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To many writers, the inner workings of magazines are utterly opaque. Our panel of editors can give you insight into what things look like on their side of the desk: financial legal considerations, unexpected challenges, how to best promote authors' work. This panel is great for any author who wants to see how a magazine is made, especially if they're considering starting a magazine of their own!
Victor Fernando R. Ocampo is a Singapore-based Filipino writer. He is the author of the International Rubery Book Award shortlisted The Infinite Library and Other Stories (Math Paper Press, 2017) and Here be Dragons (Canvas Press, 2015), which won the Romeo Forbes Children's Story... Read More →
Short story and screenplay writer. Born in Asunción, Paraguay. Has won around a dozen short story awards in her home country, as well as one for a short screenplay. Is currently working on a LitRPG series and on starting a bilingual, speculative fiction magazine called Constelación... Read More →
Terrie Hashimoto is a Japanese book reviewer & critic who has been working on Best Translated Science Fiction of the 2000s and 2010s for Hayakawa publishing.Twitter: https://twitter.com/rikka_zineWebsite: https://rikka-zine.tumblr.com/--------------------------------------------I prefer she or they pronouns, thank you... Read More →
Salik Shah is the founding editor and publisher of Mithila Review, the journal of international science fiction and fantasy established in 2015: https://mithilareview.com/
Friday October 16, 2020 10:00pm - 10:50pm EDT
The Mezzanine
Sometimes building a writing career in your own country isn't feasible due to lack of markets, government censorship, other factors. However, working in the West has its own headaches: How do I navigate contracts across country lines? What visas can I get for events or foreign residencies? Do I really need an MFA? Authors will discuss what they find most challenging about publishing in Western markets what they wish they'd known starting out.
Alexandra Manglis is a Cypriot writer of SFF and creative non-fiction who has also worked extensively as a poetry editor. She's been published in Cyprus, the UK, and the USA and co-edited a collection of lyrical essays released by Milkweed Books in 2019. She is an enthusiastic alumna... Read More →
Sofía Rhei writes fantasy and science fiction for adults and children. Her books for kids include the series “El joven Moriarty”, award winning and translated to 3 languages, or “La calle Andersen”, written with Marian Womack. She has been the first foreign language poet... Read More →
Gabriela Lee was born and raised in Metro Manila, Philippines. She currently teaches literature and creative writing at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where she specializes in science fiction & fantasy and children's literature. She received the 2019 PBBY (Philippine... Read More →
Yvette Lisa Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean sarungano (storyteller). She is pursuing her MFA at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she teaches in the Writing Program. She will be teaching at Clarion West Writers Workshop in the Fall. She earned her BA at Cornell University and was... Read More →
Karin Tidbeck lives and works in Malmö, Sweden, as a freelance writer and translator. They write short stories, novels and interactive fiction in Swedish and English. Their upcoming novel The Memory Theater will be released in February, 2021.
Saturday October 17, 2020 6:00am - 6:50am EDT
The Mezzanine
