Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award

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Area

America

Deadline

01 Feb 2021

Study level

Undergraduate

Opportunity type

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Opportunity funding

Full funding

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Eligible Region

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Applications call for Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award. Since its early days, science fiction has played a unique role in human civilization. It removes the limits of what is and shows us a boundless vista of what might be. Its fearless heroes, spectacular technologies and wondrous futures have inspired many people to make science, technology and space flight a real part of their lives and in doing so, have often transformed these fictions into reality. The National Space Society and Baen Books applaud the role that science fiction plays in advancing real science and have teamed up to sponsor this short fiction contest in memory of Jim Baen.

Contest Rules:

Here are some basic rules of the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award

Write a short story of no more than 8,000 words, that shows the near future (no more than about 50-60 years out) of manned space exploration.
No entry fee. But please only submit one story...your best one!
No reprints.
Entries can be from any country.

Submission:

E-mail submissions only. Send entries as .RTF attachments to:
baen.nss.contest@gmail.com

Please put the word SUBMISSION in the subject line when sending a contest entry and QUESTION in the subject line for questions to the contest administrator.

Please include the following in the body of your email:

The title of the work
The author's name, address and telephone number
An approximate word-count

Prizes :

The GRAND PRIZE winner will be published as the featured story on the Baen Books main website and paid at the normal paying rates for professional story submittals, currently .08/word. The author will also receive an engraved award, free entry into the 2021 International Space Development Conference, a year's membership in the National Space Society and a prize package containing various Baen Books and National Space Society merchandise.
SECOND and THIRD place winners will receive free entry into the 2021 International Space Development Conference, a year's membership in the National Space Society and a prize package containing various Baen Books merchandise.
The winners will be announced and notified no later than March 22, 2021. The winners will be honored at the 2021 International Space Development Conference in Los Angeles, California, May 27-May 30, 2021. (We would prefer the winner attend the conference, but it is not required.)

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