Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 14:09:20 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] Balticon Online Reg news ... Fwd: [Info] Balticon and MD SF Update
From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
To: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Here you go ...

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Date: Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:24 PM
Subject: [WSFA] [Info] Balticon and MD SF Update
To: info at balticon.org

Balticon 48 Online Registration Online:

Online membership registration for Balticon 48 is now fully
functional. Just go to https://questor.bsfs.org/cgi-bin/regform.cgi
You can of course also go to www.balticon.org and click on the link
"CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE" and also learn about the plans for
Balticon 48. If you need to book a hotel room for the convention you
should also do so soon given the block at this hotel fills fast. Hotel
sleeping room booking information can be found at
http://www.balticon.org/hotel.html

DR Who Fans Meet at BSFS:

All fans of the Dr. Who TV Series, books etc... are welcome on March
2, 2014 to a BSFS. This will be a Dr Who Fans Meetup Event hosted by
Whovian Heather and the event will run 3:00pm-5:00pm. As always during
events the library will be open. For more info contact BSFSEvents at
BSFS dot org

SF Fiction Magazine Roundtable at BSFS:

On Saturday, March 22 at 8PM, the Baltimore Science Fiction Society
(BSFS), located at 3310 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21224,
will host a free, public roundtable on "The State of Short Fiction."
Editors Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld), Scott Andrews (Beneath Ceaseless
Skies), Jonathan Landen (Daily Science Fiction), Norm Sherman
(Drabblecast), Bill Campbell (Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and
Beyond), along with writer Erica Satifka (Clarkesworld, Daily Science
Fiction) will participate in the discussion lead by moderator, writer
and BSFS member Sarah Pinsker (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed,
Asimov's). This roundtable will go in-depth on the current state of
the short fiction market. The panel includes top editors, writers,
anthologists, and podcasters, in order to gather a complete picture of
the field's past, present, and future. Who are the new voices people
should be reading? How do you fund a magazine or anthology? What makes
a story work for podcast? This will be a great panel for readers and
writers alike. Spread the word.