Edinburgh University Science Magazine

Competition

EUSci Science Fiction Short Story Competition-

SCOPE

What does the future hold for Edinburgh?

  • Implants instead of Lectures?
  • Hover-trams on Princes Street?
  • Martians in the McEwan Hall?

EUSci wants to read your Edinburgh related science fiction stories.

JUDGING

We were fortunate to have award winning Edinburgh-based science fiction author Ken MacLeod as our guest judge (author of the Fall Revolution Series and Engine of Light Trilogy).

Entries were screened initially by a panel of EUSci members. Judging criteria included originality, writing quality, scientific plausibility and Edinburgh relatedness.

WINNERS

First Prize: Like Killing Mice by Adam Wilson

Second Prize
: Robo Rebus by Emily Pritchard

Runners Up
Technology by Eleanor Horn
Connect by Ever Dundas
Yesterday Spex by David Baillie

The first prize entry will appear in EUSci Issue 6, the second place entry and runners up have appeared on EUSci’s website.