Nominees for the 2007 Compton Crook Award, given by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society for the best first solo SF, fantasy or horror novel, have been announced. They're not up on the BSFS's home page for the award, but I trust Locus Online, who listed them first.

The nominees are:

• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
• Sojourn by Jana G. Oliver
• His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (also available in the SFBC omnibus Temeraire: In the Service of the King)
• The Skewed Throne by Joshua Palmatier

The winner will be announced at Balticon 41.