Quick Updates for 2010-05-23
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Robinson Wells, Meghan McCarron, Erin Kellison, Carrie Harris, Eugie Foster, Norman Spinrad, Malcolm Edwards, and N.K. Jemisin!
SFWA Blog
Quick Updates for 2010-05-22
Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member @ekellison (Erin Kellison), author of Shadow Bound from Dorchester. http://www.erinkellison.com/ # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Carrie Harris, author of BAD TASTE IN BOYS from Random House. She is our 100th new member in 2010. # If you need a break from writing, check out this 1950 "premake" […]
Countdown to Action ReLaunch Special Offer Results in Amazon.com Top 100 in Category
FTL Publications is pleased to announce that as a result of its special Virtual Online ReLaunch Party for Countdown to Action by Joan Marie Verba, this title reached the Top 100 on the Amazon.com Bestseller list on May 19, 2010, in the Movie Tie-In Category. Countdown to Action is an award-winning young adult science fiction […]
Quick Updates for 2010-05-21
The Big Picture has photos of prep and liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis. http://is.gd/chM8y # RT @megmccarron: Delany on Racism and Science Fiction: http://is.gd/chMMB # RT @Maudelynn: New Computer Algorithm that can recognize sarcasm. http://tinyurl.com/22ob7l5 #
Book View Café’s Extraordinary Steampunk Photo Contest
In celebration of Book View Press’ upcoming release of The Shadow Conspiracy Volume II (SCII), Book View Café is holding a steampunk photo contest. The winning photo will be used on the cover of SC II which is scheduled for publication in December of this year. Prizes for the winning entry will include a copy […]
Quick Updates for 2010-05-20
The special SF issue of WLT (1st SF for this literary magazine) is available plus much exclusive web content: http://is.gd/cg8a5 # Right now @Nasa is a streaming a talk by @Astro_Jeff about the 6 MONTHS he spent at the ISS. http://is.gd/cgehI # We have a member there who is offering to ask a question. No […]
Photos and video of the 2010 Nebula Award Weekend
If you weren’t able to attend the Nebula Awards Weekend or want to relive the moment, Keith Stokes has posted photos of the weekend at the Midamerican Fan Photo Archive. Keith was the recipient of a Service to SFWA award this weekend and that’s just one of the many reasons he earned it. Also, SFWA […]
Quick Updates for 2010-05-19
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Joe Haldeman, China Miéville, Dan Abnett, Gwynne Garfinkle, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, and Norman Spinrad.
Former SFWA president Norman Spinrad will undergo stomach cancer surgery on Thursday
Former SFWA president Norman Spinrad has been battling stomach cancer for some time now. This Thursday he goes in for surgery to try to remove the mass of tumors blocking his stomach. In his words, “If nothing is done, this is a slow death by starvation.”
SFWA 2010 Election results
Winners of the 2010 SFWA election are.
President: John Scalzi (208)
Vice President: Mary Robinette Kowal (207)
Secretary: Robert J. Howe (163)
Treasurer’s race: Amy Casil Sterling (151)
South/Central Regional Director: Lee Martindale (62)
Overseas Regional Director: Sean Williams (10)
