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Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association Online Silent Auction!
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc., (SFWA) is running an online silent auction, to support its expanding membership base of over 2,000 members, advocacy efforts for all writers, and initiatives to better serve marginalized communities within the larger speculative fiction writing world.
This silent auction will open May 10, 2021, at 12:00pm Pacific Time and close May 17, 2021, at 12:00pm Pacific Time.
The auction infrastructure is furnished by a partnership with Worldbuilders, an organization of "geeks doing good" that supports humanitarian efforts worldwide.
The money raised from this auction will benefit SFWA programs that affect both the future of the science fiction and fantasy genres and the organization itself.
A few examples of the work SFWA has undertaken to address the needs and challenges that speculative fiction authors face today:
- Over 100 scholarships are being targeted to writer populations in need for this year's Nebula conference.
- The ongoing #DisneyMustPay Task Force is working to make sure that writer contracts are honored after major media acquisitions.
- SFWA offers a mentorship program open to all genre writers, even if they're not SFWA members.
- As soon as the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic became clear, SFWA created a fund through which authors could seek assistance if their livelihoods were threatened.
100% of the money raised by this fundraiser will go to SFWA.
As part of their mission to support worthy nonprofits, especially in geeky ways, WORLDBUILDERS is providing SFWA with auction & fulfillment services during this fundraiser - and their founder, Patrick Rothfuss, has even donated his own time for an "Author's Kaffeeklatsch" that you can bid on!
Worldbuilders has always been a pass-through nonprofit, supporting our administrative costs through private donations and the proceeds of our Worldbuilders Market. That means that for organizations like Heifer.org, Project HOPE, or First Book, we make sure 100% of what is donated goes where it is needed.
For this auction, all the money raised will go to SFWA; while the payment processor takes a small processing fee, Worldbuilders does not.
What started as an impromptu fundraiser by Patrick Rothfuss in 2008 has become a community of donors that has raised over $13 million dollars for established charities around the world. Check out our website to learn more about our work, or sign up for the WORLDBUILDERS newsletter and get geeky updates as well as special deals in our marketplace!
