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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1st Friday Meeting in August of the Washington Science Fiction Association will be held on-line using Zoom.

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Topic: WSFA Third Friday – August
Time: Aug 21, 2020 08:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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The Committee to Discuss SF will discuss the July/August issue of Uncanny magazine.

The Washington (DC)  Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2020 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction:

• “The Blighted Godling of Company Town H” by Beth Cato, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue 268 (January 3, 2019) ed. By Scott H. Andrews;
• “Fairest of All” by Ada Hoffmann, The Future Fire, ed. by Djibril al-Ayad (August 2019); 
• “Give the Family My Love” by A.T. Greenblatt, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 149 (February 2019) ed. by Neil Clarke;
• “Painter of Trees” by Suzanne Palmer, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 153 (June 2019) ed. by Neil Clarke;
• “The Partisan and the Witch” by Charlotte Honigman, Skull and Pestle: New Tales of Baba Yaga, ed. by Kate Wolford, World Weaver Press (January 2019);
• “Somewhere Else, Nowhere Else” by Juliet Kemp, Portals ed. by Patricia Bray and S.C. Butler, Zombies Need Brains, (June 2019);
• “The Sound of Distant Stars” by Judi Fleming, Footprints in the Stars, ed. by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, eSpec Books (July 2019); and
• “The Weight of Mountains” by L. Deni Colter, DreamForge, Issue 2 (June 2019) ed. by Scot Noel

The 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 (2019). An unusual feature of the selection process is that all voting is done with the identity of the author (and publisher) hidden so that the final choice is based solely on the quality of the story.

The winner is chosen by the members of the Washington Science FictionAssociation (www.wsfa.org) and will be presented at their annual convention, Capclave (www.capclave.org), held virtually this year on October 17-18, 2020.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1st Friday Meeting in August of the Washington Science Fiction Association will be held on-line using Zoom.

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Topic: WSFA First Friday – August
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The Committee to Discuss SF will discuss the July/August issue of Asimov’s.
The Third Friday in August will be a discussion of the online issue of Uncanny magazine.

WSFA isn’t going to let July go quietly without one big summer party blast. Eva Whitley is hosting Fifth Friday on Zoom.

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(Bring your own BBQ, munchies, and drinks.)

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1st Friday Meeting in July of the Washington Science Fiction Association will be held on-line using Zoom.

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Topic: WSFA First Friday — JulyTime: Jul 3, 2020 08:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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The July First Friday (7/3) began with Prez Bob MacIntosh saying “It is the first Friday in July.” Sam L. read the minutes. Sam S. gave the Treasurer’s report. Current: $$, Year-over-year: $$$. Those are virtually unchanged from last month.

Bill for Capclave had nothing to report. Might be something next meeting. He will be traveling. Wants to talk to vice-chair George Shaner. George for Capclave Future had nothing to report at this moment. Rodger for Far Future said in order to let Collette go forward on hotels he has confirmed dates of Jewish holidays are for second week of October asked her to go for Sept 30-Oct 2nd weekend. The same as 2001. He is potentially moving forward with asking guests but is waiting to get the date set first rather than play is this weekend good for you. Cathy agreed saying it is better if get the date first.

Click the link for the full text of the July/August 2020 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the July 3rd, 17th 2020 / August 7th, 21st 2020 meetings.

Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 3rd Friday Meeting in June of the Washington Science Fiction Association will be held on-line using Zoom.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1st Friday Meeting in June of the Washington Science Fiction Association will be held on-line using Zoom. There is a strong likelihood that the 3rd Friday meeting will also be held on-line. Check back for more information.

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Topic: WSFA First Friday Meeting — June
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