SFContario News

More Award Nomination Deadlines

Murray — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:11:55 +0000

FAAn Awards
Nomination deadline: March 1, 2012
What: Best Genzine; Personalzine; Fanwriter; Fanartist / Cartoonist; Single Issue, Anthology or Special Publication; Harry Warner Memorial Award Best Letterhack; Fan Website.
Presented at: Corflu Glitter Las Vegas
See Corflu Glitter for the ballot and a list of fanzines published in 2011.

Constellation Awards
Nomination deadline: March 2, 2012.
What: Canada’s annual science fiction awards focused on rewarding excellence in science fiction film and television.
Presented at: Polaris 26 Toronto North
See Constellations for the nomination guidelines and forms. Also a list of film and television works that TCON Promotional Society has identified as being eligible for nomination this year.

CORRECTION to Previous Post
Hugo Awards nomination deadline is March 11, 2012.

Aurora Awards
Nomination deadline: March 31, 2012
What: Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards (Auroras) recognizing work and fan activity done in 2011. Awards are open to all Canadians, expats, and landed immigrants.
Presented at: When Words Collide Calgary
To nominate or vote you must be a member of CSFFA (Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association), the society which runs the awards. Annual dues to join the society are just $10 Cdn.
To register go to: Membership .
Full details about the society here: Aurora Awards .

Hugo Awards Nomination Deadline

Murray — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:07:32 +0000

Nomination deadline: Jan. 31, 2012
What: Science fiction’s most prestigious award. Voted by members of the World Science Fiction Convention.
Presented at: Chicon 7 chicon.org/
Nomination information here: Nominate

SFContario membership rates going up

Diane — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:39:59 +0000

It will soon be a new year complete with new membership prices. When the ball drops at midnight tomorrow SFContario membership rates will be going up. Get the best price on your membership now.

SFContario video

Alex — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:17:38 +0000

Jeff DeLuzio has another great video summarizing some of the best of SFContario 2. Soundtrack is Peggi Warner-Lalonde singing Janis Ian’s “Welcome Home”.

Canvention 32 site selection

Alex — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:10:45 +0000

I’d like to invite everyone to participate in the site selection vote for Canvention 32. There are two bids, for VCON 37 in Vancouver and When Words Collide 2 in Calgary. This vote will be held at the annual general meeting of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Society, to be held at SFContario 2 on Saturday at 9 AM in the Gardenview room (of the Ramada Plaza Hotel). Bid representatives will be at the meeting to answer questions. Please have a look at the bid presentations on the SFContario website and help choose the site of next year’s Canadian national science fiction convention.

Scalzi reading at the Merril – Thursday night

Diane — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:50:55 +0000

You don’t have to wait until Friday for the fun to start. SFContario International Author Guest of Honour, John Scalzi, will give a public reading at the Merril Collection at 7 PM on Thursday night. On his blog, John says “I’ll likely read from Redshirts and then possibly a couple other things, and have a Q&A.”

All are welcome. More information here.

SFContario Idol

Diane — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:35:56 +0000

Do your opening words have readers begging for more? Can you grab their attention from the very first page? Let us be the judge!

Our presenter will read out the first page of your manuscript (anonymously) until a majority of our panel of judges ‘buzz’ the story to a stop. Discussion ensues on why they stopped it, what didn’t work and what did work. Don’t miss this chance to wow them with your engaging story openings and get immediate valuable feedback.

Our judges, subject to change, will be Gardner Dozois, Sandra Kasturi, Virginia O’Dine, Robert J Sawyer, and Michael Swanwick

To participate in SFContario Idol bring the first page of your manuscript, in an envelope, to registration by 1pm on Saturday. Put your name on the envelope, but not on your manuscript.

pre-order your t-shirt!

Alex — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:06:26 +0000

fuzzies and airships and what?

Check out the art Steve Stiles has done for t-shirts at SFContario 2! You can pre-order a t-shirt on our website and pick it up at the con.

photographer wanted

Alex — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:52:59 +0000

We’ve been asked to photograph and video the Aurora Award ceremony, and the CSFFA general meeting earlier that morning. We can use an extra hand to cover this. If you’d like to help us with this, please contact us at auroras2011@sfcontario.ca.

Friends of the Merril Short Story Contest Announced

Diane — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:39:00 +0000

The Friends of the Merril Collection are running a Speculative Fiction Short Story Contest in order to raise awareness of, and funds for, the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy.

The Friends of the Merril Short Story Contest will be open to entries as of Nov. 15, 2011. There are 3 monetary prizes to be won: 1st place $350 (CDN), 2nd place $100 (CDN) and 3rd place $50 (CDN). Winners will also have their fiction published both on the contest website and in a limited edition hand crafted booklet (5 copies – 1 to be archived in the Merril Collection, 1 to be retained by the artist crafting the booklets, and the others to be distributed among the winners). We are accepting only original, previously unpublished Spec Fic (SF/F/H, Magic Realism, Slipstream, etc.) short fiction of up to 4,000 words. The hard deadline for submissions is Feb. 15, 2012. International entries are welcomed. All subs are judged blind. There is an entry fee of $5(CDN).

Entrants are encouraged to visit http://friendsmerrilcontest.com for a full set of entry rules, contest FAQs, and other contest related information and updates.