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Turkey City Writer's Workshop is a peer-to-peer, professional SF writer's workshop in Texas.
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'''Turkey City Writer's Workshop''' is a peer-to-peer, [[professional]] [[SF]] writers’ workshop in Texas.
  
 
Founded in 1973, it was modeled after the east coast [[Milford Writer's Workshop]]. The workshop "was a cradle of cyberpunk" where many of the practitioners of what would become [[cyberpunk]] first met.  Founding members included [[Lisa Tuttle]], [[Howard Waldrop]], [[Steven Utley]], and [[Tom Reamy]].
 
Founded in 1973, it was modeled after the east coast [[Milford Writer's Workshop]]. The workshop "was a cradle of cyberpunk" where many of the practitioners of what would become [[cyberpunk]] first met.  Founding members included [[Lisa Tuttle]], [[Howard Waldrop]], [[Steven Utley]], and [[Tom Reamy]].
  
The workshop was first held in Grand Prairie, Texas, but soon shifted to [[Austin]] when most of the writers involved moved there during the mid-1970s. [[Bruce Sterling]] was one of the youngest members of the workshop when he joined it in 1974.  Other Texas writers who have participated include [[Mark Finn]], [[Leigh Kennedy]], [[Chad Oliver]], [[Lawrence Person]], and [[Lewis Shiner]].
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The workshop was first held in Grand Prairie, [[Texas]], but soon shifted to [[Austin]] when most of the writers involved moved there during the mid-1970s. [[Bruce Sterling]] was one of the youngest members of the workshop when he joined it in 1974.  Other Texas writers who have participated include [[Mark Finn]], [[Leigh Kennedy]], [[Chad Oliver]], [[Lawrence Person]], and [[Lewis Shiner]].
  
The workshop also compiled the "The Turkey City Lexicon," a collection of terms used when discussing recurring SF writing tropes.
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The workshop also compiled the "[https://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/ The Turkey City Lexicon]," a collection of terms used when discussing recurring SF writing tropes.
  
 
Dates:
 
Dates:
Turkey City VII: June 28-30, 1974 at the home of [[Lisa Tuttle]] and [[Dianne Kraft]]
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Turkey City VII: June 28-30, 1974, at the home of [[Lisa Tuttle]] and [[Dianne Kraft]]
  
 
Attendees included: [[Lisa Tuttle]], [[Joe Pumilia]], [[Robert Bruce]], [[Joe Hutchinson]], [[Howard Waldrop]], [[Steven Utley]], and [[Tom Reamy]].
 
Attendees included: [[Lisa Tuttle]], [[Joe Pumilia]], [[Robert Bruce]], [[Joe Hutchinson]], [[Howard Waldrop]], [[Steven Utley]], and [[Tom Reamy]].

Revision as of 13:38, 28 December 2020

Turkey City Writer's Workshop is a peer-to-peer, professional SF writers’ workshop in Texas.

Founded in 1973, it was modeled after the east coast Milford Writer's Workshop. The workshop "was a cradle of cyberpunk" where many of the practitioners of what would become cyberpunk first met. Founding members included Lisa Tuttle, Howard Waldrop, Steven Utley, and Tom Reamy.

The workshop was first held in Grand Prairie, Texas, but soon shifted to Austin when most of the writers involved moved there during the mid-1970s. Bruce Sterling was one of the youngest members of the workshop when he joined it in 1974. Other Texas writers who have participated include Mark Finn, Leigh Kennedy, Chad Oliver, Lawrence Person, and Lewis Shiner.

The workshop also compiled the "The Turkey City Lexicon," a collection of terms used when discussing recurring SF writing tropes.

Dates: Turkey City VII: June 28-30, 1974, at the home of Lisa Tuttle and Dianne Kraft

Attendees included: Lisa Tuttle, Joe Pumilia, Robert Bruce, Joe Hutchinson, Howard Waldrop, Steven Utley, and Tom Reamy.


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