59th NMW Award for Fiction.
Baird Harper of Oak Park, Illinois for “Indian Ocean”
A lifetime ago, one of NASA’s finest rocket men splashed back down to Earth and all its mundanities. Fifty years later, his latest mission is to a Montana cattle farm to handle the latest PR disaster of commercial space company Vector Intergalactic.
His journey from that life to this one has often felt longer and lonelier than a 238,900-mile moon trip, and lately he’s caught himself wondering: Did I really make it home safe? Or am I still trapped in that space capsule somewhere beneath the waves of the Indian Ocean?
59th NMW Award for Flash Fiction.
JR Fenn of Rochester, New York for “Memory Box”
The creative elements Fenn weaves together here—the world-building, story arcs, and depths of character—are nothing short of stunning. Take a peek inside “Memory Box” for a glimpse of Flash Fiction at its finest!
