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Gail Z. Martin: Why I Joined SFWA
I joined SFWA for the same reason I have joined other professional organizations over the course of my career—it’s important to be part of the…
2015 SFWA Election Results
Jody Lynn Nye: One Big Dysfunctional Family
Right about now, many of you are wishing that you never had to deal with about half of SFWA ever again, but let’s step back…
E.C. Myers: The Once and Future SFWA
I first heard about SFWA in my senior year of college, through the Columbia University Science Fiction Society (CUSFS). We had invited Paul Levinson,…
Michael A. Burstein: My First Nebula Awards Banquet
In April 1995, I was a barely wet-behind-the-ears writer of science fiction. My first story was scheduled to appear in the July/August 1995 issue of…
The Pomodoro Technique
Cat Rambo: Volunteering with SFWA: Why?
Perhaps because of my Midwestern upbringing, perhaps because of circumstances of education, one of my core values has always been volunteerism. It’s one of the…
Norton Jury Convenes
SFWA Cookbook Available
Tony Peak: Joining the SFWA
There was a time—less than a year ago, in fact—when I dreamed of joining the SFWA. Among writers of speculative fiction, the organization represents the…
M.K. Hutchins: My Journey into SFWA
When I was a very young teen writer, I read articles on the SFWA website as a reward for meeting my writing goals. SFWA was…
E.D. Walker: Why SFWA?
A few years ago I attended Viable Paradise, which is a one-week writer’s workshop taught by some of the most talented authors currently writing SF/F….
The Nebula Awards Mass Autographing
Terry O’Brien: What I Appreciate About SFWA
I don’t remember exactly how long ago I joined SFWA. I do know that it was shortly after my stories were published in the early issues…
From the Fringes to the Classroom
Mary Rosenblum: It’s All About Community
I’m a proud member of Science Fiction Writers of America. It costs me in the neighborhood of $100 a year in dues or so. And…
Beth Cato: Why I Joined SFWA
When I was a teenager back in the 1990s, I regularly prowled through my mall B. Dalton. Back then, monthly publishing bulletins were set out…
SFWA.org: One of the Best
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America website has been selected by Writer’s Digest Magazine as one of the “101 Best Website for Writers.” A…
R.C. Smith: The Gifts of Fantasy and Science Fiction
I set out to write science fiction and fantasy quite a number of years after having received one of the best gifts of my life….
Stephen Baxter: My Favorite Robert Silverberg Novel
In my mind SFWA has always been associated with Robert Silverberg. Bob was of course the second president of the organisation, and he introduced my…
Prometheus Awards: Best Novel Finalists
Lela E. Buis: SFWA vs. the Demons
The aging writer hunches over her pen and paper in a cramped and cluttered room. The hour has grown late, daylight long since fled. The…
Elaine Isaak: Tribal Rites: Why I Joined SFWA
As a young geek, I excelled at school and struggled in only one thing, really: making friends. Oh, I had one or two, and the…