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SFWA Condemned For Racism By Its Own Member After Discrimination Against Hispanic Author

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Jon Del Arroz
Nov 12, 2026

SFWA’s Membership Committee rejected my application with a four-sentence email that gives one reason: my “repeated conduct toward other members.” The email names no conduct. It names no member and no post. In the last few weeks, a SFWA member published a Bluesky post calling me a sociopath and a slimeball and urging the publishing industry to shun me. I…

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