Organizations
| SFWA's Contracts Committee comments on Amazon's Kindle contract | |
| News > Publishers | April 9, 2008 |
| SFWA's Contracts Committee looked into the boilerplate contract Amazon recently posted for authors wishing to make their books available through the booksellers Kindle system. Their annotation raises many questions and concerns... | |
| SFWA's 2008 Nebula Award Juries | |
| News > Awards | March 20, 2008 |
| SFWA 2008 Nebula Award juries have the option of adding works to the final Nebula ballot. Editors with work they wish to be considered... | |
| Character auction for Autism Speaks | |
| News > Activities | March 18, 2008 |
| Several genre and non-genre authors are auctioning off naming rights to characters in upcoming novels, to support Autism Speaks... | |
| Four rare, collectible books available via auction from NESFA | |
| News > Books | March 4, 2008 |
| NESFA Press is auctioning off four books they published more than 30 years ago, including works by Brin, de Camp, McCaffrey, and Pratchett... | |
| SFWA leaves final Nebula ballot as published | |
| News > Awards | February 28, 2008 |
| Following the publication of this year's Nebula Awards final ballot, the eligibility of one of the script nominees was challenged... | |
| World Horror Con rates increasing | |
| News > Organizations | February 26, 2008 |
| Membership rates for this year's World Horror Convention (which will be at the end of March) increase at the end of the month... | |
| Older Writers Grant Available | |
| News > Awards | February 25, 2008 |
| Grant available for new writers 50 years or older... | |
| Some of SFWA's elections are contested | |
| News > Organizations | February 22, 2008 |
| This year's election for officers of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America features contested elections for President and Secretary... | |
| Registration opens for Nebula Awards Weekend | |
| News > Organizations | February 19, 2008 |
| Registration is now open for this year's Nebula Awards Weekend, which will be 25-27 April in Austin, Texas. Registration for the whole weekend is... | |
| Denvention 3 looking for an at-convention logo merchandise vendor | |
| News > Organizations | February 14, 2008 |
| Denvention 3, this year's World Science Fiction Convention, is accepting bids from potential at-convention vendors of logo merchandise... | |
| Mayhar and Lansdale to be honored at Nebula Awards | |
| News > Awards | February 7, 2008 |
| Ardath Mayhar has been named the Author Emeritus and Joe R. Lansdale will serve as Toastmaster at SFWA's annual award fest... | |
| NESFA to publish The One Right Thing by Bruce Coville | |
| News > Books | January 30, 2008 |
| NESFA's annual Boskone book will be a collection by Bruce Coville entitled The One Right Thing. Contents of the book include... | |
| SFWA building a second web site | |
| News > Organizations | January 29, 2008 |
| The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is planning to open a second presence on the web, centered on the Nebula Awards... | |
| Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art changing, growing, and planning | |
| News > Exhibits | January 29, 2008 |
| New York City's Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is rebuilding its gallery, sponsoring a symposium and art festival, and planning exhibits... | |
| It's SFWA election season again | |
| News > Organizations | January 28, 2008 |
| The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's annual election season is once again upon us, as the call for candidates has been issued... | |
| American Library Association's Reading List Council's 2007 Reading List | |
| News > Organizations | January 28, 2008 |
| The American Library Association is promulgating lists of recommended genre fiction in eight categories, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror. The titles making the 2007 list are... | |
| Denvention 3 updates include Hugo nominating ballot | |
| News > Organizations & Conferences | January 2, 2008 |
| This year's WorldCon has posted hotel information, the Hugo nominating ballot, and the latest progress report... | |
| Street Cred—a fan's view of the writers' strike | |
| News > Film & Television | December 12, 2007 |
| SFScope's television reviewer Sarah Stegall flew to Los Angeles to participate in Mutant Enemy Day, on behalf of the writers. Here's her report and photos... | |
| SFWA announces Nebula Awards Weekend and Piracy Committee news | |
| News > Organizations | November 30, 2007 |
| The hotel has started taking reservations for the 2008 Nebula Awards Weekend in Austin, Texas. SFWA has revived the Piracy Committee... | |
| Non-union writers' organizations support writers' union's strike | |
| News > Organizations | November 15, 2007 |
| The HWA and SFWA, though not unions, have both come out in support of the WGA's current strike... | |
| SFWA Suspends ePiracy Committee | |
| News > Organizations | September 3, 2007 |
| Text of the official statement... | |
| Anticipation, the 2009 WorldCon, announces details | |
| News > Organizations & Conferences | September 3, 2007 |
| After winning the bid to host the 2009 WorldCon, the Anticipation committee has started announcing details, such as venue, guests of honor... | |
| SFWA, the DMCA, and Scribd: a match made much lower than heaven | |
| News > Editorial | August 31, 2007 |
| The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America appears to have made a large gaffe, stepping into the DMCA fray with a site called Scribd, and incidently stepping on a lot of toes... | |
| Call for Thoughts of WisCon 31 | |
| News > Organizations | July 30, 2007 |
| Aqueduct Press will be publishing The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 2, expanding on some of the discussions at the convention. Editors L. Timmel Duchamp and Eileen Gunn are looking for... | |
| SFPA's Second Science Fiction Poetry Contest | |
| News > Contests | July 17, 2007 |
| The Science Fiction Poetry Association is sponsoring its Second Annual Poetry Contest, and is looking for submissions of science fiction (or fantasy or horror) sonnets. Cash prizes include... | |
