Mike Wood's story "A Better Sense of Direction" has won the first annual James Patrick Baen Memorial Writing Contest, beating nearly a hundred other entires.

The story -- along with the two runners-up -- will be published in Jim Baen's Universe online magzine, and the winners will also receive a subscription to Jim Baen's Universe, an autographed copy of The Best of Jim Baen's Universe, a mug and totebag with the magazine's logo, and a membership in the National Space Society.