Following Our Mission, Improving SFRA.org with 101 Feature Articles

There is an exciting new addition to sfra.org beginning today! As part of the organization’s mission “to encourage and assist scholarship” and “improve classroom teaching,” the SFRA is adding the 101 Features from the SFRA Review directly to our website. As you may know, the 101 Features are instant immersion articles that introduce readers to the major arguments and concepts …

SFRA 2010 Conference Write-Up in August Issue of Locus

Pickup the August issue of Locus: The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field (Issue 595, Vol. 65 No. 2) to read my write-up of the SFRA 2010 Conference in Carefree, Arizona along with a photo of this year’s award winners (10, 55). I would like to thank the Locus editor-in-chief Liza Groen Trombi …

SFRA 2010, Wrap-Up

You may find links to all of my separate reports on SFRA 2010 below. Unfortunately, my reporting is limited to Saturday and Sunday, because Yufang and I were delayed in arriving on time (details here). If you blogged SFRA 2010, please email me or post a link to your blog in the comments. SFRA 2010, …

SFRA 2010, Sunday, Business Meeting

The last meeting of SFRA 2010 in Carefree, Arizona was the Sunday morning business meeting. Above, the Executive Committee from left to right: Mack Hassler, Treasurer, Lisa Yaszek, President, Ritch Calvin, Vice President, Patrick Sharp, Secretary, and Adam Frisch, Immediate Past President. At the meeting, the main points of discussion involved conferences, membership, and joining …

SFRA 2010, Saturday, Closing Reception

SFRA members wrapped up the conference with hobnobbing and merrymaking at the closing reception. The kitchen was the hot spot of intense conversations. Art Evans and Jari Kakela share a conversation. Craig Jacobsen, SFRA 2010 in Carefree, Arizona Host, and Pawel Frelik, SFRA 2011 in Lublin, Poland Host. All that remained for SFRA 2010 was …