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36 Member Titles Listed in TIME Magazine’s “100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time”
Recently, TIME Magazine put together a list of “The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time,” containing some of the most beloved titles of readers…
SFWA Market Report For October
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…
Announcing the Narrative Worlds Webinar Series!
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. is pleased to announce a new webinar series as part of the ongoing 2020 SFWA Nebula…
SFWA Announces New Blog Editor
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) is pleased to announce that C.L. Clark will be the new SFWA Blog Editor. The position…
SFWA Market Report For September
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…
Butchness and Liminal Mortality in SF
by Hannah Abigail Clarke In the opening credits of Zach Snyder’s Watchmen, the phrase LESBIAN WHORES is briefly scrawled in blood on a wall. The…
An Open Letter to Convention Chairs and the Greater SF/F Community
by M.M. Schill (Content Note: This article contains descriptions of sexual harassment.) As a survivors’ advocate and community culture analyst, I am exhausted. I’m sure…
Here are Eight Places That Accept Nonfiction Essays on SF/F Topics
by Margaret Kingsbury Writing articles for websites can turn into a nice side income and can even become a main source of income if you’re…
Our Timely Obsession with Animal Crossing
by Tiffany Meuret It’s curious to witness the hold Animal Crossing has had on the SF/F and writing community. It’s wholesome, inclusive, and open-ended enough…
SFWA Announces New Communications Manager
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) is pleased to announce the addition of Rebecca Gomez Farrell as Communications Manager to SFWA’s staff….
SFWA Market Report For August
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…
Don’t Forget the H
by Tim Waggoner The horror genre is undergoing a renaissance these days, with audiences devouring popular and critically acclaimed books, movies, and television series….
Submission Tetris: An Analytic Approach
by Laurence Raphael Brothers Introduction Short fiction submissions can be challenging. There are many factors to juggle in deciding what to submit, and where. “Submission…
A Guide for Authors on Recommending Books
by Jeffe Kennedy As part of the writing and reading community, we all end up recommending books. Sometimes we stumble upon a request and can’t…
Radical Fiction or “Are We There Yet?”
By L. D. Lewis (This article originally appeared in The SFWA Bulletin #214.) In much the way too many crows is a murder, I have…
SFWA Market Report for July
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…
Copyright Registration Rule Change Allows Flat Fee Registration of Short Textual Works Published Online
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) is extremely pleased that the U.S. Copyright Office has issued a new copyright registration rule that will…
SF/F Magazines Wait Out The Great Pause—Part 2: Short- and Long-Term Prospects & the Post-COVID Landscape
by J. Scott Coatsworth This article continues J. Scott Coatsworth’s interviews and compilation of information examining how SF/F magazines are faring during the COVID-19 crisis….
SF/F Magazines Wait Out The Great Pause—Part 1: Submissions & Supplies
by J. Scott Coatsworth I was in the annual SFWA business meeting a few weeks ago when someone asked how SF/F magazines were faring through…
Writing ‘POC’ is Not Enough
Theatrical Shortcuts for Dynamic Fiction
A Statement from SFWA on Black Lives Matter and Protests
“We give lip service to acceptance, as though acceptance were enough.” ― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower People ask how worlds like Octavia Butler’s Parable…
SFWA Market Report For June
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s 2020 Nebula Award Finalists
THREE DAYS OF ONLINE VIDEO PANELS WITH REAL-TIME INTERACTION MAY 29 – 31 SFWA’s 2020 Nebula Awards will be one of the highlights of the…