KKR, a private investment firm, has successfully reached a definitive agreement to acquire Simon & Schuster from its parent company, Paramount Global, for a sum of $1.62 billion. Simon & Schuster had been on the […]
Amazing Stories is looking for passionate volunteer writers to join our team! If you love science fiction and fantasy, this is the perfect opportunity for you. We need reviewers for books, comics, movies, TV shows, […]
Christie Yant and Arley Sorg announced in the August 2023 editorial that Fantasy Magazine will be closing. This is the editorial we’ve been dreading having to write. We’ve been trying not to think about it […]
*PLEASE NOTE* The StoryBundle release has been delayed by one day to MIDNIGHT July 27 Eastern Time. Starting July 27, SFWA’s newest fantasy StoryBundle, “Take No Prisoners,” is available for purchase! This StoryBundle offers a […]
When I was invited to the American Library Association’s annual conference in Chicago, I felt dismay. So much of their schedule was focused on book bans and censorship. It’s not like I didn’t expect it. […]
Welcome to the July edition of the SFWA Market Report from the SWFA site. Please note: Inclusion of any venue in this report does not indicate an official endorsement by SFWA. Those included on this list […]
First of all, here’s a gift. It’s a link to download a free ebook, my way of saying thanks just for reading this. https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ktu355cch2bpoi/ZONED%20OUT.zip?dl=0 This is ZONED OUT, stories that have a Twilight Zone vibe. […]
We’re holding our third annual online auction over the next week to support our advocacy for and professional development of creators working in the speculative fiction genres. This silent auction opens June 19 at 12 […]
Welcome to the June edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any venue in this report does not indicate an official endorsement by SFWA. Those included on this list pay at least $0.08/word […]
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) Mentorship Committee has announced that the SFWA Career Mentorship Program is now taking applications for mentors and mentees for three-month-long mentorships, set to run June 10 – […]
Starting today, March 1, SFWA’s newest StoryBundle, “Space is Big. Really Big.,” is available for purchase! This StoryBundle offers a large selection of ebooks from independent and small press science fiction writers at one low […]
Prop Store, one of the leading companies that deals in production made and screen used television and movie props and costumes, is currently auctioning over 1,000 props and costumes in their 2023 Los Angeles Online […]
Sistah Scifi is an indie bookstore based in Oakland, California that wants to connect readers to sci-fi and fantasy titles authored by Black and Indigenous writers. To do this, they’ve started to place book vending machines […]
Big News!!! We have voted to ratfiy the contract and will be returning to work 2/21. We’re excited to get back to work and join our colleagues again. #HarperCollins #HCPOnStrike #HarperCollinsUnion Source: HarperCollins Union HAS […]
Workers at HarperCollins Publishers entered 2023 still on strike, more than 40 days after about 250 employees at the publishing giant walked out when contract negotiations broke down in November. UAW Local 2110, which represents […]
The January 2023 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Annalee Newitz and Alex Jennings and spotlights on author adrienne maree brown and the Portolan Project. Greg Bear (1951-2022) is remembered with an obituary and […]
Why copyright alone can’t unrig creative labor markets. Chokepoint Capitalism is my next book, co-written with the brilliant copyright scholar Rebecca Giblin. It’s a book about how the markets for creative labor were rigged, and how […]
Great things are coming for AmazingStories.com and we’re also looking for more volunteers to help with writing posts for the site! Amazing Stories is a great place to showcase your writing talent. We’re looking for […]
If you happen to be traveling near Tulsa, OK, then you might want to stop in and visit Buck Atoms Cosmic Curios, on Route 66 naturally! Located on the site of a 1950s PEMCO gas […]
Amazing Stories Kickstarter Final Week Announcement Amazing Stories is in the FINAL week of raising funds through its Kickstarter for our annual special issue – Amazing Stories: SOL SYSTEM – a double-sized issue, both in […]
Magazines pay authors as if they are periodicals, but sell as if they are anthologies.
Amazing Stories publisher Kermit Woodall is pleased to announce the appointment of Lloyd Penney of Toronto, Ontario, Canada to the position of editor-in-chief. Lloyd succeeds fellow Canadian Ira Nayman in this position and Steve Davidson […]
A summary of the past couple of weeks and the near future for Amazing Stories
The #DisneyMustPay Joint Task Force has reported its progress towards its goal that all WritersMustBePaid.org. Alan Dean Foster, James Kahn, and Donald F. Glut, the novelization authors… Source: #DisneyMustPay Task Force Updates | File 770 […]
SFSFC Inc., files for summary judgment
The old adage, ‘if you build it, they will come,’ is not true for the writer.
Announcing the 1st Elia Barceló Award finalists; the bilingual magazine Constelación now available and a directory of spanish-language publishers of genre.
The CASE Act (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019) has become law
traditional publishing spaces, with their broad and interconnected reach, still offer the best chance to speak to and be seen by the most people
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