Issues in Science and Technology announces a science fiction contest

Policy journal Issues in Science and Technology is seeking science fiction stories for their 2015 issues, to be accompanied by commentaries or responses from the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. Prizes include publication in the journal and $1500 honoraria. Deadline is June 1st... Read more [...]

Camila Fernandes wins the Second Hydra Competition In Brazil

The winners of the second iteration of the Hydra Competition have been announced. The competition's aim is to expose Brazilian fantastic literature to the English-speaking world... Read more [...]

“Don’t Lesnerize!”: NYRSF Readings Series Presents a Tribute to Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) was read, remembered, memorialized, and discussed at great length in a reading dedicated to him at the SoHo Artspace... Read more [...]

Before Game of Thrones, no one named babies “Khaleesi.” In 2012, it beat the name “Betsy.”

Shared without comment. Thanks, SFScope friend Andrew Porter.

http://www.vox.com/2014/4/9/5590250/game-of-thrones-has-changed-the-way-we-name-babies

Pete Crowther leaving Postscripts to Nick Gevers

Nick Gevers takes the full reins of Postscripts... Read more [...]

The Montegrappa Scholastic Prize for New Children’s Writing

Scholastic has teamed up with pen manufacturer Montegrappa to offer a writing prize for an unpublished author, in the hunt for "the next J.K. Rowling"... Read more [...]

Amazon.com to Acquire comiXology

Amazon.com is acquiring comiXology in a deal in which the terms were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2014... Read more [...]

The Future Begins — Star Trek: Live in Concert to debut in May

Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) to be presented with symphony orchestras performing musical scores live to picture... Read more [...]

Balticon welcomes science fiction author Brandon Sanderson

The Baltimore regional sf convention, which expects an attendance of 2,000 people, will host special guests including Brandon Sanderson, Halo Jankowski, and Vinton Cerf over Memorial Day Weekend... Read more [...]

Help save Tatooine

A fund-raising campaign seeks additional funding to save the Tunisian set on which several pivotal scenes in the Star Wars movies were filmed. The set is being covered by the desert... Read more [...]

Frederik Pohl memorial planned for August in Illinois

Elizabeth Ann Hull is making plans for a celebration in memory of Frederik Pohl (1919-2013) on August 2, 2014, in Palatine, Illinois... Read more [...]

Tales Of Honor: The Secret Fleet Mobile Game Sets Course for iOS

Evergreen Studios reveals Tales of Honor mobile game will release on the App Store April 24, 2014, Android to follow... Read more [...]

Sakura Matsuri: A Celebration of Japanese Culture at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

The Brooklyn (NY) Botanic Garden's 33rd annual celebration of Japanese culture and the cherry blossoms -- Sakura Matsuri -- will be April 26 and 27... Read more [...]

New Terry Pratchett Book From Random House Children’s Publishers This Autumn

Terry Pratchett's Dragons At Crumbling Castle is his youngest work yet, a collection for children, which Random House UK will be publishing in September... Read more [...]

Ellen Datlow returns with an anthology of terror: step right up to the Nightmare Carnival

Ellen Datlow's new anthology, Nightmare Carnival, features sixteen insidious and shocking tales of horror... Read more [...]