In Which I Win Third Place in the 2021 Jim Baen Memorial Contest

The final results of the Jim Baen Memorial Award have been announced and my story “Samba do Esapaço” was awarded third place!


Here are the winners:
FIRST PLACE “Salvage Judgement” by G. Scott Huggins

SECOND PLACE “Reaction Time” by C. Stuart Hardwick

THIRD PLACE (tied) “Samba do Espaço” by Gustavo Bondoni

THIRD PLACE (tied) “Love On The Ganymede Trail” by Kurt Pankau

Butterfly Blue – Locus Recommended Read

Very cool news today. In a review of the December issue of Future Science Fiction Digest, my story “Butterfly Blue” was not only praised, but actually became a Locus Recommended Read.

Am I becoming a critical darling all of a sudden? I have no way of knowing (I wouldn’t complain) but if you’d like to judge for yourself, here’s the link to both the review and the story itself.

If you happen to read it, please let me know what you think! Comments, good and bad, about my writing are always enormously appreciated ?

I’m a Finalist for the Jim Baen Memorial Award

Baen has announced the complete list of finalists for the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, and I’m one of the top ten finalists. Winner and the two runner-ups will be announced before the end of the month, so I’ll be on the edge of my seat until then.

Here’s the full list of finalists:

Gustavo Bondoni
Deborah L. Davitt
C. Stuart Hardwick
Scott Huggins
José Pablo Iriarte
William Paul Jones
Leigh Kimmel
Wendy Nikel
Kurt Pankau
Russell Pike

Link to the press release, here.