2022 Canopus Awards Finalists
Finalists for the 100 Year Starship (100YSS) 2022 Canopus Awards for Excellence in Interstellar Writing have been announced. Canopus recognizes “the finest fiction and non-fiction works that expand our understanding of the challenges, opportunities, pitfalls, and rewards of interstellar space exploration.”
Published Long-Form Fiction (40,000 words or more)
- Sweep of Stars, Maurice Broaddus (Tor)
- Escaping Exodus, Nicky Drayden (HarperVoyager)
- Light Chaser, Peter F. Hamilton and Garth L. Powell (Tor)
- Sentient, Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Hernandez Walta (TKO)
- Braking Day, Adam Oyebanji (DAW)
- Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir (Ballantine)
Published Short-Form Fiction (between 1,000 and 40,000 words)
- “The Hind”, Kevin J. Anderson and Rick Wilber (Asimov’s Science Fiction 11-12/20)
- “Generations”, Osahon Ize-Iyamu (Bikes Not Rockets)
- “A Sun Will Always Sing”, Karin Lowachee (TheVerge.com 2/19)
- “Tau Ceti Said What?”, Jack McDevitt (Asimov’s Science Fiction 11-12/21)
- “Verisya”, Mari Ness (Daily Science Fiction 7/22)
- “Repairs at the Beijing West Space Elevator”, Alex Shvartsman (Analog Science Fiction & Fact 5-6/19)
- “Drift-Flux”, Wole Talabi (AfroSFv3)
Published Long-Form Nonfiction (between 1,000 and 40,000 words)
- A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars, Les Johnson (Princeton University)
- Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb (Mariner)
- Starship Citizens: Indigenous Principles for 100 Year Interstellar Voyages, Dawn Marsden (Wood Lake)
- Imagined Life, James Trefil and Michael Summers (Smithsonian)
- The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility, Robert Zubrin (Prometheus)
Published Short Form Nonfiction
- “Joining the ‘Galactic Club’: What Price Admission? A Hypothetical Case Study of the Impact of Human Rights on a Future Accession of Humanity to Interstellar Civilization Networks”, Michael Bohlander (Futures 2021)
- “Artificial Intelligence for Interstellar Travel”, Andreas M. Hein and Stephen Baxter (Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 2018)
- “Navigation and Star Identification for an Interstellar Mission”, Paul McKee, Jacob Kowalski, and John A. Christian (Acta Astronautica 2022)
- “Language Development During Interstellar Travel”, Alex McKenzie and J. Punske (Acta Futura 2020)
- “Migrating Extraterrestrial Civilizations and Interstellar Colonization: Implications for SETI and SETA”, Irina K. Romanovskaya (International Journal of Astrobiology 2022)
Published Digital Presentation
- Space Haven, Bugbyte LTD
- The Outer Worlds, Obsidian Entertainment
- Ixion, Bulwark Studios
- Colony Ship, Iron Tower Studio
- The Sights of Space: A Voyage to Alien Worlds, MelodySheep
- The Fermi Paradox, Anomaly Games
Original Short Form Fiction
- “The Living Archaeologist”, Jamiella Brooks
- “The Interlopers”, Robert Buckalew
- “We Should Have Guessed”, Terry Franklin
- “Tess 16201c”, Faith Guptill
- “Ortygia”, Scott Jessop
Original Local Short Form Fiction
- “Space Frenemies”, Oluwatoyin Magbagbeola
- “One More Chance”, Chioma Mildred Okonkwo
- “Incubation”, Amadin Ogbewe
- “Gumbojena”, Chioniso Tsikisayi
Winners will be presented with award sculptures made of optical crystal on February 2, 2023 during the 100YSS Nexus held in Nairobi, Kenya.
For more information about 100 Year Starship and the Canopus Awards, see their official website.
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