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Out-of-this-World Auction At Worldcon
Become a fantastic character, take away something beautiful and unique, or get killed (fictively) by your favorite author at the Charity Auction hosted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) at this year’s Worldcon on Sunday, August…
Canopus Award Judges Announced
100YSS is currently accepting submissions for original works and nominations for previously published works July 25 through August 31, 2015. The Public is invited to nominate previously published works.
Joining the Club
Unidentified Funny Objects, my anthology series, was partly born out of frustration. It was 2012, and I had been actively writing and submitting short stories for about three years. Things were going rather well: I’d made some professional sales, joined…
UFO Anthology Now a SFWA Qualifying Market
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is pleased to announce that Unidentified Funny Objects, edited and published by Alex Shvartsman, is the first anthology series to join the SFWA list of Qualifying Professional Markets.
Canopus Award Established
100 Year Starship has established the Canopus Award, an annual writing prize recognizing the finest fiction and non-fiction works that contribute to the excitement, knowledge, and understanding of interstellar space exploration and travel.
That Paper Dragon
by Jaym Gates and Joie Brown
Last week we discussed some of the basics we use to stay organized, but this week we’re delving into some of the grittier details—client information, multiple deadlines, business cards.
The Organizational Beast
by Jaym Gates and Joie Brown
The life of a freelancer isn’t all champagne and breakfast in bed. To make a living out of the bits and pieces of available contracting work requires a lot of juggling, steady nerves, and an…
Marketing Books as an Indie Author
When you’re an independent author, almost every job falls to you as the publisher of your work. There is no Marketing Department, no Public Relations, no Distribution. As a self-published author, all of those jobs fall in my lap.
The Importance of Archiving
In this new video, part of the SFWA Youtube channel, Lynne M. Thomas discusses her work with SFWA and the importance of archiving literary papers.
2015 Prometheus Award Winner Announced
Daniel Suarez’s novel Influx has won the Prometheus Award for Best Novel (of 2015).
2015 World Fantasy Award Nominees
2015 World Fantasy Award nominees announced.
Endeavour Award Finalists Announced
Four novels and a single-author collection of stories are finalists for the Endeavour Award. The 2015 Award will be the sixteenth year for the Endeavour, which comes with an honorarium of $1,000.00.
Joining SFWA – A Discussion
Cat Rambo and Steven Gould discuss why they joined SFWA and why others should consider joining.
In Praise of Rejectomancy
by Kate Heartfield In the late 1990s and early 2000s, I was a dabbler in short fiction. I wrote about one story each year. I’d send that story out once, maybe twice if I felt cocky, and then I’d trunk it, figuring…
Locus Award Winners
Winners of Locus Magazine’s annual readers’ poll have been announced.
Shuffling Stories, Arranging Anthologies
“Put your biggest names first and last, and then load everything else in the middle.”
That was how I learned to format anthologies. It makes sense: when someone’s browsing an anthology, they’re most likely to first look at the front and…
Sunburst Awards Shortlist Announced
The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual award celebrating the best in Canadian fantastic literature published during the previous calendar year.
2015 Nebula Award Winners
Winners and accepters at the 2015 Nebula Awards. (L to R) Steven Gould, Nancy Kress, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Scott Edelman, Ursula Vernon, Larry Niven, Stanley Schmidt, Usman T Malik, Sam J Miller, and Matthew Kressel.
Interfictions Online
A new issue of the genre-bending literary magazine Interfictions Online is live.
SFWA Introduces New Book Medal Designs
To mark the 50th anniversary of SFWA, SFWA has partnered with Joe Monti, Editorial Director of Saga Press, and designer Michael McCartney to release all-new Nebula Award and Norton Award Nominee and Recipient Medals.
Sunburst Award: Long List Announced
The Sunburst Award Committee released the jury’s selections for the long list for the 2015 awards.
Nebula Award Winners Announced
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Nebula Awards (presented 2015).
Steven Gould: A “Professional” Writers Organization
I am often asked what is the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. My shorthand answer is that we are an organization of Professional Writers working and publishing in the SF & Fantasy field. But what is this thing…
Robert Greenberger: Final Thoughts
Working in Manhattan meant I was in the center of the universe. While working for DC Comics, I was a few blocks from Pocket Books where I was contributing to their Star Trek line of novels and a few blocks…