Jason Sanford
In addition to being a finalist for this year’s Nebula Award for Best Novel, Jason Sanford’s debut novel Plague Birds was also a finalist for the 2022 Philip K. Dick Award. Jason has published dozens of stories in publications such […]
Panelists
Sumiko Saulson
Sumiko Saulson is a Bram Stoker nominated poet and award-winning author of Afrosurrealist and multicultural sci-fi and horror. Author of the Bram Stoker nominated The Rat King: A Book of Dark Poetry (Dooky Zines).2022) Happiness and Other Diseases (Mocha Memoirs […]
Cath Schaff-Stump
Cath Schaff-Stump writes fantasy for children and adults. She writes funny stories, dark stories, and everything in between. She is the author of the Klaereon Scroll series and the Abigail Rath Versus series. Cath lives and works in Iowa. During […]
Ryan Schapals
Ryan Schapals is a narrative designer with a passion for player-driven storytelling. Currently, he’s the Creative Director for Guildhall Studios. Previously, he was a Narrative Designer for BATTLETECH by Harebrained Schemes. He was also the Leader Writer for Mortal Shell, […]
Elizabeth Schechter
Elizabeth Schechter has been called one of the top erotica and alternative sexuality writers in the world. Her writing credits include the award-winning steampunk erotic romance House of Sable Locks, the Celtic fantasy Princes of Air, and 2021 VIVIAN finalist […]
Effie Seiberg
Effie Seiberg is a fantasy and science fiction writer. Her stories can be found in the “Women Destroy Science Fiction!” special edition of Lightspeed Magazine (winner of the 2015 British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology), “The Best of Galaxy’s Edge […]
Nibedita Sen
Nibedita Sen is a Hugo, Nebula, and Ignyte Award-nominated queer Bengali writer from Kolkata, and a graduate of Clarion West 2015 whose work has appeared in venues such as Podcastle, Nightmare and Fireside. She accumulated a number of English degrees […]
Nisi Shawl
Nisi Shawl (they/them) is the multiple award-winning author and editor of over a dozen books of speculative fiction and related nonfiction, including the Nebula Award finalist novel Everfair; the standard text on inclusive representation, Writing the Other; and the first […]