Ian Li
@ianli.bsky.social
Chinese-Canadian writer/poet/economist/developer | he/him words in Strange Horizons, Year's Best Canadian F&SF, the Toronto subway, +more poetry editor for Orion's Belt SFWA, Codexian https://ian-li.com
My latest story is available to Orion's Belt subscribers now! Grief, connection and some special candles.
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 10h ago🌞 OB summer issue #36 is now live for our subscribers, & also available to buy (link below). This issue was made possible by powerful, transformative stories, poems, & interviews that invite us to look inside ourselves, into our past, and at the world around us. Join the read & the journey! 🌞
I have an interview in the new issue of @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social where I talked a bit about my story "Brainstem Disco, 2191," how I write flash vs. poetry, and thinking in multiple languages. (Already peaked some of the poetry in this issue + might have found a new favorite for 2026 too 👀)
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 10h ago🌞 OB summer issue #36 is now live for our subscribers, & also available to buy (link below). This issue was made possible by powerful, transformative stories, poems, & interviews that invite us to look inside ourselves, into our past, and at the world around us. Join the read & the journey! 🌞
It was an absolute pleasure to be interviewed for the Summer 2026 Orion's Belt issue! Thank you for the fantastic questions. Subscribers can read the interview now!
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 10h ago🌞 Interviews with @angelaliu.bsky.social and @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social! Cover artwork, "SUN II" by David Álvarez, with design by @ashsmash.bsky.social. 🌞
Check out my piece, “Turkey Jesus,” out now with Orion’s Belt. I lived with turkeys for years, and they are weird, aggressive, mystical creatures.
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 10h ago🌞 Ft. Poetry by Gospel Chinedu, Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe, Kyra Jee, Diana Olney, @joemario.bsky.social Ft. Fiction by @colincalexander.bsky.social, @rjaurand.bsky.social, Zoe Carver, @jrfenn.bsky.social, @emlinden.bsky.social, @shedric.bsky.social, Angie Spoto, @muteddragon.bsky.social 🌞
My flash story "To the Android I Saw Get Pushed onto the Tracks at the Archives Metro Station" is in this issue! It will be free in October, but you can read it now at bit.ly/orionsbelt-p.... Come experience the story that made my critique partners lose their collective shit!
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 10h ago🌞 OB summer issue #36 is now live for our subscribers, & also available to buy (link below). This issue was made possible by powerful, transformative stories, poems, & interviews that invite us to look inside ourselves, into our past, and at the world around us. Join the read & the journey! 🌞
Absolutely delighted to share that my cozy little story about guitar-wielding witches coming together to protect their neighbors is out today! Big thanks to my @clarionwest.bsky.social flash fiction workshop group for the encouragement, and to @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home!
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 10h ago🌞 OB summer issue #36 is now live for our subscribers, & also available to buy (link below). This issue was made possible by powerful, transformative stories, poems, & interviews that invite us to look inside ourselves, into our past, and at the world around us. Join the read & the journey! 🌞
🌞 OB summer issue #36 is now live for our subscribers, & also available to buy (link below). This issue was made possible by powerful, transformative stories, poems, & interviews that invite us to look inside ourselves, into our past, and at the world around us. Join the read & the journey! 🌞
The Hugo Poetry Award still needs more nominations from you. Just a few days left. Are you a fiction person who needs help judging poetry? I've got just the thing for you: bsky.app/profile/case... The best free outlets to find said poetry listed below
Casey Aimer@caseyaimer.bsky.social · 5mo agoGUIDE FOR FICTION-LOVERS READING POETRY FOR THE FIRST TIME: So you've only read fiction your whole life, and now people are yelling at you to nominate poems. How the hell do you figure out what's a good poem? Let a guy with three degrees in fiction + poetry + publishing tell you.
Step 1: Read the nominated works. Step 2: Ask yourself, "Did I like this poem?" Step 3: Rank the poems on the ballot in order of how much you liked them. That's it. You don't need any special magick or training. Which did YOU like best?
This cover looks fantastic! So excited to have a piece in this issue.
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · last wk.We are thrilled to reveal the cover art for our summer issue #36, coming out in August! More here: www.orions-belt.net/issues Cover Art “SUN II” by David Alvàrez, with design by @ashsmash.bsky.social. To subscribe & read it as soon as it’s released, & support our work: bit.ly/orionsbelt-patreon
Can't wait for everyone to see the stories & poems by this talented lineup of authors! If I get the chance, I'd like to share a little about each poem when the issue comes out
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · last wk.We are thrilled to reveal the cover art for our summer issue #36, coming out in August! More here: www.orions-belt.net/issues Cover Art “SUN II” by David Alvàrez, with design by @ashsmash.bsky.social. To subscribe & read it as soon as it’s released, & support our work: bit.ly/orionsbelt-patreon
Psst I have a piece in this issue! It's one of my favorite stories I've written in the last couple of years.
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · last wk.We are thrilled to reveal the cover art for our summer issue #36, coming out in August! More here: www.orions-belt.net/issues Cover Art “SUN II” by David Alvàrez, with design by @ashsmash.bsky.social. To subscribe & read it as soon as it’s released, & support our work: bit.ly/orionsbelt-patreon
I know we axolotl people to subscribe - subscriptions keep us going! If you'd rather we axolitl instead, subscribe now and help us get to sustainability! store.smallwondersma...
Subscriptions help keep magazines like Small Wonders alive! If you'd like to find other venues to support, check out @sffmagazines.bsky.social! And if you haven't subscribed to us yet, we'd love to have you on board! store.smallwondersma...
I am overjoyed that the Poetry Hugo Award has once again PASSED. It will need to be re-ratified in 2029 to be officially officially permanent. Complicated rules aside, thank you to everyone who voted or supported this goal. Us poets truly love y'all! To read more about this see poetryhugo.com
Speculative Poetry Initiative
What Works Are Available for Nomination in the 2026 Awards?
poetryhugo.com
Last year, we successfully passed a vote for a permanent Hugo Award for Best Poem -- but the job isn't done! To go into effect, the amendment needs to be ratified this year (the current Hugo is a Special Award and therefore temporary). Details here: www.poetryhugo.com
Speculative Poetry Initiative
What Works Are Available for Nomination in the 2026 Awards?
poetryhugo.com
Are you in or near Toronto? Join me at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social on Aug 22 at 2pm for the launch of my collection (Book info threaded). There’ll be snacks and SWAG for all who attend. RSVP and reserve your book using the link. @starsandsabers.bsky.social www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/events/58652...
As we come ever closer to the end of the Hugo Awards voting period, a reminder: no matter which work you believe deserves to win the Best Poem category, just casting your vote sends a strong message for the value of the category.
Brandon O’Brien@therisingtithes.bsky.social · 4w agoHugo Awards voting is still open until August 8th! Whether you're already deep in the voter packet or haven't even glanced at the nominees yet, please read and vote for the works in the Best Poem category and support speculative poetry as a core element of genre! www.lacon.org/hugofinalists/
Today is your last chance to vote in the #2026AuroraAwards! There remain just over 6hours left to vote before the deadline at midnight Eastern Time. If you've read even one nominee you consider worthy of support, please make the effort to get your vote in! www.csffa.ca/members-home...
Voting – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)
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You no longer need to give me money to get EPUBs and PDFs of Foofaraw and QB every month! Go give your money to @radonjournal.bsky.social instead to get wonderful goodness from both of us and support the coolest mag on the interwebs! www.patreon.com/c/radonjourn...
Out newest SFPA Round-Up is live! Click through to see what your fellow SFPA members were up to in June: sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/07/1...
SFPA June 2026 Round-Up – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
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Hey! khōréō is a SUPER COOL magazine of speculative immigrant and diaspora fiction, and they only have 4 days left to fundraise year 6! Please consider chipping in. There are unclaimed query critiques in the pledge options if that is a thing you are looking for www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
khōréō: Year 6
Help us sustain and grow an award-winning magazine of speculative fiction and migration!
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Aaahhh! So excited to have this story reprinted in Small Wonders—and as an alternate version! Ms. Anaria has a brand new Rule # 6 for y'all. Come check it out:
Small Wonders@smallwondersmag.com · 4w agoWe find Ms. Anararia's Classroom Rules to be quite reasonable, whether they are for well-behaved kindergarteners OR alien ambassadors docked with the wrong ship. Read today's reprint by Catherine Tavares and tell us whether you agree!
Thrilled to see Locus's 'Year's Best' fund in a day. Reminder that our little 'Best Of' could use some pre-order love, as well. If you're able and inclined. We think it's pretty good. You might, as well. undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...
The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2 — Undertow Publications
Pre-Order. Shipping October 2026. Cover art by Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis PRAISE FOR THE BEST WEIRD FICTION OF THE YEAR “Momentous... an indispensable guide to the state of the weird in ...
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We have hit 20% of our fundraising goal and there is only two weeks left to donate! Help support the next year of khōréō here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
khōréō magazine@khoreo.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
If Stanchion Magazine has ever meant anything to you, maybe you can help send it out on a high note? Issue 24, the penultimate edition of my lit zine, can be pre-ordered for just $10. Not bad considering I paid everyone in it & no one had to pay a fee to be read www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
I need to sell books. You want to buy books. Use code INDIE to get any 1 book or magazine issue free when you buy any 2. Now through Monday. Celebrate independence by shopping sooooo small and indie it's actually ridiculous. Please & thank you 🖤🤍 StanchionZine.com/shop
