How Not to Read Like a Beta Reader
by Kate Heartfield A few distinct kinds of reading come with the job of being a writer: research, market research, reading for awards ballots and contest juries, reading for sheer pleasure. And then...
View ArticleLibertarian Futurist Society Special Award Announced
News from the Libertarian Futurist Society: Alex + Ada, a graphic novel by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn, has been given a Special Award. Alex + Ada was published by Image Comics. The collected...
View ArticleNew Storybundle Collection!
How can you get some great books, at fabulous prices, and help SFWA? Here’s the latest from Lisa Mason, curator of the Story Collection Storybundle: At Storybundle.com, you the reader name your...
View ArticleSFWA Names Kevin O’Donnell, Jr Service to SFWA Award Recipient: Lawrence M....
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) is pleased to announce that the Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service Award will be presented to Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen in Chicago at the Palmer House...
View ArticleNebula Award Winners Announced
SFWA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Nebula Awards (presented 2016), the winner of the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, and the winner of the Andre Norton Award...
View ArticleMeet Your New Guardian of the Galaxy: SFWA Director of Operations – Kate Baker
by Kate Baker I have one of the best jobs in the world. As Director of Operations for SFWA, I get to be a part of a wonderful organization that aims to help and protect industry professionals. I also...
View ArticleNebula Conference 2016, Chicago
by Cat Rambo, SFWA President Toastmaster John Hodgman with Cat Rambo What was it like? Like getting to co-host at one of the most awesome weekend-long parties ever, but one with all sorts of...
View ArticleZen in the Art of Short Fiction Titling
Photo by Beth Gwinn by John Joseph Adams You can get away with calling a movie Alien, because it’ll have a cool movie poster, a trailer full of sense-of-wonder and scares, and several million dollars...
View ArticleAndre Norton Award Jury Announced
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announce the members of the jury for the 2016 Andre Norton Award. Throughout the coming year, the jury will be compiling its list of picks for the...
View ArticleSFWA Chat Hour
Welcome to the the first episode of the biweekly SFWA Chat Hour. Today’s episode features Cat Rambo, M.C.A. Hogarth, and Kate Baker, who discuss the recent Nebula conference weekend, current SFWA...
View ArticleText Expansion Tools
by Aidan Doyle Text expansion tools are a way to save time by using shortcuts for text you commonly type. For example, on my computer I type -em and it’s automatically replaced by my email address....
View ArticleMixing It Up: A New Kind of SFF Award
by Setsu Uzumé In announcing a new award at her Guest of Honor speech at Wiscon 40, Nalo Hopkinson asked, “What are we doing to foster joy and welcome to this community? What are we doing to cultivate...
View ArticleSFWA Chat Hour Episode 2
In the second SFWA Chat Hour, Operations Director Kate Baker, member Erin Hartshorn, Volunteer Coordinator Derek Künsken, President Cat Rambo, and Chief Financial Officer Bud Sparhawk talk about the...
View ArticleJune Market Report
Welcome to the June Market Report for SF/F. Deadlines and Closures to Note: Pro anthology Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation (Upper Rubber Boot Books) is open to submissions of fiction...
View ArticleThe Frankenstein Bicentennial Dare
News release from Arizona State University: Two hundred years after Mary Shelley came up with the vision for the story that would become Frankenstein, Arizona State University (ASU) will launch a...
View ArticleDispelling the Myth of Strong Female Characters
by Megan Leigh When it comes to equal representation in fiction, women have a long way to go. There simply aren’t enough female characters in books and that’s counting those that appear only as...
View ArticleEscape Velocity Approaching
From the Museum of Science Fiction: Prepare for blast off! The week of Escape Velocity is finally here. In just under 72 hours, the Museum’s inaugural science fiction convention will launch complete...
View ArticleA Tool for Teachers – Diigo Link Outliner
Photo by K. T. Bradford by K. Tempest Bradford At this year’s Nebula conference I had the pleasure of being on the Teaching Online Workshops panel with Cat Rambo and A.M. Dellamonica. We all shared our...
View ArticleJuly Market Report
Welcome to the July Market Report for SF/F. Magazine News: Deep Magic is a bi-monthly electronic magazine that publishes clean short fiction in the fantasy and science fiction genres. Our issues are...
View ArticleEndeavour Award Finalists Announced
News from the Endeavour Awards: Five novels written by writers from the Pacific Northwest are finalists for the 18th annual Endeavour Award. The finalists were announced at Westercon over the...
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