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Capclave starts on Friday evening October 22nd.

October 20th, 2010 at 2:27 pm » Comments (0)

Capclave is Washington DC’s annual science fiction and fantasy convention. Learn more about it on our website: Capclave.org. Our guests of honor are: Connie Willis, Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer. The convention which will be held at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville, Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, starts on Friday and if […]



R.I.P. Bryan Puterbaugh

September 23rd, 2010 at 1:33 pm » Comments (3)

From a friend of Bryan: Bryan Puterbaugh recently joined the Washington Science Fiction Association, about which he was very enthusiastic. He went to at least a couple of meetings since April, I’m not sure how many, nor how many people with whom he interacted. I am sorry to tell you that Bryan was killed last […]



WSFA Small Press Award Finalists for 2010 Announced

August 8th, 2010 at 10:16 pm » Comments (3)

The Washington Science Fiction Association is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2010 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction (published in 2009): “each thing i show you is a piece of my death” by Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer, published in Clockwork Phoenix 2, edited by Mike Allen, Norilana Books (July 2009). […]



WSFA Press to publish “The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod” and “Fire Watch”

June 13th, 2010 at 10:47 pm » Comments (0)

This year WSFA Press is proud to publish two books in honor of the Guests of Honor of Capclave, the Washington Science Fiction Association’s yearly convention, this year being held in Rockville Maryland Oct 22-24th, 2010. Fire Watch, by Connie Willis and The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod, by Jeff VanderMeer will be made […]



The Election slate was accepted

May 11th, 2010 at 10:56 am » Comments (0)

At the 1st Friday Meeting the slate of officers presented by the Trustees was voted in. There were no nominations from the floor. Here’s the list of officers: President: Judy Newton Vice President: Sam Scheiner Treasurer: Steve Smith Secretary: Sam Lubell Trustees: Barry Newton, Bob MacIntosh, Elspeth Kovar Capclave 2012 Chair: George Shaner Small Press […]



Reminder – Friday, May 7, 2010, is 1st Friday … and WSFA Election Day

May 6th, 2010 at 5:55 pm » Comments (0)

Tomorrow is our 1st Friday meeting at the Scheiner’s house. Directions are listed on our webcalendar. If you’ve been considering attending a WSFA Meeting, feel free to join us. We have our business meeting first followed by socializing and talk. In addition, it will also be our election night when the officers of the club […]



Reminder — Tonight is 3rd Friday

April 16th, 2010 at 3:05 pm » Comments (0)

Tonight is our 3rd Friday meeting at the Madigan’s house. Directions are listed on our webcalendar. If you’ve been considering attending a WSFA Meeting, feel free to join us. We have our business meeting first followed by socializing and talk.



Tom Doyle reading at 1st Friday, April 2nd, 2010

April 2nd, 2010 at 2:32 pm » Comments (0)

Tom Doyle, winner of the second WSFA Small Press Award, will be doing a reading at 10 PM April 2, 2010. This will follow the First Friday meeting at Sam and Judy’s. He is reading “Consensus Building”. This story is from 2005. There will be a Q&A after the reading.



Welcome to WSFA’s new website…

March 27th, 2010 at 8:03 pm » Comments (0)

It’s been a long time coming but what you’re looking at now is WSFA’s new website. The site is running on WordPress. The officers will be given access and will be able to put up announcements. Along the right side you’ll see links to websites maintained by WSFA including the WSFA Calendar. Along the top […]