The Capclave 2012 Draft program, including roundtables and readings, is now up on line. Check it out:
http://www.capclave.org/capclave/capclave12/programming.php

WSFA Small Press Award – 2012 Nominees
The WSFA Small Press 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 (2011). 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 and will be presented at their annual convention, Capclave, held this year on October 12-14th in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
The complete list of the finalists for the 2012 WSFA Small Press Award is:

“A Militant Peace” by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell, published in Clarkesworld Magazine, edited by Neil Clarke, November 2011.
“Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden” by Joanne Anderton in Hope, edited by Sasha Beattie, published by Kayelle Press, October 2011.
“Lessons from a Clockwork Queen” by Megan Arkenberg, published in Fantasy Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, September 2011.
“Sauerkraut Station” by Ferrett Steinmetz, published in GigaNotoSaurus, edited by Ann Leckie, November 2011.
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu, published in Clarkesworld Magazine, edited by Neil Clarke, April 2011.
“The Patrician” by Tansy Rayner Roberts in Love and Romanpunk, edited by Alisa Krasnostein, published by Twelfth Planet Press, May 2011.
“What Ho, Automaton!” by Chris Dolley, in Shadow Conspiracy, Volume II, edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, published by Book View Cafe, February 2011.
“Yesterday’s Taste” by Lawrence M. Schoen in Transtories, edited by Colin Harvey and published by Aeon Press, October 2011.

The first award was presented at the 2007 Capclave in Rockville Maryland and WSFA looks forward to continuing this tradition for many years to come. See our Past Winners page for full details of the winner and the other finalists.

The August First Friday (8-3-12) meeting opened with no quorum. The Unicorn says it is a quarter after nine. Sam S is presiding in the absence of Prez Barry. Minutes were waived. There is a fifth Friday in August, but no volunteers due to Worldcon. Bill suggested making Peggy Rae’s tea party our fifth Friday party. John M asked if the fifth Friday is a blue moon.

Click the link for the full text of the September/October WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the August 3,17 /September 7,21 2012 meetings.

WSFA Journal September/October 2012

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

The 6/1/12 June First Friday meeting opened without a leader. In the absence of prez and vice, Sam offered Steve his choice of taking notes or chairing the meeting. He chose to chair.

The meeting was held upstairs meeting because downstairs at the Madigans was flooded. “Whatever passes for a meeting first Friday in June is called for what passes for order at 9:19 pm,” said the acting chair. The last meeting was at the Nebula awards so there was nothing to read. The President was not here. The VP doesn’t make it this far. The Secretary read a letter to WSFA. Treasurer gave his report. Our CD came due and was cashed. We can put into our main account or find a CD with better interest rates for two to three years. Jimmy suggested a bond account. Third option, use it as seed money for new set of bank accounts. This is about $moola. We’re being nibbled at by our current bank . He needs to talk to . The trustees had an election. Now we have a completely new set of officers. Cathy said meet the new boss, the same as the old boss.

Click the link for the full text of the July/August WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the June 1,15 /May 6,20 2012 meetings.

WSFA Journal July/August 2012

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

The 5/18 May Third Friday will not be at our usual location since many members are helping SFWA with the Nebula Award Weekend. A brief meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, after the book signing (around 7:30). The book signing from 5:30 – 7:30 is free & open to the public. Books can be bought on-site or you can bring in your own copies.

The First Friday Meeting on April 6, 2012 was called to order at 9:20. The secretary was not present so Steve Smith took notes. There were was 10 paid members, 5 short of quorum. The treasurer’s report was that the treasury was $moola. He sent out tax stuff. The trustees reported that the annual elections are May 1st Friday and the slate was announced. There are still two openings for people for the small press award committee.

Click the link for the full text of the May/June WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the April 6,20 /May 4,18 2012 meetings, and including out WSFA 2012/2013 election results.

WSFA Journal May/June 2012

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

WSFA is proud to congratulate Capclave 2011 GoH Catherynne M. Valente for her Hugo nomination for Silently and Very Fast as Best Novella. A few copies of the signed limited edition are still available at WSFA Press. Act now!

At WSFA’s First Friday meeting on April 6th, Diana Peterfreund will be reading from her June book “For Darkness Shows the Stars.” Due to Passover, this meeting will be held at our Maryland location (Madigans).

The March Fifth Friday party will be held at the Madigans on 3/30. The April 1st Friday (4/6) will also be at the Madigans (our usual Maryland location). Thanks John and Candy! See calendar for details.

Deadline for nominating works for the WSFA Small Press Award is April 1, 2012.
You can find the rules here: http://wsfasmallpressaward.org/The_Rules.php