This is the official newsletter for Sirens, a conference dedicated to women in fantasy literature. The newsletter is published once a month to the Sirens message boards, mailing list, LiveJournal, and Facebook. Certain other updates are posted on the conference’s Twitter. Between regular editions, the Sirens LiveJournal also hosts special updates, ( Read more... )

See Part One for general information on programming, including who can participate, how it's selected, and where to find the information you'll need to make a proposal.

You have an idea for a topic or two you’d like to see presented at Sirens, and you’ve read Part One of this series. Next, you need to decide on a format for your presentation. This ( Read more... )

The deadline for proposals is May 10, 2013, so you've got six weeks left to work on a programming proposal ( Read more... )

Sirens programming gets started many months before we enjoy it in October. Maybe you've been brainstorming already; maybe you're going to attend our upcoming chat and think out loud; maybe you're waiting to see if someone gives away a great idea in a LiveJournal topic exchange post; maybe you're just about to go post a discussion thread on the ( Read more... )

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This is the official newsletter for Sirens, a conference dedicated to women in fantasy literature. ( Read more... )

This is the official newsletter for Sirens, a conference dedicated to women in fantasy literature. The newsletter is published once a month to the Sirens forums, mailing list, LiveJournal, and Facebook. Certain other updates are posted on the conference’s Twitter. Between regular editions, the Sirens LiveJournal also hosts special updates, in-depth ( Read more... )

We experienced some technical issues in preparing the newsletter this month, and that's why it's appearing later than normal. Thank you for your patience with us!

This is the official newsletter for Sirens, a conference dedicated to women in fantasy literature. The newsletter is published once a month to the Sirens forums, mailing list, ( Read more... )

Have some neat news for Sirens? Have you read a great fantasy book by or about women to share? Send a sentence or two and your preferred name (anonymous is fine) to hallie at sirensconference.org, or leave a comment here by Sunday (6/6), and we'll use your news in the next newsletter or add it to our Twitter/Facebook news roundups ( Read more... )