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SFRA22 Student Paper Award
SFRA student members (both graduate and undergraduate): Please consider submitting your conference presentation from the SFRA22 Oslo conference for consideration for the Graduate Student Paper Award. It’s a great opportunity to have your work honored by your sf peers...
SFRA Treasurer Changeover
Dear SFRA, I wanted to let the organization know that Jess FitzPatrick has stepped back from her role as treasurer. We on the executive committee would like to thank Jess for her work as treasurer, and welcome Tim Murphy (Oklahoma State University) and thank him for...
SFRA Executive Board and Award Committees
Dear Members, Do you see yourself as a committed member of the Science Fiction community? Are you a member of the Science Fiction Research Association and feel like you want to do more? Are you organized, efficient, and communicative? If you answered yes, read on! *...
2022 Award Winners
The 2021 awards were announced at the banquet at the conclusion of the 2022 conference in Oslo, Norway. Congratulations to all winners! SFRA Award for Lifetime Contributions to SF Scholarship Originally the Pilgrim Award, the SFRA Award for Lifetime Contributions to...
Call for Applications (Unpaid Position): SFRA Outreach Officer
UPDATE: The call for the SFRA outreach officer has been extended for another week. If you are interested, let me know! The new deadline is Thursday, March 31. During our bylaw revisions last year we created a number of positions to help modernize the SFRA Executive...
Open Call for Nominations: 2021 SFRA Innovative Research Award
The Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) invites nominations for the 2021 Innovative Research Award. The award is announced annually at the SFRA conference and is awarded to the writer (or writers) of the year's best critical essay-length work published in a...
Announcing the SFRA Support a New Scholar Awardee for 2022-23
The SFRA is delighted to announce that Dr. Anastasia Klimchynskaya is the winner of the Support a New Scholar Award. Congratulations, Dr. Klimchynskaya! Dr. Klimchynskaya is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge at the...
SFRA Support a New Scholar Program (SNS) for 2021-22
We are pleased to post a call for applications for the SFRA Support a New Scholar Program (SNS), for 2021-22*. This New Scholars Program supports advanced students and scholars of outstanding promise to assist them in taking part as active members of the science...
Coronavirus News
Dear SFRA, Unfortunately, I must write you today with the news that our planned meeting for July 2020 has been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The executive committee would like to thank the conference’s local organizers, Rebekah Sheldon and De Witt...