at their annual Baltimore-area science fiction convention, Balticon, held on Memorial Day weekend in the Baltimore, Maryland area each year. Awards have been presented since 1983. The award is also known as the Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award. BSFS has presented “The Compton Crook Award” each Balticon SM (since 1983) for “... the best first novel in the genre published during the previous year ... ”. The list of eligible books is published in the monthly newsletter so all club members will have a chance to read and vote. The winning author is invited to BalticonSM (BSFS pays transportation and lodging to attend two years), and presented with the cash award set at $1000.00 post 2005. Compton Crook, who used the nom de plume Stephen Tall, died in 1981. He was a long-time Baltimore resident, Towson University professor, and science fiction author.
  • Nagroda Comptona Crooka (ang. The Compton Crook Award) nagroda w dziedzinie fantastyki, przyznawana za najlepszy debiut powieściowy przez Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Stowarzyszenie przyznaje nagrodę na dorocznym konwencie, Balticonie, w weekend poprzedzający ostatni poniedziałek maja w Baltimore, Maryland. Nagroda narodziła się w 1983, a jej patronem jest Compton Crook, zmarły w 1981 profesor miejscowego Uniwersytetu Towsona oraz pisarz science fiction (publikujący pod pseudonimem Stephen Tall).
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  • The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best first novel of the year in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc, at their annual Baltimore-area science fiction convention, Balticon, held on Memorial Day weekend in the Baltimore, Maryland area each year. Awards have been presented since 1983. The award is also known as the Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award.
  • Nagroda Comptona Crooka (ang. The Compton Crook Award) nagroda w dziedzinie fantastyki, przyznawana za najlepszy debiut powieściowy przez Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Stowarzyszenie przyznaje nagrodę na dorocznym konwencie, Balticonie, w weekend poprzedzający ostatni poniedziałek maja w Baltimore, Maryland.
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