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 […]

Hey Folks, the new podcast is up for June’s stories.  You can find it here: http://scienceismagic.com/?p=1490 Also, check out the awesome podcast discussion we have scheduled (the last two have been awesome, so expect this one will be too)! Come spend an evening discussing science fiction, fantasy, and horror! July 22nd, 7:30pm-10:00pm at Jason’s Deli, […]

Hey Folks, the new podcast is up for May’s stories.  You can find it here: http://scienceismagic.com/?p=1456 Also, check out the awesome podcast discussion we have scheduled (the last two have been awesome, so expect this one will be too)! Come spend an evening discussing science fiction, fantasy, and horror! June 24th, 7:30pm-10:00pm at Jason’s Deli, […]

As reported by Brian Lewis: Since it hasn’t been elsewhere yet, below are the people who will be holding elective office in WSFA, as of the First Friday in June and when their term of office expires. CapClave Chairs’ terms expire when the books of their con are closed (usually, but not always, before the […]