Sci-Fi Contest

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="060a45a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Atlanta Science Fiction Society</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Atlanta Science Fiction Society"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About ASFS"><U>About ASFS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <B>Sci-Fi Contest</B>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Programing"><U>Programing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews / Interviews"><U>Reviews / Interviews</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Photos"><U>Our Photos</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conventions"><U>Conventions</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="061d2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Sci-Fi Contest</I></div> <div> <B>New Voices in Science Fiction </B><B>Contest </B><B>Winners Announced</B></div> <bR> <div> The Atlanta Science Fiction Society's New Voices in Science Fiction Contest for Grades 9 through 12 has come to a close, and the winners are:</div> <bR> <div> <U>ESSAY</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "Thoughts on the Future of the City of Atlanta" by Dustin Burns, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <div> 2nd Place  -  "If You Could Step Out of a Time Machine 100 Years in the Past" by Ayaan A Harper, from Mundy's Mill High School</div> <div> 3rd Place  -  "On the Interactions Between Extraterrestrials and Humans" by Joshua Job, 10th grade, age 14, from Dacula High School</div> <bR> <div> <U>POETRY</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "The Jabushans and the Dairy Cows" by Mary Golden, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <div> 2nd Place  -  "Remotely Close" by Darius Devlin, 9th grade, age 15, from Columbia High School</div> <div> 3rd Place  -  "My Brother" by Olga Petrenko, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <bR> <div> <U>SHORT STORY</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "The Silver Sentinel" by Daniel Fitzgerald, 11th grade, age 16, from Lassiter High</div> <div> 2nd Place  -  "Moon Boots" by Olivia Boyce, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <bR> <div> The first place prize in each category is a $40 Barnes & Noble Gift Certificate, along with other donated prizes of books and the like.</div> <bR> <div> Each of the above winning poems, short stories, and essays will be published in the ASFS newsletter, "The Future Times" in the next few months as time and space allow.</div> <bR> <div> I want to thank all the participants and teachers. We had a great time reading the works from the future voices of Science Fiction. ASFS will start the next contest in August or September. We look forward to seeing more great and interesting work from our Atlanta area students.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Fourth Annual Contest Winners Announced:</B></div> <div> <U>ESSAY</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "Europa" by Alex Henke, 10th grade, age 16, from Northview High School</div> <div> 2nd Place  -  "MCE" by Heather Miller, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <div> 3rd Place  -  "What Will Atlanta Be Like in One Hundred Years?" by Jaclyn Norton</div> <bR> <div> <U>POETRY</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "Radio Controlled Butterflies" by Dani Herd, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <div> 2nd Place  -  "A Changing Wind" by Tiffany John-Lewis, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <div> 3rd Place  -  "The Anarchist Rebellion of 2192" by Adriana Thomas, 11th grade, age 16, from North Cobb High School</div> <bR> <div> <U>SHORT STORY</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "Ernie" by Cole Landfried, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <div> 2nd Place  -  "A Day in the Life: Atlanta in the Future" by Alex Henke, 10th grade, age 16, from Northview High School</div> <div> 3rd Place  -  "The Worlds' War" by Aiki Griffin, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Third Annual Contest Winners Announced:</B></div> <div> <U>POETRY</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "Sensation Confusion" by Maria Li, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <div> 2nd Place  -  "Ions" by John Riley, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High School</div> <div> 3rd Place  -  "And All for the Name of Science" by Gracie Troxell, 10th grade, age 16, from Dacula High School</div> <bR> <div> <U>FICTION</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "Out Loud" by Graham Foster, Grade 12, Age 18, from Centennial High School</div> <div> 2nd Place  -  "On Sorrow's Winds" by Jennifer Sharp, 10th grade, age 15, from Dacula High</div> <div> 3rd Place  -  "Destiny's End" by Kristin Storey, 11th Grade, age 16, from Collins Hill High School</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Second Annual Contest Winners Announced:</B></div> <div> <U>POETRY</U></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "Man vs. Technology" by Amber Helmer from Blessed Trinity Catholic High School</div> <div> 2nd Place  -  "The Exhibit" by Adam Tart from Lassiter High School</div> <div> 3rd Place  -  "A Glass of Hours" by Emily Shirley from Wheeler High School</div> <bR> <div> <U>FICTION</U></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "Behind the Stars" by Lindsay Lukens from Hebron Christian Academy</div> <div> 2nd Place  -  "Repetition" by Nick Doerr from Blessed Trinity Catholic High School</div> <div> 3rd Place  -  "Untitled" by Paul Najjar from Shiloh High School</div> <bR> <div> <U>ESSAY</U></div> <div> 1st Place   -  "The Future of the Smart House" by Jordan Bartolomeo from Centennial High School</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>