Menuge Wins XPRIZE Short Fiction Contest

“Dido’s Lament” by Aidan J.S. Menuge won the XPRIZE short fiction contest, chosen from over 1,400 entries from 74 countries. Menuge will receive a $10,000 prize package that includes round-trip airfare to Tokyo for the winner and a guest, four nights in a four-star hotel, $1,500 in spending money, a GoPro camera, a handheld universal translator, and honorary membership on the Science Fiction Advisory Council.

The contest was held with the aim of “envisioning a world transformed by exponential technologies and a global community of innovators.” To read the winning story, see the contest website.

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