Rani Banjarian

Rani Banjarian, of Vanderbilt University, won the 2016 Dell Magazine Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy for his story “Lullabies in Arabic.”

He received an award of $500 dollars and was invited, all expenses paid, to the Conference on the Fantastic held in March. His winning story will be published by Asimov’s Science Fiction.

An excerpt of the story appears at Islam and Science Fiction.

The winner, runners-up, and honorable mentions were announced around the beginning of the year. But these things are always news to someone….

Winner

Rani Banjarian
Vanderbilt University
“Lullabies in Arabic”

First Runner-up

Eleanor Griggs
Grinnell College
“Nostos”

Second Runner-up

Laura Davia
Vanderbilt University
“Get Out of Here”

Third Runner-up

Eleanor Griggs
Grinnell College
“Wags”

Honorable Mention

Taimur Ahmad
Princeton University
“Green Tunnels”

Honorable Mention

Caighlan Smith
Memorial University of Newfoundland
“A Pest Most Fiendish”

Honorable Mention

Karen Aston
Kenyon College
“Thieves Gold”

Honorable Mention

Courtney Gilmore
Columbia College Chicago
“The Numbers Queen of Harlem