{"id":18583,"date":"2015-10-20T13:15:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T20:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=18583"},"modified":"2015-10-20T13:15:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T20:15:58","slug":"100-year-starship-celebrates-awarding-first-interstellar-writing-prize-during-science-fiction-stories-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/100-year-starship-celebrates-awarding-first-interstellar-writing-prize-during-science-fiction-stories-night","title":{"rendered":"100 Year Starship Celebrates Awarding First Interstellar Writing Prize during Science Fiction Stories Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Inaugural Canopus Award Winners to be Announced<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Award-winning authors and social and physical science experts will gather at <strong>Science Fiction Stories Night<\/strong> and honor winners of the first annual <strong>Canopus Awards <\/strong>for Interstellar Writing on Halloween Eve during 100 Year Starship\u2019s \u00ae (100YSS\u00ae) fourth annual public symposium in Silicon Valley from October 29-November 1, at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n<p>100 Year Starship\u00ae (100YSS\u00ae) is the independent, long-term global initiative led by former astronaut <strong>Dr. Mae Jemison<\/strong> to ensure the capability for human travel beyond our solar system exist within the next 100 years and the advances are applied to enhance life here on Earth every step of the way.<\/p>\n<p>Science fiction frequently leads to science fact. In fact, the extremes of scientific discovery today fuel the imagination and possibilities for science fiction writers tomorrow who catapult them into our collective realm of possibility with their stories. Join the discussion on Science Fiction Stories Night with awarding winning authors, including Nebula Award winner <strong>Pat Murphy<\/strong> (<em>The Falling Woman<\/em>, <em>Bones<\/em>, and <em>Points of Departure<\/em>); <strong>Juliette Wade<\/strong> (short fiction published in <em>Analog Magazine<\/em> and <em>Clarkesworld<\/em>); <strong>Brenda Cooper<\/strong> (<em>Edge of Dark<\/em> and <em>Beyond the Waterfall Door<\/em>); and, <strong>Jacob Weisman<\/strong>, publisher of Tachyon (titles have won the Nebula, Hugo, Sturgeon, Locus, Mythopoeic and World Fantasy Awards).<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 100YSS will announce the inaugural winners of its <strong>Canopus Awards for Excellence in Interstellar Writing\u2122. <\/strong>The awards recognize and highlight the importance of great story telling to propel the Interstellar movement. Winners will be named in the categories of \u201cPreviously Published Long-Form Fiction;\u201d \u201cPreviously Published Short-Form Fiction;\u201d \u201cOriginal Fiction;\u201d and, \u201cOriginal Non-Fiction.\u201d (See below for list of finalists.) <\/p>\n<p>With the timely theme of \u201cFinding Earth 2.0,\u201d the symposium invites the public to explore the game-changing processes required to indisputably find a planet outside our solar system capable of supporting Earth-evolved life. Symposium attendees will examine what specific capabilities and systems\u2014scientific, technical and societal\u2014will be needed and impacted over the next five to 25 years to definitively identify at least one Earth 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>A powerful four-day event, the symposium will feature experiences involving transdisciplinary approaches that require attendees to stretch their imaginations and appreciate today\u2019s cutting-edge technologies. They will be challenged to discuss and take action on thought-provoking frontiers of science, civilization, space, technology, society, music and art, both now and in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by the global 100YSS team, the 2015 Public Symposium will bring together experts, enthusiasts, students, celebrities, innovators, educators, and thought leaders from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Other participants include renown scientists, thinkers, artists, policy makers and celebrities like <strong>George Whitesides<\/strong>, CEO, Virgin Galactic; <strong>Mickey Fisher<\/strong>, Creator, <em>EXTANT<\/em>; <strong>Lou Friedman<\/strong>, Ph.D. astronomer and co-founder of the Planetary Society; <strong>Jill Tarter<\/strong>, Ph.D., co-founder of SETI Institute, astronomer and TED Prize winner; <strong>Mae Jemison<\/strong>, M.D., physician, engineer and entrepreneur; <strong>Hakeem Oluseyi<\/strong>, Ph.D., TED Fellow and Chief Science Officer, Discovery Channel; <strong>Amy Millman<\/strong>, CEO and co-founder Springboard Enterprises; <strong>Mmboneni Muofhe<\/strong>, Deputy Director, South African Department of Science and Technology; <strong>Pam Contag<\/strong>, Ph.D., CEO, Molecular Sciences Institute; <strong>Pete Worden<\/strong>, Ph.D., Chairman, Breakthrough Prize Foundation and former Director, NASA Ames; and, <strong>Kurt Zatloukal<\/strong>, M.D., Professor, Medical University of Graz (Austria), among others.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jemison stated, <em>\u201c100 Year Starship is building an inclusive movement that spurs us to achieve the extraordinary \u2014 human travel beyond our solar system. Simultaneously, 100 Year Starship is applying the radical leaps in knowledge, technologies, social systems and other capabilities learned and discovered to improve life here on Earth today. While it might take years to uncover these Earth-bound solutions, it might not. However, we might not find them at all without the unique perspective afforded by such an audacious goal of interstellar travel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information or to register to attend, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/2015.symposium.100yss.org\/\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2015.symposium.100yss.org\/\">http:\/\/2015.symposium.100yss.org\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong><u>About 100 Year Starship\u00ae<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>100 Year Starship\u00ae (100YSS)<\/strong>, an independent, non-governmental, long-term initiative to ensure the capabilities for human interstellar flight exist as soon as possible, and definitely within the next 100 years. 100YSS was started in 2012 with seed-funding through a competitive grant from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and support from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) for the purpose of fostering the type of explosive innovation and technology and social advances born from addressing such an incredible challenge. 100YSS is part of the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.100yss.org\/\">www.100yss.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>FIRST ANNUAL CANOPUS AWARD\u2122 FOR EXCELLENCE IN INTERSTELLAR WRITING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FINALISTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the category of \u201cPreviously Published Long-Form Fiction\u201d (40,000 words or more):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOther Systems\u201d by Elizabeth Guizzetti<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Creative Fire\u201d by Brenda Cooper<\/li>\n<li>\u201cInterstellarNet: Enigma\u201d by Edward M. Lerner<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAurora\u201d by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\n<li>\u201cComing Home\u201d by Jack McDevitt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the category of \u201cPreviously Published Short-Form Fiction\u201d (between 1,000 and 40,000 words):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cRace for Arcadia\u201d by Alex Shvartsman<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStars that Make Dark Heaven Light\u201d by Sharon Joss<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHomesick\u201d by Debbie Urbanski<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTwenty Lights to the Land of Snow\u201d by Michael Bishop<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPlanet Lion\u201d by Catherynne M. Valente<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Waves\u201d by Ken Liu<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDreamboat\u201d by Robin Wyatt Dunn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the category of \u201cOriginal Fiction\u201d (1,000\u20135,000 words):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cLandfall\u201d by Jon F. Zeigler<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProject Fermi\u201d by Michael Turgeon<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEverett\u2019s Awakening\u201d by Ry Yelcho<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGroundwork\u201d by G. M. Nair<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHis Holiness John XXIV about Father Angelo Baymasecchi\u2019s Diary\u201d by \u00d3scar Garrido Gonz\u00e1lez<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Disease of Time\u201d by Joseph Schmidt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the category of \u201cOriginal Non-Fiction\u201d (1,000\u20135,000 words):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhy Interstellar Travel?\u201d by Jeffrey Nosanov<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFinding Earth 2.0 from the Focus of the Solar Gravitational Lens\u201d by Louis D. 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