SFWA Staff and Support
Kate Baker, Director of Operations
When not managing the daily operations of SFWA, Kate Baker is the two-time Hugo Award and World Fantasy Award winning Podcast Director and Non-Fiction Editor for Clarkesworld Magazine. She has narrated over 250 short stories/audio books/poems. She has also read for various other venues such as StarShipSofa, Escape Pod, The Drabblecast, Cast of Wonders, and Fantasy Magazine.
Why you should contact Kate:General membership issues (including but not limited to — log in problems, renewals, new memberships, questions, etc.), general questions not answered by the sfwa.org website, invoices/payments, organization queries, and general technical questions.
Steven H Silver, Event Manager
Steven has been SFWA’s event manager since 2008, helping to run the Nebula Award Weekend, New York Reception, and SFWA’s Worldcon presence. In addition, he has been running conventions since the 1990s and was programming chair for Chicon 2000 and Vice Chair for Chicon 7. His fiction has been published in Helix, BlackGate, StarShipSofa, and various DAW anthologies. He has edited collections and anthologies for DAW and NESFA and from 2004-2012 ran ISFiC Press.
Why you should contact Steven:Information about the Nebula Awards weekend, BookExpo America, Worldcon, the New York Reception, or other Events that SFWA coordinates throughout the year. Ideas for additional events or improvements to those SFWA already does.
Jeremiah Tolbert, SFWA Webmaster
Jeremiah Tolbert is an assemblage of skunks and badgers uneasily cooperating inside of a stereotypical “nerd” Halloween costume. He has been the SFWA webmaster for many seasons, now.
To keep the collective’s litters fed with the finest in human foodstuffs, he write science fiction and fantasy short fiction and develops and designs websites for authors, publishers, and small businesses as Clockpunk Studios.
Contact him about:
Technical website or forum site matters or issues with SFWA email systems.
Jim Johnson, SFWA Discussion Boards Head Moderator
Jim has been a moderator of SFWA’s online discussion forums since 2009 and also serves on the Self-Publishing Committee and the Game Writing Committee. He writes in various genres and subgenres of science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction. He has several stories published in various Star Trek anthologies and small press publications, and has contributed to a variety of tabletop pen and paper RPGs. Please visit www.scribeineti.com for more information.
Why you should contact Jim:
Discussion forum issues (reporting inappropriate/offensive posts or material, general discussion forum software issues, moving/deleting/fixing threads and posts, etc.). Also if you have suggestions on how SFWA can better support and inform hybrid and/or independent writers.
Terra LeMay, Nebula Awards Commissioner & Events Coordinator
Terra became SFWA’s Nebula Awards Commissioner in 2014, and in that role, she acts as liaison to the SFWA Awards Rules Committee and the Norton Award Jury. She is also responsible for book procurement for Nebula Awards Weekend and can sometimes be found volunteering in the SFWA hospitality suite, at the SFWA table, and elsewhere as needed at Worldcons and other conventions where SFWA has a presence. Her short fiction has appeared in or is forthcoming from Apex Magazine, Cemetery Dance, Daily Science Fiction, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and in other magazines and anthologies. Her novels are represented by Seth Fishman at The Gernert Company. You can find her online at www.terralemay.com
Why you should contact Terra:
Nebula Awards issues, including (but not limited to) questions about rules or eligibility, how to make eligible works available to SFWA members and/or the Norton Jury, and questions or problems nominating or voting for the Nebulas. Appeals to the SFWA Awards Rules Committee also go through Terra, and she can give you information about how to contribute books or periodicals for distribution at Nebula Awards Weekend.
Sarah Goslee, Twitter Coordinator
Sarah Goslee writes both science fiction and nonfiction, and edits http://www.ScienceinMyFiction.com Learn more at http://www.sarahgoslee.com
Why you should contact Sarah:
Promotional information for @SFWAauthors should go to Sarah, as should any concerns about material on @SFWAauthors or @SFWA twitter feeds.