The WSFA Small Press Award was inaugurated by the Washington Science Fiction Association in 2007. The award is open to works of imaginative literature (e.g.

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

, horror) published in English for the first time in the previous calendar year. Furthermore, the Small Press Award is limited to

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—works under 20,000 words in length—that was published by a

small press A small press is a publisher with annual sales below a certain level or below a certain number of titles published. The terms "indie publisher" and "independent press" and others are sometimes used interchangeably. However, when a distinction ...

.A small press is defined by the WSFA as (1) a

book A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, ...

published in hard copy print or by a web publication house releasing from 3 to 25 titles in the year the story is published or (2) a

periodical Periodical literature (singularly called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) consists of Publication, published works that appear in new releases on a regular schedule (''issues'' or ''numbers'', often numerically divided into annu ...

or web publication with a circulation/

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base of fewer than 10,000 in the year the story is published and which pays all authors in cash
WSFA Small Press Award Rules
Retrieved on August 3, 2008. The nominees are narrowed down by a panel elected by the WSFA membership, and these finalists are then judged by the entire WSFA membership to select a winner. Throughout the process, the author and publisher of each story are kept anonymous. The winning story is announced at Capclave, the WSFA convention held in the

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area each October.

Award winners

References

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External links

WSFA Small Press Award

Washington Science Fiction Association

Capclave
American literary awards Fantasy awards Science fiction awards W Awards established in 2007 2007 establishments in Washington, D.C.