Organizations
| Expanding the Australian Shadows Award | |
| News > Awards | June 9, 2009 |
| The Australian Horror Writers Association is adding two new categories to its Australian Shadows Award, honoring the best in Australian horror and dark fantasy... | |
| SFWA Election Results: Old Officers Remain in Office in July | |
| News > Organizations | April 29, 2009 |
| SFWA's annual elections resulted in a completely uncontested slate of last year's officers continuing in their positions... | |
| 2010 World Horror Convention names Guests of Honour | |
| News > Organizations | April 16, 2009 |
 The 2010 World Horror Convention, the first to be held outside North America, has named five Guests of Honour, including Tanith Lee, David Case, Les Edwards, Dave Carson, and Hugh Lamb...
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| Cory Doctorow/Charles Stross charity appearance to support Open Rights Group | |
| News > Activities | March 30, 2009 |
| Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross will be giving a benefit talk for the Open Rights Group, entitled "Resisting the all-seeing eye" on 1 May in London, England... | |
| SFWA adopts new vision and mission statements, and formally expresses values and objectives | |
| News > Organizations | March 26, 2009 |
| The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America have adopted new vision and mission statements, along with formal declarations of the organization's values and objectives... | |
| American Library Association's 2009 Reading List Awards | |
| News > Organizations | February 10, 2009 |
| The American Library Association is promulgating lists of recommended genre fiction in eight categories, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror. The titles making the 2008 list are... | |
| Interview with SFWA President Russell Davis about the changes to the Nebula Award rules | |
| News > Interviews | January 23, 2009 |
| SFWA President Russell Davis discusses some of the reasoning behind the recent overhaul of the Nebula Award rules, and what the Board of Directors hopes the changes will do to the entire awards process... | |
| SFWA Changes Nebula Rules | |
| News > Awards | January 15, 2009 |
| The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's Board of Directors has approved sweeping changes to the rules governing the organization's annual Nebula Awards, affecting eligibility, nominations, and more... | |
| Victoria Strauss to receive SFWA Service Award | |
| News > Awards | January 15, 2009 |
| Recognizing ten years of work on behalf of Writer Beware, SFWA is honoring Victoria Strauss with its Service Award... | |
| 2010 World Horror Convention to be first outside North America | |
| News > Organizations | December 9, 2008 |
| The 20th World Horror Convention, in March 2010, will be in Brighton, England (site of two previous World SF Conventions)... | |
| Janis Ian to be Nebula Awards Toastmistress | |
| News > Organizations | September 17, 2008 |
| Grammy winner and sf author Janis Ian will be the Toastmistress at next April's Nebula Awards Weekend... | |
| Right to Write Fund to help support author facing suits against publication | |
| News > Organizations | September 11, 2008 |
| The Right to Write Fund, currently part of the Center for Ethics in Action, is expanding its scope to help support creative artists faced with legal threats or lawsuits... | |
| SFWA to publish modified Nebula Awards Report publicly monthly | |
| News > Organizations | August 27, 2008 |
| The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are now publishing monthly lists of titles which have been recommended for Nebula Awards, including very little information... | |
| North American Discworld Con adds staff; giving away advance copy of Pratchett novel | |
| News > Contests | July 28, 2008 |
| The 2009 North American Discworld Convention is offering an advance reading copy of Terry Pratchett's Nation... | |
| Further SFWA Updates | |
| News > Organizations | July 16, 2008 |
| The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are making radical changes to their publications (the Bulletin and Forum) and appointing a new committee to communicate... | |
| Nebula Weekend moving to Florida in 2010 | |
| News > Organizations | July 11, 2008 |
| SFWA's annual moving Nebula Awards Weekend will be in Los Angeles in 2009, and Hollywood, Florida, in 2010... | |
| WorldCon 2009 membership rates increasing | |
| News > Organizations | July 9, 2008 |
| Attending membership rates for next year's World Science Fiction Convention will increase on 1 August... | |
| SFWA appoints three new coordinators | |
| News > Organizations | July 8, 2008 |
| SFWA appointed Jayme Lynn Blaschke Communications & Marketing Director; Cat Rambo chairman of the Copyright Committee; and Steven H. Silver Events Coordinator... | |
| SFWA launches Nebula Awards web site | |
| News > Organizations | July 2, 2008 |
| SFWA has launched a web site for its Nebula Awards, featuring (or soon to feature) all things Nebula, including data, photos, interviews... | |
| Jim Fiscus to be new SFWA WRD | |
| News > Organizations | June 25, 2008 |
| When Russell Davis leaves his post as Western Regional Director to become President of SFWA, Jim Fiscus will fill out the remainder of his term... | |
| Jim Fiscus to be new SFWA WRD | |
| News > Organizations | June 25, 2008 |
| When Russell Davis leaves his post as Western Regional Director to become President of SFWA, Jim Fiscus will fill out the remainder of his term... | |
| Ralph Bakshi to be Artist Guest of Honor at WorldCon 2009 | |
| News > Organizations | May 29, 2008 |
| Animation icon Ralph Bakshi will be the Artist Guest of Honor at Anticipation, next year's World Science Fiction Convention... | |
| SFWA Election Results: New Officers Take Office in July | |
| News > Organizations | April 27, 2008 |
| SFWA's annual elections elected an entirely new slate of officers, who will take office in July. The incoming board is... | |
| KU's new Science Fiction club | |
| News > Organizations | April 24, 2008 |
| The University of Kansas at Lawrence has a brand-new science fiction club, which will hold its organizational meeting on 1 May... | |
| Melisa Michaels and Graham P. Collins to receive SFWA Service Awards | |
| News > Awards | April 9, 2008 |
| Melisa Michaels was the founding webmaster of SFWA's web site, and Graham Collins succeeded her in the post... | |
