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The Bulletin #216 is now available for download for SFWA members and participants of the 2021 Nebula Conference Online. Cover: “La Cantarita” by John Picacio…

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has released our newest fantasy StoryBundle! The “Magic and Mayhem” Bundle is only available from October 13…

by Nick Wood (NW) & Isiah Lavender III (IL) After finishing a working stint as a psychologist in Aotearoa, New Zealand, I (NW) visited the…

Welcome to the October edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official…

~DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 20!~ The SFWA Self-Publishing Committee (SPC) is happy to announce that we are open for submissions October 3–1720, 2021, for two…

Welcome to the September edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official…

by Benjamin C. Kinney   Rejection letters are an inescapable part of the writing life, especially for authors of short fiction. The internet is full…

The following is a SFWA Member Report. A modified version originally ran in the SFWA Singularity #71. A USPS Tribute Video to Le Guin can…

by Eleanor Konik   Often, speculative fiction relies on common government types, like monarchies and republics, because they’re familiar to readers. History, however, offers other…

Welcome to the August edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official…

by Naomi Norbez With the release of Cyberpunk 2077 a few months back, there has been some debate about what it means to be cyberpunk, and…

William F. Nolan (b.1928) died on July 15 from complications due to an infection. He was 93. Nolan was best known for his work on Logan’s Run in…

by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt Part 1 of this series focused on the importance of #OwnVoices stories and the representation of neurodiversity and the neurodiverse (ND) in…

Welcome to the July edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official…

by Gabriel Ertsgaard From Hector and Achilles to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, the heroic duel is a fiction staple. However, my special interest (and…

Welcome to the June edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official…

by Julie Nováková   SF authors are accustomed to creating intelligent spaceships, spinning space stations, flying cars or super-advanced robots, but what real-world technology can’t…

by Alice Speilburg Nearly every summer, I bring on an intern for the agency, and each week we cover a different publishing topic, focusing on…

by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt   If you are a writer and an avid Twitter user, you may be familiar with the term #OwnVoices and pitch events…

Welcome to the May edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official…

by J.D. Harlock Sometimes, outlining is a never-ending struggle. Too much? Too little? You can never really tell until you finally start writing that first…

Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote in the SFWA Board elections. The results as certified by the Elections Committee and the…

by Andrew Hoe Human martial arts styles are biased: they’re specifically designed to fight other humans. Of course, watching Neo trade Kung Fu blows with…

by Holly Schofield As a published writer beginning to get some attention, I hear it over and over: How many books have you written?  Are…