Congrats to the 2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @alixeharrow.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @jordankurella.com @edenroyce.bsky.social @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @wnwagner.bsky.social And all the finalists! locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...

2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…

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An anthology of Indigenous voices, published by Utah publishing house Torrey House Press, just won a 2026 American Book Award.

This book from a Utah publishing house won the American Book Award

"Beyond the Glittering World" was published by Torrey House Press in 2025.

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Ahh...you were looking for another sign?! This is definitely it!! That's right Space Unicorns, there are ONLY 11 DAYS LEFT to fund the Uncanny Magazine Year 13 KICKSTARTER and reach those stretch goals!! We can do this!! Remember, the Space Unicorn believes in YOU!!! buff.ly/ASU9Kta

it’s my birthday today and within 10 minutes of each other i got one acceptance to a truly amazing thing and one form rejection for something i submitted to almost a year ago and that’s how i know i’m living what ms annie dillard called The Writing Life

theres a reasonable of monty python yaoi but very little of it seems to be in english

Watercolor and colored pencil study of a copper alloy sculpture of Shiva as lord of dance 260 x 180 mm

Chicago teen shares his experience in ICE detention centers: I am 18 years old and I just graduated from high school in Chicago. I was in ICE detention for 2 months and 10 days. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. They never let us go outside.

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨ Thrilled to share June Jordan’s *Poetry for the People: Expanded Edition*, coming this fall from @haymarketbooks.org with a new foreword by Hanif Abdurraqib and new material by me. Pre-order this summer for 40% off! www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2952-j... #blacksky #booksky

on the bright side, it's kind of awesome that so many people are talking about THE ODYSSEY, the translation the movie is based on, the translator's own thoughts in the LRB, and what a big, ambitious film can mean in a market oversaturated with movies about superheroes and nostalgia for old titles

A contemplative release this Friday— A sleepy winter seaside has messages from ghosts in the sand for Agnes. Check out “Seastrand Beyond” by Anna Clark, now free to read on FFO ✍️ @annaclark.bsky.social #fantasy #writingcommunity #slipstream #amreading flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-...

July 2026 - Flash Fiction Online

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no alt text on the images for your disability anthology call? nope. dni. alt text that reads "book cover" or "graphic"? thanks for proving you could have, but didn't. people across the disabled world are watching how you're using alt text. if you're tripping this low bar, we're not showing up.

this is the coolest thing i’ve ever seen put out by playboy & this is legit info, so definitely save the image if you party to any degree!

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Street drugs are cheaper and stronger than they’ve ever been, and they’re far more likely to kill you. The government’s advice hasn’t changed much since Nancy Reagan, but drugs have. Now, scientists are writing their own rules and we have a guide here. Read more: www.playboy.com/read/politic...

An Instagram post about Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to wealthy communities in Marin County, CA, turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.

A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out

An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.

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me completely unprompted at thanksgiving this year

Queer authors, today is the FINAL DAY to submit your speculative fiction and/or poetry for Issue 3! Spread the word and send your work our way—we can’t wait to read it! 🪐 Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/ 🗡️ Pay: 8 cents/word, $50/poem 🌈 Deadline: July 21st, 11:59 pm Eastern

Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE

Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

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it is no exaggeration to say i jumped for joy!!!!!!!

CB Droege (Manawaker)@cbdroege.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good news! Manawaker Studio will be publishing a video game poetry collection from Katherine Quevedo, who previously contributed to "Dangerous to Go Alone 2". The book is planned to release before the end of the year. More news to come later. ;D For now, details here: www.openpr.com/news/4581379...

Good news! Manawaker Studio will be publishing a video game poetry collection from Katherine Quevedo, who previously contributed to "Dangerous to Go Alone 2". The book is planned to release before the end of the year. More news to come later. ;D For now, details here: www.openpr.com/news/4581379...

Manawaker Studio Signs Katherine Quevedo for Poetry Collection on Video Games and Identity

CINCINNATI Ohio MUNICH Germany 20 July 2026 Manawaker Studio an independent speculative fiction press founded in Cincinnati with editorial operations in Munich has signed poet Katherine Quevedo to publish a forthcoming collection of poetry that uses the touchstones of video ...

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When you (an editor or a critique partner or a classmate) comment on someone's writing, you can absolutely deal them a disabling injury if you're thoughtless about it. I'm not saying anyone should be dishonest or refrain from pointing out issues. I'm saying

Reminder! There are alternatives to Substack! Which do not have its ethical problems! (My newsletter is on Ghost, which is fabulous, and Buttondown is among the others I've heard praised.) Thread--

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.

the vast majority of agricultural labor in the USA is done by undocumented latinos in an illegal kafala system-type employment arrangement with millionaire plantation owners and a small force of overseers who LARP as rugged cowboys. if you do not understand this you are not a serious leftist.

🏳️‍⚧️ june | יוֹכֶבֶד🪬@jwlic.bsky.social · 3w ago

people do not fucking understand how agriculture is actually done in this country. they still have this little house on the prairie image of a white guy in overalls and a straw hat with a pitchfork, not overseers in ATVs driving around a 10,000 acre property at night to police mexican farm workers

Reminder that you can and should preorder the FORGED IN FIYAH, the anthology celebrating 10 years of FIYAH. Out in September. www.ldlewiswrites.com/news-updates...

FORGED IN FIYAH: 10-Year Anniversary Anthology from Tordotcom — L D Lewis, Author. Editor. Sea witch apologist

Preorders are now open for FORGED IN FIYAH, the 10-Year Anniversary Anthology for FIYAH Literary Magazine.

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The Uncanny Magazine Year 13 Kickstarter also features solicited poets Lisa M. Bradley, Marie Brennan, Pedro Iniguez, Angela Liu, Mari Ness, and Brandon O’Brien! buff.ly/Gab1zWu

“Six Views of a Speedster” is one week old today! if you haven’t had the chance to read it yet, check it out! my comics fandom era leaps out undisguised: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-... Uncanny is also running their Year 13 Kickstarter, so get in on that: www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Six Views of a Speedster - Uncanny Magazine

1. before the world can take a breath, you move:                                            you, the simple colors of your body                                                  […]

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All due respect to Bona Books (who recently accidentally bought an AI-written story): We cannot allow the procedures and methodology they outlined in their article to become the standard practice. www.bona-books.com/news/we-boug...

Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books

Bona Books share a hard-learned lesson: we accidentally bought AI-generated fiction. This deep dive into our experience with submission fraud covers the "red flags" we missed, the toll it took on our ...

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Only 10 hours left!!!! Get in there! inkfoundry.net/the-inkmark/

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)

New poem! "Six Views of a Speedster" by Gwendolyn Hicks! buff.ly/fVgqTbb

3LBE Issue 48 debuts today with new short fiction of weird, wonder, and horror by Rachael K. Jones, Nisi Shawl, Nick Mamatas, Ai Jiang, Cody Goodfellow, and Lavie Tidhar. Read three stories online, buy the full ebook, or become a patron subscriber. www.3lobedmag.com/issue48/

We are about halfway towards our goal of picking up enough new subscriptions to give our staff, authors, translators, and artists a raise when we publish our 20th anniversary issue in October. Thanks to all who have signed up and/or boosted the signal. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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