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Nebula Weekend moving to Florida in 2010
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SFWA's annual moving Nebula Awards Weekend will be in Los Angeles in 2009, and Hollywood, Florida, in 2010...

WorldCon 2009 membership rates increasing
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Attending membership rates for next year's World Science Fiction Convention will increase on 1 August...

SFWA appoints three new coordinators
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SFWA appointed Jayme Lynn Blaschke Communications & Marketing Director; Cat Rambo chairman of the Copyright Committee; and Steven H. Silver Events Coordinator...

SFWA launches Nebula Awards web site
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SFWA has launched a web site for its Nebula Awards, featuring (or soon to feature) all things Nebula, including data, photos, interviews...

Jim Fiscus to be new SFWA WRD
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When Russell Davis leaves his post as Western Regional Director to become President of SFWA, Jim Fiscus will fill out the remainder of his term...

Jim Fiscus to be new SFWA WRD
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When Russell Davis leaves his post as Western Regional Director to become President of SFWA, Jim Fiscus will fill out the remainder of his term...

Ralph Bakshi to be Artist Guest of Honor at WorldCon 2009
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Animation icon Ralph Bakshi will be the Artist Guest of Honor at Anticipation, next year's World Science Fiction Convention...

SFWA Election Results: New Officers Take Office in July
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SFWA's annual elections elected an entirely new slate of officers, who will take office in July. The incoming board is...

KU's new Science Fiction club
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The University of Kansas at Lawrence has a brand-new science fiction club, which will hold its organizational meeting on 1 May...

Melisa Michaels and Graham P. Collins to receive SFWA Service Awards
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Melisa Michaels was the founding webmaster of SFWA's web site, and Graham Collins succeeded her in the post...

SFWA's Contracts Committee comments on Amazon's Kindle contract
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Grant available for new writers 50 years or older...

Some of SFWA's elections are contested
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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