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The Eighth Speculative Fiction Contest
The Winners:
The actuaries who shared their creative stories about the future of actuarial science and the readers who picked up some new and different ideas about the world they may soon live in!
| Best overall story ($200): |
No Country For Young Men |
by Chris Fievoli |
| Second best overall story ($100): |
Picture This |
by Walt Herrington |
| Most unique use of technology in a story ($50): |
The Gaming Actuary |
by Marilyn Dunstan |
| Best story emphasizing Futurism methods ($50): |
The Gaming Actuary |
by Marilyn Dunstan |
| The most creative actuarial career of the future ($50): |
Brinley's Bet |
by Eric Clapprood |
Readers' choice:
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JoeA |
by Tony Batory |
I would like to thank the following for all of their hard work and extensive support of this contest:
Dr. Bob Mielke, Professor of English at Truman State University–our judge,
Sue Martz and all of the other employees from the SOA office, who helped with this contest,
And especially, the Technology Section, the Actuary of the Future Section and the Futurism Section for their sponsorship and support of this contest.
Congratulations to all who participated. I'm proud of the exciting creativity shown by actuaries!
See you next time around,
Gary Lange
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