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- Mission
- History
- Activities
- Advocacy and support Writer Beware Griefcom Emergency Medical Fund Legal Fund Estate Project
- Awards
- Publications The SFWA Bulletin The Forum Binary The SFWA Blog
- Membership
- Board and administrative staff
- References
- External links
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| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Cat Rambo
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| membership = Approx. 1,900 members[1]
| headquarters = Enfield, CT
| formation = 1965
| type = 501(c)3 organization
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| purpose= SFWA informs, supports, promotes, defends and advocates for its members.
| region_served= International
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}}Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, or SFWA ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪ|f|w|ə}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɛ|f|w|ə}}) is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. While SFWA is based in the United States, its membership is open to writers worldwide. The organization was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight under the name Science Fiction Writers of America, Inc. The president of SFWA as of 2015 is Cat Rambo. SFWA has about 1,900 professionally published writer members worldwide.[1] SFWA Active members vote for the Nebula Awards, one of the principal English-language science fiction awards. MissionSFWA informs, supports, promotes, defends and advocates for its members.[2] SFWA activities include informing science fiction and fantasy writers on professional matters, protecting their interests,[3] and helping them deal effectively with agents, editors, anthologists, and producers in print and non-print media;[4] encouraging public interest in and appreciation for science fiction and fantasy literature; sponsoring, editing, and disseminating writings, papers, books, pamphlets, and other publications which exemplify science fiction and fantasy literature of high quality; conducting conferences, public discussion groups, forums, lectures, and seminar programs; and furnishing services connected with this stated purpose. HistoryScience Fiction Writers of America, Inc. was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight in association with a group of writers connected to the Milford Conference, which he also headed. According to Todd McCaffrey, the organization immediately "acquired great status in its efforts to help J.R.R. Tolkien get fair recompense in America for pirated sales of The Lord of the Rings."[5] In 1991, the name of the organization was changed to Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, to reflect the fact that the organization had always included writers working in multiple genres.[6] After the name change, both SFWA and SFFWA were used as acronyms. The acronym SFWA was re-established officially in 1996.[7] In 1982, Lisa Tuttle withdrew her short story "The Bone Flute" from the final Nebula ballot, to protest what she saw as excessive campaigning for awards and that voters did not receive copies of nominated works. Her withdrawal was sent after voting had been completed. When informed she had won, she contacted SFWA and told them she refused to accept it. She was told that her reasons for doing so would be announced. Her publisher accepted the award in her place, apparently with no knowledge of her withdrawal, and there was no mention of her objection.[8] In September 2009, SFWA joined the Open Book Alliance to oppose the Google Book Settlement.[9] As a party to the class action suit, SFWA had recently explained its reservations about the settlement and declared its intention to file an objection.[10] In 2013, the SFWA Bulletin was the subject of a controversy about sexism.[11] This led to a brief hiatus, followed by a reboot of the magazine in a modern, updated format. In 2014, the original Massachusetts corporation was dissolved and SFWA reincorporated as a California nonprofit 501(c)3 organization with new bylaws.[12] ActivitiesSFWA participates in various trade shows and publishing industry events in the United States and abroad, including BookExpo America, the American Library Association Midwinter Conference, the USA Science & Engineering Festival, and several major (and minor) science fiction, fantasy and media conventions. SFWA holds a semi-annual business meeting at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) when it's held in North America, and at the North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) otherwise.[13] SFWA also hosts its own events, which include: - SFWA Nebula Conference: SFWA Nebula Conference is an annual conference during which a banquet is held and Nebula Award winners are announced and presented. Other Nebula Awards Weekend events include a semi-annual SFWA business meeting and a mass autographing session for member authors, which is open to the public. In recent years, an extensive program of panels and workshops for professional writers has been offered. SFWA Nebula Conference, and the earlier Nabula Awards Weekend have been held at different cities throughout the United States. It is held in a different location every two years. It will be held in Pittsburgh, PA in 2018, the second year at that location.[13]
- The SFWA Reception in New York: SFWA has hosted an annual reception in New York to provide SFWA members the opportunity to meet and socialize with editors, agents, publicists, art directors and other publishing industry professionals. Over the years, the reception has gone by several names, including Authors and Editors, Mill and Swill, and the NY Reception. The event was put on hold in 2015 because of rising costs. [14]
- The SFWA Reading Series: A series of free quarterly events during which SFWA authors read or discuss their fiction with members of local communities. Currently held in Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, and Philadelphia, PA, but the program may soon expand to other areas.[15]
Advocacy and supportAs an organization, SFWA acts as an advocate to effect important changes within the publishing industry, especially among publishers of science fiction and fantasy, by promoting author-friendly copyright legislation, equitable treatment of authors, and fair contract terms. Writer BewareSFWA sponsors Writer Beware, whose mission is to track, expose, and raise awareness of the prevalence of fraud and other questionable activities in and around the publishing industry. Writer Beware consists of the Writer Beware website, which provides the latest information on literary schemes, scams, and pitfalls; the Writer Beware blog, which provides up-to-the-minute information on specific scams and schemes, along with advice for writers and industry news and commentary; and the Writer Beware Facebook page, which posts links to articles, news items, and warnings of interest to writers, and provides a forum for discussion. Writer Beware receives the support of the Mystery Writers of America and the Horror Writers Association.[16] Writer Beware maintains an extensive database of complaints on questionable literary agents, publishers, independent editors, writers’ services, contests, publicity services, and others, and offers a free research and information service for writers. Writer Beware staff assist law enforcement agencies with investigations of literary fraud, and have been instrumental in the convictions of several literary scammers.[17][18] |authorlink=Steven H Silver |title=SFWA Annual Events|magazine=The SFWA Bulletin|date=Winter 2014}} 26 (4): 59.
14. ^{{cite news |last=Silver|first=Steven H |title=The NY Reception|magazine=The SFWA Bulletin|date=Winter 2014}} 26 (4): 60.
15. ^"SFWA Pacific Northwest Reading Series," Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, accessed March 30, 2017.
16. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/about/ |title=About Writer Beware |publisher=SFWA |date=1998–2013 |accessdate=2014-11-02}} "Except for graphics, and where specifically indicated, all Writer Beware® contents copyright © 1998-2013 Victoria Strauss."
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/60508-indie-author-beware.html |title=Indie Author Beware | author=Sargent, Betty Kelly | date=January 6, 2014 | website=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=March 28, 2017 |quote=You don’t have to be a genre writer to benefit from this excellent site and its Writer Beware blog. Its mission is to “track, expose, and raise awareness of the prevalence of fraud and other questionable activities in and around the publishing industry.” They say that they “maintain an extensive database of questionable literary agents, publishers, independent editors, writers’ services, contests, publicity services, and others.” If you have a complaint about a company you have worked with or a question you can email them at beware@sfwa.org.}}
18. ^{{cite news | last = Schudel | first = Matt | title = A.C. Crispin dies at 63; author of sci-fi and tie-in novels |work=Washington Post | date = September 7, 2013 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ac-crispin-dies-at-63-author-of-sci-fi-and-tie-in-novels/2013/09/07/5ed498d4-17e5-11e3-804b-d3a1a3a18f2c_story.html | accessdate =March 28, 2017 | quote=Ms. Crispin served 10 years as eastern regional director of the writers’ group and helped found the watchdog committee called Writer Beware in 1998. Writer Beware is a group that alerts people to online scams of would-be agents and publishers, seeking to entrap and defraud would-be writers unfamiliar with the publishing world. Ms. Crispin helped uncover hundreds of cases, testified in court, and assisted the FBI and prosecutors in sending several scam artists to prison.}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sfwa.org/about/benevolent-funds/emergency-medical-fund/|title=SFWA Emergency Medical Fund|website=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America|accessdate=25 December 2016}}
20. ^{{cite news |last= Capobianco|first=Michael |title=Copyright Battles and SFWA|magazine=The SFWA Bulletin|date=Winter 2014}} 26 (4): 40.
21. ^{{cite news |last=Clough|first=Brenda W.|authorlink=Brenda Clough |title=The Estates Project|magazine=The SFWA Bulletin|date=Winter 2014}} 26 (4): 13.
22. ^"Nebula Award rules," Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, accessed March 30, 2017.
23. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/GrandMaster.html |title=About the SFWA Grand Master Award |work=The Locus Index to SF Awards |publisher=Locus Publications (locusmag.com) |accessdate=2011-07-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805165759/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/GrandMaster.html |archivedate=2011-08-05 |df= }}
24. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/GrandMasterWinsByYear.html |title=SFWA Grand Master Award Winners By Year |work=The Locus Index to SF Awards |publisher=Locus |accessdate=2011-07-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805173202/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/GrandMasterWinsByYear.html |archivedate=2011-08-05 |df= }}
25. ^{{cite web |work=Locus Magazine |title=Ray Bradbury Award |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2009/01/ray-bradbury-award.html |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605211851/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2009/01/ray-bradbury-award.html |archivedate=2011-06-05 |df= }}
26. ^"[https://books.google.com/books?id=zwvh6U1Np34C&lpg=PA99&dq=sfwa%20author%20emeritus&pg=PA101#v=onepage&q&f=false Introduction to Author Emeritus Neal Barrett, Jr.,]" The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 edited by Kevin J. Anderson, Tom Doherty Associates, 2011, page 101.
27. ^"[https://books.google.com/books?id=izy_9MLeldsC&lpg=PT13&dq=sfwa%20andre%20norton%20award&pg=PT13#v=onepage&q&f=false Honoring Andre: The Andre Norton Award]" by Josepha Sherman, Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 edited by Mike Resnick, Penguin, 2007.
28. ^"Armstrong Wins SFWA Service Award," Locus Magazine, April 28, 2014.
29. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Sfwa.html |title=About the Other SFWA Awards |work=The Locus Index to SF Awards |publisher=Locus |accessdate=2011-07-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016210647/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Sfwa.html |archivedate=2011-10-16 |df= }}
30. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2016/01/sfwa-announces-new-sfwa-bulletin-editor/|title=SFWA Announces New SFWA Bulletin Editor - SFWA|date=25 January 2016|publisher=}}
31. ^{{cite news |last=Gates|first=Jaym|authorlink=Jaym Gates |title=SFWA Bulletin Returns|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2014/02/sfwa-bulletin-returns |publisher=SFWA |accessdate=2014-03-29 |date=February 27, 2014}}
32. ^{{cite news |last=Sanford |first=Jason |authorlink=Jason Sanford |title=The new SFWA Bulletin is blowing my mind |url=http://www.jasonsanford.com/jason/2014/03/the-new-sfwa-bulletin-is-blowing-my-mind.html |publisher=Jason Sanford (jasonsanford.com) |date=March 26, 2014 |accessdate=2015-07-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517132251/http://www.jasonsanford.com/jason/2014/03/the-new-sfwa-bulletin-is-blowing-my-mind.html |archivedate=May 17, 2014 |df= }}
33. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.blackgate.com/2014/03/03/the-return-of-the-sfwa-bulletin |first=John|last=O'Neill|authorlink=John O'Neill (editor) |title=The Return of The SFWA Bulletin |publisher=Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature (blackgate.com) |date=March 3, 2014 |accessdate=2015-07-16 }} Comment by Sue Granquist (March 5, 2014): "That “fantastic piece of cover art” looks suspiciously like a woman in a burka. ‘Nuff said.."
34. ^1 {{cite news |last=Anders|first=Charlie Jane|authorlink=Charlie Anders |title=The editor of SFWA's bulletin resigns over sexist articles|url=http://io9.com/the-editor-of-sfwas-bulletin-resigns-over-sexist-artic-511752239 |accessdate=2013-06-07 |newspaper=io9 |date=June 6, 2013}}
35. ^1 {{cite news |last=Griner|first=David|title=Will the Fantasy Genre Ever Grow Up and Ditch the Chainmail Bikini? Industry bulletin's cover sets off firestorm|url=http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/will-fantasy-genre-ever-grow-and-ditch-chainmail-bikini-150004 |accessdate=2013-06-07 |newspaper=Adweek |date=June 4, 2013}}
36. ^{{cite news |last=Romano|first=Aja |title=SFWA sexism rocks the science-fiction blogosphere |newspaper=The Daily Dot |url=http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/sfwa-bulletin-jean-rabe-resigned-sexism |publisher= |date=June 7, 2013 |accessdate=2015-07-16 }} Last updated February 25, 2014.
37. ^{{cite news |first1=Mike|last1=Resnick|authorlink1=Mike Resnick |first2=Barry N.|last2=Malzberg|authorlink2=Barry N. Malzberg |title=Talk Radio Redux |magazine=The SFWA Bulletin|date=Summer 2013}} 47 (3): 45–50. [https://archive.org/details/SFWABulletinIssue202TalkRadioReduxByMikeResnickAndBarryNMalzberg Archive copy] retrieved 2015-07-16.
38. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/controversial-email-inflames-sexism-debate-sci-fi|title=Controversial email inflames sexism debate in sci-fi community|author=Romano, Aja|date=10 February 2014|accessdate=21 September 2016}}
39. ^{{cite web |last=Scalzi|first=John|authorlink=John Scalzi |title=Presidential Statement on the SFWA Bulletin |url=http://www.sfwa.org/2013/06/presidential-statement-on-the-sfwa-bulletin |publisher=SFWA |date=June 2, 2013 |accessdate=2013-06-17 }}
40. ^{{cite web|title=Plan for Moving Ahead with the Bulletin|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2013/06/four-step-plan-for-moving-ahead-with-the-bulletin |publisher=SFWA |accessdate=2013-06-17 |date=June 13, 2013}}
41. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.sfwa.org/about/join-us/sfwa-membership-requirements |title=Membership Requirements |publisher=SFWA |date= |accessdate=2018-02-27}} Effective with Bylaws May 1, 2015. Updated July 1, 2017. Previous membership requirements available.
42. ^SFWA Board, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, accessed February 27, 2018.
External links- {{official website|https://www.sfwa.org/}}
- [https://www.sfwa.org/bulletin/ SFWA Bulletin]
- [https://nebulas.sfwa.org/ Nebula Awards Home Page]
- Writer Beware
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