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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 October, 2010
Quick Updates for 2010-10-31
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
- @ginger_clark It's on Nov 22 at Planet Hollywood. http://www.sfwa.org/2010/09/invitation-2010-new-york-reception/ in reply to Ginger_Clark #
- SFWA business meeting is in the Champaign room at 9am on Sat. Come early for food & mimosas. Members only. http://is.gd/gtlFd #
- SFWA business meeting is in the Champaign room at 9am. Come early for food & mimosas. Members only. http://is.gd/gtlFd #
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Quick Updates for 2010-10-30
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
- SFWA member @mattkressel is reading tomorrow at 11:30 am in Marion. Excerpt from "The Suffering Gallery." #wfc #
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Quick Updates for 2010-10-29
Friday, October 29th, 2010
- Congratulations to SFWA member Cat Sparks who has been named fiction editor for Cosmos magazine. http://bit.ly/957nax #
- SFWA member @AletheaKontis children's book ALPHAOOPS is featured in USA TODAY. http://tinyurl.com/2g9gcxe #
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Reality Check on Aisle Writer Beware
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Writer Beware gets a ton of email. Reports of schemes, scams, and fee-charging, of course, but also questions about agents' and publishers' reputations, questions about the researching/querying/submitting/publishing process, requests for advice, requests for recommendations.
Requests to deny reality.
Say what? Well, a request to deny reality is when a writer sees something on this blog or on the Writer Beware website, doesn't wish to believe it, and wants to be told that in his or her case, it's just not true.
As in, "Your website says that agents shouldn't charge upfront fees, but this agent who wants me to pay $500 is so nice, are they maybe legit anyway?"
Or, "Agent X is on your Thumbs Down list, but they want to represent me and their website looks professional, are they really so bad?"
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Quick Updates for 2010-10-27
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Member News
- SFWA Member Eljay Daly‘s story “Bitterdark” is live at Fantasy Magazine this week.
- Congratulations to SFWA member Gail Carriger who has been nominated for a Bookie Award.
- Happy book release day to SFWA member Yasmine Galenorn and her novel HARVEST HUNTING, book 8 in her Otherworld Series.
- SFWA member Jennifer Brozek sold an anthology, HUMAN FOR A DAY, to DAW.
- Happy book release day to Maria Lima and BLOOD HEAT. She has a virtual Event on Facebook with a chance to win.
- SFWA member Frank Catalano has an essay on science destroying his childhood while reinforcing his love of science.
- Happy release day to SFWA member Aliette de Bodard and her debut novel SERVANT OF THE UNDERWORLD.
Industry News
- A change in editors at FANTASY MAGAZINE. It will now be edited by SFWA member John Joseph Adams.
- Texas Supreme Court cites Mr.Spock in constitutional ruling. See footnote 21.
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Why Join SFWA?
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Our mission is to inform, support, promote, defend and advocate for our member writers. Within that mission, there are two rationales which fall broadly into the personal and the societal:
The personal
These are few of the ways in which Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America can help you as an individual writer.
- We can help you promote your work through activities like the Featured Author and Book programs, the PressBook, or QuickUpdates.
- The Grievance Committee (GriefCom) can help resolve contractual disputes.
- The Emergency Medical Fund can help you with unexpected medical expenses.
- The private discussion forums offer a chance to talk shop with your peers in the industry.
- SFWA offers members a sense of community, no matter where you live or what you write.
The societal
The farther along the career path a writer is, the less SFWA can offer as an individual. An established writer already knows contract pitfalls and has developed a network of peers. But there are issues which an organization can tackle that an individual cannot. Things like:
- SFWA’s work on the Google Book Settlement issue.
- The Kindle Contract Review.
- AboutSF – a resource center for speculative literature, science fiction, and education
- Negotiations with publishers to improve industry standards.
Through our members, we can improve conditions for writers within the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. Simply joining and adding your name to the roster is one of the easiest ways to follow the tradition of paying it forward. The stronger SFWA becomes, the more effective it can be in advocating for writers.
Does SFWA sound right for you?
SFWA membership is open to authors, artists and other industry professionals, including graphic novelists. See if you qualify.
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Quick Updates for 2010-10-26
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
- SFWA Member Eljay Daly's story "Bitterdark" is live at Fantasy Magazine this week. http://is.gd/gi4WO #
- A change in editors at FANTASY MAGAZINE. It will now be edited by SFWA member @johnjosephadams http://6f90.sl.pt #
- Texas Supreme Court cites Mr.Spock in constitutional ruling. See footnote 21. http://is.gd/gidAa #
- Congratulations to SFWA member @gailcarriger who has been nominated for a Bookie Award. http://is.gd/gidI1 #
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Star Trek cited by Texas Supreme Court
Monday, October 25th, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court when writing their opinion in Robinson v. Crown Cork and Seal cited Mr. Spock, effectively making him a legal authority for interpreting the Texas Constitution.
Appropriately weighty principles guide our course. First, we recognize that police power draws from the credo that “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Second, while this maxim rings utilitarian and Dickensian (not to mention Vulcan21), it is cabined by something contrarian and Texan: distrust of intrusive government and a belief that police power is justified only by urgency, not expediency.
See STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (Paramount Pictures 1982). The film references several works of classic literature, none more prominently than A Tale of Two Cities. Spock gives Admiral Kirk an antique copy as a birthday present, and the film itself is bookended with the book’s opening and closing passages. Most memorable, of course, is Spock’s famous line from his moment of sacrifice: “Don’t grieve, Admiral. It is logical. The needs of the many outweigh . . .” to which Kirk replies, “the needs of the few.”
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Quick Updates for 2010-10-25
Monday, October 25th, 2010
Member News
- Interview with SFWA member Edward Willett on SciFiGuy.ca.
- Feature in the Regina Leader Post newspaper about SFWA member Edward Willett‘s new YA fantasy, SONG OF THE SWORD.
- Spiderwick Chronicles, based on SFWA member Holly Black‘s novel, is airing on ABC Family Thursday, and Saturday.
- Congratulations to SFWA member Angel Leigh McCoy who sold a Josephine Winterdove tale to the anthology “Steampunk Chaos”.
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Quick Updates for 2010-10-24
Sunday, October 24th, 2010
- Interview with SFWA member Edward Willett on SciFiGuy.ca (http://is.gd/geRMp). #
- Feature in the Regina Leader Post newspaper (http://is.gd/geROO) about SFWA member Edward Willett's new YA fantasy, Song of the Sword. #
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