The big news of the week is that my story "Magdala Amygdala" won a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction! The awards ceremony was held on June 15, 2013 at the historic Hotel Monteleone in the heart of the French Quarter in New Orleans.

"Magdala Amygdala" originally appeared in the anthology Dark Faith: Invocations and has been ( Read more... )

Context 26 will be held September 27-29, 2013 in Worthington, Ohio, at the Holiday Inn.

The 2013 GoHs include Elizabeth Bear, Jack McDevitt, and John Joseph Adams -- very exciting! They're still working on the music and science guests.
I'll be coordinating the writing workshops again this year; I plan to have them posted sometime in April ( Read more... )

Context 24 will be taking place in Columbus, Ohio at the Doubletree Hotel (the same venue as last year) the weekend of August 26-28, 2011 ( Read more... )

Since some have asked: Context 23 will be the weekend of August 27th-29th 2010 in the Doubletree Hotel (the same one as this year). The website will be updated when I have time to deal with it.

The full-weekend registration rate for Context 22 (here in Columbus, OH the weekend of August 28-30) goes up to $45 tomorrow, so you can save $10 by registering today ( Read more... )

Context 22 is taking place in Columbus, OH the weekend of August 28-30. The author GoHs include Christopher Golden and James P. Hogan. In addition to the usual parties and panels, the convention is featuring an expanded set of writing workshops.

The workshop topics include:

• Characterization and Dialogue
  
• Warfare For Writers
  
• Maintaining ( Read more... )

The full-weekend registration rate for Context 21 is increasing from $35 to $45 after August 15th. The convention will be Sept. 26-28 in Columbus Ohio. You can register at the website ( Read more... )

If so, the convention's seeking your opinion

At Context 21 (which will be held Sept. 26-28 in Columbus OH), Gary A. Braunbeck will be leading a small-group short story critique workshop. It's intended for writers who have sold at least one short story.Students should submit a story of up to 6,000 words at least 1 month before the convention; submission details will be sent to students after ( Read more... )

Hi everyone,

We're in the beginning stages of putting together the writing workshops for Context 21, and we're looking for feedback from people as to what they'd like to see us offer. Most of the workshops will be aimed at a mixed group of people interested in writing science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres, but we may be able to ( Read more... )