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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 July, 2010
Quick Updates for 2010-07-15
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
- Beware the Dark Lord when you ride the Star Wars Subway Car… http://bit.ly/9y2L1D #
- Welcome to #SFWA #039;s newest Active member @brucecordell, author of CITY OF TORMENT. http://www.brucecordell.com/ #
- SFWA member James P. Hogan passed away last weekend. Read the free ebook of his INHERIT THE STARS http://is.gd/drQbQ (via @sfsignal) #
- SFWA member @jsprunk70 will be at Borders Books in Wilmington, DE on Jul 16 at 6pm to sign books & talk about submitting to agents/editors. #
- RT @johnjosephadams: Lightspeed Magazine reopens to submissions tomorrow, July 15! http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/guidelines/ #
- SFWA member Ann K. Schwader has won the 2010 short form Rhysling Award from the Science Fiction Poetry Association. #
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Quick Updates for 2010-07-14
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Member News
- Welcome to SFWA’s newest Associate member Polenth Blake. Read her qualifying story here.
- Welcome to SFWA’s newest Associate member Nathaniel Williams. Read his qualifying story here.
- Welcome back to returning SFWA Active member David Forbes.
- Welcome to SFWA’s newest Active member Mark Teppo, author of LIGHTBREAKER.
- Happy book release day to SFWA member Alethea Kontis and her book H IS FOR HALLOWEEN.
- Win a free ARC of SFWA member David Macinnis Gill‘s BLACK HOLE SUN.
- Tor.com offers a free short story by SFWA member John Scalzi to celebrate their anniversary.
- A number of SFWA members are attending the NASA funded Launchpad Writers Workshop. Follow them at #launchpadsf.
Resources
- Scott H. Andrews, Editor-in-Chief of the newest SFWA-qualifying market, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, talks about publishing.
Tags: Alethea Kontis, David Forbes, David Macinnis Gill, John Scalzi, Mark Teppo, Nathaniel Williams, Polenth Blake, twitter
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RIP James P. Hogan (1940 – 2010)
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
James P. Hogan (1940 – 2010), the Seiun and Prometheus Award winning author and long-time SFWA member, passed away suddenly at his home in the Republic of Ireland, on July 12.
Hoga
n wrote over 30 works of fiction and non-fiction, including the “Giants Series,” which began with his debut novel, Inherit The Stars.
Hogan’s science fiction drew heavily on his training as an engineer and his interest in empirical scientific method.
His latest book, Migration, was released in May.
Hogan is survived by his wife, Sheryl, and six children.
Tags: In Memoriam, James P. Hogan
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Quick Updates for 2010-07-13
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Member News
- Congratulations to SFWA member Paolo Bacigalupi who has just won the John W. Campbell Memorial award.
- Congratulations to SFWA member James Morrow who has just won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial award.
- Pill Hill Press announces "Patented DNA" with SFWA member Glenn Lewis Gillette in list of authors.
- SFWA members will be instructors for writer's workshops at NASFIC in Raleigh, NC.
- SFWA members Kendall Evans & Samantha Henderson won the 2010 Long Form Rhysling for their collaborative poem "In The Astronaut Asylum."
- The SF Poetry Association Membership awarded the status of Grand Master to SFWA member Jane Yolen.
- Welcome SFWA’s newest Active member Naomi Kritzer, author of FREEDOM'S GATE.
- Congratulations to SFWA member Caren Gussoff who is a 2010 Elizabeth George Award winner.
- We have an autograph table set up at NASFIC for SFWA Associate & Active members. Sign up here.
- Volunteer Opportunity: Going to NASFIC? Want a chance to meet SF authors & readers? Volunteer to staff SFWA’s table.
Industry News
- Official press release from Night Shade.
Tags: Caren Gussoff, Glenn Lewis Gillette, James Morrow, Jane Yolen, Kendall Evans, Naomi Kritzer, Paolo Bacigalupi, Samantha Henderson, twitter
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Quick Updates for 2010-07-12
Monday, July 12th, 2010
- SFWA members @mckitterick and James Gunn announce the Campbell and Sturgeon Award winners: http://is.gd/dnTm9 #
- Congratulations to SFWA member @paolobacigalupi who has just won the John W. Campbell Memorial award. http://is.gd/dnTm9 #
- Congratulations to SFWA member James Morrow who has just won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial award http://is.gd/dnTm9. #
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“Bitter Seeds” by Ian Tregillis
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
“Bitter Seeds” by Ian Tregillis
April 2010, TOR
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Quick Updates for 2010-07-09
Friday, July 9th, 2010
- RT @rosefox: Official press release from Night Shade re: authors going unpaid and communication problems: http://ow.ly/28uMG #
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A Note to SFWA Members Regarding Night Shade Books
Friday, July 9th, 2010
Dear SFWA members:
This week, we became aware of three recent instances of Night Shade Books acting against the contractual and legal interest of authors, specifically by not reporting royalties when contractually specified or reporting them inaccurately and/or distributing books in a medium for which it had not legally secured rights.
Night Shade does not dispute these events, and shortly after these incidents came to light contacted SFWA as well as released a public statement apologizing to the authors affected, and said it was working to address their problems. It has pledged to work with SFWA to find other authors who have issues with Night Shade.
We are heartened that Night Shade has issued an apology and has pledged to correct its problems. These are needed first steps for a growing publisher that has published some memorable science fiction and fantasy in the last few years, including this year’s Nebula Award winner for Best Novel, The Windup Girl. Regardless of reasons given, such behavior by a publisher to its authors is unacceptable.
With these facts in mind, by vote of the Board, Night Shade Books is on probation as a qualified SFWA market for a period of one year, effective immediately.
In this case, “probation” means that although Night Shade Books remains on our official list of qualified SFWA markets, during the term of probation, acceptance for SFWA qualification of fiction contracted for publication by Night Shade is suspended. If Night Shade successfully completes its one-year probation period, fiction contracted by Night Shade during that time will be viewed as acceptable for qualification for SFWA membership. If it does not SFWA will remove Night Shade Books from the list of approved markets.
No fiction contracted and paid for (by initial advance payment) before the term of probation will be affected by Night Shade’s probationary status.
During the period of probation, we expect the following from Night Shade in order for it to remain on the qualifying list after its probation period:
1. That it fulfills its contractual and financial obligations to the authors it has already published, including full and accurate accounting of royalties per contract, with payment of any royalties outstanding;
2. That it examine its catalogue to ensure it is no longer offering fiction in formats for which it has no rights, and makes whole those authors whose rights it has violated;
3. That it institutes procedures and hires sufficient staff to ensure accurate record keeping for contracts and payments, both for previously published and future authors;
4. That there are no instances of contractual violations on the part of Night Shade Books against authors signed to publishing deals after the start of the probationary period.
During the probationary period, and depending on member participation, SFWA will be in contact with its members who have outstanding Night Shade contracts to assure Night Shade is fulfilling its contractual obligations to them, or is actively and affirmatively working to correct previous violations.
While SFWA may act at any time to deal with a member complaint against Night Shade, at or near the six month mark of the probationary period it will perform a formal review of Night Shade’s progress on tasks above, with the results to be provided to the members of SFWA via our normal means of member communication.
SFWA takes seriously its mission to act in the interests of our members, and of writers of science fiction and fantasy. Placing Night Shade Books on probation as a qualifying market is not an action we have taken lightly. Our hope is that Night Shade Books will consider this probation period as an opportunity to take the necessary steps to correct its problems and to ensure its authors receive fair treatment, today and in the future. If it does, we will be most happy to retain it as a SFWA qualifying market.
Yours,
John Scalzi
President, SFWA
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Quick Updates for 2010-07-08
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
- RT @JonathanStrahan: I voted for the Hugos. Did you? #
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Quick Updates for 2010-07-08
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Member News
- SFWA Member Harry Connolly is pleased to announce that German rights to his novel CHILD OF FIRE have been sold to Otherworld Verlag.
- SFWA member Mary Robinette Kowal has released a sample chapter of SHADES OF MILK AND HONEY.
- SFWA member Elizabeth Bear is running a short poll on the ages of SF writers.
- Congratulations to SFWA member Matthew Johnson, who just sold his story "Long Pig" to Daily Science Fiction.
- Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member, Christopher Howard. Read his qualifying story, published by Fantasy Magazine.
- Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Tyler Franck, writing as James S.A. Corey w/Daniel Abraham. 1st book Leviathan Wakes (Orbit 2011).
- SFWA member Samantha Henderson’s story "The Red Bride" is up at Strange Horizons.
- SFWA member Jim C. Hines’novel RED HOOD'S REVENGE comes out today.
Tags: and Member News for Harry Connolly, Christopher Howard, Elizabeth Bear, Industry News, Jim C. Hines, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matthew Johnson, Resources, Samantha Henderson, twitter, Tyler Franck
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