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Joan Marie Verba has a physics degree, wrote novels Action Alert and Countdown to Action, nonfiction books Boldly Writing and Voyager: Exploring the Outer Planets.

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A time-travel horror-romance involving W.B. Yeats and other
luminaries of the late Victorian ‘Golden Dawn’ occult movement.

Nebula Awards Weekend

The Forty-Seventh Nebula Awards Weekend will be held Thursday through Sunday, May 17 to May 20, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, near Reagan National Airport.

We honor Connie Willis as our Grand Master!

To register, click on “Registration” in the menu to the immediate left. Then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Register” button.

Tours, workshops and panels are available for registered attendees (the number of people who can be accommodated on the tours and workshops is limited.) Active and Associate SFWA members may nominate works, until February 15th, for the awards to be presented at the May 19th Nebula Awards Weekend Banquet. Hour long interviews and readings will be recorded by Jim Freund for his Hour of the Wolf radio show broadcast on WBAI (99.5FM) in New York City.

Jon Williams is our Toastmaster (he will also conduct a half-day Writers Workshop on Friday morning.) Mike Fincke is our Keynote Speaker.

The Mass Autographing Session on Friday, May 18th will be followed by a reception to honor the nominees and other honorees.

You don’t have to be a nominee, a member of SFWA, or even a writer to participate in the weekend. Registration for the 2012 Nebula Awards Weekend is open now. The cost for the Nebula Awards Banquet is $75.00 per person. The cost to register is $50.00 for a SFWA Member and $60.00 for a non-SFWA Member until February 29, 2012. Rates for registration will be higher as the date of the event draws closer.

Results from the 2010 Nebula Awards (presented 2011).

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Archive for October, 2009

Invitation: SFWA’s Annual New York Reception

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Date: November 23, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Location: Planet Hollywood, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will host its annual reception for the publishing industry in a new location this year. Planet Hollywood, located at 45th and Broadway in Times Square, should provide a vibrant backdrop to the evening. The restaurant is handicap accessible with elevators and ramps to accommodate our guests in wheelchairs.

This is a chance for authors, agents and editors to mingle without having the pressure of a hectic convention schedule. But if you miss the con life, the A&E reception is conveniently timed to fall on the Monday after Philcon.

Please RSVP by registering to let us know that you are planning to attend.

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Reminder: SFWA business meeting at WFC

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

sfwa_logo_box_outline_small A gentle reminder that the SFWA business meeting will be at World Fantasy Convention this year on October 31st from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. We’ll be covering, among other things, the draft of the new bylaws which will be sent to the membership by the end of the month.

We’re also doing something new this year and asking members to RSVP before the meeting. This enables us to do two things. 1) We know how much food to order for breakfast. 2) We can send you an email update when we know what room the meeting will be held in.

And just a gentle reminder, we need 31 active members to achieve quorum. Hope to see you there.

8:00-8:30am Light continental breakfast
8:30-9:30am Business meeting
(Note: The business meeting was scheduled so as not to conflict with regular WFC programming.)

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