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
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January 2nd, 2015 at 12:01 am
WSFA JOURNAL JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2015
FIRST FRIDAY JANUARY
Rodger Burns, Cathy Green, Sam hogan (Zen Lizard), Frances Holland, David Keener, Sam
Lubell, Bob MacIntoshMark Roth, Judy Scheiner, Sam Scheiner, George Shaner, Ivy Yap,
Medeleine Yeh, Cynthia Moreno
Bob called the meeting to order at 9:15pm. Happy New Year.
Various officers made reports
Capclave Past’s books are closed.
Capclave present will double check committee list to send to Paul. Need to start working on
publicity.
Capcalve Far Future: Still looking for hotel.
Everyone needs to pay their dues.
Click the link for the full text of the January/February 2015 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the January 2nd, 16th 2015 / February 6th, 20th 2015 meetings.
WSFA Journal January-February 2015
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November 7th, 2014 at 12:01 pm
Beware of the dog. Allright folks, said Bob, 9:15 Third Friday for WSFA.
Bill objected. Secretary not here. Sam L taking notes. Did not have a meeting on First Friday due to World Fantasy. No old business that Bob remembered. Bill said Cathy promised to do a journal. She is tabling at Philcon.
No treasurer report. He is calculating revenue.
Capclave Past. Bill said has hotel bill, all other receipts are in so should have a report by First Friday. I’ll be at SMOFcon so won’t be at World Fantasy, I mean WSFA. Cathy doing recruitment for Capclave.
Sam L. for Capclave Present looking for programming person as the Zipsers had to decline.
Far Future not here.
Trustees. Brian has forms for people to join.
Talk of World Fantasy and DC 17. Elizabeth: none of us will have to volunteer. We’ll be assigned.
Click the link for the full text of the November/December 2014 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the November 21st 2014 / December 5th, 19th 2014 meetings. There was no meeting held 1st Friday of November due to most officers being away (and running) World Fantasy.
WSFA Journal November-December 2014
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October 28th, 2014 at 3:41 pm
The 1st Friday meeting of the Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) normally held in Virginia is canceled — so do NOT show up on November 7th.
Most of the members in the club are attending and/or working on the World Fantasy Convention which will be held in Crystal City, Virginia that same weekend. So, the club voted to cancel the meeting.
We hope you will join us for our regular 3rd Friday meeting on November 21st in Greenbelt, Maryland. Be sure to check our Events Calendar for our schedule of meetings and special events of interest to fans of science fiction and fantasy.
October 15th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
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 submission for it’s 2015 contest (for stories published for the first time in 2014) on January 1st, 2015. Check the WSFA Small Press Award website for details.
September 8th, 2014 at 1:24 pm
The Washington Science Fiction Association is pleased to announce the
finalists for the 2012 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction:
“Acts of Chivalry” by Sean McMullen, published in Tales of Australia: Great Southern Land, edited by Stephen C. Ormsby and Ellen Mae Franklin (Satalyte Publishing, December 2013).
“Bits” by Naomi Kritzer, published in Clarkesworld Magazine, edited by Neil Clarke (October 2013).
“Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma” by Alex Shvartsman, published in Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, edited by Edmund R. Schubert (Hatrack Publishing, April 2013).
“Like a Bat Out of Hell” by Jonathan Shipley, published in After Death, edited by Eric C. Guignard (Dark Moon Books, April 2013).
“Morning Star” by DK Mok, published in One Small Step, an anthology of discoveries, edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing, May 2013).
“Set Your Face Towards the Darkness” by David McDonald, published in Tales of Australia: Great Southern Land, edited by Stephen C. Ormsby and Ellen Mae Franklin (Satalyte Publishing, December 2013).
“The Traditional” by Maria Dahvana Headley, published in Lightspeed, edited by John Joseph Adams (May 2013).
“Trap-weed” by Gemma Files, published in Clockwork Phoenix 4, edited by Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium Books, July 2013)
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 (2013). 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
10-12th in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
September 5th, 2014 at 12:01 pm
First Friday September 5, 2014
Meeting called to order at 9:15 by Bob MacIntosh.
President had nothing to report, VP had nothing to report.
Treasurer reported we had money and that the year ove year increase was significant and no doubt due to the money from Capclave memberships and book pre-sales. There had not been a quorum at the previous meeting. Trustees had nothing to report.
Capclave present needs volunteers for next month.
Capclave Future will have Alastair Reynolds and Gordon Van Gelder at GOHs and needs volunteers to help run his convention.
Capclave Far Future had nothing to report.
WSFA Press reported that the book should be ready the middle of September.
WSFA Small Press Award Committee read the list of finalists.
The social media guru noted that she would be tweeting more stuff now that it was only one month until Capclave.
Click the link for the full text of the September/October 2014 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the September 5th, 19th 2014 / October 3rd, 17th 2014 meetings.
WSFA Journal September-October 2014
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July 1st, 2014 at 12:01 am
WSFA JOURNAL JULY-AUGUST 2014
First Friday July
The secretary was not at the first Friday meeting, which was briefly held at the BBQ party thrown by John Pomeranz and Kathi Overton at the Fabulous Bungalow. No minutes were taken and no serious business was conducted.
Meeting (July 4th, 2014) held at the Fabulous Bungalow.
Meeting called to order at 3:05 PM.
Reading of the minutes was waived.
Treasurer reports a balance of .
Capclave Present: Gifts in the form of glass ornaments have been ordered for the GoHs; what they look like will be a surprise. The convention book is on the verge of going to press.
Capclave Future: Nothing new to report.
Capclave Far Future: The hunt for a GoH continues.
Click the link for the full text of the July/August 2014 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the July 4th, 18th 2014 / August 1st, 15th 2014 meetings.
WSFA Journal July-August 2014
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May 2nd, 2014 at 12:01 pm
FIRST FRIDAY MAY 5-2-2014
Meeting called to order at 21:18.
Officer reports:
Minutes read and accepted as read unanimously.
Treasurer – we have lots of money.
We currently have 43 members
Trustees: we will have an election meeting after the meeting.
Entertivities: Ravencon was last weekend, Balticon is at the end of MaySunday is Star Wars Day, we will have a WSFA dinner Friday night at Balticon. Tom Doyle will be reading at 3rd friday. Arlington Central Library is having its semi-annual sale
WSFA Press – book is proceeding nicely.
Capclave 2014 – currently 140 pre-reg
Capclave 2015, nothing new to report.
WSFA Small Press Award – 84 stories submitted
Click the link for the full text of the May/June 2014 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the May 2nd, 16th 2014 / June 6th, 20th 2014 meetings.
WSFA Journal May-June 2014
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March 7th, 2014 at 12:01 pm
3/7/14 Prez Barry presiding. Sam L taking notes. Called this sucker to order at 21:22 hours. And we have order, sort of. Sam L. read minutes. Capclave starts on the 10th. Mark says celebrates Lief Erickson day the day before Columbus day. Officers have nothing to report. Trustees have most of the slate, a few slots open. See Bob or Brian. Only have until first meeting in April to complete the slate. You want a position, you talk to me. Bill said Cathy in process of putting Journal together.
Click the link for the full text of the March/April 2014 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the March 7th, 21st 2014 / April 4th, 18th 2014 meetings.
WSFA Journal March-April 2014
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