In 1975, Stephen Hawking showed that the principles of quantum mechanics would mean that a black hole emits a slow stream of particles and would eventually evaporate.
To be published after shortlist is announced
To be published after shortlist is announced
It’s time for us to do away with the uncertainty in the outcome of this competition. We are thrilled to announce ten finalists in the competition’s open category and eight in the youth category, coming from writers around the world. All of these writers have already won prizes – with more awards to be decided by our distinguished judges.
“This year’s quantum shorts were so amazing that, as I see it, there are only two possibilities: Either a lot of quantum physicists have turned writers, or many writers have picked up some serious quantum mechanics backgrounds. Both possibilities are really exciting,” says Spiros Michalakis, a quantum physicist and outreach manager at the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech, which is a scientific partner of the competition.
The shortlisting panel was full of praise for the entries. Singaporean writer Tania De Rozario described the stories as “engaging and diverse”, while Tobi Day-Hamilton at the Institute for Quantum Computing commended the “wonderful mix of story approaches and styles and themes”. Julia Cramer at QuTech observed that some were “very beautifully written”, and physicist Matt Edgar at QuantIC said there were “some exceptional pieces which could easily form the basis of an entire book”.
Thanks for everyone who voted for their favourite story to help decide the People’s Choice prize. We will be announcing the results in March. test.
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