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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. Parking is available nearby.
We honor Connie Willis as our Grand Master!
To register, go to the Nebula Awards Weekend page and then 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.)
Ship packages home via UPS Sunday from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the hotel.
The Mass Autographing Session on Friday, May 18th will be followed by a reception to honor the nominees and other honorees.
Our Toastmaster, Walter Jon Williams, will conduct a half-day Writers Workshop, emphasizing structure and plotting, on Friday morning. Astronaut Mike Fincke is our Keynote Speaker.
You don’t have to be a nominee, a member of SFWA, or even a writer to participate in the weekend. There will be seating in the rear of the room for those who wish to see the ceremony but were not at the banquet. The cost to register is $100.00 for non-SFWA members and $90.00 for SFWA members from now on and at the door. Banquet tickets and memberships are no longer available unless prior arrangements have been made.
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Results from the 2010 Nebula Awards (presented 2011).
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Preliminary Program for SFWA’s Forty-Seventh Nebula Awards Weekend
Your Own Holy Bible: An In-Depth Look at Creating, Maintaining & Using a Story/Series Bible. Presentations on specific subtopics with a “take-away” bullet list.
The Ebook Decision: Do it yourself, delegate it, or don’t do it at all? Thinking of self-publishing an ebook? Whether you’re a new writer looking for an audience or a seasoned pro with an unencumbered backlist, you’re probably weighing the risks against the rewards. How much work is it to do it yourself? What are the pitfalls? How much would it cost to have someone else do it? Where do you put it? How do you promote it? Is this a good use of your time? You’re asking the right questions, anyway. We’ll try to help you come up with some answers. Eileen Gunn, moderator, panelists to be determined. This panel will be followed by a workshop later the same day.
Alien Autobiographies: Stories of real aliens and Americans living in alien worlds. Living in an Alien Culture: How to Write about Meeting Aliens. Panelists: David Case, Brenda Clough, Mary Alice Kleinjan, Jagi Lamplighter
Overview of AI Techniques for Your Writing Presentation on artificial intelligence by Dr. Alice Armstrong. The objective of this talk to provide authors with a very brief overview of major techniques in AI and machine learning and a chance to pitch ideas to an expert and get feedback on ideas from the presenter and the audience. The technical talk will be given first and will take half of the allotted time. Dr. Armstrong will not go into depth on any one topic, but rather attempt to provide a list of references and resources for authors. She anticipates covering 5 – 8 topics, depending on the time. In the second half, the floor will be opened for questions. Questions such as “Would it be plausible if…” or “Would you stop reading a story if an author did this…” will be addressed. Dr. Armstrong will also be willing to clarify technical details, if desired. A link to the presentation and/or a handout will be provides to the audience members so that they can take these references with them as a resource.
World Building: Follow the Money (How are your characters getting the resources they live on?)
Tragedy is Easy! (Writing Comedy for advanced writers.)
Watch that step! Pacing a Story (or a book).
How to Remember Anything: A brief overview of some of the many different things we lump together as “memory,” a look at the concepts that are essential to making all forms of memory function, followed by an introduction to several mnemonic techniques and systems. presentation by Lawrence M. Schoen
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