UPDATE: I wrote this eligibility post before beginning work with Chris M. Barkley on our report about censorship during last year’s Hugo Awards, which was released on February 14, 2024 . So whe...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2024/1/hugo-award-eligibility-post
I'm attending Chicon, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention , later this week. I’m doing the following in-person events, so please come check them out. I’ll also be attending the Hugo Awa...
I’m a panelist at the Gen Con Writer's Symposium , which starts tomorrow and runs through Sunday. R. A. Salvatore is the Author Guest of Honor and a ton of other great authors will also be att...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2022/8/gen-con-writers-symposium-schedule
For the second year in a row I’m a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Many thanks to everyone who supported my reporting and essays about the science fiction and fantasy genre, wi...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2022/6/finalist-for-the-hugo-award-for-best-fan-writer
My new novella "Blood Grains Scream in Memories " is out in the current science-fantasy issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies. This novella is set in my Blood Grains universe, a far future Earth where...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2022/5/blood-grains-sequence-of-stories
I’m late with this 2021 year in review and award eligibility post. Apologies for that but I’ve been dealing with some personal issues. FICTION WRITING The big news last year is that my fir...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2022/1/2022-year-in-review-and-award-eligibility-post
by Jason Sanford Originally published in the September/October 2021 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction. Tessa Raij lay under the tin roof of her clapboard shelter and stared at the dead...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2022/1/the-dust-of-giant-radioactive-lizards
The DisCon III Worldcon will be held December 15 to 19 in Washington, D.C., with the complete program here . The convention will also offer many of their sessions virtually. I’m hosting a Kaf...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2021/12/my-discon-iii-schedule
Finalist for the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel! Finalist for the 2022 Philip K. Dick Award! My debut novel Plague Birds is now out from the award-winning small press Apex Books. Plague Bir...
I shared this news elsewhere but "The Eight-Thousanders," originally published last year in Asimov’s Science Fiction, is a finalist for this year’s Nebula Award for Best Short Story . The sto...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2021/4/thank-you-for-the-nebula-and-hugo-nominations
Thank you to everyone for your support of my writing and reporting about the SF/F genre. I'm late to the game in making this eligibility post, but I’m again eligible for nomination for the Hugo...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2021/3/eligible-for-hugo-award-for-best-fan-writer
Hilary B. Bisenieks recently hosted me on the podcast Tales from the Trunk , where I narrated a brand new story called "The Wheels on the Torture Bus Go Round and Round.” Go check out the podca...
Art by Hugo Award winning artist Jim Burns for the second Plague Birds story "The Ever-Dreaming Verdict of Plagues." See below for more artistic interpretations of my Plague Birds universe. Goo...
It’s the season for authors to post award-eligibility post so here’s mine. If you’re considering works for the Hugo, Nebula or World Fantasy Awards, my short story "The Eight-Thousanders " ...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2020/11/my-2020-award-eligibility-post
It’s been a rough year. For far too many people in the world, it’s been a rough few decades capped by an even worse year. And when we say 2020 is painful what we’re really saying is that no...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2020/10/review-of-the-four-profound-weaves-r-b-lemberg
My short story "The Eight-Thousanders" is out in the Sept./Oct. 2020 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction . The story focuses on the ethical issues surrounding mountain climbing and the destructiv...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2020/9/giveaway-for-the-eight-thousanders
The North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) starts Friday, August 21 and runs through Sunday, August 23. Originally slated to be held in Columbus, Ohio, this year’s NASFiC is now...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2020/8/nasfic-2020-virtual-convention-schedule
Time for a reminder that scams against writers and other artists and creatives have been around for a long time. As always, money should flow to the writer, not from the writer to an agent or pub...
Updated 8/16/2022 Below is a listing of freelance editors currently working in the science fiction, fantasy, horror and other genre fields. Writers can hire these editors to work on manuscripts...
https://www.jasonsanford.com/blog/2020/5/listing-of-genre-freelance-editors
Updated 3/6/2021 NOTE: This resource was published in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such some of the information below may be dated. This is a listing of resources and informa...