• Publication: The SFWA HandbookPublication Record # 879426
• Author: Mildred Downey Broxon
• Date: 1976-00-00
• Publisher: The Science Fiction Writers of America
• Pages: 147
• Format:
  tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
• Type: NONFICTION
• Cover: The SFWA Handbook by David White (I)
• Notes: Divide into three sections: On the Writing of Science Fiction, On the Business of Being a Writer, and SFWA. Each section features a full page illustration by David White, and cartoons by White are scattered throughout.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 5 • Introduction (The SFWA Handbook) • essay by Mildred Downey Broxon
• 8 • Do You Have a Restless Urge to Write? • essay by Edward Bryant and Harlan Ellison and James Sutherland
• 12 • Advice to Writers • essay by Poul Anderson
• 13 • The Idea Factory • essay by Ben Bova
• 18 • Part-Time Writing • essay by Clifford D. Simak
• 21 • What Works for Me • essay by James Blish and John Brunner and Damon Knight
• 28 • How to Prepare a Manuscript • essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 34 • The Author's Agent • essay by uncredited
• 35 • On Being Your Own Agent • essay by Norman Spinrad
• 38 • Editorial Courtesy • essay by Damon Knight
• 40 • Multiple Submissions • essay by Jerry Pournelle
• 41 • Collaboration • essay by Larry Niven
• 44 • A Dull Thud Rang Out in the Grey Dawn • essay by Andrew J. Offutt
• 50 • Said-Bookisms • essay by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 51 •  Subjunctive Tension: A Pictorial Essay • interior artwork by David White (I)
• 53 • Uses of Myth • essay by Poul Anderson
• 55 • How to Build a Planet • (1966) • essay by Poul Anderson
• 67 • Reference Works • essay by Mildred Downey Broxon
• 70 • Bibliography • essay by uncredited
• 72 • Poorffeaders' Marks • essay by uncredited
• 75 • Dealing with Editors • essay by Damon Knight
• 77 • Creativity by the Numbers • essay by Bev Herbert
• 80 • Introduction to the Model Contracts • essay by Norman Spinrad
• 81 • Model Hardcover Contract • essay by Damon Knight and Norman Spinrad
• 88 • Model Paperback Contract • essay by Damon Knight and Norman Spinrad
• 91 • Contracts • essay by Damon Knight
• 97 • The Warranty Clause and the Out-of-Print Problem • essay by Damon Knight
• 99 • Paperback Royalties • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 100 • Anthologists • essay by Damon Knight
• 100 • SFWA Policy Regarding Anthologists • essay by Jerry Pournelle
• 102 • A Letter to an Anthologist • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 105 • Tax-Deductible Expense for Writers • essay by Andrew J. Offutt
• 109 • Tax Breaks for Writers • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 111 • Depreciation • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 112 • Savings on Paper • essay by Andrew J. Offutt
• 115 • Savings on Postage • essay by Andrew J. Offutt
• 120 • By-Laws • essay by uncredited
• 128 • Nebula Awards • essay by Howard DeVore [as by Howard De Vore]
• 132 • Hugo Awards • essay by F. M. Busby
• 134 • World Science Fiction Society Rules • essay by uncredited
• 136 • Circulating Book Plan • essay by Ernest Taves
• 138 • SFWA Bulletin • essay by Steve Goldin
• 139 • SFWA Forum • essay by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 139 • SFWA Trustees • essay by Dean McLaughlin
• 140 • SFWA Public Relations • essay by Tom Purdom
• 141 • European Agents • essay by uncredited
• 142 • Grievances • essay by Jerry Pournelle
• 144 • Ethics • essay by F. M. Busby
• 145 • Arbitration • essay by F. M. Busby
• 147 • Paperback Monitoring • essay by Alan E. Nourse