BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260115T110000 DTSTAMP:20260111T120832Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/comics-chat-with-james-b-emmett/ SUMMARY:Comics Chat with James B. Emmett DESCRIPTION:Join the Comics Committee for the January Comics Chat featuring James B. Emmett. James is the Senior Editor of Creator Owned Content at M ad Cave Studios. His presentation on working with a comics editor will be followed by an informal Q &\; A and chat about comics.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ SFWA-Comics_Final_B-scaled.png CATEGORIES:Comics Committee,SFWA Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260118T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260118T173000 DTSTAMP:20260114T235329Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/divine-forces-exploring-the-power-of-the-o rishas-featuring-tomi-adeyemi/ SUMMARY:Divine Forces: Exploring the Power of the Orishas featuring Tomi Ad eyemi DESCRIPTION:A transformative in-person event blending the power of Yoruba s pirituality with cultural exploration and collective healing. Featuring Hu go and Nebula Award winning author Tomi Adeyemi and panels with renowned w riters and scholars like Sakena Young-Scaggs\, Ayize Jama-Everett\, Kemi A shing-Giwa and Clarence A. Haynes.\n\nThe afternoon conversations will dis cuss divine forces in African spirituality\, their enduring influence acro ss the African diaspora and how these spiritual entities serve as cultural anchors and guides for healing and transformation. This event offers an i nspiring space for enthusiasts and those seeking deeper understanding of  Black Diaspora’s narratives and social justice.\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n 12:15 – 12:45 PM Registration\, Marketplace and Welcome\n\n12:45PM – 1:30 PM “Post Colonial Traditions in Contemporary Literature”  \n\nCl arence A. Haynes\, author of The Ghosts Of Gwendolyn Montgomery and Kemi Ashing-Giwa\, author of The King Must Die are in conversation. Moderate d by Audrey T. Williams.\n\n1:45 PM - 2:30 PM:  "Orishas Reborn: West Afr ican YA Fantasy"\nA forward-looking discussion with Hugo- and Nebula Award –winning writer Tomi Adeyemi\, author of the Legacy of Orisha series\, on the role of Orishas in contemporary literature\, particularly YA\, and their potential for personal and community healing. Moderated by Isis Asar e.\n\n2:30-3:15PM Book Signing with Tomi Adeyemi\n\n3:30-4:15 PM "Black Di asporic Religions” \n\nSakena Young-Scaggs in conversation with Ayize J ama-Everett \, moderated by Dr. Stanford Carpenter. How the worship and u nderstandings of Black Diasporic Religions have evolved across the African diaspora\, focusing on cultural continuity\, folk ways\, popular understa ndings\, media representation and transformation.\n\nVisit the Marketplace in the Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room from from 12:30 – 5 p.m.\n\n_______ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________\n\nParticipant Bios\n\ nTomi Adeyemi\, New York Times Bestselling Author\n\nNamed one of TIME ma gazine’s 100 Most Influential People\, Tomi Jasmine Adeyemi is a Hugo- a nd Nebula Award–winning writer and model based in New York\, New York. A fter graduating from Harvard University with an honors degree in English l iterature\, she wrote the groundbreaking\, instant #1 New York Times-bests elling Legacy of Orïsha series\, which includes Children of Blood and Bon e\, Children of Virtue and Vengeance\, and Children of Anguish and Anarchy . Tomi’s trilogy has sold over 3 million copies around the world\, and i ts highly anticipated adaptation stars Viola Davis\, Cynthia Erivo\, Idris Elba\, Regina King\, and more. The adaptation is set for release in IMAX and theaters January 15th\, 2027. When she is not busy writing\, Tomi can be found kicking ass in her local boxing gym.\n\nIsis Asare is the Execut ive Director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA ).\n\nDr. Stanford W. Carpenter AKA Brother-Story is a cultural anthropol ogist\, comic scholar\, sometime comic creator\, and former archaeologist. He is the Academic Liaison for Comicpalooza &\; Founder of Comicpalooz a University. Whether it’s through the lens of Ancient Worlds\, Afrofutu rism\, or the EthnoGothic\, he conducts ethnographic research among comic creators with an archeological sensibility that teases out the relationshi ps between people\, places\, time\, and things. His research is reflected in his writing\, art\, and civic and community engagement programming. He is currently developing scholarly programming for Houston’s Comicpalooza . His forthcoming book for Fantagraphics Press explores the cultures and h istories of Black comics\, creators\, and characters. He sits on the advis ory board of Abrams ComicArts Megascope imprint and is a co-founder and fo rmer chairman of the Black &\; Brown Comix Arts Festival (BCAF).\n\nAyi ze Jama-Everett calls the Bay Area his home despite being born in New Yor k City. He holds a Master’s in Divinity\, a Master’s in Clinical Psych ology\, and a Master’s in Fine Arts\, Creative Writing. His books and gr aphic novels defy easy categorization but hold to what he considers the “veracity of fiction’s ability to expose the human condition.” In hi s novels\, the reader will find science fiction\, romance\, action\, spiri tuality\, and philosophical questions with uncomfortable answers. In 2009\ , Jama-Everett self-published The Liminal People\, which was later picked up and distributed by Small Beer Press. He’s written three more books in the series\, The Liminal War (2015)\, The Entropy of Bones (2015)\, and H eroes of an Unknown World (2023). Jama-Everett has also written a graphic novel entitled Box of Bones Book I (2022) and Box of Bones Book II (2023) with two-time Eisner Award winner John Jennings\, published by Rosarium Pr ess and The Last Count of Monte Cristo (2023) for Abrams ComicArts Megasco pe graphic novel imprint.\n\nThe Rev. Dr. Sakena Young-Scaggs is a Senio r Associate Dean for Religious &\; Spiritual Life at Stanford Universit y and Pastor of the Stanford Memorial Church. Her research "Afrofuturism\, Womanist Phenomenology\, and the Black Imagination: A Liberative Revision ing of Black Humanity" examines the potentiated hope of visioning African Futures through a Womanist Phenomenological analysis. Dr. Young-Scaggs is experienced in facilitating professional learning sessions in culturally r elevant teaching\, Black feminist and womanist pedagogy\, Culturally Engag ed Activism\, African folklore\, and Traditional Spiritual practices.\n\nA udrey T. Williams\, MFA\, is a Southern Black poet and writer with Indo-Bu rmese heritage. She is the founder of Ancestral Futures: Liberation Litera ry Arts\, whose mission is to promote ancestral cultural preservation and collective liberation through stories and poetry\, with a focus on specula tive literary arts. A Program Lead for the Black Speculative Arts Movement ’s Northern California Chapter\, Audrey serves as Co-Chair of the 2026 W orld Fantasy Convention to be held in Oakland this October 22-25 (wfc2026. org). Her writing has appeared in Lightspeed Magazine\, FIYAH Magazine o f Black Speculative Fiction\, Space &\; Time Magazine\, and beyond. In autumn 2026\, she will begin her PhD in Community\, Liberation\, Indigeno us\, and Ecopsychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute.\n\nKemi Ashing-Giwa  is an author and scientist-in-training. Her work includes The Splinter in the Sky\, which won the Compton Crook Award and was a USA Today bests eller\; This World Is Not Yours\; and The King Must Die. Her short ficti on\, which has been nominated for an Ignyte Award and featured on the Locu s Recommended Reading List\, has been reprinted in Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary Edition\, The Year’s Top Tales of Space and T ime\, and The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction. She is now pur suing a PhD in the Earth &\; Planetary Sciences department at Stanford. \n\nProgramming is a partnership between SFWA and the African American C enter of the San Francisco Public Library. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ Untitled-design-4.png CATEGORIES:Industry Events LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library Main Branch\, 100 Larkin Street \, Sa n Francisco\, CA \, 94102\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=100 Larkin Street \, San Fr ancisco\, CA \, 94102\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=San Franc isco Public Library Main Branch:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260120T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260120T150000 DTSTAMP:20260111T124332Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/sfwa-middle-grade-and-ya-writers-meet-up/ SUMMARY:SFWA Middle-Grade and YA Writers Meet-up DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you a SFWA member who’s wri ting YA or MG\, or are interested in it? Come join our social hangout!\n\n https://events.sfwa.org/events/sfwa-middle-grade-and-ya-writers-meet-up-15 /\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:MG/YA Committee,SFWA Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260120T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260120T180000 DTSTAMP:20260114T232714Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/brooklyn-books-booze/ SUMMARY:Brooklyn Books &\; Booze! DESCRIPTION:Brooklyn Books &\; Booze returns on Tuesday\, January 20 at 7pm EST at Barrow's Intense Tasting Room at 86th 34th Street\, Brooklyn\, NY (in Industry City)! Our readers this month are Ellen Kushner\, Amanda C ockrell\, Caitlin Rozakis and Michael Swanwick. This is a monthly in-perso n event that showcases four (or more!) authors reading from their recent w orks. And it's FREE! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ Jan-26-Main-Graphic-Authors-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Industry Events,SFWA Member Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260124T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260124T120000 DTSTAMP:20260111T125848Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/speculative-poetry-open-mic/ SUMMARY:Speculative Poetry Open Mic DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHost: Gwynne Garfinkle\n Featured Poet: Linda D. Addison\, SFPA Grand Master\n\nThe SFWA Poetry Com mittee hosts a quarterly open mic for our poets. This is an unrecorded mee tup where we share our work with each other. You are welcome to read works in progress or published work in the privacy of Zoom.\n\nAt the half hour \, our feature will be introduced and read for twenty minutes. This will b e recorded and available on the events page to view. Bring a poem or two t o read\, hear our featured poet\, and hang out afterwards.\n\nLinda D. Add ison is the award-winning author of five collections\, including The Pla ce of Broken Things\, written with Alessandro Manzetti\, &\; How To R ecognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend\, and a recipient of the HWA Life time Achievement Award. She is the first African-American recipient of the HWA Bram Stoker Award®\, co-editor of Sycorax’s Daughters\, an antho logy of horror fiction &\; poetry by African- American women\, poetry e ditor of Space &\; Time Magazine since 2000\, and editor of the 2018  Rhysling Anthology and the HWA StokerCon Anthology 2019. Her work has made frequent appearances over the years on the honorable mention list fo r Year’s Best anthology. She has a B.S. in Mathematics from Carnegie-Mel lon University and currently lives in Arizona. Addison is a founding membe r of the writer’s group Circles in the Hair (CITH)\, and a member of HWA \, SFWA and SFPA.\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nhttps ://events.sfwa.org/events/speculative-poetry-open-mic-5/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ Copy-of-Poetry-Logo-1.png CATEGORIES:Poetry Committee,SFWA Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260125T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260125T173000 DTSTAMP:20260120T224852Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/author-event-bound-by-the-blood-cecilia-ta n/ SUMMARY:AUTHOR EVENT: Bound by the Blood\, Cecilia Tan DESCRIPTION:\n\nDark magic threatens the BDSM community in New York. Good t hing Mira’s got her boots on and a whip in her bag.\n\nMira is a massage therapist in New York City. Still stinging over the betrayal of her ex\, she puts on her corset to attend a kinky club night and gets far more than she bargained for. She meets a new playmate who seems to satisfy her ever y whim\, igniting desires she had thought were dead.\n\nClive is a thrills eeker whose favorite place to get an adrenaline rush is on the receiving e nd of a whip\, or while kneeling at someone’s feet. Mira seems like Cliv e’s sweetest dreams come true.\n\nBut Clive harbors secrets. An undergro und society of ritual sex magic practitioners is recruiting him\, and neit her Clive nor Mira are prepared for what happens when Clive’s dark power s are unleashed. Caught up in a battle between good and evil\, Mira and Cl ive grow ever closer\, but...\n\nCan Mira solve the mystery of Clive’s d arkest memory in time to save him... and maybe the world?\n\nREGISTER IN A DVANCE ONLINE. LEARN MORE HERE:\nhttps://pandemoniumbooks.com/products/aut hor-event-with-cecilia-tan-bound-by-the-blood-vanished-chronicles-1?start= 2026-01-01T00:00&\;select=2026-01-25T18:00 CATEGORIES:SFWA Member Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260208T000000 DTSTAMP:20260205T190012Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/sfwa-at-capricon-2026/ SUMMARY:SFWA at CapriCon 2026 DESCRIPTION:Attending 2026 CapriCon ? If so\, you are invited to join oth er SFWA members for no-host breakfast on Saturday at Six1Five5\, located inside the Chicago Marriott Suites O'Hare\, for an opportunity to connect in person with other SFWA members\, SFWA Board President Kate Ristau\, an d Execuetive Director Isis Asare.\n\nAfterwards\, please plan to attend th e Fireside Chat - SFWA: Saturday 10am in Chicago A - 1st Floor with Kate R istau and Isis Asare. CATEGORIES:Industry Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260207T094500 DTSTAMP:20260207T053400Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/sfwa-member-meet-up-capricon/ SUMMARY:SFWA Member Meet Up - CapriCon DESCRIPTION:Attending 2026 CapriCon ? If so\, you are invited to join other SFWA members for no-host breakfast on Saturday at Brickton\, located insi de the Chicago Marriott Suites O'Hare\, for an opportunity to connect in p erson with other SFWA members\, SFWA Board President Kate Ristau\, and Exe cuetive Director Isis Asare. This will be a great opportunity to find your next professional collaborator such as a writing partner\, short story ed itor\, comic collaborator\, or game designer guru. Afterwards\, please pla n to attend the Fireside Chat - SFWA: Saturday 10am in Chicago A - 1st Flo or Kate Ristau and Isis Asare. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ unnamed.webp CATEGORIES:Industry Events LOCATION:Brickton\, 8535 W Higgins Rd\,\, Chicago\, IL\, 60631\, United St ates X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=8535 W Higgins Rd\,\, Chic ago\, IL\, 60631\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Brickton:geo:0 ,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T120000 DTSTAMP:20260201T013507Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/speculative-poetry-book-club/ SUMMARY:Speculative Poetry Book Club DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA meeting of the speculative p oetry book club. At the sixth meeting\, we will discuss Katherine Quevedo ’s chapbook “The Inca Weaver’s Tales\,” winner of the 2025 Elgin A ward. No poetry expertise required! The discussion will be run by Mary Soo n Lee\, a Grand Master of the Science Fiction &\; Fantasy Poetry Associ ation.\n\nSpace is limited for this event\; please RSVP to (marysoonlee [a t] gmail [dot] com).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nhttps://events.sfwa .org/events/speculative-poetry-book-club-6/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ SFWA-Poetry-Book-Club-Quevedo.png CATEGORIES:Poetry Committee,SFWA Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260111T134026Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/indie-author-meetup-the-ins-and-outs-of-pr int-profit/ SUMMARY:Indie Author Meetup – The Ins and Outs of Print Profit DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe SFWA Independent Authors Commit tee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. This month’s topic: Wh at are the pitfalls for print production for indie authors? What do you ne ed to know about distributors\, pricing\, hardcovers\, and special edition s? Let’s share our wisdom.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://events.s fwa.org/events/indie-author-meetup-the-ins-and-outs-of-print-profit/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ SFWA-Indie-Logo.png CATEGORIES:Independent Authors Committee,SFWA Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T220000 DTSTAMP:20260115T004425Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/sfwa-happy-hour-midtown-manhattan/ SUMMARY:SFWA Happy Hour - Midtown Manhattan DESCRIPTION:Join SFWA board president\, Kate Ristau\, former SFWA board pre sident\, Michael Capobianco\, and your fellow SFWA members for a drinks\, conversation\, and connection at New York's Beer Authority.  You will be able to find the group by looking for balloons in SFWA's signature gold an d purple.\n\nDespite its name\, the Beer Authority is an all ages venue an d includes non-alcoholic beverages on its extensive menu.\n\nPlease note t his is a no-host event\, and attendees should plan to purchase their own f ood and drinks. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ Screenshot-2026-01-14-164259.png CATEGORIES:SFWA Member Events LOCATION:Beer Authority\, 300 W 40th St\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United St ates X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=300 W 40th St\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Beer Authority:geo:0 ,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T183000 DTSTAMP:20260314T194224Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/nebula-award-finalists-announcement-and-wa tch-party/ SUMMARY:Nebula Award Finalists Announcement - and Watch Party! DESCRIPTION:The votes are in\, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) is proud to announce the finalists for our annual Nebul a Awards. This year\, we have two brand new Nebula Awards\, one for Best P oem and Best Comic\, which join a field of plenty when it comes to celebra ting the best in science fiction\, fantasy\, and related genres for the pr evious publishing year.\n\nJoin us on Sunday\, March 15 at 5pm PDT to cele brate with a special video presentation that highlights all the works that warmed our members' hearts enough this year to find their way onto our fi nal ballot.\n\nYou can watch the announcement via our YouTube account\, yo utube.com/@sfwa\, or embedded in our freshly launched Nebula Conference pa ge\, sfwa.org/nebula-conference.\n\nFinalists and SFWA Members are also we lcome to join us at our watch party\, so hop onto this zoom link any time after 4:45 pm PDT on Sunday. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ Nebula-Awards-Conference-Finalist-Announcement.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260321T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T143000 DTSTAMP:20260321T123341Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/mg-ya-constellation-series/ SUMMARY:MG/YA Constellation Series DESCRIPTION:Join us this March 21-22 weekend for a full roster of master cl asses\, author showcases\, and fellow community member meet-and-greets cel ebrating the wide range of work\, warmth\, and learning in Middle Grade an d Young Adult science fiction\, fantasy\, and related genres!\n\nWe are ho nored to be learning from seasoned industry professionals Darcie Little B adger\, Christine Taylor-Butler\, Tracey Baptiste\, and Vanessa Ricci-Th ode.\n\nTracey will also be showcasing her work in one of two author show cases celebrating excellence among SFWA's MG-YA team. Check out the full l istings below!\n\nSign up to the whole weekend through our RSVP portal\, s o we can set you up with a dedicated subscription class that will grant yo u access to all events on our schedule. Include your name\, email\, and af filiate organization (if relevant) in the "Comment" field.\n\nAll events a re free to SFWA members\, and by request to the general public\, continge nt on space in some of the dedicated small-group programming.\n\nOur sched ule runs as follows:\nDay 1 (Saturday March 21)\nIntroduction to Constella tion: 8:45-9am PDT\nMaster Class: Developing education materials to accomp any children's books (with Tracey Baptiste): 9-10am PDT\nOpen lobby to mee t fellow community members: 10am-11am PDT\nAuthor Showcase: Short readings by SFWA members + Q&\;A: 11-12:30pm PDT\n\n Tracey Baptiste\n Gabrie lle Byrne\n Amy Kaplan\n Michelle Knudsen\n\nOpen lobby to meet fellow c ommunity members: 12:30-1pm\n\nMaster Class: Turning your SFF Novels into Comics (with Darcie Little Badger\, 2021's Andre Norton Nebula Award Winne r) - 1-2:30pm PDT\nDay 2 (Sunday March 22)\nAuthor Showcase: Short reading s by SFWA members + Q&\;A: 9am-10:30am PDT\n\n Adria Bailton\n Ben Fr ancisco\n Cameron Roberson (writing as Rob Cameron)\n Michael Solis\n\nO pen lobby to meet fellow community members: 10:30am-11am PDT\nMentorship S ession with Christine Taylor-Butler: Come to ask all your questions about children's book writing and the publishing industry: 11am-12pm PDT\nAuthor Reading with Vanessa Ricci-Thode\, author of The Young Necromancer's Guid e to Ghosts (2025's Andre Norton Nebula Award Winner) with Q&\;A: 12-1p m PDT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ March-2026-MGYA-Constellation-Series-1.png CATEGORIES:MG/YA Committee,SFWA Events,SFWA Member Events LOCATION:http://events.sfwa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T120000 DTSTAMP:20260325T214751Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/anthropic-settlement-webinar-for-procrasti nators/ SUMMARY:Anthropic Settlement Webinar for PROCRASTINATORS DESCRIPTION:Join us for a webinar and working group to support your Anthrop ic settlement paperwork! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ Join-the-Class-Action.png CATEGORIES:Advocacy,SFWA Events LOCATION:https://events.sfwa.org/events/anthropic-settlement-webinar-for-pr ocrastinators/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE:20260330 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE:20260331 DTSTAMP:20260322T182336Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/57948/ SUMMARY:Anthropic Claims Due! DESCRIPTION:Claims must be postmarked  or emailed by today! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T120000 DTSTAMP:20260331T203407Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/speculative-poetry-open-mic-2/ SUMMARY:Speculative Poetry Open Mic DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHost: Gwynne Garfinkle\n Featured Poet: Angela Liu\n\nThe SFWA Poetry Committee hosts a quarterly o pen mic for our poets. This is an unrecorded meetup where we share our wor k with each other. You are welcome to read works in progress or published work in the privacy of Zoom.\n\nAt the half hour\, our feature will be int roduced and read for twenty minutes. This will be recorded and available o n the events page to view. Bring a poem or two to read\, hear our featured poet\, and hang out afterwards.\n\nAngela Liu is a Nebula-\, Ignyte-\, an d Rhysling-nominated writer/poet from NYC who writes about intergeneration al trauma and weird things. She formerly researched mixed reality storytel ling at Keio University in Japan. Her stories and poetry are published in  Strange Horizons\, Clarkesworld\, The Dark\, Interzone Digital\, Lig htspeed\, khōréō\, Uncanny\, and Logic(s)\, among others.\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ SFWA-Poetry-Open-Mic-Angela-Liu.png CATEGORIES:Poetry Committee,SFWA Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17@sfwa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T200000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140510Z URL:https://www.sfwa.org/events/nebula-finalists-and-vip-guest-autographin g-at-the-nebulas/ SUMMARY:Nebula Finalists and VIP Guest Autographing at the Nebulas! DESCRIPTION:MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WELCOME!\n\nEveryone is invited to join u s Friday\, June 5 from 8pm to 10pm local Chicago time at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel &\; Conference Center.\n\nThere\, in the middle of our 61st Annual Nebula Awards Conference\, we are opening the doors for our Nebula Finalists and VIP Guest Autographing Session. Everyone is welc ome to drop by with a book or other item to be signed by this year's 42nd Grand Master N. K. Jemisin and Toastmaster Tananarive Due\, along with ma ny of our venerated Nebula Award finalists - including for our first-ever Best Poem and Best Comics Writing Nebulas! - and fellow Grand Master Joe H aldeman.\n\nWhen you RSVP to this event\, you are automatically entered in to a giveaway that will be held on site\, with a winner announced from amo ng attendees.\n\nInvite your local friends\, and tell them to RSVP to enjo y the celebration with us. CATEGORIES:Nebula Awards Conference,SFWA Events LOCATION:Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel &\; Conference Center\, 544 0 N. River Rd.\, Rosemont\, IL\, 60018\, Chicago\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=5440 N. 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