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 […]

November is near. First Friday will be this Friday, Nov 1, in Virginia. We will have a reading from new author Tom Crepeau. We will also discuss Capclave. The committee to discuss SF will talk about the Sept/Oct issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction. This is their 70th-anniversary issue and it is crammed with lots […]

President Bob Macintosh presided over the 7/6/18 First Friday in July. Mr. Treasurer, care to join us, he said. Okay folks, let’s simmer down. It’s 9:14. Mark said if you want to simmer go outside. Sam L read minutes and took changes. Treasurer: We’re doing okay. $$$ with year over year $$$$. Cap present: Cathy […]

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 […]

This year’s book The Man Who Ended History by Ken Liu will be delayed. Due to unavoidable issues with the printing schedule, we’ve been informed that “The Man Who Ended History” will not be available until the end of October/first of November, and not available at Capclave as originally planned. To everyone that pre-ordered a […]

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 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 […]