As they did two years ago, the hosts of the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series are raffling off donations from well-known authors, editors, artists, and agents to support the reading series. Raffle tickets are available now, from www.kgbfantasticfiction.org. Sales will end 25 October, at midnight Eastern Daylight Time. Soon thereafter, winners will be drawn randomly from a digital “hat” and announced on the web.
Co-host Ellen Datlow writes “Well-known professionals have donated prizes (see Partial List of Prizes below), which will be raffled off in October. All proceeds from the raffle will help support the reading series, which has been a bright star in the speculative fiction community for more than a decade.”
Some of the prizes up for auction include:
* A short story critique by The Altered Fluid writers group
* Signed galley of Catherynne Valente’s Deathless and a handmade necklace
* Signed copies of Inside Straight, Busted Flush, and Suicide Kings by George R.R. Martin
* Your very own wormhole, with a certificate of authenticity by physicist Michio Kaku
* A used keyboard by Neil Gaiman, signed to the winner
* A signed partial early draft of a manuscript by William Gibson
* Three unpublished stories by Michael Swanwick, in which the winner will own the rights until 2015
* A short story critique by Nancy Kress
* A carnivorous plant terrarium
* A Tuckerization by Richard Bowes
* A short story critique by Cat Rambo
* One copy of each of the twelve titles published by ChiZine press in 2010
* A signed copy of The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals by Jeff & Ann VanderMeer, along with a nice ceramic candy bowl, for use with your Candied Cthulhu bits! (recipe included)
* Two drawings by Tom Canty
* A session with Peter Straub’s masseuse
* A session with Ellen Datlow’s reflexologist
* A signed copy of The Way of the Wizard, edited by John Joseph Adams
A full list of prizes is on this page. Full details and rules are available on this page.
Related articles previously published on SFScope:
KGB Fantastic Fiction Raffle ends, should support the series for two years (30 July 2008)
Raffle to support Fantastic Fiction at KGB Reading Series (8 July 2008)