L.A.con IV Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest Web Page

2006 Contest Results

The 2006 Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest winners, finalists, and semifinalists will be honored during L.A.con IV with a special ceremony and reception.

All contestants received a certificate for participating. Semi-finalists were given one-day memberships to attend L.A.con IV for the award ceremony and a reception. Finalists also received a commemorative T-shirt and a ten dollar gift certificate from a major book store chain. The winners received full five-day attending memberships for L.A.con IV and a fifty dollar gift certificate from a major book store chain.

Every year, thousands of science fiction writers, artists, editors, and fans from around the world participate in the five-day World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) with its variety of panels, exhibits, and events relating to science fiction themes. Many of these people began reading science fiction and fantasy when they were young. Not only did this inspire many to enter science and computer fields as they grew older, it helped develop them into lifelong readers.

The science fiction fan community has been drawn together by a genre that opens our imaginations to new worlds with every science fiction or fantasy work. To encourage young people to find the same joys that we discovered, Bucconeer (the 1998 World Science Fiction Convention in Baltimore, Maryland USA), sponsored a Student Science Fiction Contest.

Over 100 elementary, middle and high school students entered the first contest in 1998 by writing a short story or creating a piece of art with a science fiction or fantasy theme or by writing a science essay.

With the success of this contest, Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc. sponsored the second annual Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest in conjunction with the 1999 Worldcon, Aussiecon Three, in Melbourne, Australia and North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), Conucopia, in Anaheim, California. Over 200 kids from Australia and North America entered our second contest. Awards were presented at Conucopia and Aussiecon Three.

2000 – Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc. joined with Chicon 2000 to sponsor the third annual contest. The winners for 2000 were announced at a ceremony during Chicon. Over 300 elementary, middle, and high school students entered.

2001 – Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc. joined with the Millennium Philcon to sponsor the fourth annual contest. The winners for 2001 were announced at a ceremony during the Millennium Philcon. Over 300 elementary, middle, and high school students entered.

2002 – Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc. joined with ConJos� to sponsor the fifth annual contest. The winners for 2002 were announced at a ceremony during ConJos�. Nearly 500 elementary, middle, and high school students entered.

2003 – Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc. joined with Torcon 3 to sponsor the sixth annual contest. The winners for 2003 were announced at a ceremony during Torcon 3. Nearly 500 elementary, middle, and high school students entered.

2004 – Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc. joined with Noreascon 4 to sponsor the seventh annual contest.

2005 – Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc.joined with Cascadia Con, the 2005 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), to sponsor the eighth annual contest.

2006 – Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc. joined with L.A.con IV, the 2006 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), to sponsor the ninth annual contest.

Contest inquiries may be sent to [email protected] or

Student Science Fiction Contest
Post Office Box 314
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701

For more information about science fiction and fantasy, please see the links collected in the Bucconeer Captain's Library.

The 2006 Worldcon, L.A.con IV, was held Wednesday, 23 August through Sunday, 27 August 2006
in Anaheim, California USA (Please note the nontraditional Wednesday through Sunday dates.)

Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc. is a charitable organization that has been recognized by the
United States Internal Revenue Service as exempt from federal income tax as an organization
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our charitable purpose is to
promote the science fiction and fantasy genre in all its forms.

"World Science Fiction Convention," "Worldcon," "NASFiC," and "North American Science Fiction Convention"
are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society.

L.A.con IV Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest Web Page

2006 Contest Results

Contest inquiries may be sent to [email protected] or

Student Science Fiction Contest Post Office Box 314 Annapolis Junction, MD 20701

Student Science Fiction Contest
Post Office Box 314
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701