San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc.

Although SFSFC will not be offering a scholarship to attend SMOFCon 28 in San José, the Texas-based convention-running group ALAMO announced yesterday that they will offer one. ALAMO will offer a $300 scholarship to be used toward the cost of attending SMOFCon 28. See their SMOFCon Scholarship Application for further details.

SFSFC originally created its SMOFCon Scholarship Program to send promising Bay Area conrunners to the annual SMOFCon convention-runners conference, and while we have occasionally made awards to people outside of the San Francisco Bay Area, the scholarship has generally retained a Bay Area focus. Because this year’s SMOFCon is in San José (December 3-5, 2010 […]

Kirsten M. Berry is the recipient of the 2009 SFSFC SMOFCon Scholarship. She will receive a $500 grant to attend SMOFCon 27, the annual convention about running SF genre conventions, which this year will be in Austin TX over the weekend of December 4-6. See the full announcement for details.

The deadline for applying for this year’s SMOFCon Scholarship has now passed. The scholarship committee is evaluating applications and expects to make a decision and contact all applicants during the first week of November. We thank everyone who applied for their interest.

October 15 is the last day to apply for the $500 scholarship to help a convention runner in training attend the SMOFCon convention-runners convention in Austin TX this year over the weekend of December 4-6, 2009. For full details, see the press release and the SMOFCon Scholarship Application page.

SFSFC is once again offering a $500 scholarship to help a convention runner in training attend the SMOFCon convention-runners convention in Austin TX this year over the weekend of December 4-6, 2009. The deadline for applying for a 2009 SMOFCon Scholarship is October 15, 2009. For full details, see the press release and the SMOFCon […]

Heather Stern is the recipient of the 2008 SFSFC SMOFCon Scholarship. See the full announcement for details.

The deadline for applying for the 2008 SFSFC SMOFCon Scholarships has now passed and no further applications will be accepted. The Scholarship Committee is evaluating applications and will contact all applicants before announcing the results.

SFSFC has extended the deadline for applying for a $500 scholarship to attend the 2008 SMOFCon convention-runners convention in Columbus, Ohio. See our press release for more details. The application form is on our SMOFCon Scholarships page. We will also have paper application forms at the San Jose in 2011 Westercon Bid table at SiliCon […]

SFSFC will once again offer a scholarship of $500 to send a promising convention runner to SMOFCon. Details are in the press release, and you can find the application on our SMOFCon Scholarships page.