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Archives: News from SFWA Members
June 2007
- Laura J. Underwood: Song of Silver
- Gunn, Kaftan, Park: SFWA Members Support Clarion West with Tuckerization Auction
- Mark L. Van Name: One Jump Ahead
- Catherynne M. Valente: A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects
- Carol Hightshoe: Lorelei Signal Honor
- Norilana Books: Clockwork Phoenix
- Robert J. Sawyer: Honorary Doctorate
May 2007
- Robin Wayne Bailey: Turn Left to Tomorrow
- James Patrick Kelly: Storypod 2.0 at Audible.com
- SFWA Presents 2006 Nebula Awards® and Andre Norton Award (updated)
- Le Guin, McHugh, Kushner Books: Prizes in Broad Universe Membership Contest
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America Supports Authors Guild Position on Simon & Schuster Rights Grab
- Karen Joy Fowler: Fantastic Fiction Salon, Seattle, WA
- SFWA presents Nebula Awards® and Andre Norton Award
- Bruce Boston: The Guardener's Tale
- SFWA: 2007 Nebula Novel Jury
April 2007
- Vera Nazarian: Norilana Books Presents YA Angst
- Nisi Shawl: "Invisible Universe"
- Duchamp, Gunn, McIntyre: Tiptree Anthology 3 at University Book Store, Seattle
- Nisi Shawl: 2007 Rainbow Bookfest
- Cat Rambo: Alma Alexander Interview
- Doranna Durgin, Contributing Editor: Helix SF Spring Issue Goes Live
March 2007
- Robert J. Sawyer: Rollback
- Cat Rambo: "The Surgeon's Tale"
- Gary K. Wolf: Roger Rabbit Creator and Archbishop of Newark Team up to Write Science Fiction Novel
- Edward M. Lerner: Address at the Library of Congress (March 30, 2007)
- Nalo Hopkinson: The New Moon's Arms
- Ron Moore named SFWA Nebula Awards® toastmaster
- Nancy Jane Moore: Interview on Gender Issues in Science Fiction, Spanish Translation
February 2007
- SFWA Releases 2006 Nebula Awards® Final Ballot
- Octavia E. Butler: Tribute at Seattle Public Library
- Clarion West Application Deadline
- Edward M. Lerner: Book Signing, Winchester, VA
- Cat Rambo Interviews Marie Brennan for Suite101.com
- Vera Nazarian's Norilana Books Acquires Sherwood Smith's Senrid
- Robert J. Sawyer Receives Toronto Public Library Celebrates Reading Award
- Sherrilyn Kenyon: The Dream-Hunter
- Geoff Ryman: Cambodian Literature
- Vera Nazarian: Norilana Books to Publish MZB's Sword and Sorceress #22
- Edward M. Lerner: Moonstruck (updated)
- Vera Nazarian: Norilana Books reprints Modean Moon
January 2007
- Edward M. Lerner: Moonstruck
- Paul Park Inaugurates NW MediaArts's Fantastic Fiction Salons
- Alma Alexander: Worldweavers, Book 1: Gift of the Unmage
- Ellen Klages' The Green Glass Sea wins Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
- Helix SF Quarterly — New Issue Hits the Stands
- Judith Tarr: Horse Camp for Writers, Spring 2007, Tucson, Arizona
- Sharon Lee & Steve Miller: Science Fiction Writers Combine Traditions to Bring their Art to the Internet
December 2006
- Joe Haldeman: Book Signing
- Carol Hightshoe: A Time To...
- Jay Lake: Benefit Organizer
- Elizabeth Anne Scarborough & Anne McCaffrey: Maelstrom
- Eleanor Arnason: Minnesota Center for Book Arts
- James Gunn: 2007 Grand Master
November 2006
October 2006
- Jack McDevitt: Odyssey and Outbound
- Ursula K. Le Guin: Charles Erskine Scott Wood Distinguished Writer Award
- Don Sakers: Across the Scattered Worlds blog
- Vera Nazarian: Mayhem at Grant-Williams High
- Edward M. Lerner: Creative Destruction. Update.
- Nisi Shawl: Prominent Black Authors and Editors to Appear at Smith College November 8 - 10, 2006
September 2006
- Cat Rambo interviews Nicola Griffith
- Ursula K. Le Guin honored: Maxine Cushing Gray Fellowship
- Edward M. Lerner: Creative Destruction
- Elizabeth Moon profiled in Rice University's The Sallyport
- Joe Haldeman at Open Book Festival, South Bend, Indiana
- Laura J. Underwood: The King's Wind
- Julianne Lee: Knight Tenebrae
- Thomas Seay: About SF First Annual Report
August 2006
- James Gunn interviewed on Weekend America, NPR
- Vera Nazarian: Salt of the Air
- Nancy Jane Moore Interview at Suite 101
July 2006
- Bruce Boston: Shades Fantastic, Rhysling Donation
- Carol Hightshoe: The Stygian Soul
- Buckell, Goss, Pierce, Spencer, Zahn: Readings and Signings during Alpha Workshop, Greensburg PA
- Jack Williamson, Greg Bear: Two SFWA pillars honored with 2006 Heinlein Award
- Robert J. Sawyer's Mindscan wins John W. Campbell Memorial Award
- Arthur Byron Cover, Doris Egan, Dennis Etchison, Sheila Finch, David Gerrold, Mel Gilden, Barbara Hambly, Brad Linaweaver, Lydia Marano, Vera Nazarian, Alan Rodgers, Sherwood Smith at Venice, California, Library
June 2006
- Bud Sparhawk: Second Life Library Open Air Theater
- SFWA Announces Andre Norton Award Emblem
- Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Side of the Moon
- Ian, Bowes, Brown, Castro, Bernobich, Sanders, Watt-Evans, Webster: Speculative Fiction Writers Launch Storyteller's Bowl Webzine
- Susan R. Vaught: Kindred Award-Winner's Generous Gesture Moves Audience to Tears
- Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship: Elliott Bay Book Company Donation
- Moore, Rosenbaum, Gates, Angell, Doyle: Rapid-Fire Reading to Benefit Speculative Literature Foundation and Strange Horizons
- Carol Hightshoe Interview on the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show
- Allan Cole & Nick Perumov publish The Lords of Terror
May 2006
- L. Timmel Duchamp & Lucy Sussex at University Book Store, Seattle
- Spider & Jeanne Robinson: The Stardance Project
- Octavia E. Butler: Tribute at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- Vera Nazarian: The Duke in His Castle, Papaveria Press
- F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre participates in production of The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
- Élisabeth Vonarburg: Prix de la Science-fiction et du Fantastique québécois and Prix Boréal for Reine de Mémoire
- Esther Friesner: Temping Fate and The Shame of Maudie Jones
- Shanna Swendson: Once upon Stilettos
- Sam's Dot Publishing Releases Bruce Boston's Flashing the Dark
- Leslie What: Finalist in Oregon Quarterly Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest
- Nebula Awards for 2005
- DBPRO to Adapt Kinley MacGregor's Lords of Avalon
- Jane Yolen: SF-FFWs 2006 Roots in Writing Award
- J. Craig Wheeler: Film DVD Release of The Krone Experiment
April 2006
March 2006
- Robert J.Sawyer's Rollback to be Serialized in Analog
- Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Allan Cole on I-Sci-Fi Internet Radio: Lords of Terror
- Judith Tarr: Horse Camp the Second
- Lee Martindale: To Stand As Witness Audiochapbook
- Robert J. Sawyer science-fiction novel nominated for Ontario Library Association Award
- Kinley MacGregor: Sword of Darkness
- Anne Petty: Florida Speaking Engagements
February 2006
- SFWA releases 2005 Nebula Awards final ballot
- Allan Cole and Nick Perumov: Lords of Terror
- Paul Levinson: The Plot to Save Socrates, Philadelphia reading & signing
- Austin tabbed for SFWA's 2008 Nebula Awards® Weekend
- Nancy Jane Moore and Anne Sheldon: Women's History Month Reading
- Andrew Burt: Announcing iFiction
- Don Sakers Ebooks now available at fictionwise.com
- SFWA, AboutSF launch Speculation Speakers and Media Resource
- Nisi Shawl on Black Science Fiction at Festival Sundiata
- Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward: Free Mini-Writing/Diversity Workshop
- John Maclay's The Templar Queen
- Alpha: SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers
January 2006
- SFWA, Dell Magazines announce electronic rights agreement
- Jayme Lynn Blaschke: New Braunfels author tapped to head SFWA publicity committee
- SFWA names Grand Master, Author Emeritus
- SFWA Members participate in Writers for Relief
- Carol Hightshoe: The Lorelei Signal
- Nisi Shawl & Cynthia Ward: Companion Book to Acclaimed Writing and Diversity Workshop Now in Print
- Don Sakers: Hunt for the Dymalon Cygnet at SupportSF
- George Zebrowski: Macrolife: A Mobile Utopia -- 25th Anniversary Edition
- Sherrilyn Kenyon's Unleash the Night: #6 NYT Bestseller List
- Bruce Coville: Full Cast Audio production of Merian C. Cooper's King Kong
- Judith Tarr's Horse Camp for Writers: Update
- Michaela Roessner's Landscape as Architecture
- Cecilia Dart-Thornton: The Well of Tears: Book Two of The Crowthistle Chronicles
- Doranna Durgin & LL Bartlett: Western New York Writers Come Full Circle
- Elizabeth Ann Scarborough: Cleopatra 7.2
- Joe Haldeman's War Stories
December 2005
- Judith Tarr: Mentoring Program
- Author Judith Tarr hosts "Horses for Writers"
- Elizabeth Ann Scarborough & Anne McCaffrey: Changelings
- David D. Levine Coordinates Potlatch 15 Taste of Clarion West Writers' Workshops
- Catherine Asaro: The Final Key (Triad, Book II)
- Michael A. Burstein to Teach with Grub Street
- Adam-Troy Castro's "My Ox Is Broken!"
- Laura J. Underwood: Dragon's Tongue
- Vera Nazarian's The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass
- Doranna Durgin explores new realms
- Louise Marley, Richard Paul Russo reading and signing, Seattle
- Lawrence Watt-Evans: Fantasy Author Makes Magic Happen Online
- Jack McDevitt's Seeker
- Ursula K. Le Guin receives PEN/USA Award
Most Recent PRs
Robert J Sawyer: Identity Theft –5/4
Norilana acquires The Memory Palace –4/26
Online Launch for Wein's The Empty Throne –4/21
Norilana acquires Leaving Fortusa –4/21
Carlson: Mind Plague sells to Ace/Penguin –4/12