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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...

Free roundtable discussion on Extraterrestrial Life
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New York City's Philoctetes Ccenter is hosting a free roundtable discussion of "Extraterrestrial Life" with panelists author David Marusek, NASA Chief Historian Stephen J. Dick,...

Druidawn Attempting to Take Over Every Facet of Young Writing Lives
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The Legends of Druidawn is an organization writing and reading stories and playing games in their own fantasy universe. Aimed at writers aged 7 to 18, it offers real-world and on-line...

Free SF/F Writing Course Available Online
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Author Jeffrey A. Carver's free course in Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy is available online.

Man on Mars... in 1965?
News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact
Dr. Freeman Dyson will be talking about a method by which people could have landed on Mars in the 1960s, drawing on his work on Project Orion.

Clarion West Application Deadline Approaching
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Clarion West—an intensive six-week workshop for writers of short science fiction, fantasy, and horror—will be held 17 June-27 July in Seattle, Washington. The application deadline is 1 April.

Science Fiction Database Uploaded
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The index to the SF/F Research Collection at Texas A&M's library is now available on-line.
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