You're invited to this special edition of Writers Talk hosted by @bcwriters.bsky.social. To register, go to: www.bcwriters.ca/event-6770702 And join the party on Instagram on August 25 as I launch #TheAtlasKeeper #canlit #IReadCanadian #Writersky #writingcommunity #canadianauthors

The portal is open! 🕳️ We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

🚨There’s still time to haunt us, but our call for ghost stories closes tomorrow night at midnight pst! 👻⏰

Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social · last mo.

Haunt us! flash-frog.com/submit/

Starts tomorrow! Let the power of body doubling / parallel play / gentle peer pressure move you forward on your writing goals!

SiWC@siwc.bsky.social · 3w ago

Join friends in the SiWC community Wednesdays at noon Pacific leading up to the conference for an hour of dedicated writing time. All writers are welcome, whether you're attending SiWC this year or not. A prompt will be provided for those who need a little inspiration. Info at siwc.ca/fundraising

We open in 2 WEEKS to novel manuscript submissions—writers, mark your calendars! Guidelines: links.ruadanbooks.com/Novels26 We're most interested in horror thrillers and crime noir; if you have a complete manuscript that fits, don't hesitate to submit. #AuthorSky #WriterSky #writingcommunity

Leave my boy Taco Bell out of it, it was bitch ass Taylor Farms, the world's largest salad processor. Fight the real enemy Big Salad

HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)

Come write with meeeeeee

SiWC@siwc.bsky.social · 3w ago

Join friends in the SiWC community Wednesdays at noon Pacific leading up to the conference for an hour of dedicated writing time. All writers are welcome, whether you're attending SiWC this year or not. A prompt will be provided for those who need a little inspiration. Info at siwc.ca/fundraising

Another day, another email scam targeting authors. Stay safe out there in this here internet, friends

SiWC@siwc.bsky.social · 4w ago

We've become aware that someone is impersonating SIWC staff by using a fraudulent email address to contact authors and invite them to present at SiWC. We are not currently sending out any presenter invitations, and we never ask a presenter to pay money to present at SiWC.

Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions two weeks from today, on July 19. kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

STRANGE 👽 SURREAL 👽 SHOCKING 👽 BEAUTIFUL Apex Magazine is OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS for the month of July! We're seeking short spec fic up to 9k words. Closing August 1st, reopening in September and November. We can't wait to read your work! 🖤 Submit here: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...

Fusion Fragment is now open to submissions! Full details at www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/

It's not only FF that's open! Saros SF #7, edited by @thompsinator.bsky.social, is open for the month for any stories with a theme of "terminally online". Full guidelines here: sarossf.com/submissions/

📌 SUBS ARE OPEN this July!! Submit your fiction and poetry to @augursociety.bsky.social Issue 10 📚️ Scroll for more info! 👇️ buff.ly/AKmSaxU 🧵

Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions in four weeks from today—July 19-25! kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

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We're opening for submissions at the beginning of July! Check out our guidelines and send us your best: zurl.co/0xO8P

Heyyyyyy Diabolical Plots submission windows for 2026 are announced! Two weeks for general submissions in July. One week for Diabolical Rot theme guest edited by @amandaghelms.bsky.social ! max 3500 words, no AI, details at the link! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-general-s...

It's almost REPRINT TIME! That is, time to send your flash fiction reprints to us - get those stories ready because we will be opening this week! (We open for reprints on June 10th, if things go according to plan. If something nefarious happens, we'll let you know)

The Saros SF #7 reading period is coming your way next month! Editor @thompsinator.bsky.social is after your 500-5000 word stories that tie into the theme of "Terminally Online". Check the full submission guidelines here: sarossf.com/submissions/

Off to a great start! Come hang out with your favourite writers and friends in Surrey, BC, this October!

SiWC@siwc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

5 minutes until registration opens! We're so excited! www.siwc.ca/registration

The Strange Horizons Kickstarter to fund 2027 will begin on Sunday, 7 June, 2026! This is a critical time for SFF publications when the existence of venues publishing short speculative fiction, poetry and non-fiction is sometimes uncertain. We hope that you will keep us publishing for another year!

It's nearly time! We're so excited to welcome people to SiWC 2026. Many of our amazing community chose to move their 2025 registration to 2026 when we cancelled due to a hotel strike, so we're opening reg with less space than usual. Register early for best choice of reg packages and appointments!

🧵🧵🧵 ALERT! FF re-opens to submissions on July 1st and so, between now and then, I'll be sharing updates from members of the reading team on the stories they love and what they wish they saw more of in the reading queue. So, read on to find out what's on the wishlist! 1/

SIDE HUSTLE: HORROR STORIES FOR LATE CAPITALISM opens for submissions in nine days! Send us your horror and dark sci-fi stories about the extra work we do to stay afloat. Regular call = May 15 to June 14 Extended period for marginalized authors: June 15 to June 21 agitapublishing.com/submissions/

The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch Come Closer by Sarah Gran The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Say a group of friends is making their own Top 100 Best Novels List. Your friends ask you for your recommendations. What are the first three books that come to mind? No overthinking. Share the first three greats that hit you.

HORROR WRITERS! I WANT YOUR SOUL… I mean DEMONS! I’m editing another awesome anthology for Flame Tree Press. Spread the curse… blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

The Book of Demons | Call for Submissions

We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions, which is now open! This is the newest edition to our Beyond & Within series, to be edited by V. Castro!

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What do we want? More superb short horror fiction! Very happy to report I’m now editing Sunday Scaries for @therumpus.net. A huge thank you to the great @roxanegay.bsky.social. Pro rates, no submission fee. Read more below and send us your best. Long live horror. therumpus.submittable.com/submit

The Rumpus Submission Manager

The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Founded in 2009 and independent from the star...

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Hey Augurians!! We're NOW OPEN for a PRIORITY call from BIPOC, trans, &/or disabled creators currently living in &/or from Canada 📚 From May 5th-31st, Augur Mag is now ACCEPTING speculative submissions of... ✨ Short fiction ✨ Flash fiction ✨ Poetry Scroll for more details 👀⬇️

The Dream Foundry Contest for Emerging Artists and Writers is now open!! No submission fees No rights encumbered 1st Place: $1500 (the art contest’s prize money as part of the Monu Bose Memorial Prize) 2nd Place: $750 3rd Place: $400 Submit by June 8, 2026 1/2

Gird your loins! (See, I know pop culture.) FF reading periods for the rest of the year will take place in July, September, and November. Looking forward to reading your stories!