2023 Jim Baen Memorial Award Winner

Baen Books has announced the results of the 2023 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award:

  • Grand Prize: “The Insomniac”, Brad ZeigerLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy
  • First Runner-up: “High Risk”, Avery Parks
  • Second Runner-up:“Cronus”, J.M. Eno

The Grand Prize winner will be featured on the Baen website. The author will be given a trophy and paid professional rates.

Grand Prize, second, and third place winners each receive free admission into the 2023 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.

The winners will be honored during the International Space Development Conference, to be held May 25-28, 2023 in Frisco, Texas. Judges are Les Johnson and “Baen Books editors and authors, including Toni Weisskopf and William Ledbetter.”

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

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