Upcoming events
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Indie Author Meetup – Getting eBooks into Libraries
April 4, 2026 4:00 pm to
5:00 pm
The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. This month’s topic: What’s the secret to getting your ebooks seen by libraries? Which distributor works the best, what can you expect, and how does this differ by country? Let’s share our wisdom.
Writing Date with the SFWA Flight Crew (Quiet Writing Room)
April 5, 2026 2:00 pm to
4:00 pm
A Writing Date is basically productivity through peer pressure and honestly, any co-working is welcome.
Writing Date with A. P. THAYER (Quiet Writing Room)
April 12, 2026 2:00 pm to
4:00 pm
A Writing Date is basically productivity through peer pressure and honestly, any co-working is welcome. Structure: This session is led by by an author or flight crew. Chat until quarter past, then work until the hour. Rinse and repeat. During writing sessions, keep your mic off, but your camera on (optional). Knowing that people can see you helps prevent procrastination. Clicking “Join the Room” will send you the writing room. Depending on the crowd, there may be a brief wait before you are admitted to the Zoom.

A.P. Thayer is a queer, Mexican-American writer of speculative fiction. His work has appeared in Apex Magazine, Dark Matter, Uncharted Magazine, the Los Suelos multimedia anthology, and more. He is a staff writer for Frivolous Comma and has been an editor at Constelación and Para El Pueblo magazines. His debut novel, Tapeworm, is a body horror novel set in the California desert. It is forthcoming from Evil Twin in August of 2026. Outside of writing, A.P. loves cooking for others, playing RPGs around a table or on PC, and being yelled at by a small dog for lack of attention.
Writing Date with the SFWA Flight Crew (Quiet Writing Room)
April 19, 2026 2:00 pm to
4:00 pm
A Writing Date is basically productivity through peer pressure and honestly, any co-working is welcome.
SFWA Middle-Grade and YA Writers Meet-up
April 22, 2026 1:00 pm to
2:00 pm
Are you a SFWA member who’s writing YA or MG, or are interested in it? Come join our social hangout!
Speculative Poetry OPEN MIC
April 25, 2026 11:00 am to
12:00 pm
The SFWA Poetry Committee hosts a quarterly open mic for our poets. This is an unrecorded meetup where we share our work with each other. You are welcome to read works in progress or published work in the privacy of Zoom. This month, our feature poet is Angela Liu.
Indie Author Meetup – Promoting on a Budget
May 2, 2026 4:00 pm to
5:00 pm
The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. This month’s topic: Promotion costs time and money. What are the most effective ways to promote your work? Bring your experiences and let’s share!
Speculative Poetry Book Club
May 30, 2026 11:00 am to
12:00 pm
A meeting of the speculative poetry book club. At the seventh meeting, we will discuss ten poems that draw on classical Greek/Roman mythology. 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).
