Thrilled and honestly still shocked to report I’ve been accepted to this year’s @viableparadise.bsky.social workshop. Will I regret watching Widow’s Bay before traveling to a New England island and discussing science fiction/fantasy/horror for a week? Let’s find out!

You guys!!!! @viableparadise.bsky.social 2023 alum and my dear friend @sciencegeekmel.bsky.social has sold this amazing, heart wrenching dystopian book about a world where women are controlled and one struggles against the rules men have made for her. Keep an eye out for this one!

Melinda A. Lanya@sciencegeekmel.bsky.social · last wk.

It's official! SING THE DOWNED BIRDS has been announced!

Friends of the workshop: Logan is a Hong Kong-born queer trans speculative fiction writer who is hoping to attend Viable Paradise this year! gofund.me/e77997616

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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Very excited to share that I've been accepted to this year's @viableparadise.bsky.social cohort! I can't wait to spend a week learning from some of my favorite authors and making new friends in the SFF community 💖

A few days late here, but I’m really, really excited to share that I’ll be attending @viableparadise.bsky.social this fall!

I can't believe I got accepted into @viableparadise.bsky.social ! This is my first juried workshop ever and I'm so excited to start. What an absolute honor. October can't get here fast enough!

Just found out I got accepted into @viableparadise.bsky.social! So excited!!!!

Most of this, but there is an official VP slack where you can socialize and plan with your own class AND with alumni from many other classes. You don’t need to make your own.

Wen Wen@muteddragon.bsky.social · last mo.

VP doesn't give you the I Am A Writer crown, writing does. And if you have gotten in, I offer a nuts and bolts breakdown that would have helped me last year. wenwenwrites.wordpress.com/viable-parad...

Notifications have been sent out. If you applied this year and have not heard from us, first check your spam filter. If that doesn’t help, please contact us here or at the contact at viableparadise.com email.

Unfortunately, Arkady Martine is unable to attend the workshop this year. Elizabeth Bear will be moving from writer-in-residence onto the faculty for 2026.

Viable Paradise faculty member Amal El-Mohtar won the Nebula Award for Best Novella. Workshop graduate Jennifer Hudak won the FIRST EVER Nebula Award for Poetry! Congratulations to both, and to all our finalists!

We have SUCH an abundance of Viable Paradise workshop instructors and alumni on the Hugo nomination list this year. So. Exciting. Best Novella The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK) Best Novelette “Kaiju Agonistes” by Scott Lynch (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 62)

We are disappointed to announce that scheduling issues will prevent Fonda Lee from joining us at the workshop this year. But no fear: James Patrick Kelly, experienced instructor and Hugo/Nebula/Locus award winner, will be returning to Viable Paradise. viableparadise.com/viable-parad...

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

"Mother, Darling" got me into @viableparadise.bsky.social. I wrote "Bootcut" soon after. VP showed me there were readers out there for *this* Peter Pan retelling told through the lens of motherhood AND for a darkly funny, violent 2nd POV story about possessed pants. And that I *could* write both.

I wrote this story in 3 days @viableparadise.bsky.social in 2019. I'd just turned 30. I put it up on the wall with everyone else's then took an exhausted nap, and when I woke up, I was told @tnh.nielsenhayden.com and @pnh.nielsenhayden.com were looking for me. Truly most surreal sale I've ever made.

Emmie Christie@emmiechristie33.bsky.social · 7mo ago

9. WYSR "For Every Jack" When sacrifice hides a darker truth. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

If you’re an SFFH writer and have ever asked yourself “how do I find a writing community?” then you should definitely apply! (The bad news mentioned below no longer applies — apps are open!)

Viable Paradise@viableparadise.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Writers! How are your workshop applications coming? I have good news and bad news… The good news is that we have a STELLAR group of instructors this year! Fonda Lee is back this year after a break, joining Arkady Martine and Valerie Valdes, and new to the faculty: John Wiswell! FOUR amazing alumni!

Are you a writer resolving to build craft and community in 2026? Applications to the Viable Paradise workshop are now open! We’re looking for 24 writers to join us in October. Learn more and apply: viableparadise.com

Writers! How are your workshop applications coming? I have good news and bad news… The good news is that we have a STELLAR group of instructors this year! Fonda Lee is back this year after a break, joining Arkady Martine and Valerie Valdes, and new to the faculty: John Wiswell! FOUR amazing alumni!

_screams in delight_ Congratulations to N. K. Jemisin, who attended Viable Paradise in 2002 (VP VI, back when we counted that way), and has gone on to do remarkable things!

N. K. Jemisin@nkjemisin.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗

It’s workshop time! Is everyone ready?

I can't wait to read this book, from one of the members of my @viableparadise.bsky.social cohort!

Saga Press Books@sagapressbooks.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We’re excited to announce the acquisition of @macey.bsky.social 's BLOOD OF QUEENS, a gothic historical fantasy featuring Tudor-inspired court intrigue, necromancy, and an audacious heist. For fans of M. A. Carrick’s The Mask of Mirrors and Holly Race's Six Wild Crowns, this hits shelves Spring ’27!

This story is built around 2 folksongs: The well known Whiskey in the Jar, and the less popular Parting Glass. I chose that one because it's personal to me. I have sung that song and wept at the passing of my closest friend's mother, and on the farewell evening of @viableparadise.bsky.social

If There's Anyone Left @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Check out the excellent "Two Songs Before the Airlock Cycles" by @rkduncan.bsky.social www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/rkdu...

Courtney was the first of our @viableparadise.bsky.social class (not already represented) to sign with an agent, sell her book and see it released almost exactly 3 years later. She is our vanguard and we march at her back, cheering and inspired. God willing and the creek don’t rise, see you soon.🪼🤘

Courtney Floyd@courtney-floyd.com · 10mo ago

It’s book day!!! HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨

Glad to join #VP2025 and meet alumni staff and my cohort!

I am incredibly offline at the moment, so I am late to the news, but WELCOME VP2025!!! You may still be in shock. You may be thinking that, surely, some clerical error is to blame for your acceptance (I did 😂), but I PROMISE you earned this, and you're about to have an absolutely amazing experience.

Viable Paradise@viableparadise.bsky.social · last yr.

Notifications have just gone out for the 2025 Viable Paradise workshop! Congratulations/condolences to all! If you applied and have not received an email, please reach out to contact@viableparadise.com

Somewhat late, but I was accepted to VP 2025! Aaaah! I am so thrilled, and also a little bit nervous, and totally shocked that it happened. Was not expecting this at all! Aah! So excited to meet my cohort and learn from our instructors and read everyone's work! Aaaaah!

Viable Paradise@viableparadise.bsky.social · last yr.

Notifications have just gone out for the 2025 Viable Paradise workshop! Congratulations/condolences to all! If you applied and have not received an email, please reach out to contact@viableparadise.com

So honored to have been accepted to 2025 @viableparadise.bsky.social and so excited to meet staff, teachers, and fellow classmates. #VP2025

Viable Paradise@viableparadise.bsky.social · last yr.

Notifications have just gone out for the 2025 Viable Paradise workshop! Congratulations/condolences to all! If you applied and have not received an email, please reach out to contact@viableparadise.com

excited to announce i was accepted to viable paradise 2025!! looking forward to reading some cool stories from my cohort :]]

Viable Paradise@viableparadise.bsky.social · last yr.

Notifications have just gone out for the 2025 Viable Paradise workshop! Congratulations/condolences to all! If you applied and have not received an email, please reach out to contact@viableparadise.com

Huge congratulations to the 2025 class of Viable Paradise! You have so many friends you haven't met yet.

Viable Paradise@viableparadise.bsky.social · last yr.

Notifications have just gone out for the 2025 Viable Paradise workshop! Congratulations/condolences to all! If you applied and have not received an email, please reach out to contact@viableparadise.com