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SFWA membership is open to authors, artists and other professionals, now including graphic novelists, game-writers, translators, and poets. Learn more about the benefits of joining, the eligibility requirements, and how to apply.

Nebula Awards

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, YA/MG novel, game-writing, and, in 2025, poetry and comics.

News and Views

How to Write a Comic Script

by Tim Susman The first time I tried to write a comic book script, I had no guidance about what a script looked like, but I’d read comic books and graphic novels. So I wrote up my idea for a four-to-five-page story and sent it to the editor. He sent it back with a gentle […]

Watch Those Contract Clauses! Clarification for MustRead, Inc. on Unusual Rights Inclusions

Notice from the SFWA Board of Directors: Recently, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) was contacted in regards to contracts potentially being offered to writers submitting to a variety of magazines including Analog, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and F&SF, that contained some potentially problematic clauses. These magazines represent important and historic repositories of some […]

Conjuring Images when Writing for Comics, Prose, and the Screen

by Jessica Maison A writer conjures images for their readers, whether writing prose, film, or comics. Comics writing has a set of best practices that share similarities and differences with screenwriting and prose writing. Most successful stories told in any medium must establish a dynamic world and protagonist while presenting an enticing inciting incident, climax, […]

Now Hiring! Operations Director of SFWA

Organization Overview The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization for published writers and industry professionals in the field of science fiction, fantasy, and related genres. Founded in 1965, SFWA runs the annual Nebula Conference, the Nebula Awards, and has a number of programs to assist authors worldwide. Compensation: […]

Taking Humor Writing Seriously

by Ira Nayman A few years ago, I was on a panel on Humorous SF at a convention (an occupational hazard, given what I write). I opened with well-rehearsed remarks about how there seemed to be a resistance to my beloved subgenre among major publishers. Before I could get very far, a person in the […]

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