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Author (rep: Ernie Chiara at Fuse) 🇭🇰🇺🇸 Clarion West '25, published in Analog SF&F and Fission
*banging pots and pans* DEAR QUEER WRITERS AND POETS: IT'S OTHERSIDE'S LAST DAAAAY OF OPEN SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE 2!! GET YOUR STORIES AND POEMS IN!! 👀
OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 4mo agoLAST DAY TO SUBMIT FOR ISSUE 2 🪐🗡️ If you are a 2SLGBTQIA+ author of speculative fiction or poetry, send us your work! We can't wait to read it! You have until 11:59 pm Eastern!
48 HOURS till the end of our fundraiser at locusmag.com/igg26 and we're only halfway to our funding goals.... Please take a moment to support what we do if you have the means! Thank you so much! Fundraiser closes Tuesday 4/14!
Locus Mag: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2026 by Locus Publications - Indiegogo
Celebrating and uplifting authors, artists, and story -- the guide to the world's imagination.
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Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · 5mo agoA tremendous 'thank you' to Reactor Magazine and Fonda Lee for spotlighting us in this article. We are so grateful for everyone who has offered a helping hand to Locus, and are so happy we get to thrive in this space. We love our community! reactormag.com/locus... @reactorsff
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Oh heyyyy she’s shining bright like a super massive blue giant! 💫 Delighted with this lovely review from the School Library Journal!! 💖🐳 #thecelestialseas #scifibook #bookreview
It's eligibility season for lists and awards, so here's my lil plug that Casthen Gain (2025) is eligible in novella categories! As science fantasy, it would be appropriate in either genre. 🫧🍲💜
Essa Hansen@essahansen.bsky.social · last yr.CASTHEN GAIN A prequel standalone novella from @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social A wayward culinarian finds himself dropped into a battle royale across the strangest and most dangerous planet in the multiverse, forced to hunt for an eons-buried mystery or die trying. books2read.com/casthengain
Hey, everyone. I’m opening to queries on a very limited basis using the link below. I’ve narrowed my genres during this time to Adult Crime/Mystery, Adult Fantasy & Sci-fi, and YA Fantasy & Sci-fi from BIPOC, Asian/AAPI, Latinx, SWANA, and LGBTQIA+ writers only. QueryTracker.net/query/ErnieC...
Query Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary
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my MONKEY KING story is forthcoming in @khoreo.bsky.social September 2026 issue, Revolutions! it's 🙈 inspired by John Wick's the Continental hotel— 🙉 but an exploration of 'third place's under capitalistic fascism and the sacrifices needed to protect them 🙊 DIM SUM and DEFIANCE in space 🥟🛰️🚀
Spoiler: Corporation hopes to keep exploiting writers until writers forget they're being exploited.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5mo ago“Now, Grammarly has finally addressed the backlash — but not by apologizing, and not by walking the feature back. For now, it will graciously give us the chance to opt-out of something we didn’t know it was doing to begin with.”
My heart leapt into my throat when I saw this. This is the first real piece of reader art I’ve ever seen. I’m struggling to express how much this means to me. Thank you.
Laya 🌿🍄@layahimalaya.bsky.social · 6mo agoFen & Alekhai from The King Must Die by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social. I love friendship focused sff!! #art #TheKingMustDie
I have 2 short stories awards eligible this year! 1. Patient was the Doctor (PDF 📝) analogsf.com/for-your-con... with @analogsf.bsky.social (Locus & SFWA recommended) 2. milt (podcast reprint 🔉) escapepod.org/2026/02/12/e... with @bsfa.bsky.social and @escapepod.org (mild nsfw 🔥)
Woah, this is news to me! Hey, peeps! My very first book is currently on sale for just 2 bucks! Both the eBook AND the hardcover, apparently? It's about a tea specialist-turned-assassin who embarks on an epic quest to rescue her kidnapped sibling... in SPACE. Also HAPPY NEW YEAR! amzn.to/3N13YcS
TheAfterwords@theafterwords.bsky.social · 7mo ago#DEAL ALERT! One clickers unite because THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY @kashinggiwa.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle for a limited time only! amzn.to/3N13YcS #TheSplinterintheSky #ad
Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! There’s only one week left in the year—which means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st! Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨ othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
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contract is signed! my sci-fi story, milt, from the bsfa's Fission #5 anthology, will be "reprinted" by @escapepod.org in audio 🎧 in January 2026. it is, incidentally, the horniest story I've ever published. gender essentialism comes here to die. ✌️
Okay, after several hours spent agonizing over the details… edits are done and I am happy to say: yeah, this story is good 🙂↕️ Cannot wait to share it with you soon. Hope you love prehistoric myth and ritual murder and religious trauma and cults and sad women who are pathetic levels of in love.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration. Read on, and vote well! We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate. www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Worried about an AI apocalypse? Find out why author David Ebenbach believes we can stave one off by leaning into our own humanity theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2025/11/25/k...
Keeping our Humanity Through A Science-Fiction Apocalypse
by David Ebenbach For David Ebenbach, the key to retaining our humanity under threat of AI is to embrace the unique traits that make us human to begin with—our critical thinking, empathy, and creat…
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I'll be doing an online workshop on character creation and development for Blue Stoop on December 7th! Interested? Register and pay here: www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/nk...
Finding the Heart of Your Story, a masterclass with N.K. Jemisin — Blue Stoop
Building a character is building a world of one; defining them, shaping them, and changing them is what a story is for. In this craft-first virtual masterclass, award winning author N. K. Jemisin will...
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to "help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
2025 awards eligibility post - take two! I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
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I’m currently open to sensitivity/authenticity reading. Please see the full list of what I cover and rates. In your email below, please include a description of the work, the estimated word c…
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