Changes to SFWA Membership Requirements

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has announced that poetry and translated fiction are now accepted as qualifying works for membership in the organization. The decision is the result of a vote by members to reverse previous referendums disallowing poetry and translated fiction from counting towards qualification.

We’re excited to welcome poets and translators into the fold, joining prose, game, comics, graphic novel, and screenwriters working on traditional, work-for-hire, self-publishing, and independent career paths. Our combined efforts bolster SFWA’s mission of promoting, advancing, and supporting science fiction and fantasy writing.

SFWA President Jeffe Kennedy said, “I love seeing SFWA embrace all the mediums creators employ to bring original SFF works into the world. Reversing this old, exclusionary decision was past due.”

For more information, see the announcement on the SFWA website and the complete SFWA membership requirements.

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