Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 (68 page)

T
he Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Incorporated, includes among its members most of the active writers of science fiction and fantasy. According to the bylaws of the organization, its purpose “shall be to promote the furtherance of the writing of science fiction, fantasy, and related genres as a profession.” SFFWA informs writers on professional matters, protects their interests, and helps them in dealings with agents, editors, anthologists, and producers of nonprint media. It also strives to encourage public interest in and appreciation of science fiction and fantasy.

Anyone may become an active member of SFFWA after the acceptance of and payment for one professionally published novel, one professionally produced dramatic script, or three professionally published pieces of short fiction. Only science fiction, fantasy, and other prose fiction of a related genre, in English, shall be considered as qualifying for active membership. Beginning writers who do not yet qualify for active membership may join as associate members; other classes of membership include illustrator members (artists), affiliate members (editors, agents, reviewers, and anthologists), estate members (representatives of the estates of active members who have died), and institutional members (high schools, colleges, universities, libraries, broadcasters, film producers, futurist groups, and individuals associated with such an institution).

Anyone who is not a member of SFFWA may subscribe to
The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
. The magazine is published quarterly, and contains articles by well-known writers on all aspects of their profession. Subscriptions are eighteen dollars a year or thirty-one dollars for two years. For information on how to subscribe to the
Bulletin,
or for more information about SFFWA, write to:

Readers are also invited to visit the SFFWA site on the World Wide Web at the following address:
http://www.sfwa.org

“The Green Leopard Plague,” by Walter Jon Williams. Copyright © 2003 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Basement Magic,” by Ellen Klages. Copyright © 2003 by Spilogale, Inc. First published in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,
May 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Dry Bones,” by William Sanders. Copyright © 2003 by Dell Magazines. First published in
Asimov’s Science Fiction,
May 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Science Fiction Century,” by Jack Williamson. Copyright © 2005 by Jack Williamson. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

“The Way It Was,” by Robert Silverberg. Copyright © 2005 by Agberg Ltd. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

“Teaching the Art,” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 2005 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author and the author’s agents, the Virginia Kidd Literary Agency.

“Change and Okay in All Around I See,” by Brian W. Aldiss. Copyright © 2005 by Brian W. Aldiss. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

“Then and Now,” by Frederik Pohl. Copyright © 2005 by Frederik Pohl. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

“The Voluntary State,” by Christopher Rowe. Copyright © 2004 by SCIFI.COM. First published electronically on
SCI FICTION,
May 5, 2004. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Grand Master Anne McCaffrey: An Appreciation,” by Jody Lynn Nye. Copyright © 2005 by Jody Lynn Nye. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

“The Ship Who Sang,” by Anne McCaffrey. Copyright © 1961, 1989, by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,
April 1961. Reprinted by kind permission of the author and her agent, Diana Tyler.

“Coming to Terms,” by Eileen Gunn. Copyright © 2004 by Eileen Gunn. First published in
Stable Strategies and Others
(Tachyon Publications). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Embracing-the-New,” by Benjamin Rosenbaum. Copyright © 2004 by Dell Magazines. First published in
Asimov’s Science Fiction,
January 2004. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Excerpt from
Paladin of Souls,
by Lois McMaster Bujold. Copyright © 2003 by Lois McMaster Bujold. From
Paladin of Souls,
published by Eos, October 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author

“Zora and the Zombie,” by Andy Duncan. Copyright © 2004 by Andy Duncan. First published electronically on
SCI FICTION,
February 4, 2004. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Film: The Year in Review,” by Kathi Maio. Copyright © 2005 by Kathi Maio. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

“Travels with My Cats,” by Mike Resnick. Copyright © 2004 by Dell Magazines. First published in
Asimov’s Science Fiction,
February 2004. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Just Distance,” by Roger Dutcher. Copyright © 2004 by Roger Dutcher. First published in
Tales of the Unanticipated,
#23. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Octavia is Lost in the Hall of Masks,” by Theodora Goss. Copyright © 2003 by Theodora Goss. First published in
Mythic Delirium,
Issue 8, Winter/Spring 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Cookie Monster,” by Vernor Vinge. Copyright © 2003 by Dell Magazines. First published in
Analog Science Fiction and Fact,
October 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author.