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Myouterspace is pleased, honored and all-geeked-out to announce the winners of our flash-fiction contest with Open Road Media. The entries (which can be read here) were all fantastic, fun reads. But don’t take my word for it – here’s the low down from our guest judge, author Andrew Kessler, whose spectacular real-life interplanetary adventure “Martian Summer”, about the NASA Phoenix mission to Mars, was our contest’s muse: "Thanks to all those who entered in the Mars-inspired flash fiction contest! It's nice to see what a hub of creativity the Myouterspace sci-fi community has become. It’s a bit sad we had to pick two winners. But happy to have the opportunity to read through all your entries—that sounds so official—but no time for being glib at the moment of truth. There were some really awesome candidates and some were downright spacey. And seeing as I like to avoid conflict, it was hard to pick my overall favorites. But alas, I did, and here they are: The first winner is The-Reluctant-Author, for the story, Martian Dreams. Only a true space geek could make the barren Martian wilderness seem so vibrant and inspiring. This story almost read like a poem. Space poetry is a much-underrepresented genre. Lo, ye sentences were like stanzas, you Bard of Mars. In fact, if you didn't know it was a story about Mars, you could almost be forgiven for thinking it was describing the harshness of the Colorado Plateau, or the plains of the Great Basin. And that’s one amazing truth about Mars and how it captures our imagination -- its strange familiarity.
The second winner is VendettaJones, for the story, Dust To Dust. This piece has a simple hook, cleverly personifying things that are otherwise lifeless and inanimate. It is a difficult literary task, particularly given the word length, but VendettaJones manages to write seamlessly, and with great structure. As the story reaches its conclusion, you feel genuine empathy for the characters and their loneliness. In some ways, it reminded me of the film, Wall-E, or that Ikea commercial with the sad lamp that gets left out in the rain. It would make for an interesting visual piece of its own. So let’s get a director attached and shoot it. Cheers, Andrew"
Congratulations again to members The-Reluctant-Author and VendettaJones. For more flash-fiction fun, check out Myouterspace’s new online venture, Anachron. Special thanks go out to Open Road Media – check out all their eBook offerings on their website here, especially Andrew Kessler’s “Martian Summer”.  And make sure to check out Open Road Media's video of Andrew Kessler describing his "winning the geek lottery" and working with NASA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEV33_Ka72Q
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