SFWA’s 2010 Nebula Award® nomination period is open from November 15, 2010 to February 15, 2011 23:59 PST. Active and Associate SFWA members are eligible to submit nominating ballots. http://www.sfwa.org/nebula-nomination Nebula Facts Active and Associate members may nominate up to 5 works in each category of the Nebulas, the Bradbury and the Andre Norton Award. Members may […]
Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member @AndrewMayer, author of The Falling Machine (PYR, 2011) http://www.andrewpmayer.com/ # FYI. We just signed @AndrewMayer up for membership in the bar at #orycon Yes… BarCon is where business happens. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member Ada Milenkovic Brown with a sale to IMGS. http://countesslovlace.livejournal.com # Welcome to SFWA's […]
People once learned from one another what was worth knowing and doing, and the best of these memes worked their way through the population like a unending game of telephone. It was only with the advent of mass communication technology like printing, radio, and TV that a select few became able to easily influence great numbers of people. But with social media those select few are now finding themselves increasingly drowned out.
The SFWA western regional business meeting is today from 10:00-11:00 am in the Hawthorne room at #orycon #
@angelicshades When did you apply? We usually respond within 5 business days. Email me at vp@sfwa.org (Mary Robinette Kowal) #
The Cleopatra literary contest seeks to foster aspiring young women writers. Sponsored by SFWA member @stephaniedraven http://3.ly/X6xA # Congratulations to SFWA member @jimchines who signed a 2-book deal with DAW. http://is.gd/gX0K5 # @chasingray Congratulations! That's fantastic news. # Congratulations to SFWA member @AletheaKontis who sold her debut novel SUNDAY to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. http://3.ly/v5mF #
Organizers of The Sunburst Awards, Canada’s only juried award for speculative fiction, are seeking short videos–or photographs with text–to promote awareness, as the group transitions from a privately funded venture to a non-profit. The goal is to raise the profile of Canadian Fiction. Not Canadian? Sunburst would love to hear from you too. To see […]
SFWA member @paulskemp is Guest of Honor at UCon in Ann Arbor, MI this weekend (Nov 13-14). He says, "Attend or suffer a terrible curse!" # SFWA Mourns Longtime Member, Volunteer Glenn Lewis Gillette http://is.gd/gSkT6 # Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member Sarah Frost with a sale to Analog. # Congratulations to SFWA member @jamietr […]
Glenn Lewis Gillette (b.1946) died on Nov. 1 after a year-long battle with cancer.
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As I’ve discussed before on this blog, one of the many changes currently rocking the publishing industry is a general blurring of lines, a mixing and melding of formerly sharply separate categories and func…
This is the first short story anthology set in a shared fictional world based on a blend of African cultures. Featuring authors from around the African continent and diaspora, the Sauútiverse is filled with wonder, mystery, and magic.
Jason Lancour is the author of the fantasy novels, Rise of the Red Hand and Storm Cloud Rising. He tries to spend a small portion of each day with his head in the clouds. In his writing, he hopes to share with his readers what he has seen up there.
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