Mary Robinette Kowal and Robert Shearman to co-host Retro Hugo Awards ceremony
The Retro Hugo Awards, honoring works from 1939, will be presented Thursday night at this year's WorldCon... Read more [...]
Category Archives: Organizations & Conferences
27th Annual Bram Stoker Awards to Be Presented May 10, 2014
The Bram Stoker Awards banquet will occur during the World Horror Convention in Portland, Oregon, and the awards presentation will be live-streamed for those who can't be there in person... Read more [...]
Balticon welcomes science fiction author Brandon Sanderson
The Baltimore regional sf convention, which expects an attendance of 2,000 people, will host special guests including Brandon Sanderson, Halo Jankowski, and Vinton Cerf over Memorial Day Weekend... Read more [...]
Ontells leading a pre-WorldCon tour of England and Wales
The two-week luxury tour will include numerous sites, hotel stays, and much more, for $3,595... Read more [...]
Detcon1 Announces Finalists for the Detcon1 Awards for Young Adult and Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
The finalists for Detcon 1's Young Adult and Middle Grade Speculative Fiction awards have been announced. They are... Read more [...]
World Premiere of Theatrical Production of Tim Powers novel, The Anubis Gates, at Loncon 3
This summer's World Science Fiction Convention will present the world premiere of a stage adaptation of Tim Powers' The Anubis Gates... Read more [...]
ReedPOP Launches BookCon: Where Books and Pop Culture Collide
ReedPop turns a new page in live event entertainment business with launch of Bookcon: where books and pop culture collide... Read more [...]
Loncon 3 confirms Beijing and Kansas City as bidders for 2016 Worldcon
Two official bids have been received to host the 2016 World Science Fiction Convention: Beijing, China; and Kansas City, Missouri. Voting will take place at this summer's WorldCon in London... Read more [...]
Loncon 3 rates to rise on 1 March; payment instalment plan closes
This summer's World Science Fiction Convention announces a pending increase in membership costs... Read more [...]
Detcon1 announces Nnedi Okorafor as YA Author Special Guest
As part of their focus on YA fiction, this year's North American Science Fiction Convention will have Nnedi Okorafor as their YA Author Special Guest... Read more [...]
ReedPop announces partnership with Oz Comic-Con
Australia's leading pop culture conventions now part of world-spanning family of expos... Read more [...]
Five thousand people sign up for London Worldcon
This year's World Science Fiction Convention is on pace to be the largest ever held outside the United States... Read more [...]
RUSA’s 2014 Reading List winners revealed: Librarians’ top picks in genre fiction
The American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association has announced its selections for the 2014 Reading List in a variety of genres, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction... Read more [...]
Loncon 3 Photography Competition Opens
Loncon 3, this year's WorldCon, is running a photography competition seeking photos in three categories: Alien Earth, Future Cities Today, and Junior... Read more [...]
Convention weekend
SFScope will be mostly off-line for the next few days, since we'll be at Arisia in Boston. Come join us... Read more [...]