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The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, Full, Associate, and Senior members of SFWA. Since 1966, the Nebula Awards have been given each year for the best novel, novella, novelette, and short story. Over the years, Nebula Awards have been added for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, best YA/MG novel, and best game-writing.

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Quark – A SFWA Public Digest

A quark (/kwɔːrk, kwɑːrk/) is a type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter. In an effort to maintain transparency and foster communications with all members of the SFF community and the public, SFWA would like to introduce Quark, a monthly digest which will give quick updates on what’s been happening within the […]

The Inexorable Growth of BIPOC in Publishing

by Emily Jiang AN INTRODUCTION OF SORTS: To Boldly Go Where I Have Never Gone Before “We often fear what we do not understand. Our best defense is knowledge.” –Tuvok Over 15 years ago, when I enrolled in an MFA program for Creative Writing, I had no idea what social justice was. Around that time, […]

SFWA Market Report For September

Welcome to the September edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any venue in this report does not indicate an official endorsement by SFWA. Those markets included on this list pay at least $0.08/word USD in at least one category of fiction. This compilation is not exhaustive of all publication opportunities that pay […]

Introduction to Game Writing and Playtesting

by John Dale Beety Editor’s note: This is the first installment in our five-part series “Playtesting Game Narratives,” curated by SFWA’s Game Writing Committee. In science fiction and fantasy (SFF) terms, game writing is exactly what it sounds like: writing for games. Calling oneself a game writer, however, is akin to declaring oneself a scientist. […]

The Past Is Not as Rosy as You’ve Been Led to Believe

by Jeff Reynolds A game we authors enjoy is “discuss how the short story market used to pay so well you could make a living from it.” When the topic appeared again recently, I wondered: Is there any truth to this view? Did writers of the past make a living selling nothing but short fiction? […]

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