SFWA Candidates

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced the candidates for open Board of Directors positions:

Candidate for President

  • Mary Robinette Kowal

Candidate for Secretary

  • Curtis Chen

Candidates for Director-at-Large

  • James Beamon
  • Tobias Buckell
  • John Chu
  • Andy Duncan
  • Walter L. Fisher
  • Jeffe Kennedy
  • Kevin McLaughlin
  • Sarah Pinsker
  • Eric James Stone
  • Peng Shepherd
  • William Alan Webb

Three positions for director-at-large are available. The listed candidates have been verified as eligible for the positions and their platforms have been posted on the SFWA forum. Voting will open March 14, 2019 and ballots will be counted after April 11. The election committee consists of Kate Baker, Maurice Broaddus, Laura Anne Gilman, Cat Rambo, and Fran Wilde (chair). For more information, see the SFWA site.


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