Marika Riikonen wins Tähtivaeltaja competition
The winner of the second Tähtivaeltaja short story competition is Marika Riikonen from Tampere for her story Terveisiä älylliseltä elämältä, a story set on an alien planet, about curiosity, responsibility and growth. The jury commended the cultural description, dramatic consistency and the touching ending.
The top results are:
- Terveisiä älylliseltä elämältä, by Marika Riikonen
- Innamoramento, by Petri Laine
- Minne yksikään herrasmies ei ole ennen mennyt, by Terhi Tarkiainen
- Mummo kuoli saunan lauteille, by Harri Erkki
- Jos tähdet voisivat todistaa, by Mirka Ulanto
The competition theme was space science fiction. There were 63 entries in the competition, and the award was picked by a preliminary jury of researcher Irma Hirsjärvi and author Anne Leinonen, and a jury of editor Toni Jerrman, editor Jukka Halme, and author Tiina Raevaara.
Labels: awards, finnish sf
2 Comments:
I must correct my press release: Petri Laine´s short story was Innamoramento, my typo, my mistake. Apologies.
Corrected, thanks.
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