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(1) PHILADELPHIA SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY CONTEST GOES INTERNATIONAL. [Item by Lew Wolkoff.] For the past 25 years the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society (PSFS) has run a Young Writers' Contest for students in grades 5-8 and grades 9-12. Winners receive a cash prize and two free memberships (winner and parent or guardian) to the Philadelphia Science

(1) WELL, I’M BACK. That’s one of many things the Fourteenth Doctor doesn’t say in this video. Let Collider explain to you the way a new “’Doctor Who' Featurette Breaks Down How David Tennant Returned”. After an entire decade of not playing the role of the Doctor, David Tennant is back in Doctor Who, the classic BBC show about an

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(1) HWA 2023 OFFICER AND TRUSTEE ELECTION RESULTS. The Horror Writers Association (HWA) held its annual election in September. The offices of Vice President and Treasurer ran unopposed. HWA’s new Vice President is Lisa Wood, and their new Treasurer is Michael Knost. Lisa Kröger, Brian Matthews, and Angela Yuriko Smith were re-elected as Trustees; Brian Keene

Introduction: I’m going to open discussion of some of the proposed WSFS rules changes in the Chengdu Worldcon’s Business Meeting agenda by setting the table in a series of topical posts. (Download the English-language version here and the Chinese-language version here.) Four proposals to add Hugo Awards categories are on the Chengdu Worldcon Business Meeting

(1) GOOD NEWS. My mother is back to her usual self and physically has regained enough ground for the doctor to send her home to the skilled nursing facility where she lives. She’ll go back tonight. And it’s hard to break the Scroll habit when I have a couple hours left to work on one!

Announcing the latest First Fandom Annual: First Fandom Conversations - Edited by John L. Coker III and Jon D. Swartz, Ph.D. Here are the contents of this latest issue: Forrest J Ackerman: “An Evening with Boris Karloff and Friends” “Franken Forry’s Fotos” “Dr Ackula’s Photo Gallery” “Once Around the Bloch – a Tribute” Robert Bloch: “Verse Fandom” (A

AI-bsolutely Not Robin Williams' daughter Zelda has had it up to here with artificial intelligence used to mimic her father's voice in films. In an Instagram story transcribed by The Hollywood Reporter, Williams said that she stands in solidarity with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) protests against increasing the use of AI in Hollywood in part […]

(1) SFWA GIVERS FUND GRANT DEADLINE OCTOBER 1. During SFWA’s recent annual business meeting, Chief Financial Officer Erin M. Hartshorn gave an update on the current amounts in each of the organization’s benevolent funds: $388,000 for the Emergency Medical Fund, $66,000 for the Legal Fund, and $103,000 for the Givers Fund, which will give away $30,000 worth of grants this