- 2025 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award FinalistsFinalists have been announced for the 2025 Silver Falchion award given by the Killer Nashville Writers Conference in Franklin, Tennessee. The Silver Falchion award categories cover the spectrum of popular literature. The conference takes place August 21-24. The awards dinner is on … Continue reading
- 2025 ENnie NomineesThe 2025 ENnie Nominees and Judges Spotlight Winners were announced on July 4. The ENnie Awards are an annual, fan-based juried award system for all tabletop RPGs. The ENnies were created in 2001 as an annual award ceremony, hosted by the leading D&D/d20 … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 7/5/25 Just A Single Chord Against The Background Hum Of The Multiverse(1) SPONGEBOB GOES POSTAL. “SpongeBob SquarePants and friends get USPS stamp of approval” reports the LA Times. (Behind a paywall). SpongeBob SquarePants would, in theory, have little use for stamps. They would get soggy in that pineapple under the sea. … Continue reading
- Review: The BBC Maestro Course: Agatha Christie Teaches Mystery WritingOnline Review by Francis Hamit: Imagine learning the subtle art of mystery writing from the best-selling author in history. This is what BBC Maestro, the online teaching unit of BBC purports to offer, and it pretty much succeeds. While aimed … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 7/4/25 She Filed Scrollily To The Stairs, And Pixeled Downward(1) USE THE FOURTHS. In “’The Tumult of Liberty’ – A Message for the Fourth of July” Connie Willis reminds readers the country has often faced dire challenges on this date. It’s the Fourth of July, and I personally can’t … Continue reading
- Seattle Worldcon 2025 WSFS Business Meeting First SessionThe first session of the 2025 Worldcon Business Meeting was held online today, chaired by Jesi Lipp. IS THE VIRTUAL BUSINESS MEETING IN ORDER? The first controversy to be resolved was whether holding the meeting online was valid under the … Continue reading
- Finding (And Enjoying) Bob And Ray — Still Approximately Coast-To-CoastBy Daniel Dern: First of several disclaimers: This is far from a news item, although it’s possible-to-likely at least some of the info here will be news and of interest to some of you. As my friend/colleague Paul Schindler noted … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 7/3/25 That Is A Class Pixelbutter And Jam Sandwich!(1) AUTHORS CALL ON BIG FIVE PUBLISHERS NOT TO USE AI. In an open letter released June 27 “Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI” – NPR has the story. Sff is well represented among the initial signers … Continue reading
- Op-Ed: Looking Forward to a Great Worldcon 2027 in MontréalBy Darin Briskman and Bruce Farr: Site selection voting for Worldcon 2027 is now open, and all of us on the Montréal Worldcon 2027 team are hoping that you’ll join us. We think we’re ready to host a great Worldcon, … Continue reading
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