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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...

Robert Sawyer helps dedicate David J. Williams sf collection at Kansas State University
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Kansas State University acquired the collection of long-time collector David J. Williams III last year, and dedicated it this week, with cermonies that included...

Clarion West Names 2008 Instructors
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The 2008 Clarion West Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Workshop will again be held in Seattle, Washington. Instructors for the six-week long intensive workshop will include Cory Doctorow, Chuch Palahniuk, Paul Park, Mary Rosenblum, Sheree R. Thomas, and Connie Willis...

Carver and Gardner to teach 10-week workshop
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Jeffrey A. Carver and Craig Shaw Gardner will teach a 10-week intensive science fiction writing workshop at Pandemonium Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts...

Clarion Names 2008 Instructors
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The 2008 Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Workshop will be its second in San Diego, California. Instructors for the six-week long intensive workshop will include Neil Gaiman, Nalo Hopkinson, James Patrick Kelly, Kelly Link, Mary Anne Mohanraj, and Geoff Ryman...

de Lint, Crowley, and Kessel to teach and read in Seattle
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NW Media Arts and Seattle's Richard Hugo House present three Sundays of fantastic fiction writing workshops—followed by three Mondays of author readings and signings—this Autumn...

NASA sponsors art contest to depict "Life and Work on the Moon"
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NASA is sponsoring an art contest, open to college students in the US, with the theme "Life and Work on the Moon." There will be cash prizes and exhibit opportunities for winners...

Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop teaches writers the stars
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A NASA-funded educational program sent science fiction writers to Wyoming to learn astronomy...

"Somatic Networks and Molecular Hacking in Eastern Standard Tribe
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Dr. Graham J. Murphy, of Trent University, recently published a paper investigating "Somatic Networks and Molecular Hacking in Eastern Standard Tribe," using Cory Doctorow's novel as his source material. The paper is now available...

Clarion West Write-a-Thon Raising Funds
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Clarion West Writers' Workshop is hosting its fourth annual Write-a-thon fundraiser. All the money raised goes to support the intensive six-week science fiction/fantasy writing workshop. Participating authors include Eileen Gunn, Paul Park, and Michael Swanwick. For more information...

Kansas Writers Workshop deadline approaching
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The deadline for applications to the Science Fiction Writers Workshop at the University of Kansas is 1 June. The workshop will run 25 June to 5 July, and...

Moore Donates SFWA Honorarium to Alpha
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SFWA Nebula Awards Toastmaster Ron D. Moore donated his entire honorarium to the Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers. The money will be used...

Is science fiction good for public debate?
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The Institute of Idea's Douglas Adams Memorial Debate will be on the topic "From Star Wars to the Battle of Ideas: Is science fiction good for public debate?" The debate will be held...

Shared Worlds writing camp for high school juniors and seniors
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South Carolina's Wofford College is hosting "Shared Worlds," an eight-day residential camp in which teenaged writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, will learn...
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