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Mission & Programs

Parsec is a 501c3 non-profit organization promoting science fiction, fantasy and horror in literature, media and music since 1984.

Mission

It is the mission of Parsec “to promote awareness of the richness of speculative fiction as literature, art and music; further general education in the sciences and arts, support contributions–both scientific and artistic–to society and to espouse the enjoyment of speculative fiction as literature, art and music with others.”

PARSEC Inc., Board of Directors

Kevin M. Hayes (President / Representative for the Conference program committee)
John Thompson (Vice President / Representative for the Publishing program committee)
Open position (Secretary)
Karen Yun-Lutz (Treasurer & Secretary Pro Tem)
Scot Noel (Member at Large. Representative for the Monthly Meetings program committee)
Kathryn Smith (Member at Large)
Alan Bailey (Member at Large)
Diane Turnshek (Executive Director)
Larisa VanWinkle (Corporate Bookkeeper)

PARSEC Inc., has four standing committees with active programs:

Program committee (Monthly Meetings) officers:
Scot and Jane Noel: (Co-Chairpersons)
John Muth (Vice-Chair & Sigma Editor)
OPEN POSITION (Secretary)
Kevin M. Hayes (Commentator)

Conference committee (Confluence) officers:
Kevin M. Hayes (Chairperson)
Karen Yun-Lutz (Treasurer)

Publishing committee (Parsec Ink/Triangulation) officers:
Diane Turnshek (Chairperson/Editor Emeritus)
Karen Yun-Lutz (Treasurer)
Greg Clumpner (Editor Emeritus)
Jessica J. Carver (Editor 2025)

Workshop committee:  
The Write or Die, writing and critique group joined Parsec in 2023 as the official workshop committee.
Kevin M. Hayes
Diane Turnshek
Karen Yun-Lutz
We are in the process of building this committee. If you are interested in helping build the committee, please feel free to contact us. 

Short Story Contest coordinator:
Christine M. Benner Dixon (2025)