Due to an unforeseen emergency, the May 2015 WSFA Meetings have been swapped. MAY 1st meeting will be in MD at the Madigan’s home. May 15th meeting will be in VA at the Scheiner’s home.

Members and friends of WSFA, come to the Arlington, VA planetarium this coming Sunday, March 22 at 1:30pm! The Friends of the Planetarium (a local non-profit group) and Fast Forward:Contemporary Science Fiction are sponsoring a special panel on “Putting the Science in Science Fiction”. Authors Catherine Asaro, Tom Doyle, Edward M. Lerner and Alan Smale […]

The 1st Friday meeting of the Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) normally held in Virginia is canceled — so do NOT show up on November 7th. Most of the members in the club are attending and/or working on the World Fantasy Convention which will be held in Crystal City, Virginia that same weekend. So, the […]

The 2014 winner of the WSFA Small Press Award is Alex Shvartsman for his story, “Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma”, published in Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, edited by Edmund R. Schubert (Hatrack Publishing, April 2013). The winner was announced during a short awards ceremony at this year’s Capclave. The award committee will begin accepting […]

The Washington Science Fiction Association is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2012 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction: “Acts of Chivalry” by Sean McMullen, published in Tales of Australia: Great Southern Land, edited by Stephen C. Ormsby and Ellen Mae Franklin (Satalyte Publishing, December 2013). “Bits” by Naomi Kritzer, published in Clarkesworld […]

The Washington Science Fiction Association has established a literary award to honor the work done by small presses in promoting and preserving science fiction. The award, now in its eighth year, is given annually for short fiction works (17,500 words or fewer) of imaginative literature (e.g., science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative fiction or like literature) […]

Hey Folks, the new Synthetic Voices podcast is up for October’s stories.  You can find it here: http://scienceismagic.com/?p=1591 Come spend an evening discussing science fiction, fantasy, and horror! November 25th, 7:30pm-10:00pm at La Madeleine, 7607 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814. We’ll be discussing the 6 “Top Picks” from the Synthetic Voices podcast, plus anything else […]

The Washington Science Fiction Association is pleased to announce the winner of the 2013 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction published in the previous year: “Good Hunting” by Ken Liu, published in Strange Horizons, edited by Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, and Julia Rios (October 2013). The award honors the efforts of small press publishers […]

The Washington Science Fiction Association is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2013 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction (published in 2012): “Astrophilia” by Carrie Vaughn, published in Clarkesworld Magazine, edited by Neil Clarke (July 2012). “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” by Ken Liu, published in Lightspeed Magazine, edited by John Joseph […]

We are now into our final week of voting for the WSFA Small Press Award. The last day for voting is midnight, Friday, August 16th. Paid-up member of WSFA, are eligible to take part in the contest by reading the finalists and voting for your favorites. Read the rules page and do not share the […]