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The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: whether you’re running a Kickstarter or another special promotion, sprayed edges and other effects seem to be the thing to do right now for special editions. Who do you trust to do the job right? Can you do it yourself? Is it worth the effort?

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Please join the SFWA Comics Committee with expert Gamal Hennessy, Esq. for a special presentation on comics contracts. For questions, please contact Jessica Maison at comics@sfwa.org.

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The SFWA Poetry Committee presents its Quarterly Poetry Open-Mic. Come and read your poetry to your fellow SFWA poets. This is an interactive online event hosted by Poetry Committee co-chair Wendy Van Camp. Our featured poet for January is Sultana Raza. Her work has appeared in “Abyss & Apex”, “Star*line”, and “Silver Blade”, with a story forthcoming in Flame Tree Publishing’s “Achilles Anthology”. An independent scholar and accomplished poet, Sultana has presented on Keats and Tolkien at international conferences and read her work across Europe and the U.S. Her writing blends vivid imagination with deep literary insight.

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The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: things change quickly in the indie author world–what really worked for you during the first quarter of 2025? What suddenly stopped working? What’s kinda meh? Let’s share the details!

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The SFWA Romance Steering Committee invites you to join us at our quarterly virtual Romancing SFF Meetup. Come check in with the SFF Romance community on the goals and plans we each made for the New Year! Get inspired and re-invigorated to tackle those big projects, and share your successes from the first quarter!

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The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: the mysteries of a successful book launch–how far out should you promote, what on earth can you do to get reader attention! Bring your favorite strategies.

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A meeting of the speculative poetry book club. At the fourth meeting, we will discuss Sienna Tristen’s chapbook “hortus animarum.” No poetry expertise required! The discussion will be run by Mary Soon Lee, a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.

Space is limited for this event; please RSVP to (marysoonlee [at] gmail [dot] com).

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