2009 SFWA Business Meeting

  • 31 Oct 2009
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 PM (EDT)
  • World Fantasy Convention, Gold Room, Fairmont Hotel, 170 South Market Street, San Jose, California

Registration

  • RSVPing will allow us to send you updates about the business meeting, such as changes in room number, as well as helping us in ordering enough breakfast.

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will hold  this year’s annual business meeting at the 2009 World Fantasy Convention in San Jose, CA.

Room: Gold Room

Schedule:

  • 8:00-8:30am Light continental breakfast
  • 8:30-9:30am Business meeting 
    (Note: The business meeting  was scheduled so as not to conflict with regular WFC programming.)

“We are very grateful to World Fantasy for reaching out with this offer of aid,” said SFWA Secretary Mary Robinette Kowal. “As one of the most important  annual conventions, a large number of our members already planned to  attend. This partnership is a win-win for everyone, and allows us to  honor the ‘Fantasy’ element of our mission.”

About World Fantasy Convention

The  World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering of professionals, collectors  and others interested in the field of light and dark fantasy art and  literature. The number of attending memberships are limited, and usually  sell out in advance of the start of the convention. The World Fantasy  Awards are presented during a Sunday afternoon banquet.

Celebrating  Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th birthday, the 2009 World Fantasy  Convention will be held Oct. 29-Nov. 1 in San Jose, Calif. For additional  information, visit: www.worldfantasy2009.org

About  SFWA

Founded  in 1965 by the late Damon Knight, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers  of America brings together the most successful and daring writers of  speculative fiction throughout the world.

Since  its inception, SFWA® has grown in numbers and influence until it is  now widely recognized as one of the most effective non-profit writers'  organizations in existence, boasting a membership of approximately 1,500  science fiction and fantasy writers as well as artists, editors and  allied professionals.  Each year the organization presents the  prestigious Nebula Awards® for the year’s best literary and dramatic  works of speculative fiction