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American Library Association's Reading List Council's 2007 Reading List
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The American Library Association is promulgating lists of recommended genre fiction in eight categories, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror. The titles making the 2007 list are...

Denvention 3 updates include Hugo nominating ballot
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This year's WorldCon has posted hotel information, the Hugo nominating ballot, and the latest progress report...

Street Cred—a fan's view of the writers' strike
News > Film & Television
SFScope's television reviewer Sarah Stegall flew to Los Angeles to participate in Mutant Enemy Day, on behalf of the writers. Here's her report and photos...

SFWA announces Nebula Awards Weekend and Piracy Committee news
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The hotel has started taking reservations for the 2008 Nebula Awards Weekend in Austin, Texas. SFWA has revived the Piracy Committee...

Non-union writers' organizations support writers' union's strike
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The HWA and SFWA, though not unions, have both come out in support of the WGA's current strike...

SFWA Suspends ePiracy Committee
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Text of the official statement...

Anticipation, the 2009 WorldCon, announces details
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After winning the bid to host the 2009 WorldCon, the Anticipation committee has started announcing details, such as venue, guests of honor...

SFWA, the DMCA, and Scribd: a match made much lower than heaven
News > Editorial
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America appears to have made a large gaffe, stepping into the DMCA fray with a site called Scribd, and incidently stepping on a lot of toes...

Call for Thoughts of WisCon 31
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Aqueduct Press will be publishing The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 2, expanding on some of the discussions at the convention. Editors L. Timmel Duchamp and Eileen Gunn are looking for...

SFPA's Second Science Fiction Poetry Contest
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The Science Fiction Poetry Association is sponsoring its Second Annual Poetry Contest, and is looking for submissions of science fiction (or fantasy or horror) sonnets. Cash prizes include...

SFWA Appoint Replacement Officers
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SFWA's new Board of Directors takes office today, 1 July, and incoming President Michael Capobianco has announced the three members who will step into vacancies left on the Board by resignation.

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...

Three Resignations from SFWA's Board of Directors
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Secretary Catherine Mintz, Western Regional Director Sheila Finch, and Eastern Regional Director Diane Turnshek have announced their resignations from SFWA's Board of Directors, effective...

Visual Effects Society's Most Influential Films and Festival
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The Visual Effects Society is hosting a festival on their art, and has released their list of the "50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time." The list includes...

SFWA Election Vote Totals
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The previously announced results of SFWA's election now have actual vote totals. They are...

Moore Donates SFWA Honorarium to Alpha
News > Education
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...

Nebula Award Winners
News > Awards
SFWA announced the winners of the Nebula Awards Saturday night at a banquet in New York City. The winners are...

SFWA Andre Norton Award Jury Named
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SFWA's 2007 Andre Norton Award Jury has been named. Publishers should send eligible works of young adult science fiction and fantasy to the jury members...

SFWA Nebula Award Novel Jury Named
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SFWA's 2007 Nebula Award Novel Jury has been named. Publishers should send eligible books to the jury members...

IAFA Conference and Awards
News > Awards
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts met for the 28th time, and awarded several awards. The winners include...

Win a Trip to the Nebulas
News > Contests
AbeBooks.com and SFWA are co-sponsoring a contest to send two people to this year's Nebula Awards banquet and ceremony. Entrants must answer a question...

New Contestants in SFWA Election
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Two SFWA members have recently announced that they are standing as write-in candidates in this year's officers' election, which was previously uncontested.
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