The Parsec Short Story Contest is now closed to submissions. We received 189 stories. We’ll be sending the top eight on to the judges for consideration. Prizes are $200, $100 and $50 for the top three stories. Good luck to all submitters!
Mary Soon Lee was the Poet of the Week at Songs of Eretz Poetry Review and they published six of her poems online. One of the poems is from “The Sign of the Dragon,” Mary’s epic fantasy poetry sequence and may be read here. Another poem from that sequence appeared in Uppagus and may be read here: Pigeon. Two other poems from the sequence were printed (actually printed on paper, not online) in Tales of the Talisman. Mary has an antiquated website at http://www.marysoonlee.com.
Parsec member Jamie Lackey had four short stories published in March.
- “Her Mother’s Book” in Mad Scientist Journal
- “To Go on Two Feet” in Swords and Sorcery Magazine
- “The Mutable Sky” in The Colored Lens
- “The Sour Thread of Doubt” in The Sockdolager
Mary Soon Lee’s fantasy poem “Training: Horse” is online in Mirror Dance. She has also had a third poem nominated for the 2015 Rhysling Award, and has had poems published in the past month in the Cold Mountain Review, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, and Songs of Eretz Poetry Review. She has an antiquated website at http://www.marysoonlee.com.
Yearly Alpha scholarship drive is on now! Tamora Pierce video on YouTube: Tamora Pierce’s video. Alpha works at raising money year-round for deserving students, but today is the last day of the publicized drive. Get in now to help reach the $5,000 goal.
Early registration is now open for our local SF/F/H conference, Confluence, to be held July 24-26, 2015 at the Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North. This year’s Guest of Honor is Joan Slonczewski and the Featured Filk Guest is Brooke Abbey.
Young adult author Alaya Dawn Johnson will join Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman and Tamora Pierce as guest authors at Alpha 2015 this summer.
Henry Tjernlund’s science fiction screenplay Small Blue was the 3rd highest reviewed feature script on Zoetrope.com for November 2014.
Parsec Board Member Bonnie Bogovich will be premiering Super Smash Opera at MAGFest.
Mary Soon Lee has a poem online in Ideomancer and four poems in Star*Line.
Jamie Lackey has had three stories published in several places.