September 4th, 2015 at 12:01 am
WSFA JOURNAL SEPT-OCT 2015
First Friday September
Attendance: Drew Bittner, Colleen Cahill, Leo Espinoza, Cathy Green, Paul
Haggerty, Fraces Holland, Bill Lawhorn, Ernest Lilley, Sam Lubell, Bob
MacIntosh, Sarah Mitchell, Sue Nemeth Barry Newton, Kathi Overton, Aaron
Pound, Angela Pound, Judy Scheiner, Sam Scheiner, George Shaner, Elizabeth
Twitchell, Ivy Yap, Madeleine Yeh, Sam Pierce, Kimberly Hargan, Kat Bittner,
Brielle Bittner
9:15pm meeting was called to order by Bob. Minutes were read by VP George
Shaner. Treasury reported we have around . Capclave Present noted that
Capclave was 4 weeks away. Currently have 260 people preregistered. Capclave
Future was working on the hotel and Far Future was contemplating hotel options.
Paul Haggerty will check to make sure WSFA Small Award had invited the all
finalists to Capclave. WSFA Press was waiting for signing sheets. The Policy
Committee noted that we had one and the current version was up on the Capclave
website. Committee to Actually Discuss SF will be discussing current issue of
Asimov’s after the meeting. Capclave 2020 committee wants to cohost a WFC
with BSFS to fund the expanded plans for Capclave 2020. No old business. New
Business – proposal to change by laws so that the host household gets 2 free
memberships. Discussion was held and will be reopened at the MD meeting as
required for a bylaw change.
Click the link for the full text of the September/October 2015 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the September 4th, 18th 2015 / October 2nd, 16th 2015 meetings.
WSFA Journal September-October 2015
Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes
August 9th, 2015 at 7:10 pm
The Washington Science Fiction Association is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2015 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction:
“All of Our Past Places” by Kat Howard, published in Unlikely Story #9: The Journal of Unlikely Cartography, June 2014.
“Careful Magic” by Karen Healey published in Kaleidoscope, Twelfth Planet Press, August 2014.
“Cookie Cutter Superhero” by Tansy Rayner Roberts, published in Kaleidoscope, Twelfth Planet Press, August 2014.
“Jackalope Wives” by Ursula Vernon, published in Apex Magazine, Issue 56, January 2014.
“The Lesser Evil” by Day Al-Mohamed, in Sword & Laser, edited by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt, April 29, 2014.
“The Magician and Laplace’s Demon” by Tom Crosshill, published in Clarkesworld Magazine, December 2014.
“N is for Nanomachine” by C.S. MacCath in A is for Apocalypse, edited by Rhonda Parrish, Niteblade, August 2014.
“Qasida” by Rosaleen Love in Secret Lives of Books, edited by Alisa Krasnostein , Twelfth Planet Press, June 2014.
“Vanilla” by Dirk Flinthart in Kaleidoscope, Twelfth Planet Press, August 2014.
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 (2014). 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 Fiction Association (www.wsfa.org) and will be presented at their annual convention, Capclave (www.capclave.org), held this year on October 9-12th in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
July 19th, 2015 at 3:05 pm
Fifth Friday social will be July 31 at 9pm at Sam Lubell’s home.
11801 Rockville Pike (the Forum)
Apt 1508
Rockville, MD 20852
There will be no WSFA meeting, just a social gathering.
Note: the building is only accessible from the Rockville Pike (355) going North.
Parking passes (at the front desk) are only needed if staying past 11pm.
July 3rd, 2015 at 12:01 pm
First Friday Minutes July
WSFA 7-3-15 Prez Bob the Mac in charge. 9:14. First Friday in July. Survived the monsoon of June. No minutes frm last meeting. Minutes were waived. Bill read the seconds. Fifth Friday, Sam L. volunteered to host. Third Friday in Virginia. Then August normal meeting schedule.
Capclave Present. Capclave is in contact with GoH about transportation. Will do a mailing with DC17. Online registration 2 to 3 a week. Price goes up at the end of July. ?Capclave Future is talking to hotel person about finding hotel visits.
Capclave Far Future has nothing to report until September.
Trustees have nothing to report.
Click the link for the full text of the July/August 2015 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the July 3rd, 17th 2015 / August 7th, 21st 2015 meetings.
WSFA Journal July-August 2015
Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes
June 18th, 2015 at 12:50 pm
Once again invited the members of WSFA to the Fabulous Bungalow for their annual 4th of July 2015 Party.
The Kathi Overton and John Pomeranz Fourth of July party will be Noon till late on Satuday the fourth. 5927 3rd street north, Arlington VA. Call 703-5CAT-WAR for directions.
Note: There is a 3rd Street South so beware.
May 14th, 2015 at 6:23 pm
Upcoming discussion topics for the Committee to Talk about SF. Discussions take place after the Main Business Meeting at the 1st and 3rd Friday meetings of each month.
The Committee to Talk about SF will discuss the April/May issue of Asimov’s at the Third Friday meeting tomorrow (May 15th, 2015). This is the special Philadelphia issue with stories by four Philadelphia authors.
The June 2015 First Friday meeting will discuss the May/June issue of F&SF.
The June 2015 Third Friday will discuss the Hugo short stories, novellas, and novelettes
The July 2015 First Friday will discuss the Hugo novels
The July 2015 Third Friday will discuss the WSFA Small Press nominees (only WSFA Member can read or vote on these stories).
The August 2015 First Friday will discuss the July/August issue of F&SF.
May 1st, 2015 at 12:01 pm
WSFA First Friday May 5-1-15
Minutes taken by Sam Lubell.
Election meeting. First Friday now in active 9-16 pm. Minutes on the website. No old business. Meeting switch planned in July. June is normal schedule as is August. May third Friday is in Virginia but up in air.
Treasurer’s report $38490.23. Change year to year is because ‘WSFA Press is paying its bills. Trustees have election meeting. Ballot subject to change. Bill wants to vote the Sparty slate. Cathy if we elect her to office, we have to find a new place to hold the meeting. New member last meeting.
Click the link for the full text of the May/June 2015 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the May 1st, 15th 2015 / June 5th, 19th 2015 meetings.
WSFA Journal May-June 2015
Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes
April 28th, 2015 at 11:13 am
Due to an unforeseen emergency, the May 2015 WSFA Meetings have been swapped.
MAY 1st meeting will be in MD at the Madigan’s home.
May 15th meeting will be in VA at the Scheiner’s home.
March 19th, 2015 at 2:38 pm
Members and friends of WSFA, come to the Arlington, VA planetarium this coming Sunday, March 22 at 1:30pm! The Friends of the Planetarium (a local non-profit group) and Fast Forward:Contemporary Science Fiction are sponsoring a special panel on “Putting the Science in Science Fiction”. Authors Catherine Asaro, Tom Doyle, Edward M. Lerner and Alan Smale are scheduled to participate. You can reserve seats now (there is a modest fee to defray facility costs) at www.friendsoftheplanetarium.org.
Other science fiction related events are also happening during the weekend as well! Don’t miss it! — with Catherine Asaro, Edward M Lerner, Alan Smale and Tom Doyle.
For further details about the weekend events check out the weekend schedule.
March 6th, 2015 at 12:01 am
March First Friday
9:16 meeting called to order by Bob.
We have money. Everyone who has not needs to pay dues so they can run for office and vote.
Trustees: Slate is wide open.
Capclave Present – Continuing to work on Capclave. We have a fan table at ReGeneration Who.
Capclave Future is looking for hotels
WSFA Press – contract is now signed. We are doing a special limited trade hardcover of “Slow Bullets” by Alastair Reynolds. Will be $40, with special $30 rate at Capclave. Signed limited edition of 1000.
The WSFA website is ticking along. Unless people give them content, there will be no content to put up. Capclave twitter has 129 followers.
Policy committee is still working on procedures.
Click the link for the full text of the March/April 2015 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the March 6th, 20th 2015 / April 3rd, 17th 2015 meetings.
In addition to the normal fare, this issue of the journal contain some special articles on Chilean SF.
WSFA Journal March-April 2015
Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes
