The Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, established in 2007, is an annual literary award for science fiction short stories presented by the National Space Society and Baen Books. Recognizing "the role that science fiction plays in advancing real science",[1] the award is presented to “original stories celebrating optimistic, near-future space exploration.”[2]
The award honors American science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen (1943–2006).
| Story | Author | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Better Sense of Direction" | |||
| "Anniversary" | ||||
| "Acclimatization" | ||||
| 2008 | "Letting Go" | |||
| "Skipping Stones" | ||||
| "Self Defense" | ||||
| 2009 | "Cathedral" | |||
| "Burst Mode" | ||||
| "All The Way" | ||||
| 2010 | "Space Hero" | |||
| "Citizen-Astronaut" | ||||
| "High Ground" | ||||
| 2011 | "That Undiscovered Country" | |||
| "Gemini XVII" | ||||
| "Natural Selection" | ||||
| 2012 | "Taking the High Road" | |||
| "Scramble" | ||||
| "One Cog" | ||||
| 2013 | "The Lamplighter Legacy" | |||
| "Intent to Occupy" | ||||
| "Improvising at Branson Six" | ||||
| 2014 | "Low Arc" | |||
| "Balance" | ||||
| "Wind Shear" | ||||
| 2015 | "We Fly" | [3] | ||
| "A Metal Box Floating Between the Stars" | ||||
| "Boomerang Zone" | ||||
| 2016 | "Dear Ammi" | [4] | ||
| "To Lose the Stars" | ||||
| "Cylinders" | ||||
| 2017 | “Feldspar” | [5] | ||
| “Bullet Catch” | ||||
| 2018 | “Homunculus” | [6] | ||
| “Dangerous Company” | ||||
| “Falling to the Moon” | ||||
| 2019 | “Burners” | [7] | ||
| “Acid Test” | ||||
| “Dangerous Orbit” | ||||
| 2020 | “Bagala Devi Objective” | [8] | ||
| “Spinners” | ||||
| “Sample Return” | ||||
| 2021 | “Salvage Judgement” | [9] | ||
| “Reaction Time” | ||||
| “Love On The Ganymede Trail” | ||||
| “Samba do Espaço” | ||||
| 2022 | “Man on the Moon” | [10] | ||
| “A New Life” | ||||
| “The Rocketship of Her Dreams” | ||||
| 2023 | “The Insomniac” | [11] | ||
| “High Risk” | ||||
| “Cronus” | ||||
| 2024 | “Locus of Control” | |||
| "Extraction" | ||||
| “Saving Gallivander” |