The inaugural Mike Resnick Memorial Award for the best unpublished science fiction short story by a new writer was presented today at Dragon Con. The award is sponsored by Galaxy’s Edge (published by Arc Manor) and Dragon Con. (Result courtesy of Sean CW Korsgaard.)
Winner: Z. T. Bright: The Measure of a Mother’s Love
Second: Lucas Carroll-Garrett: Hive at the Dead Star
Third: Christopher Henckel: Echoes of Gelise
Runners-up:
- Shirley Song: Times, Needles, and Gravity
- Torion Oey: Feel
The first place winner receives a trophy, a cash award of $250 and has their story bought (at the magazine’s prevailing rate) by Galaxy’s Edge for publication in the magazine. The second place winner receives a prize of $100 and the third place winner a prize of $50.
The runners-ups will have their stories displayed on the Galaxy’s Edge website for a period of two-months.
The shortlist was judged by Nancy Kress, Sheree Renee Thomas, Jody Lynn Nye, Lois McMaster Bujold and William B. Fawcett.
Submissions for next year’s award are now being taken. The deadline to enter is April 15, 2022.
[Update 09/07/2021: Corrected second and third place finishers per Lezli Robyn.]