The Washington (DC) Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce that the submission period for the 2023 WSFA Small Press Award is now open and will close on March 31, 2023. The WSFA Small Press Award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area […]

The Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce that on October 17th at the Capclave science fiction convention, Charlotte Honigman won the 2020 WSFA Small Press Award for best short fiction published by a small press in 2019 “The Partisan and the Witch” by Charlotte Honigman, Skull and Pestle: New Tales of Baba […]

The Washington (DC) Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce that the submission period for the 2019 WSFA Small Press Award is now open and will close on April 7, 2019. The WSFA Small Press Award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area […]

WSFAns Can Vote on the Small Press Award Members of WSFA have the opportunity to choose the winner of the WSFA Small Press Award. Please visit http://www.wsfasmallpressaward.org/ Please read the stories and vote by midnight August 5th.

The Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce that on October 7, 2017,  at the Capclave science fiction convention, Ursula Vernon won the 2017 WSFA Small Press Award for best short fiction published by a small press in 2016.  The award consists of certificates and trophies for both the author and publisher and […]

The Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2017 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction: “Foxfire, Foxfire,” by Yoon Ha Lee, published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. by Scott H. Andrews, (March 2016); “Jupiter or Bust,” by Brad R. Torgersen, published in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, […]

The Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce that on October 8th at the Capclave science fiction convention, Martin L. Shoemaker won the 2016 WSFA Small Press Award for best short fiction published by a small press in 2015. The winner is “Today I Am Paul,” by Martin L. Shoemaker, published in Clarkesworld […]

Just a reminder that we won’t be holding our normal 1st Friday meeting on Oct. 7th. Instead the entire club will be ensconced in Gaithersburg MD at Capclave, our annual convention. If you haven’t already bought a membership, you can still get one at the door. It’s going to be an incredible weekend, with two […]

The Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2016 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction: “The Art of Deception” by Stephanie Burgis in Insert Title Here, ed. by Tehani Wessely, published by Fablecroft Publishing, (April 2015); “Burn Her,” by Tanith Lee in Dancing Through The Fire, ed. by […]

The 2015 WSFA Small Press Award was presented by Alex Shvartsman, winner of the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award, during the Capclave 2015 Convention in Gaithersburg Maryland. The winner of the 2015 WSFA Small Press Award was Jackalope Wives by Ursula Vernon, published in Apex Magazine Issue 56, January 2014. The complete list of other […]