SFWA is monitoring the ongoing situation with small press publisher ChiZine. In light of documented financial and contractual misconduct, as well as other troubling business practices, SFWA is placing an advisory warning on ChiZine.
Welcome to the November edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official endorsement by SFWA.
Recently, SFWA’s Contracts Committee was made aware of a situation in which a well-liked publisher canceled the publication of a number of books it had contracted to publish. The publisher said the decision was made because of “unexpected changes” at the company. The Committee has reviewed the contract in use, which lacked a provision for […]
James Beamon has agreed to serve the remainder of Andy Duncan’s term as Director-at-Large.
The SFWA minimum payment rate for professional short fiction markets is now eight cents per word. In accordance with our mission to support and empower science fiction and fantasy writers, SFWA periodically reviews and adjusts the minimum payment rate for professional short fiction markets (known colloquially as the SFWA pro rate). On January 16, 2019, […]
The Committee has been alerted to potential problems for some writers when they register their copyright(s) with the US Copyright Office. The information authors must include when registering a copyright is considered public, and will become visible to anyone searching the Copyright Office’s records, either in person or online at https://cocatalog.loc.gov/
Welcome to the August edition of the SFWA Market Report.
On Friday, August 2nd, “Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin” has its broadcast premiere on PBS’ American Masters!
Welcome to the July edition of the SFWA Market Report.
by Michael Capobianco
SFWA thanks Eleanor Wood and Spectrum Literary Agency for more than twenty years of service to the organization.
Minister Shea Ashcroft disobeyed the queen, taking pity on innocents. Exiled to the border, all he’s in charge of now is construction of a huge flak tower, using devices brought from another world. Devices that may draw attention no one can afford.
Sylvia Spruck Wrigley is a Nebula-nominated speculative fiction author and aviation journalist. She has been writing full-time since 2016, including bespoke near-future SF for Thales and NATO. She lives in Tallinn, Estonia.
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