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Writing Resources
L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest http://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/ Proper MS Format by: William Shunn (from APEX MAG submission page) http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html Proper Poetry MS Format Shunn: http://www.shunn.net/format/poem.html Sample Cover letters for Poetry submissions http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/personal-updates/sample-cover-letters-for-poetry-submissions The Writers Circle Listing of helpful resources Locus http://www.locusmag.com/ Mary Soon Lee's Speculative Fiction Page http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/wr.html Submitting to the Black Hole -- Response Times http://brain-of-pooh.tech-soft.com/critters/blackholes/ Tangent http://www.tangentonline.com/ WritersNet -- agents with no reading fees http://www.writers.net/agents.html Awards John W. Campbell Best New SF Writer Award http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell Hugo Awards http://www.thehugoawards.org/ Nebula Awards https://nebulas.sfwa.org/news/ Stoker Awards http://horror.org/bram-stoker-awards/ L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest http://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/ Pittsburgh SF, Fantasy & Horror Organizations, clubs & groups:
Science Fiction Book Discussion Group The science fiction book discussion group focuses on classic, "hard," and/or award winning science fiction books. Meets at the Mt. Lebanon Library the 4th Wed of each month Contact: Don Kirkwood 412-531-1912 dpitt75@comcast.net MtLebanon Library FB page Search the Mt. Leb Library Events Calendar PARSEC Pittsburgh's Premier Science Fiction Organization SF/F/H Conventions
Confluence -- The SF & Fantasy Conference for SW Pennsylvania http://www.parsec-sff.org/confluence/ HorrorRealm http://www.horrorrealmcon.com/ LEXFA Convention Listings -- ALL! http://www.lexfa.org/conlinks.htm Pennwriters Conference -- the New York style conference at a Pennsylvania cost. PhilCon -- The Philadelphia Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy http://2012.philcon.org/ NASFIC-- a SF convention scheduled only during years when Worldcon is held outside of North America http://www.nasfic.org/ Nebula Awards Weekend (SFWA) http://www.nebulaawards.com/ WorldCon http://www.wsfs.org/ World Fantasy Convention http://www.worldfantasy2010.com/ |
Finding Markets
Ralan.com www.ralan.com/ Markets and Contests Duotrope -- Markets for Fiction Writers http://www.duotrope.com/ Must have membership/subscription to use site Daily Science Fiction An online magazine of science fiction short stories Submission Guidelines-Pays pro rates Freelance Writing http://www.freelancewriting.com/ Fantasy & Science Fiction Competition https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/2014/competition1411.htm Aerogramm Writers studio (Blog) http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/ Contains bi-monthly list of writing contests Podcasts Pseudopod.org The Sound of Horror Escape Pod http://escapepod.org Associations SFWA -- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. http://www.sfwa.org/ Horror Writers Association http://horror.org Writing Workshops
Alpha -- the Teen SF/F/H Writing Workshop http://alpha.spellcaster.org/ Clarion -- the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers' Workshop http://clarion.ucsd.edu/ Critters Workshop http://brain-of-pooh.tech-soft.com/users/critters/ Hatrack Forums -- Orson Scott Card's Writing workshops http://www.hatrack.com/forums/index.shtml NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop http://www.odysseyworkshop.org Pennwriters http://www.pennwriters.org/ Seton Hill University Popular Fiction Master's Degree Program http://www.setonhill.edu/academics/fiction/index.cfm Pittsburgh Worldwrights -- a closed, membership only SF/F/H writing group http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/pw.html |
