WSFA Small Press Award

Long-time IWW administrator and editor Gayle Surette notes, "This year I'm the administrator for the WSFA Small Press Award. It's the third year for the award and the buzz gets better each year.

"The committee is now accepting nominations. Writer's can nominate one story of their own if it was published by a small press and was science fiction, fantasy, horror, or speculative fiction of some variety."

Here's the announcement:

WSFA Small Press Award Committee now accepting nominations for workspublished in 2008:

The Washington Science Fiction Association has established a literary award to honor the work done by small presses in promoting and preserving science fiction. The WSFA Small Press Award will be given yearly for original short fiction works (17,500 words or fewer) of imaginative literature (e.g., science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative fiction or like literature) published by a small press.

For complete rules see the WSFA Small Press Award Website. Deadline for nominations is March 1, 2009.