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David Walton Wins Second Annual Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest |
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David Walton, of Pennsylvania, won the second annual Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest with a story titled "Letting Go". The Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest was designed to promote and reward forward thinking science fiction authors who write exciting and innovative stories about the near future of manned space exploration. Toni Weisskopf, publisher of Baen Books, said "I was also favorably impressed by the positive spirit toward space science and the future found in each story," she said. "Space development was one of Jim Baen's passions." "'Letting Go" will be published in Jim Baen's Universe magazine, and Mr. Walton will receive standard professional payment rates for the story," said JBU Editor in Chief, and best-selling novelist, Eric Flint, one of the three judges. The other two judges were Mike Resnick, renowned Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Executive Editor of Jim Baen's Universe magazine, and Baen Books Senior Editor, Hank Davis. First runner-up was "Skipping Stones" by Darwin Garrison of Fort Wayne, Indiana and second runner up was "Self Defence" by British writer Charlie Allery. Each of the three winners will receive a subscription to Jim Baen's Universe, a membership in the National Space Society, and assorted Baen and NSS merchandise. The awards will be presented by contest administrator and fellow science fiction writer, William Ledbetter at the 27th International Space Development Conference, in Washington D.C. on Saturday May 31st, 2008. ### About the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest The Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest is named for Jim Baen, founder of Baen Books and renowned science fiction editor. The contest seeks to provide incentives for new authors to write short speculative fiction. The winning entry is published in Jim Baen's Universe. The contest is a fitting memorial for Baen, who died in 2006, since he spent much of his career finding and grooming new writers. Among the authors he published first were Lois McMaster Bujold, Charles Sheffield, Eric Flint, David Weber and John Ringo. ### About Jim Baen's Universe magazine Jim Baen's Universe is the largest magazine of speculative fiction in the world. Running an average of over 100,000 words per issue, it is published electronically six times annually. It is published in web-based form at www.baensuniverse.com, and in multiple downloadable forms, such as Acrobat PDF, Palm and Mobipocket ebook format, Microsoft Reader, and RTF, all without encryption or digital rights management schemes. In its first year of publication, JBU received two Hugo nominations, one Locus Award nomination, and four of its stories were published in "year's best" ### ###
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