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ASU Releases Free Climate Change Anthology
Everything Change: An Anthology of Climate Fiction is now available as a free download (PDF, EPUB, or MOBI).
“Everything Change” features twelve stories from Arizona State University’s 2016 Climate Fiction Short Story Contest along with along with a foreword by science…
Horses Are Not Machines: On Writing the Steeds of Fantasy Fiction
by Rosalind Moran
A regrettable trend across much fantasy writing is that of a horse not really being a horse, but simply a plot device; a vehicle to help carry a story along. Horses, however, are not vehicles.
SFWA Market Report for October
Welcome to SFWA’s latest pro-rate Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official endorsement by SFWA.
Catalysts, Explorers, & Secret Keepers
The Museum of Science Fiction has announced a new science fiction anthology: Catalysts, Explorers, & Secret Keepers. It will be a “take-home exhibit” featuring short works by and about the women of science fiction.
Copper Cylinder Awards Announced
The Sunburst Award Society is pleased to announce the winners of the fifth annual Copper Cylinder Award.
Teaching Stuff: Vast and Cool and Unsympathetic
by Richard Chwedyk
Here’s an assignment I give my students:
They receive a copy of the first chapter of H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.
It is roughly 2,250 words.
I tell the students that Mr. Wells has just received a note from…
The Galaktika Situation
Within the past year, in large part due to independent investigations within Hungary by Bence Pintér, SFWA became aware that for at least a decade Galaktika had been translating stories by a large number of foreign authors which Galaktika had…
Humble Bundle Deal Ends Soon: Don’t Miss Out
Humble Bundle has released a great lineup of science fiction books written by scientists. You might be surprised at some of their disciplines.
Great Deal: Science Fiction By Scientists
Humble Bundle has released a great lineup of science fiction books written by scientists. A portion of the proceeds supports SFWA’s Givers Fund. So grab some awesome novels and nonfiction books and help support SFWA!
Sunburst Award Winners Announced
The Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic in Adult, Young Adult, and Short Story categories.
The Future Began on a Tuesday
by Dennis Mathis
It was madness. The classes went on until the janitor came to turn out the lights, and we never seemed to get anywhere. This wasn’t a course about writing, it was about readers and how infinitely bone-headed they…
4 Pitfalls To Avoid When Crafting Trans Characters (SF&F Edition!)
By Ashley Lauren Rogers
There are numerous examples of classic science fiction and fantasy stories that deal with gender and what happens when we deviate from expectations of that gender. Include popular shows like Transparent, movies like The Danish Girl, and…
How Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors and Publishers Can Take Advantage of Price Promotions
If you’re an author or publisher, price promotions are a powerful way to reach new readers and sell books.
How powerful? In 2015, price promotions on BookBub alone drove sales of over 20 million ebooks — and over 200 of the…
SFWA Statement Regarding the Fireside Fiction Company Special Report
by Cat Rambo
People have been asking that SFWA give an official response to the Fireside Report on the scarcity of black authors in science fiction and fantasy as well as say what it is that we’re doing in response.
SFWA Market Report for September
Welcome to SFWA’s latest pro-rate Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official endorsement by SFWA.
SFWA “Star Project” Awarded to 2017 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide
SFWA is pleased to announce that a “SFWA Star Project” contribution has been awarded to 2017 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide by Corie and Sean Weaver of Dreaming Robot Press.
In Memoriam: Gene Wilder
Nebula Award-winning screenwriter and actor Gene Wilder (b. 1933) died on August 29. Wilder portrayed Dr. Frankenstein in Mel Brooks’s comedy Young Frankenstein as well as the fox in The Little Prince and the title role in Willy Wonka and…
Try Writing Comics
by Sara Ryan
Whatever your situation as a writer, I’d like to encourage you to try writing in the comics format. I keep using the word “format” to emphasize that, as advocates of comics have often been compelled to repeat, “It’s…
Special Prometheus Award Announced
MileHiCon 48, Colorado’s largest annual sf convention, will host the LFS awards ceremony presenting the Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement to L. Neil Smith.
Teaching Stuff: At Play With the Universe
by Richard J. Chwedyk
When I started “teaching” the Science Fiction Writing Workshop for undergrad and grad students at Columbia College Chicago, I had no idea what my priorities should be. There’s an obvious plethora of things you want to communicate…
Kickstarter Visits the SFWA Suite!
If you’re going to be at MidAmeriCon II on Aug 20th, be sure to check out the SFWA’s Meet-and-Greet with Margot Atwell, Kickstarter’s Publishing Lead.
Diverse Works Sought by Andre Norton Jury
A note from the 2016 Andre Norton Award Jury: We’re well into our reading for this year’s award, and we’d like to remind everyone writing for younger readers that whether it’s YA, middle-grade, or graphic novels, we’re actively interested in–and…
Steam Press Flash Fiction Competition Announced
Steam Press, a New Zealand publisher, is running a world-wide competition for short-short science fiction stories. All stories will be considered for possible publication and the winning entry is awarded a prize of USD$500.00.
SFWA Welcomes Diabolical Plots
Diabolical Plots, self-described as “a Sci-fi/Fantasy zine that covers virtually every media related to the genre from books to movies to video games” is now a SFWA Qualified market. Payment: Eight cents per word, on publication.