The Norton Award: A Call for Jurists
Want to be a member of the Norton jury? Interested volunteers (see qualification requirements) should contact the office of the vice president by March 15th.
News, The SFWA Blog
February 2014
Bulletin, News, Public Relations, The SFWA Blog
SFWA Bulletin Returns
Issue 203 of the SFWA Bulletin went to the printer this week. It contains articles from members experienced and new, information on SFWA’s opportunities, projects, and activism, and messages from the Board. This issue, guest-edited by Tansy Rayner Roberts, with Jaym Gates as Production Editor, was specially created to be used as an outreach tool for conventions and other events.
Nebula Awards, News
2013 Nebulas
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are pleased to announce the 2013 Nebula Awards nominees (presented 2014), the nominees
The SFWA Blog
Eileen Gunn on SF, SFWA, and Community
Rachel Swirsky: Do you have any great stories about meeting someone at a SFWA event, or online? (And if you do, please tell them. )
Eileen Gunn: Most of my stories about SFWA events are far too scurrilous to put into print. SFWAns were not very well behaved in the Eighties and Nineties. Sit next to me at a Nebula banquet, and I might tell you some….
News, The SFWA Blog
SFWA Joins the IAF
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has joined the International Authors Forum, an organization of authors’ groups created to “promote and defend authors’ interests and authors’ rights” by providing these groups with an “international platform to exchange information, develop positions and provide support in authors’ rights matters.”
Advice for New Writers, Building a Career, Information Center, The Business of Writing, Tips for Beginners
Guest Post: The Bad Review
by Mary Rosenblum
I want to address an issue that has cropped up several times recently with some of my client authors.
This is the Bad Review.
Nebula Awards
Frank Robinson Honored as Special Guest During 2014 Nebula Award Weekend
SFWA is delighted to honor Special Guest Frank Robinson at the 49thNebula Awards Weekend, for his contributions to the science fiction
Advice for New Writers, Building a Career, Information Center, Networking and Self-Promotion, The Business of Writing, The SFWA Blog, Tips for Beginners
Tools for Writers: Namechk
by Cat Rambo
One of the tools I mention to students in my online class Building An Online Presence for Writers is a website called Namechk. You can input the user name you want to use and see whether or not it is taken on a number of social networks and well as domains.
Presidential Statement Regarding the SFWA Bulletin
Over the past few days, there has been much public discussion about a non-member’s petition to SFWA regarding oversight of
Advice for New Writers, Information Center, The Craft of Writing, The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Craft and Art
by Theodora Goss
When I teach writing, I teach craft. Art goes beyond craft, and has to do with what a writer, as an individual, brings to writing. Art is in the way Virginia Woolf explores consciousness. In the way George Orwell writes about politics.