Model Reversion Clause, Version 1.1
As part of its ongoing efforts to educate writers about publishing contracts, the Contracts Committee periodically writes new model contracts […]
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This Is How You Lose the Time War
In the ashes of a dying world, Red finds a letter marked “Burn before reading. Signed, Blue.” So begins an
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The Haunting of Tram Car 015
Cairo, 1912: The case started as a simple one for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities ― handling
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2020 Nebula Conference Panels, a Sneak Peek!
Looking forward to the 2020 Nebula Conference? We are, too! To whet your appetite, our programming team has prepared a
Information Center, The SFWA Blog
Seven Ways to Grow Your Resilience as a Writer
by Alex Woolf
No one enjoys being rejected. Writers, who are often a touch more sensitive than the average bear, may feel the sting even more acutely. Which is unfortunate, as the daily work of the writer involves rejection on an almost continuous basis.
News, The SFWA Blog
SFWA Statement from the President on Chizine
SFWA is monitoring the ongoing situation with small press publisher ChiZine. In light of documented financial and contractual misconduct, as well as other troubling business practices, SFWA is placing an advisory warning on ChiZine.
The SFWA Blog
Good for Your Career? Evaluating Events for Writers
by Catherine Lundoff
“You should go to this – it’ll be good for your career” is a phrase that you’ll hear more than once as you start getting published. The phrase gets applied to conventions, conferences, writing workshops, book festivals and classes, just to name a few things. The “good for your career part” can refer to networking opportunities, the chance to meet editors and agents, some opportunity to gain new readership like doing a reading or being on a panel, or honing your craft.
The SFWA Blog, Worldbuilding
Words Out of Time: Building a Better World Through Etymology
by Ken Pelham
Your stiff-upper-lipped hero, Professor Jenkins, frustrated with the chicanery of Air Captain Hamm, pounds the table and shouts, “Good heavens, man! The scoundrel has hatched yet another outrageous boondoggle!”
Boondoggle. This is where your narrative gets stuck in the etymological weeds.
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An Appreciation of Eleanor Wood
by Michael Capobianco
SFWA thanks Eleanor Wood and Spectrum Literary Agency for more than twenty years of service to the organization.
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The Dream Foundry
by Anaea Lay
We’re building a community meant to capture the community. The whole community. We want to find beginners and bring them in to nurture them, help them learn, smooth their career path. We’re going to have resources that are useful to prose authors, and illustrators, and game designers, and people working in film.