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Hobbits and Music
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Wombat looking for information on the intersection of hobbits and music...

Western State College of Colorado offers low-residency MFA in Creative Writing
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The MFA in Creative Writing program at Western State College of Colorado is a low-residency program that is friendly sf/f writers...

Tor Books hiring two paid interns for Fall 2010
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Tor Books is taking applications to fill two slots for paid editorial interns for the Fall 2010 semester...

Bower Park School is bringing Hollywood to Havering, Essex, UK
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The Bower Park School's "Hollywood 2 Havering" will bring several Hollywood artists to the UK to headline at a weekend celebration of all things cinema...

Shared Worlds to feature a Bestiary of Strange Beasts
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South Carolina's Wofford College is running a two-week workshop/camp for students in grades 8 through 12, teaching sf/f worldbuilding and group creativity with teachers including...

10th AMNH Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate will ask: Moon or Mars?
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The 10th annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate at the Hayden Planetarium (New York City) will discuss what's next in manned space, and include Kenneth Ford, Lester Lyles, Paul Spudis, Steven Squyres, and Robert Zubrin...

Launch Pad Workshop to run again this summer; applications due soon
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Applications for the 2010 Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for writers will be accepted during the month of March...

Odyssey 2010 details announced
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New Hampshire's Odyssey Writing Workshop will run 7 June-16 July 2010, with writer-in-residence Laura Anne Gilman and guest lecturers...

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation features Star Trek actors at fundraiser
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The charitable Astronaut Scholarship Foundation will welcome three cast members from The Next Generation at its upcoming Astronaut Experience and Memorabilia Auction...

Odyssey Writing Workshop to offer online classes
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In addition to their annual, six-week, in-person workshop, Odyssey is now offering on-line writing classes in specific, targeted subjects...

Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art institutes education department with two courses
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New York City's Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art is expanding its offerings with the formation of its education department, headed by Danny Fingeroth. The first two courses will be...

Fred Pohl Gets Honorary Diploma from Brooklyn Tech
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89-year-old science fiction Grand Master Frederik Pohl received an honorary diploma from the high school he dropped out of 74 years ago...

Writers Workshops at this year's WorldCon
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The writers workshops at this year's WorldCon are now open to submissions. Stories must be e-mailed by 25 July to be considered for the small-group sessions with professionals...

Shared Worlds writing camp open to high school students this summer
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South Carolina's Wofford College is running a two-week workshop/camp for students in grades 8 through 12, teaching sf/f worldbuilding and group creativity with teachers including...

2009 Launch Pad Attendees Named
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The twelve writers chosen to attend this year's Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop have been named. They include, writers, comedians, game creators, a poet...

Applications due for 2009 Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop
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A NASA-funded educational program will send a dozen writers to Wyoming for a week to learn astronomy...

Targeted publishing workshops for adults in New England
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Swordsmith Producitons's Leigh Grossman is offering a range of publishing workshops for adults, focusing on the craft and business of writing and publishing...

Clarion Names 2009 Instructors
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The 2009 Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Workshop will be its second in San Diego, California. Instructors for the six-week long intensive workshop will include Holly Black, Larissa Lai, Robert Crais, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Hand, and Paul Park...

NASA, Walt Disney, and Buzz Lightyear in joint education initiative
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NASA's Toys in Space program will be launching a Buzz Lightyear action figure aboard the space shuttle Discovery on 31 May to kickoff a new educational partnership with Disney...

Cory Doctorow linking up librarians in need with generous readers
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Rather than step on his publishers' toes by taking "tips" for his free downloads, Doctorow is connecting would-be tippers with librarians and teachers without the wherewithall to buy the books...

Boom! Studios offering summer internships
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Boom! Studios is offering unpaid summer internships for college credit...

Applications due for Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop
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A NASA-funded educational program will send a dozen writers to Wyoming for a week to learn astronomy...

Alpha Workshop for younger writers
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Pittsburgh's seventh Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers will be this July, immediately preceding Confluence...

Free comics workshop in Berkeley, California
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Friends of Lulu is starting a free, monthly comics workshop: "come and bring a sketchbook," they say...

Taos Toolbox is a "master class in sf writing"
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The Taos Toolbox Writers Workshop, taught by Walter Jon Williams and Kelly Link, is now accepting applications for June 2008...
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