2024 ArmadilloCon FF Eclipse Prize Now Open

ArmadilloCon Writers’ Workshop students — the 2024 ARMADILLOCON FF ECLIPSE PRIZE is now open! Entries will be accepted through midnight CST on March 16. Check your email for details! All ArmadilloCon Writers’ Workshop students from 2017-2024 are eligible to enter. This year’s prompt word is “eclipse.” 1,000 word count limit, any genre of speculative fiction. Submission portal is now open! […]

2024 Annual Meeting on Sat Mar 30

The Annual Meeting of the Membership of the Fandom Association of Central Texas, Inc. will convene at the Menchaca Road Branch Library (5500 Menchaca Road, Austin, TX 78745) on Saturday, March 30, 2024, from approximately 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM.The meetings generally last from 2 to 2.5 hours and follow the following general agenda:

Reading Group to Discuss We Ride Upon Sticks 

The FACT SF/F Reading Group will meet on Monday, March 18, at 7 PM CST to discuss We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry! The meeting will be held online via Zoom. The organizer will send meeting details to regular members of the Reading Group. If interested and not on the list, send an inquiry to reading at fact.org. Upcoming selections are: We also have a list of Candidate Books that we are considering discussing!

Sept 9 Board Meeting & Socializing

Fandom Association of Central Texas Inc.September 2023 Board Meeting Location: Austin Public Library, Little Walnut Creek BranchRoom: Little Walnut Creek Branch #1Date: Saturday, Sept 9, 2023 – 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM The meetings generally last from 1 to 2 hours and follow the following general agenda: People often go out for food and socializing afterwards. Join us! Questions? board+$@$+fact-dot&org

Reading Group to Discuss The Vampire Tapestry

The FACT SF/F Reading Group will meet on Monday, Sept 18, at 7 PM CST to discuss The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas! The meeting will be held online via Zoom. The organizer will send meeting details to regular members of the Reading Group. If interested and not on the list, send an inquiry to reading at fact.org. Upcoming selections are:

July 15 Board Meeting & Socializing

Fandom Association of Central Texas Inc.July 2023 Board Meeting Location: Austin Public Library, Little Walnut Creek BranchRoom: Little Walnut Creek Branch #1Date: Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM The meetings generally last from 1 to 2 hours and follow the following general agenda. People often go out for food and socializing afterwards. Join us! Questions? board+$@$+fact-dot&org

Reading Group to Discuss BABEL by R.F. Kuang

The FACT SF/F Reading Group will meet on Monday, July 17 at 7 PM CST to discuss Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang! The meeting will be held online via Zoom. The organizer will send meeting details to regular members of the Reading Group. If interested and not on the list, send an inquiry to reading at fact.org. Upcoming selections are:

Reading Group to Discuss THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME

The FACT SF/F Reading Group will meet on Monday, June 19 at 7 PM CST to discuss The Devil Takes You Home by ArmadilloCon 2023 Special Guest Gabino Iglesias! The meeting will be held online via Zoom. The organizer has sent meeting details to regular members of the Reading Group. If interested and not on the list, send an inquiry to reading at fact.org. Upcoming selections are:

Reading Group to Discuss THE SPARE MAN

The FACT SF/F Reading Group will meet on Monday, June 5 at 7 PM CST to discuss The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal. The meeting will be held online via Zoom. The organizer has sent meeting details to regular members of the Reading Group. If interested and not on the list, send an inquiry to reading at fact.org. Upcoming selections are: