My somewhat belated blog post about accessibility issues at the Los Angeles Worldcon is up: marikness.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/w...

Worldcon 2026: Yes. Again.

Worldcon San Antonio 2013: I am on the floor, on a panel about poetry and fiction, unable to join my fellow panelists up on stage, because I am using a wheelchair, and the stage does not have a ram…

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The Apex Kickstarter has begun! Please consider supporting the magazine for 2027. They pay pro rates for the fiction they publish, and the kickstarter has lots of cool rewards this year, like critiques for a short story or manuscript.

Lesley Conner@lesleyconner.bsky.social · 7d ago

One hour in and we're closing in on the first $1,000! Yay!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

How did I not know there is a new Fire Emblem game coming out very soon?!?! Guess what I'm going to gift myself when I graduate from the Odyssey workshop at the end of October!!!!!

Please check out my friend Abhijeet's (@bingingout.bsky.social) amazing story that just came out in Beneath Ceaseless Skies: "Seneschal of Shattered Tor"

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine@bcsmagazine.bsky.social · last mo.

New Issue: BCS #465 out today, featuring stories of leadership under threat by returning BCS authors @denzelscott.bsky.social and Abhijeet Sathe @bingingout.bsky.social, 90-min podcast of Scott read by @smaliamorris.bsky.social, cover art Sam Jumisko: beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

Some days, you put your shirt on right side out with the front side facing front. Other days, you put it on inside out and backwards and it takes half an hour before you notice. I know what type of day it is for me. What type of day is it for you?

Today, my Oblique Strategy card said: "Do nothing for as long as possible." But I didn't like that one because I have a story due tomorrow night, etc. So I put that card back and pulled another (something I never do). It said "Take a break." 🧐

RIP Dolly 😭 Here's a link to one of her many foundations, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The Imagination Library gives free books to children ages 0-5. imaginationlibrary.com

My friend Ravn was published in Apex a few months back and you should check out their cool story

Ravn J. Silver@ravn-j-silver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's a great month to revisit my magical flash story about two queer tweens surviving their summer before high school. 🪰🚲🎠 www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m... 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

Viable Paradise class of 2025 strikes again! Read @muteddragon.bsky.social's story in Translunar Traveler's Lounge, that she started writing at the workshop!

Translunar Travelers Lounge@translunartl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Welcome to the Translunar Travelers Lounge, it's Saturday August 15 2026, and we have 13 new stories for you. Issue 15 is live! translunartravelerslounge.com

Go read my friend Rio's story about toxic lesbians and mech suits, up today in Small Wonders!

Rio Lombana@riolombana.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You can read my story "The Mortification and Ecstasy of Sally Colt, Deserter and Outlaw" on Small Wonders today! ...unless you're tired of stories about toxic lesbians in mech suits. Then I suppose I'd advise you stay far away from this one.

Huge congratulations to J.Y. Zhang, Clarion '26, on winning an Aurora!!!!!!!! 🎉🥹

J. Y. Zhang@jyzh.bsky.social · 2mo ago

kind of crazy but! I won an aurora award!! 🫨

Congratulations on your new story in Podcastle, Lia! 🎉 Everybody go listen to it.

Lia Lao@thelialao.bsky.social · 2mo ago

my favorite story i’ve written (“revolutions, as told by a humble rice farmer”) is out in @podcastle.org! 🥹😭 referencing tang dynasty poetry it asks “what if we focused on this RANDOM RICE FARMER instead of the empire??” it’s a deconstruction of nationalism & v queer podcastle.org/2026/08/11/p...

Yay Rio and Kaitlin! 🎉

Rio Lombana@riolombana.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Issue 4 of Adventitious is out! In it is "Life Imitates," Kaitlin's and my coauthored sapphic horror story in which therapy speak is how they get ya, and self-gaslighting invites in more than mere self-doubt... Subscribe to read it now, or be patient and read it later—if they don't get ya first.

Congratulations, Claire! Can't wait to read your story

C.M. Sullivan 🍉 is querying@cmsullivan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Contract is signed! I'm excited to share that my medieval fantasy story “Holly and Axe,” a sapphic reinterpretation of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, has been acquired by @kaleidotrope.bsky.social for publication. 🪓🌲

Check out my friend aegor's review in Strange Horizons! 🎉 @aegor-ray.bsky.social

Strange Horizons@strangehorizons.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The reviews are in! Earthly Playing Field by Radhika Singh reviewed by aegor ray Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Congratulations Ravn!! Read their latest story in Clarkesworld!

Ravn J. Silver@ravn-j-silver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I took a walk this morning and listened to my new story on the @clarkesworldmagazine.com Podcast. I cried real tears! It is so miraculous to hear my work interpreted (for the first time!) into a new artform. clarkesworldmagazine.com/silver_08_26/ #writesky #sciencefiction #scifi

Congratulations, Xu, on your story in Analog!!!

Neon Genesis Xu-vangelion 🤖@hellotherexu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My first short story is out now in Analog. I am having so many feelings and thoughts so idk it’s about SPACE

My friend Logan got into Viable Paradise and is looking for some support to they can attend. Logan is an amazing writer. Please support Logan if you can! www.gofundme.com/f/help-send-...

Donate to Help Send Logan to Viable Paradise!, organized by Logan Hoffman-Smith

Hello!! I’m Logan (they/them) a queer Hong Kong-born adoptee SF/F writer from … Logan Hoffman-Smith needs your support for Help Send Logan to Viable Paradise!

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I'm so excited to attend the 2026 Clarion Writers' Workshop. San Diego, here I come!

Clarion Workshop@clarionucsd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

As another summer approaches here in sunny San Diego, we're thrilled to announce the 2026 Class of the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop!!! 🚀👽🦄

🎉 Congratulations Louis @swagboygalore.bsky.social!

Clarion West@clarionwest.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Congratulations and welcome to the Clarion West Six-Week Workshop Class of 2026! On behalf of the staff, board, and alumni we look forward to celebrating the wild and amazing worlds you create this summer.

Okay fountain pen fans, I have a new favorite ink*: Pilot Iroshizuku Syo-ro! (Dew on Pine Tree) It's more green-teal than Ku-Jaku (Peacock), it's on the wetter side but dries fast, it's a great shader, and -- my favorite part -- it changes hue as it dries! *Subject to change daily

Congrats Claire!

C.M. Sullivan 🍉 is querying@cmsullivan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

my debut short story, "Song for the Once-Dead Earth," is posting all week long at @thedailytomorrow.bsky.social!! check out part 1 here and follow along throughout the week: dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/song-for-t... 😊🌱

YAY STEPH!!! @scmillsbooks.bsky.social

Escape Pod@escapepod.org · 6mo ago

Rejoice, sophonts! It's Thursday or Friday, and as such we bring you a fresh original for your experiential experience: "Gods and Spirits Our Witnesses" by @scmillsbooks.bsky.social. Go ahead, witness it! Though it looks like the trilobites may have eaten the link preview image...

Me: Moon observation Livestream is amazing and mind-blowing 😍 Me: 😭😭😭 They're naming the crater Carroll 😭😭😭 Also me: Wait, was that a Nutella flyby?

I really like being an armchair astronaut. Am excellent at saying nominal. Good luck out there, Integrity! 🙌🌕

Yay Wen Wen! 🎉🎉🎉 @muteddragon.bsky.social

Small Wonders@smallwondersmag.com · 7mo ago

Can you guess our most-published author? We'e published many folks 3 times, a couple of folks 4 times, and just one person 5 times during our nearly 4 year run.... . . . It's Wen Wen !

Friends! There is so much to celebrate on the Nebula nominees list! We are delighted for everyone, but especially for our alumni and faculty.

Excited and proud to announce that I'm guest editing @tasavvurnama.bsky.social's Spring 2026 issue. Open for your South Asian SFF submissions now till the end of Feb.

VP '25 Alums are making waves! Huge congratulations to Lia Lao @thelialao.bsky.social and Ky-Phong Tran @ky-phongtran.bsky.social on their acceptance to Clarion West's 2026 Novel Workshop! I can't wait to read your novels!

What's the thing you love most about fountain pens, and why?