ESA Announces Space Elevator Sci-Fi Contest

Neil Halelamien writes "The European Space Agency has announced the 2005 Clarke-Bradbury International Science Fiction competition. For the competition, the ESA's Innovative Technologies from Science Fiction for Space Applications (ITSF) project is accepting short stories and artwork which incorporates or depicts a space elevator in some way. The competition is open to members of all nations, with a submission deadline of February 25, 2005. Winners and runners-up in each category will receive $600 and $300 respectively, with winning entries appearing in an upcoming book on the space elevator."

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Prize money

[Red Moose]

So that's 3.50 and 1.75 in current exchange rates. Enough for a wrap and maybe a smoothie here in Ireland, probably the $600 and $300 will help a few hundred American's buy houses or maybe a gallon of petrol.