SFWA members nominating works for the Nebulas: Submit your ballot now! Do it now, even a partial ballot if you’re still deciding!
SFWA’s Nebula Award Commissioner must verify the eligibility of every one of the hundreds of works nominated. Getting your nomination ballot started early helps them with this huge task. SFWA members, start now and revise your ballot through Feb 15.
You can edit to make changes until deadline. If you submit now, you’ll help spread out the workload for our Nebula Award Commissioner & his assistants.
Remember, nominations must be made by February 15.
One month until the Nebula nominations deadline! SFWA Active & Associate members — start nominating now and revise your ballot through Feb 15. Beginning your nominations early helps the awards committee with their work confirming eligibility details (word count, pub date).
We have extended the Early Bird registration for the 2020 Nebula Conference to January 7! Early Bird rate – $200.00 ($325 with banquet ticket). See you there — May 28-31, 2020 at the Warner Center Marriott, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
The Programming Committee is looking for panels, workshops, and presentations geared toward working professional science-fiction and fantasy authors. Let us know what you want to hear and learn about at the 2020 Nebula Conference.
If you have a proposal for a presentation or panel in which you would like to participate, use this form.
If you have a request for a topic you would like to see to covered, but do not wish to present or partake in, yourself, use this form.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA, Inc.) is pleased to announce that Lois McMaster Bujold has been named the 36th Damon Knight Grand Master for her contributions to the literature of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction. She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children. Her fantasy from HarperCollins includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife tetralogy; her science fiction from Baen Books features the perennially bestselling Vorkosigan Saga. Her work has been translated into over twenty languages and has won seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards.
SFWA PRESIDENT, MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL:
Credit to Carol Collins
“Lois McMaster Bujold has had an undeniable influence on the field of science- fiction and fantasy. From the the Vorkosigan Saga, to the Chalion series and the Sharing Knife series, she finds new ways to explore the genre, mixing and matching everything from regency to science fiction. With dozens of books in multiple languages, while continuing to write, she is one of the most prolific authors working today. Importantly, she also serves as a role model for many writers, including me. In A Civil Campaign, she wrote, “Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.” There is no doubt about Lois McMaster Bujold’s honor and becoming SFWA’s newest Grand Master only underlines her sterling reputation.”
The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award will be presented along with the Nebula Awards® during the annual SFWA Nebula Conference, which will run from May 28th-31st and features seminars and panel discussions on the craft and business of writing, SFWA’s annual business meeting, and receptions. During that weekend, a mass autograph session will also take place at the Warner Center Marriott Woodland Hills and is open to the public.
The Nebula Awards®, presented annually, recognize the best works of science fiction and fantasy published in the United States as selected by members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The first Nebula Awards® were presented in 1966.
The Nebula Awards® include four fiction awards, a game writing award, the Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, the Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book. SFWA also administers the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award, the Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA Award, and the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.
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