Announced at the Campbell Conference, held July 6–8 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, was the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best science fiction short story of 2006: "The Cartesian Theater" by Robert Charles Wilson, which was originally published in Futureshocks (Roc, 2006), ed. by Lou Anders, and reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year 2007 (Cosmos Books, 2007), ed. by Rich Horton.

Farthing by Jo Walton and Blindsight by Peter Watts tied for third place for the John W. Campbell Award for best science fiction novel of 2006. The winner was Titan by Ben Bova. Second place went to The Last Witchfinder by James Morrow.

Here's the story in SF Scope.

Blindsight is shortlisted for the 2007 Sunburst, while Farthing is a "Recommended Reading" choice.