Readers of the collection will crown winner in online poll
Riverdale, New York, April 2016—Baen Books announces the June 7th publication of The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF 2015. Along with a collection of the year’s best short stories, the book features an online Reader’s Choice prize that is awarded to the best overall story in the anthology. Readers will participate in a proctored online poll to determine the winner. The victorious author will receive $500 and a plaque commemorating the award at premiere science fiction convention, DragonCon.
Once again, the award will be handed out by series editor David Afsharirad and Baen publisher Toni Weisskopf. Voting is free to all. Those interested should visit http://www.baen.com/yearsbestaward2015. Voting closes August 31, 2016.
The award, Weisskopf said, was a way not only to recognize excellence in storytelling, but to give readers a voice.
“We wanted readers to feel like they had a say in what the year’s best story was,” she explained. Voter turnout was overwhelming last year, with Michael Z. Williamson taking home the prize for his short story “Soft Casualty.”
Like the award, The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF series is now in its second year. (The series was formerly called The Year’s Best Military SF and Space Opera.) The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF 2015 contains twelve stories drawn from print and digital magazines as well as original anthologies.
“I think readers may have a hard time picking just one favorite story,” editor David Afsharirad said. “There are so many great stories to choose from.”
The anthology includes stories by David Drake, Joe R. Lansdale, David Brin, Sarah Pinsker and Brad R. Torgersen, as well as a preface by Afsharirad and an all-new intro by David Weber, New York Times best-selling author of the Honor Harrington military sf series.
The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF 2015 releases June 7, in ebook and trade paperback format, and is currently available as an eARC, through Baen eBooks. Voting is open now.
For more information contact info@baen.com or call 1-800-570-1640.
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