Though some of you already know, I’m still thrilled to announce that my short story “Low Arc” has won the Grand Prize in the 2014 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest.
The contest is sponsored by Baen books in conjunction with the National Space Society to celebrate the role science fiction plays in advancing science.
The brief is to write a short story that shows the near future (no more than about 50-60 years out) of manned space exploration. I stuck my guy on the moon, with an orbitting Orion capsule, and a busted up lander. And I got to use the very cool word “pericynthion” (which I learned during reading up and preparing the story).
So my next step is to get myself to L.A. in May to pick up the trophy, and, as part of the prize, attend the 2014 International Space Development Conference. Very excited.
Actually, it’s La Jolla, I believe, which is a lot closer to San Diego than to L.A. Congratulations, and take lots of notes!
Fantastic! Huge congrats. You’re steadily climbing the ladder to the top. Real happy for you, man.
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Congratulations Sean~!
Thanks everyone.
Congratulations! I look forward to reading it 🙂
Thank you.
Superb, I really enjoyed the story, had me hanging to the end, excellent.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks.