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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.
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Archive for February, 2010
Quick Updates for 2010-02-18
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- RT @victoriastrauss: Open Book Alliance: how Google Book Settlement gives Google monopoly in another area: search http://3.ly/BtE6 #
- @jasonsanford
in reply to jasonsanford # - FYI: @Pyr_Books is now accepting unagented manuscripts in certain subgenres: http://bit.ly/ar7J8y #
- At some point in the past couple of days the new SFWA website passed a million page views. #
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Inspired Living Publishing: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
by Victoria Strauss
Here's an email solicitation currently doing the rounds, from Linda Joy, President and Founder of Aspire Media Inc., and Publisher and Editor of Aspire Magazine:Will 2010 be YOUR year to embrace your wisdom, step forward and claim your dream of being a published author? If you answered YES then YOU may be one of the over 40 co-authors that I, along with my team of experts, will be working with this spring to bring your collective wisdom to the world!... Now, in a personal project of mine I will bring the same passion and commitment that I've brought to Aspire, to bring YOUR story, wisdom and insights as a co-author in my upcoming anthology: A Juicy, Joyful Life: Inspiration from Women who have Found the Sweetness in Every DayThe email includes a link, the clicking of which takes you to Inspired Living Publishing, publisher of the above-referenced anthology, first in the Inspired Living series. Here, "inspired, engaged entrepreneur[s]" who are "ready to move forward with the vision for your business and your desire to be a published author" can sign up for "updates on this exciting new opportunity." (more...)
Tags: Writer Beware
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Quick Updates for 2010-02-17
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Member News
- Congratulations to SFWA member Joanne Merriam who sold a short story to Per Contra.
- Welcome to SFWA’s newest Active member, Will McIntosh with 3 sales to Asimov’s!
- Congratulations to SFWA member Jennifer Brozek who has upgraded to Associate!
- Welcome to SFWA’s newest Associate member Silvia Moreno-Garcia who qualified with “Seeds.”
- Welcome to SFWA’s newest Active member, Alexey Pehov, with The Chronicles of Siala to Tor.
- The audio version of SFWA member David D. Levine’s story “Wind from a Dying Star” has been podcast on Escape Pod
- Happy book release day to SFWA member David B. Coe for The Dark Eyes’ War, book III of Blood of the Southlands
Tags: Alexey Pehov, David B. Coe, David D. Levine, Jennifer Brozek, Joanne Merriam, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, twitter, Will McIntosh
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Quick Updates for 2010-02-16
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- @jchutchins Thank you for nominating. in reply to jchutchins #
- Congratulations to SFWA member @joannemerriam who sold a short story to Per Contra. #
- SFWA members, you have until 11:59pm tonight to turn in your Nebula ballots for the Nomination period. http://is.gd/8o7am #
- A reminder to people watching the running tally: The paper ballots have not been added yet. #
- Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member, Will McIntosh with 3 sales to Asimov's! #
- Congratulations to SFWA member @jenniferbrozek who has upgraded to Associate! #
- In answer to an FAQ: The top six works will make the final Nebula ballot in each category. #
- Also, that's 11:59pm PST. East Coasters you have until almost 3am to make your Nebula choices! #
- @catvalente @sinboy Correct, but the rules also state that a book may be nominated for both. #
- Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member @silviamg who qualified with "Seeds." http://www.silviamoreno-garcia.com/ #
- Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member, alexey pehov, with The Chronicles of Siala to Tor. http://www.alexeypehov.com/ #
- @silviamg There isn't an agent's directory, but you can search the member directory for agents. in reply to silviamg #
- @annathepiper @colleenlindsay It depends on where you send it. Ellen Datlow, for instance, prefers TNR. in reply to annathepiper #
- SFWAns: The Nebula deadline is 11:59pm PST. The running tally you are watching is NOT the official final tally. http://3.ly/WXTm #
- The audio version of SFWA member @daviddlevine's story "Wind from a Dying Star" has been podcast on Escape Pod: http://bit.ly/9MI8OA #
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“Shambling Towards Hiroshima” by James Morrow
Monday, February 15th, 2010
“Shambling Towards Hiroshima” by James Morrow
Tachyon Publications, February 2009
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How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends: When Your Audience Might Know More Than You Do
Monday, February 15th, 2010
“My mother has rheumatoid arthritis, and there’s no way she could pick a lock like your character did in chapter twelve!”
“There was an article on that exact condition in the March 2003 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, and it said that. . .”
“Dude. I don’t know much about osteogenesis imperfecta. . . but “osteo” means “bones”, and you’re talking about the kid’s pancreas. . .”
Using real-world diseases in a work of fiction has a large number of potential pitfalls. Here are a few tips about how to make your pestilential plot point a little more plausible. (more…)
Table of contents for How To Kill Your Imaginary Friends
- How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends: When Your Audience Might Know More Than You Do
- How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends: Joss Whedon, I’m calling you out.
- How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends: How To Talk Doctor! Lesson 1
Tags: How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends, world building
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Quick Updates for 2010-02-15
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Resources
- Yasmine Galenorn has a good post on “Etiquette for Newly Minted Writers.”
Member News
- Congratulations to SFWA member Marshall Payne who sold a story to the Triangulation: End of the Rainbow anthology.
Industry News
- SFWA members: Monday, February 15th, is the last day to make a Nebula nomination!
Tags: Marshall Payne, twitter, yasmine galenorn
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Happy… what day is it?
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Around the world people are celebrating February 14, 2010 as a special day. What, exactly, that special day is depends on who you are and what tradition you grew up in. For much of the U.S. today is Valentines Day, a day of love and romance, but it is also Chinese New Year as well as The Fourth Sunday of the Triodion Period: Sunday of Forgiveness or Cheesefare Sunday in the Orthodox Calendar. Rabi’ al-awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar begins at sundown and on the Catholic calendar today is Shrovetide or Carnival. (more…)
Tags: world building
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Quick Updates for 2010-02-14
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Member News
- Welcome to SFWA’s newest Active member, Julie Barrett.
- Welcome to SFWA’s newest Active member Daina Chaviano, author of “The Island of Eternal Love.”
- Congratulations to SFWA member Cory Doctorow who has been commissioned to write a story based on illo from Harris Burdick.
- Welcome to SFWA’s newest Active member Allison Pang with a 3 book deal to Pocket Books!
- Congratulations to SFWA member Silvia Moreno-Garcia who sold the audio rights of “Jaguar Woman” (first print Shimmer, 2009) to Podcastle.
- SFWA member Cynthia Ward’s article “Fall Harvest”reviewing six Fall 2009 SF/F titles, is up IROSF.
Industry News
- Nominations open for 2010 WSFA Small Press Award.
Tags: Allison Pang, Cory Doctorow, Cynthia Ward, Daina Chaviano, Julie Barrett, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, twitter
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Quick Updates for 2010-02-13
Saturday, February 13th, 2010
- @julieb Oh, you qualify! Welcome to SFWA. in reply to JulieB #
- Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member, Julie Barrett (@julieb) http://www.barrettmanor.com/ #
- @JulieB Very happy you joined and just in time to nominate for the Nebulas, too! Instructions will arrive soon. in reply to JulieB #
- Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Daina Chaviano, author of "The Island of Eternal Love" http://www.dainachaviano.com/ #
- Congrats to SFWA member @doctorow who has been commissioned to write a story based on illo http://3.ly/aUSD from HARRIS BURDICK. #
- RT @sfscope: Nominations open for 2010 WSFA Small Press Award: http://tinyurl.com/yl6b4rj (News/Awards) #
- Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Allison Pang (@mynfel) with a 3 book deal to Pocket! http://is.gd/8fWXw #
- Congratulations to SFWA member @silviamg who sold the audio rights of "Jaguar Woman" (first print Shimmer, 2009) to Podcastle. #
- RT @charlesatan: RT@mightymur Women strike back at Dodge Ad: http://bit.ly/cEzvsY #
- @Kasey_Mackenzie No, this is perfectly natural. Just remember that you once enjoyed it… in reply to Kasey_Mackenzie #
- SFWA member @cynthia_ward's article "Fall Harvest"reviewing six Fall 2009 SF/F titles, is up @ IROSF: http://bit.ly/8YdJJS #
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