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 – September 10, 2023.

This all-volunteer service is provided free of charge. We aim to connect emerging writers with each other and established professionals for community, knowledge sharing, and networking opportunities. This endeavor is focused on ...Read More

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced their Summer Scares Reading list for 2023.

Agent Kristina Pérez has launched her own company, Pérez Literary & Entertainment, based in London. Pérez spent three years at Zeno Agency, and also has a background as an academic, fiction writer, and journalist.

Pérez represents a wide range of fiction––from YA, horror, and SFF to book club––as well as serious non-fiction. As a New Yorker in London, Pérez’s new agency will continue the special relationship, considering both the US ...Read More

Writing app ProWritingAid is running a free online event, Fantasy Writers’ Week, February 27 – March 2, 2023. The event will include:

• 20 free training workshops for writers
• Interviews with authors including Rebecca F. Kuang and Jessica Brody
• Workshops to improve writing, editing, and marketing
• Networking events to share work and meet other authors

For additional information, and to register, see the ProWritingAid website.

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Applications for Toronto Public Library’s Writer in Residence programs are open, including a residency “focused on Science Fiction/Fantasy writing, based at North York Central Library.” The deadline to apply for the science fiction residency is March 6, 2023. The residency is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents who are “active in the writing profession” and who also have a “minimum of two books in print, published by a professional ...Read More

The Horror Writers Association’s Board of Trustees has voted to expel author and editor Thomas F. Monteleone from the organization, as explained in this post:

The Board of Trustees for the Horror Writers Association does not condone hate speech in any way, shape, or form. We stand in support of our members’ right to feel safe, welcome, and above all else, respected. The Horror Writers Association condemns the recent words ...Read More

The Galactic Philadelphia reading series has returned after a long COVID hiatus:

The Galactic Philadelphia author reading series is returning at a new venue: The Rosenbach Library, famed for its rare book collection rare books. GP’s first salon will be on January 18th, and will feature readings by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and C.S.E. Cooney. Before the readings will be a wine & cheese reception, tours of the library, and time ...Read More

Entertainment Weekly has released their set of the best books of 2022, “a highly subjective list of EW staff favorites”. Titles of genre interest include The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan (Simon and Schuster) and Jennifer Egan’s The Candy House (Scribner).

For the full list, see EW‘s website.

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