- Steven H Silver
Infobox Person
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subject name = Steven H Silver
birth_date =1967
birth_place =Hinsdale, IL
occupation =Technical writer , Editor,Publisher ,Reviewer , Bid Proposal WriterSteven H Silver is a
science fiction fan and bibliographer, publisher, and editor. He has been nominated for theHugo Award for Best Fan Writer eight times.Editor, publisher, and writer
Silver is a longtime contributing editor to
SF Site and has written that site's news page since its inception.In
2003 , he co-edited three anthologies withMartin H. Greenberg , "Wondrous Beginnings", "Magical Beginnings", and "Horrible Beginnings", which reprinted the first published stories of authors in thescience fiction ,fantasy , and horror genres. In2004 , he became the publisher ofISFiC Press .Silver published his first short story, "Les Lettres de Paston"," in the final issue of "
Helix SF ". [cite journal | last = Silver | first = Steven H | title = Les Lettres de Paston | journal = Helix SF | issue = 10 | date = Fall 2008 | url = http://www.helixsf.com/fiction/Q2_silver_paston.htm | accessdate = 2008-10-01] Silver had earlier written a column onalternate history for the magazine.Fandom
idewise and Nebula Awards
In
1995 , he founded theSidewise Award for Alternate History and has served as a judge ever since. [ [http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/about.html Sidewise Award website] ] He was on the short story jury for theNebula Award in2002 , ["SFWA Forum", February 2003, p. 10] and on the novel jury for the Nebula Award in2003 , ["SFWA Forum", April 2003, p. 15] and2006 . [ [http://www.sfwa.org/org/voluntrs.htm SFWA list of volunteers, 2006] ] In 2005, Silver was one of the co-ordinators of the Nebula weekend inChicago . [ [http://www.sfwa.org/awards/2005/Staff.html 2005 Nebula Awards Weekend Staff] ]Fanzines
Silver is known as an on-line reviewer and has written several articles for
science fiction fanzine s, as well as publishing his own annual 'zine "Argentus", which was nominated for aHugo Award for Best Fanzine in 2008, and the monthly APA-zine "Plata".Conventions
In addition to his writing and editing activities, Silver is involved in running
science fiction convention s. He has chairedWindycon twice, [ [http://www.windycon.org/conspast.html The WindyCon Big List: A Chronological History] ] founded Midfan and chaired the first Midwest Construction, and ran programming for Chicon 2000, [ [http://www.chicon.org/ Chicon 2000, Staff and Committee Roster] ] theWorldcon . From1998 through2006 , he sat on the board of directors forISFiC .Personal background
In
2000 , Silver appeared on "Jeopardy! " [ [http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/archives/0006/techwhirl-0006-00814.html Gilda Spitz, "OT-Tech Writer on "Jeopardy"," "TECHWR-L List Archives", 16 June 2000] ] winning two days and coming in second on his third day. He won $15,000. [ [http://home.bluegrass.net/~megsmath/jeopardy/jeopardy5.html Meg Smath, "Let's Play "Jeopardy!"," home.bluegrass.net/~megsmath/jeopardy/] ]External links
* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Steven_H._Silver Steven Silver at ISFDB]
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