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Pay to Play Anthologies

Vanity anthologies are a popular way for unscrupulous companies to make money on writers’ hunger for publication. By far the most common vanity anthology scheme is the free contest scheme, in which writers are enticed to enter poems or stories in a competition, and then pressured–though usually not required–to buy the anthologies in which their work appears.

Quick Updates for 2011-05-04

Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member @DianeWhiteside, author of The Shadow Guard (Kensington, 2011) http://www.dianewhiteside.com/ # Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member, @NataniaBarron, with a sale to Bull Spec. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member, Thomas Mays, with a sale to Jim Baen's Universe # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Dave Gross, author […]

Write on the River 2011

2011 WRITE ON THE RIVER CONFERENCE SHOWCASES PACIFIC NORTHWEST LITERARY TALENT Wenatchee’s year-round writing organization has outdone itself this year, bringing three New York Times best-selling authors and an experienced homegrown array of predominantly Pacific Northwest authors and editors to the upcoming May 14-15 conference.   Held at Wenatchee Valley College, this conference has become […]

Quick Updates for 2011-05-03

SFWA member @eugiefoster sold a short story, "Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo," to Daily Science Fiction. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member James Treadwell, author of Advent (Hodder & Stoughton (UK), 2012) http://www.jamestreadwell.com/ # SFWA member Sunny Moraine (@dynamicsymmetry)'s short "The Thick Night" is now up at Strange Horizons: http://qr.net/bptl # SF […]