Baen Memorial Contest Winners

Baen Books has announced the winners of the 2015 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award:

  • Grand Prize: “We Fly,” Karen Birkedahl Rylander
  • 2nd Place: “A Metal Box Floating Between the Stars,” Jamie Lackey
  • 3rd Place: “Boomerang Zone,” Robert Dawson

The winning story will be featured on the Baen website. The author will be given an award, be paid “normal paying rates for professional story submittals,” and will receive free admission into the 2015 International Space Development Conference and a year’s membership in the National Space Society, as well as an assortment of Baen Books and National Space Society merchandise.

For more information, including the lists of past winners, see the official award webpage.