Shana Ross
@shanaross.bsky.social
Writer of poetry and more; facilitator/coach of leadership learning; recent transplant to Edmonton/Treaty Six lands. Yale Theater Studies and <checks notes> MBA?
Announcing: my next book! THE LAST INFINITY is a time travel novel full of queer characters, wonky timelines, and cute robots. Check it out here! alexisamesbooks.com/2026/05/18/a.... #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #SFF
Announcing: THE LAST INFINITY
If you are subscribed to my newsletter, you have already heard the news, but: my next book is coming out in August! (This is a fake book cover made in Canva and not the real cover. Stay tuned!) The…
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OMG I cannot wait for this one...
emma burnett@slashnburnett.bsky.social · 3mo agoDo you like dystopian speculative fiction? Stories about food? A focus on parenting? Raging against the predatory capitalist machine? Awesome because I have a book for you! Pre-order your copy here: emmaburnett.carrd.co #scifi #stories #booksky 📚🪐 #parenting #food #agroecology
Congratulations to Deadlands 2025 poets continued!! Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi, Belle Biscotti, @shanaross.bsky.social, and last but not even a little be least: Ellen Romano. These writers are astounding, powerhouse craftspeople. I'm so thankful to be entrusted with bringing their work to the world.
"War in the dust, in the glass pitcher / of water with the sun flooding through. / Today my people are grieving / and I am in a city far away" From "Poem in the City with Maryam, ya Maryam," one of two new poems by Philipe AbiYouness for National Poetry Month. ➡️ buff.ly/29LV40o
Putting this bug in your ear, @nicoledubuc.bsky.social (will vouch for it being a hell of a novella)
Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · 4mo agoI mean, all pointing and laughing aside, I wrote THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST to be *extremely* political, and I would love someone to a) option it and b) turn it into a weird stop-motion animated movie of about 85 minutes (what, I'm allowed to be specific when I manifest things into the universe)
poets.ca/incomplete-r... Thanks to the LCP for showcasing this one - it's particularly tender for me, still.
"Incomplete Rendering" by Shana Ross - League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "Incomplete Rendering" by Shana Ross, part of the League's Fresh Voices program.
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It's that time of the year: time to nominate your favourite Canadian spec fic! Nominations close on April 4, 2026.
Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association@csffa.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe nomination period for the 2026 Aurora Awards is officially open! All CSFFA members can log into the website at www.csffa.ca and submit up to five works in each our ten categories. Please only nominate what you're familiar with. Nominations close 11:59pm EST on April 4th, 2026. #AuroraAwards2026
friends, please share ❤️👹: everyone who follows my bsky account between now (1:08PM EST) and when i’ve crashed into bed with my yasso bar (8PM EST) will be entered into a raffle for a free full edit of 3k words or less i’m tired of being unpopular lfg
You’ll find lots of fantastic work here, including “Flighty” by @ianli.bsky.social (Spring ‘25) and “I have been to the market” by @shanaross.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25), both in the Best Poem/Song category!
Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association@csffa.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe nomination period for the 2026 Aurora Awards is officially open! All CSFFA members can log into the website at www.csffa.ca and submit up to five works in each our ten categories. Please only nominate what you're familiar with. Nominations close 11:59pm EST on April 4th, 2026. #AuroraAwards2026
Many years ago I wrote a recipe fairytale :) silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/j...
Journeybread Recipe, poem by Lawrence Schimel (Mythic Poetry Series)
Journeybread Recipe by Lawrence Schimel “Even in the electric kitchen there was the smell of a journey.” –Anne Sexton, “Little Red Riding Hood” 1. In a tupperware wood…
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Oh, this is a fun challenge: Sarah Pinsker Lydia Davis Ted Chiang Emma Burnett Yiyun Li Etgar Keret (although I feel most of my experience with him is dancing at the 10 year cutoff)
Suzan the chalant goth@sillysyntax.bsky.social · 5mo agoI often see posts saying name an author who you've read 5 books by. I'm interested in short stories. So how about, name an author you've read 3 short stories by? Also, the stories have to be published in the last 10 years. Also, don't say me. 😂
Peine forte et dure - the news feels like stone after stone being added, and I'm still trying to stand.
And all backers now get a copy of my gingerbread recipe, which...is actually that good. You'll never bother with another.
Tyche Books 🇨🇦@tychebooks.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe have some pretty cool limited tiers for backers of a writerly persuasion for the Fascination anthology, including short story and poetry edits by authors & editors Robert Bose, Travis Burnham, Jon Negroni, & Suzanne Willis. Become a backer: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Hey folks! Come out to support this fantastic anthology - edited by a Canadian, and published by a Canadian small press with a global group of authors. Next up for stretch goals: interior art www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Fascination: Dark Fantasy Anthology
A macabre story collection of nature-fueled magic, witches & dark fae. Creepy cottages, haunted homesteads & bespelled woods.
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There's nothing like getting sick (cough, headache, general bleh) to make me realize how much work it takes to stay open to people, always find a generous interpretation, stop myself from fiery rants about complicity and malignant capitalism, etc. Am tired. Please send soup.
My friend referred to two of her colleagues as "the minor gods of meh" and yeah, now I'm obsessed with the pantheon of mediocrity.
I'm incredibly finicky about taking classes. I'll be kind about it, but I'm not spending time or money with people who aren't good teachers. I keep coming back for these workshops.
Christopher Citro@christophercitro.bsky.social · 6mo agoAnnouncing my WINTER 2026 online poetry workshop! Yay! Registration just opened! See my website christophercitro DOT com for more info & to register. #Poetry #Writing #WritersLife #WritingCommunity
He flew away before I could get a picture, but I have met the fattest of fat magpies. Anyone know what that portends? (I believe he flipped me off as he flew away, but, like, that's all magpies all the time, right?)
This one still makes me feel all the feels. So grateful to @thebraag.bsky.social for giving this poem a platform.
The Braag | Press & Journal@thebraag.bsky.social · 7mo agoIssue 14.5 is here at carmenerror.com?page_id=636, with more work selected by @chadpie.bsky.social featuring 🐌 Evelyn Pae ⏳ @shanaross.bsky.social 🐻 Katrinka Moore 🏠 Reece Sterling Alexander
But I do have hope for humanity. (Cheers to another semester coaching amazing young humans in a course on Interpersonal Dynamics.)
This is a truth I am willing to work with. If I start now, I think I can have something coming out of the oven when the kid gets home from school.
Ellen Kushner@ellenkushner.bsky.social · 7mo agoYou cannot be entirely sad when your home smells of baking bread.
The best part of coaching is when you tell someone what you, yourself, need to hear. (In this case, that stability and resilience are absolutely not the same thing.)
And what am I doing? I'm reading poems with an open heart, I'm trying to find the clarity to write, I'm sending stupid little gifs to my friends so they know I love them.
In this quiet little moment, as I am drinking a second cup of coffee and trying to muster willpower to do my job and mundane things today, I am suddenly fixated on how often my kid has seen me cry in the past year, the last two days especially.
It took an extra coffee and a mid-afternoon ice cream sandwich, but I think I'm going to make it through today.
