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Writing Contest Delay 16 July 2010 The winners of the writing contest would normaly have been anounced at this time. Unfortunately, due to uncontrolable citcumstances, that announcement has been delayed. Please be patient and stay tuned. Alpha Book Signing 3 January 2010 Authors attending the Alpha Young Writer's Workshop will be having a book signing at the Greensburg Barnes & Noble: Timothy Zahn and David Barr Kirtley: Sunday July 18, 2:00-4:30 PM Tamora Pierce, Holly Black, and Michael A. Arnzen: Tuesday July 20, 7:00-9:00 PM Phil Klass (1920-2010) 11 July 2010 
Get Writing 3 January 2010 As we start a new year, it's time resolve to write more. Triangualtions editor Bill Moran is calling for submission for this year's theme; "End of the Rainbow". Follow this link to read the submission guidelines. The deadline is March 31st, 2010. PARSEC's annual writing contest is also underway with the theme; "The Color of Silence". Follow this link for submission guidelines. The deadline is April 15th, 2010. Science Fiction Awards Watch 12 December 2009 If you've ever wondered who's winning what awards, you can check out the Science Fiction Awards Watch blog at http://www.sfawardswatch.com/.
Secrets in the Fog 21 September 2009 The Monroeville Public Library has invited local author, Ellen Spain, to discuss her new novel Secrets in the Fog: the Invisibility Project on October 6th at 7:00 PM in the Gallery Room. "Secrets in the Fog: the Invisibility Project" , now at Amazon.com, is a paranormal mystery in which teenage prodigy Morgan Walker discovers her destiny. Born with clairvoyant ability but instructed by her parents never to use it, she realizes her fate while attending an island ecology summer program at a prestigious college near Bar Harbor, Maine. She develops a close friendship with sixteen year-old Peter Dugua, a Passamaquoddy Native American intent on preserving his heritage. As they secretly investigate why nearby Acadia Laboratory is producing a black toxic fog, they discover that the Defense Intelligence Agency is secretly testing a highly classified invisibility cloaking device on nearby Gull Island, a wildlife sanctuary. The students get caught up in a life and death situation when they discover corrupt federal security contractors for the project helping terrorists steal the invisibility cloaking system. To read excerpts from the book or to learn more about the author, go to www.EllenSpain.com and click on the book's cover. The October 6th book discussion is sponsored by the Monroeville Public Library's Adult Programs and is free and open to the public.2009 Hugo Award Winners 9 August 2009
Other details available at http://www.thehugoawards.org/ 2009 Hugo Award Nominations 20 March 2009 From http://www.thehugoawards.org/ Suvudu Free Book Library 7 March 2009 Del Ray presents the Suvudu Free Book Library where you can download a selection of first books of SF series as PDF files for free. They are kicking off the library with five full-length novels, adding new titles on a regular basis. The first batch of free books are "Blood Engines" by T. A. Pratt, "His Majesty's Dragon" by Naomi Novik, "Settling Accounts: Return Engagements" by Harry Turtledove, "Red Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson" and "Assassin's Apprentice" by Robin Hobb. http://www.suvudu.com/freelibrary/ Nebula Award Nominations 28 February 2009 Here are this year's nominees for the Nebula Awards Novels Little Brother - Doctorow, Cory (Tor, Apr08) Novellas "The Spacetime Pool" - Asaro, Catherine (Analog, Mar08) Novelettes "If Angels Fight" - Bowes, Richard (F&SF, Feb08) Short Stories "The Button Bin" - Allen, Mike (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, Oct07) Scripts The Dark Knight - Nolan, Jonathan; Nolan, Christopher, Goyer, David S. (Warner Bros., Jul08) Norton Graceling - Cashore, Kristin (Harcourt, Oct08) Winners to be anounced at Nebula Weekend, April 24-26,2009 in Los Angeles, California. Triangulation Call for Submissions 21 December, 2008 The Triangulation speculative fiction anthology for 2009 has opened its doors to submissions. If you haven't heard yet, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine said we were "equal to any issue of your favorite prozine" and we're hoping to get similar praise with this year's anthology as well, which is our third year with open call. We're a hard-copy short fiction anthology of around 125-150 pages that comes out yearly, and we pay semi-pro rates for short fiction--2 cents a word. We're looking for science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other speculative fiction, ranging in size from flash fiction up to 5000 words and set to the theme "Dark Glass". We'll leave it to you to tell us exactly what that theme translates to. The full guidelines can be found at: http://parsecink.org/staticpages/index.php/triangulation_09_guidelines Submitted by Joseph Benedetto, Assistant Fiction Editor, Triangulation 2009 2009 Officers 17 December, 2008 The election winners are as follows: President: Eric Davin Congratulations to the winners! |
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