The April Synthetic Voices podcast is up, ready for your listening ears! http://scienceismagic.com/?p=1436 If you’d like to join in our discussion on May 20th at 7:30, click on the link below for details! https://www.facebook.com/events/150023161846435 We’ll be at the Jason’s Deli in College Park again, where the soft-serve ice cream flows freely!

Due to the meeting swap in March, we will be discussing the Jan/Feb issue of F&SF in MD. The Pod Cast discussion will be third Friday in NOVA.

In March, we’ve swapped the meetings. The first friday meeting will be in Maryland at the Madigan’s on March 1st. The third friday meeting will be in Virginia at the Scheiner’s. See the WSFA Calendar for details on time and how to get there.

First, Third, and Fifth Friday meetings in November are all at our Maryland location, the home of John & Candy Madigan – Thanks John & Candy! See Calendar for directions.

The 2012 WSFA Small Press Award was presented by WSFA Small Press Award Committee Chair Cathy Green, during the Capclave 2012 Convention in Gaithersburg Maryland. The winner of the 2012 WSFA Small Press Award was “The Patrician” by Tansy Rayner Roberts, published in Love and Romanpunk, by Twelfth Planet Press, May 2011, edited by Alisa […]

The Capclave 2012 Draft program, including roundtables and readings, is now up on line. Check it out: http://www.capclave.org/capclave/capclave12/programming.php

WSFA Small Press Award – 2012 Nominees The WSFA Small Press Award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area of speculative fiction. The award showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2011). An unusual feature of the […]

The 5/18 May Third Friday will not be at our usual location since many members are helping SFWA with the Nebula Award Weekend. A brief meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, after the book signing (around 7:30). The book signing from 5:30 – 7:30 is free & open […]

WSFA is proud to congratulate Capclave 2011 GoH Catherynne M. Valente for her Hugo nomination for Silently and Very Fast as Best Novella. A few copies of the signed limited edition are still available at WSFA Press. Act now!

At WSFA’s First Friday meeting on April 6th, Diana Peterfreund will be reading from her June book “For Darkness Shows the Stars.” Due to Passover, this meeting will be held at our Maryland location (Madigans).