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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...

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Libertarian 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...

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New 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...

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SFWA 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...

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Nebula 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...

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Meet 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...

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Nebula 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...

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Zen 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...

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Andre 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...

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SFWA 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...

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Text 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....

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Mixing 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...

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SFWA 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...

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June 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...

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The 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...

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Dispelling 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...

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Escape 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...

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A 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...

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July 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...

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Endeavour 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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