Resources

• Locus offers An Overview of International Science Fiction/Fantasy in 2009.
• For aspiring screenwriters, SFWA member Robert Mellette blogs the Dances With Films Festival.

Member News

• Welcome to SFWA’s newest Associate member, Ken Altabef, with a sale to F&SF.
• Congratulations to Stephanie Dray who upgraded to Active status with six novel sales!
• Welcome to SFWA’s newest active member, Euan Harvey, with three sales to Realms of Fantasy.
• Congratulations to SFWA member Sherrilyn Kenyon whose Dark-Hunter Vol 2 is on the New York Times list!

McIntyre is being honored for her many years of maintaining SFWA member websites and other sections of the original SFWA website on a volunteer basis, as well as numerous other volunteer activities. Stokes is being honored for his service on multiple committees, as well as managing SFWA news alerts, ensuring organization membership is kept up to date with developments in SFWA and the publishing industry.

McIntyre sold her first short story in 1969 and published her first novel, The Exile Waiting, in 1975. Her 1978 novel Dreamsnake won the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and her 1997 novel, The Moon and the Sun, won the Nebula Award.  She organized the first incarnation of Clarion West Writers Workshop (1971-1973), has taught at numerous other workshops and served as the Evans Chair Scholar at the Evergreen State College, Olympia, Wash., in 2000. McIntyre is a founding member of Book View Café, an authors’ co-op distributing its members’ work in electronic form. She is a card-carrying member of the American Civil Liberties Union, where she volunteers.

Stokes, a freelance photographer and travel writer, operates his own travel web sites www.kansastravel.org and www.mightymac.org. His genre publishing credits includes the SFWA Bulletin, Locus and File 770. Stokes helped found the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (which was latter incorporated into the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle) and was chairman of the SFFHoF from 1996-2001. In addition to chairing and holding various staff and committee positions at regional and national science fiction conventions, he currently serves as secretary and treasurer of First Fandom and is president of the Dawn Patrol, a loose organization of more than 300 science fiction, space and aviation enthusiasts from throughout the United States and Canada.

This is the tenth time that the SFWA Service Award has been presented. Previous recipients were Victoria Strauss, Chuq Von Rospach, Sheila Finch, Robin Wayne Bailey, George Zebrowski and Pamela Sargent (joint), Michael Capobianco and Ann Crispin (joint), Kevin O’Donnell, Jr., Brook West and Julia West (joint) and Melisa Michaels and Graham P. Collins (joint).

Prior to 2000, the award was a surprise announcement at the Nebula Awards banquet, but in recent years the recipients have been announced in advance.

The 2010 Nebula Awards® Weekend will be held in Coco Beach, Fla., May 13-16.  The date was chosen to coincide with the scheduled launching of the Shuttle Atlantis on Friday, May 14. The Nebula Awards will be presented at a banquet on Saturday evening, May 15.  Joe Haldeman will be honored as the next Damon Knight Grand Master. For more information, visit www.nebulawards.com.

About SFWA

Founded in 1965 by the late Damon Knight, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America brings together the most successful and daring writers of speculative fiction throughout the world.

Since its inception, SFWA® has grown in numbers and influence until it is now widely recognized as one of the most effective non-profit writers’ organizations in existence, boasting a membership of approximately 1,500 science fiction and fantasy writers as well as artists, editors and allied professionals.  Each year the organization presents the prestigious Nebula Awards® for the year’s best literary and dramatic works of speculative fiction.

Resources

• The Apex Book of World SF. Stories from Thailand, the Philippines, China, Israel, Pakistan, Serbia, Croatia, Malaysia.
• Editorial by Charles A. Tan “The Dilemma of the Term “World SF.”

Member News

• SFWA member Michelle Knudsen has a new middle grade fantasy short story in Candlewick’s anthology I Fooled You..
• SFWA member Seanan McGuire (as Mira Grant) has a new story in The Living Dead 2: “Everglades.”
• Happy book release day to SFWA member Carrie Ryan for Toady: The Dead-Tossed Waves.
• SFWA member Cat Rambo’s novelette, “Narrative of a Beast’s Life,” is on Podcastle.
• Congratulations to SFWA member Paolo Bacigalupi: whose Young Adult novel Ship Breaker made the nominations for Best Fiction for Young Adults!

From the Aussiecon 4 organizers:

The deadline for sending in your Hugo Awards nomination ballot is Saturday, March 13, 2010 23:59 PST (Sunday, March 14, 2010 03:59 EDT, 07:59 UTC/GMT, 18:59 AEDT).

If you were a member of the 2009 Worldcon (Anticipation) or purchased a membership in the upcoming 2010 Worldcon (Aussiecon 4) by 31 January 2010, you can nominate using the online ballot at http://www.aussiecon4.org.au/index.php?page=66

You will need a Personal Identification Number (PIN) to nominate online. If you have not received your Aussiecon 4 or Anticipation PIN or have other eligibility questions please email hugopin@aussiecon4.org.au

Resources

• Apex has a good post on The Basics on Submission Guidelines.

Member News

• Welcome to SFWA’s newest Associate member Jim Pitrat with a sale to “Realms of the Dragons II”.
• Welcome to SFWA’s newest Active member, Andrew Rowe, a writer for World of Warcraft.
• Interview with Nebula nominee Cherie Priest about Boneshaker. Covers zombies, steampunk, and dancing in underpants.
• Congratulations to SFWA member Diana Rowland who sold Thai & French translation rights to Mark of the Demon & Blood of the Demon.
• SFWA member and editor Jennifer Brozek’s anthology Grants Pass is a finalist in the Australian Shadows Award.

Industry News

• One week till Hugo Nomination deadline! Details here.

Resources

• Victoria Strauss: Learn about the history of the ebook
• SFWA member Laura Bickle: Free Workshop for Writers – Before Copy Editing.
• SFWA member Nancy Fulda on why we need editors.

Member News

• Welcome to SFWA’s newest Affiliate member, Leonell Strong III!
• Congratulations to SFWA member Carrie Ryan whose THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH is on the New York Times’ list!
• SFWA member Yasmine Galenorn is having live online chat in her chat room Sun 7th; 6:00 PM PST.

Resources

• An interview with Nebula nominee Kij Johnson. Tentacles! Sex! And insights into writing.
• Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop, a NASA funded workshop for writers, is accepting applications through 3/31.
• SFWA member Jim C. Hines has an interesting post and discussion about advances.
• SFWA member Jonathan Strahan talks about managing your digital assets.

Member News

• Welcome to SFWA’s newest Active member Gord Sellar. Read one of his qualifying stories.
• Interview with SFWA member Mike Resnick.
• SFWA members: The direct link to ask your candidates questions is here.
• Welcome to SFWA’s newest Affiliate member, illustrator Apis Teicher.
• Watch SFWA member David D. Levine’s Ignite Portland (#ip8) talk on YouTube.

Industry News

• Victoria Strauss: Penguin experimenting with a book format for iPad.

The following candidates have declared.

• President – John Scalzi (unopposed)
• Vice President – Mary Robinette Kowal (unopposed)
• Secretary - Isamu Fukui and Robert J. Howe
• Treasurer – Amy Sterling Casil and Eric Fullilove
• Overseas Regional Director – Sean Williams (unopposed)
• Canadian Regional Director – No candidates declared
• South/Central Regional Director – Lee Martindale and Diana Rowland

So, SFWA members go ask the candidates questions in the 2010 Elections Discussion Area.

Remember, ballots must be received by April 23, 2010 to be counted. This is not a postmark due date.

Resources

• What do LGBTQ teens want to read?
• Victoria Strauss: Mokoto Rich on the math of ebook pricing: they’re not as cheap to produce as many people think.
• Bookends Literary Agency offers a handy publishing dictionary

Member News

• New issue of Apex Magazine is a single author issue with fiction by SFWA member Mary Robinette Kowal.
• SFWA member Jess Wynne has a story in the Steampunk issue of Crossed Genres.
• SFWA member Monica Valentinelli’s THE QUEEN OF CROWS is now available at DriveThruHorror.com.
• SFWA member Jay Lake is reading and signing new novel PINION at Powells Cedar Hills store on 4/1.
• Happy release day to SFWA member Seanan Mcguire for A Local Habitation.
• Happy Book release day to SFWA Member Blake Charlton's novel, Spellwright.
• Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Rachel Aaron, author of The Spirit Thief.
• Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Genevieve Valentine. Read one of her qualifying stories.

Industry News

• The Nebula final ballot is now open to Active SFWA members.
• Asimov's has posted their Nebula nominated stories.

Member News

• SFWA member Diana Rowland has released “Blood of the Demon.”
• Read Nebula nominated stories by Carolyn Ives Gilman and Richard Bowes at Fantasy &Science Fiction.

Industry News

• Publishers win legal block over file-sharer.