SoP Fall Forecast

Seapunk Studios, the School of Protocols (SoP) group, is announcing a fall season of events and sharing its contest winners and recommended reading. Its Seapunk Proto-College runs September 15-20 in Kuala Lumpur, with an info session on Friday, September 5 and applications due by Sunday, September 7. A 20-participant AI Futurama: Europe Edition workshop takes place October 9 and 10 at Trust in Berlin, organized with Folklore, and a Buenos Aires meet-up is set for November 18. The newsletter also names the top three winners of its Ghosts in Machines! protocol fiction contest, with "Soda Sweet as Blood" by Spencer Nitkey placed first.