Kim Harbridge
@kharb.bsky.social
sparkle motion enthusiast
Stories in Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction vol. 2, Strange Horizons, Ellery Queen, and more.
Stories in Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction vol. 2, Strange Horizons, Ellery Queen, and more.
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Hey Artists of Bluesky! PAYING GIG: 2-4 pieces of original interior B&W/greyscale SFF art for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Vol 4. Canadian artists strongly preferred. 🇨🇦 Any style, NO AI. Post links to portfolios below. Need artwork in May/June. Pls share WIDELY! #ArtSky #ArtistsOnBluesky #Illustration
January 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Hey Artists of Bluesky! PAYING GIG: 2-4 pieces of original interior B&W/greyscale SFF art for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Vol 4. Canadian artists strongly preferred. 🇨🇦 Any style, NO AI. Post links to portfolios below. Need artwork in May/June. Pls share WIDELY! #ArtSky #ArtistsOnBluesky #Illustration
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Our 10-year-old journal of creative writing on environmental justice will reopen to submissions, including poetry, creative nonfiction, art, short stories AND novella-length fiction, on February 1st.
January 19, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Our 10-year-old journal of creative writing on environmental justice will reopen to submissions, including poetry, creative nonfiction, art, short stories AND novella-length fiction, on February 1st.
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Fiction submissions are open now!
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Fiction submissions are open now!
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
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Anyone else hate talking on the phone?
We'll be talking about that during my Federation of BC Writers presentation on interviewing at the end of the month. Part of the FBCW intensive: New Year, New Skills. Here's more on that: www.bcwriters.ca/event-6471142
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky
We'll be talking about that during my Federation of BC Writers presentation on interviewing at the end of the month. Part of the FBCW intensive: New Year, New Skills. Here's more on that: www.bcwriters.ca/event-6471142
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky
January 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Anyone else hate talking on the phone?
We'll be talking about that during my Federation of BC Writers presentation on interviewing at the end of the month. Part of the FBCW intensive: New Year, New Skills. Here's more on that: www.bcwriters.ca/event-6471142
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky
We'll be talking about that during my Federation of BC Writers presentation on interviewing at the end of the month. Part of the FBCW intensive: New Year, New Skills. Here's more on that: www.bcwriters.ca/event-6471142
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch was pitched to me as a read-alike for Event Horizon, and DAMN if it didn’t scratch that itch! Finished it last night and will be thinking about it for a long time. I am picky about time travel books but this was near perfect.
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch was pitched to me as a read-alike for Event Horizon, and DAMN if it didn’t scratch that itch! Finished it last night and will be thinking about it for a long time. I am picky about time travel books but this was near perfect.
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Writers, I have two more seats still open in my spring session running January to April. Details: www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/cms/index.ph...
January 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Writers, I have two more seats still open in my spring session running January to April. Details: www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/cms/index.ph...
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Editors and authors 🌎
ECO25 is seeking the best speculative ecofiction first published in 2025.
📏 990 to 7,500 words
💰 1c per word plus 2 print copies
🗓 Nominations close Jan 31 2026
Guidelines:
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
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#EcoFiction #SciFi
ECO25 is seeking the best speculative ecofiction first published in 2025.
📏 990 to 7,500 words
💰 1c per word plus 2 print copies
🗓 Nominations close Jan 31 2026
Guidelines:
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
From @apexmag.bsky.social
#EcoFiction #SciFi
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Editors and authors 🌎
ECO25 is seeking the best speculative ecofiction first published in 2025.
📏 990 to 7,500 words
💰 1c per word plus 2 print copies
🗓 Nominations close Jan 31 2026
Guidelines:
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
From @apexmag.bsky.social
#EcoFiction #SciFi
ECO25 is seeking the best speculative ecofiction first published in 2025.
📏 990 to 7,500 words
💰 1c per word plus 2 print copies
🗓 Nominations close Jan 31 2026
Guidelines:
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
From @apexmag.bsky.social
#EcoFiction #SciFi
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Yet another great event from the Federation of BC Writers. During this week-long intensive, I'll host a presentation on interviewing to build your story. For details and to register, go to: www.bcwriters.ca/event-6471142
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Yet another great event from the Federation of BC Writers. During this week-long intensive, I'll host a presentation on interviewing to build your story. For details and to register, go to: www.bcwriters.ca/event-6471142
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Friends, @blackcrowbooks.bsky.social is open to novel subs til end of the month from marginalized and underrepresented authors.
www.blackcrowbooks.co.uk/our-publisher
www.blackcrowbooks.co.uk/our-publisher
Black Crow Books | Horror
Black Crow Books specialises in the very best original horror fiction, special editions, backlists, and more. Get in touch!
www.blackcrowbooks.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Friends, @blackcrowbooks.bsky.social is open to novel subs til end of the month from marginalized and underrepresented authors.
www.blackcrowbooks.co.uk/our-publisher
www.blackcrowbooks.co.uk/our-publisher
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January 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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We are BACK from our break, fam! And submissions are OPEN! We're excited to read your work. 🥰 buff.ly/2btNNX8
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
We are BACK from our break, fam! And submissions are OPEN! We're excited to read your work. 🥰 buff.ly/2btNNX8
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Our apologies that the submission opening did not go as scheduled, but we are now open until mid-day Jan 16. We look forward to reading all your strange frightening unexpected stories!
January 1, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Our apologies that the submission opening did not go as scheduled, but we are now open until mid-day Jan 16. We look forward to reading all your strange frightening unexpected stories!
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Did you know SiWC Kathy is also a professional genealogist? Check out her new adventure for people interested in researching their Scottish family history in Edinburgh! Next trip is June 13-20. (And yes, she's still our SiWC Kathy, too!). scottishgenealogy.ca
ScottishGenealogy.ca - ScottishGenealogy.ca
Genealogy research trips to Edinburgh, Scotland, with a professional genealogist. Unlock your family history and experience a taste of Scotland.
scottishgenealogy.ca
January 1, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Did you know SiWC Kathy is also a professional genealogist? Check out her new adventure for people interested in researching their Scottish family history in Edinburgh! Next trip is June 13-20. (And yes, she's still our SiWC Kathy, too!). scottishgenealogy.ca
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It’s the Little Ghosts’ annual NO RETURNS SALE!
The Little Ghosts are hibernating from Jan. 1-4th & online is our biggest sale of the year! Visit our website and look for the January Sale Category - sale items are 45%-65% off, 10% off everything.
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/january...
The Little Ghosts are hibernating from Jan. 1-4th & online is our biggest sale of the year! Visit our website and look for the January Sale Category - sale items are 45%-65% off, 10% off everything.
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/january...
January 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
It’s the Little Ghosts’ annual NO RETURNS SALE!
The Little Ghosts are hibernating from Jan. 1-4th & online is our biggest sale of the year! Visit our website and look for the January Sale Category - sale items are 45%-65% off, 10% off everything.
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/january...
The Little Ghosts are hibernating from Jan. 1-4th & online is our biggest sale of the year! Visit our website and look for the January Sale Category - sale items are 45%-65% off, 10% off everything.
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/january...
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Dark short fiction writers, this one is for you 🖤
34 Orchard is open Jan 1 to 10 2026 for intense, unsettling stories that speak to deeper truths.
📏 1k to 6k words
💸 $50 per story
Guidelines:
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#Horror="/hashtag/HorrorTree" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HorrorTree #SubmissionCall #DarkFiction #Horror #WritingCommunity
34 Orchard is open Jan 1 to 10 2026 for intense, unsettling stories that speak to deeper truths.
📏 1k to 6k words
💸 $50 per story
Guidelines:
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#Horror="/hashtag/HorrorTree" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HorrorTree #SubmissionCall #DarkFiction #Horror #WritingCommunity
December 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Dark short fiction writers, this one is for you 🖤
34 Orchard is open Jan 1 to 10 2026 for intense, unsettling stories that speak to deeper truths.
📏 1k to 6k words
💸 $50 per story
Guidelines:
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#Horror="/hashtag/HorrorTree" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HorrorTree #SubmissionCall #DarkFiction #Horror #WritingCommunity
34 Orchard is open Jan 1 to 10 2026 for intense, unsettling stories that speak to deeper truths.
📏 1k to 6k words
💸 $50 per story
Guidelines:
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#Horror="/hashtag/HorrorTree" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HorrorTree #SubmissionCall #DarkFiction #Horror #WritingCommunity
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Submissions @thedeadlands.com are open until 12/31 (midnight ET). SUGGESTIONS: do not send me novels, simsubs, stories about Dear Leader, corpse-fucking, or any combination thereof. HOT TIP: Why don't you read the guidelines!
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
The Deadlands Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Fiction
psychopomp.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Submissions @thedeadlands.com are open until 12/31 (midnight ET). SUGGESTIONS: do not send me novels, simsubs, stories about Dear Leader, corpse-fucking, or any combination thereof. HOT TIP: Why don't you read the guidelines!
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
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“Write to the market.”
You’ll never catch the market. By the time you’ve written it, the market is gone. Write what you’re on fire to write, and sometimes the market shows up.
You’ll never catch the market. By the time you’ve written it, the market is gone. Write what you’re on fire to write, and sometimes the market shows up.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
“Write to the market.”
You’ll never catch the market. By the time you’ve written it, the market is gone. Write what you’re on fire to write, and sometimes the market shows up.
You’ll never catch the market. By the time you’ve written it, the market is gone. Write what you’re on fire to write, and sometimes the market shows up.
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We’re barrelling toward the end of the year! While you’re making resolutions, add some revisions to the list 📋
Heartlines opens for early subs from equity-deserving writers Dec
24-31, general subs open Jan 1
www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
Heartlines opens for early subs from equity-deserving writers Dec
24-31, general subs open Jan 1
www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We’re barrelling toward the end of the year! While you’re making resolutions, add some revisions to the list 📋
Heartlines opens for early subs from equity-deserving writers Dec
24-31, general subs open Jan 1
www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
Heartlines opens for early subs from equity-deserving writers Dec
24-31, general subs open Jan 1
www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
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I am so ready
We're open for early subs from Dec 24-31! If you're an equity-deserving writer, send us SFF short fiction (500-3,500 words) & poetry.
Not sure what we want? Less fabulism and more entrenched fantasy/scifi. We'd love pieces that deliver on the promise of their title (show us the monster!!)
Not sure what we want? Less fabulism and more entrenched fantasy/scifi. We'd love pieces that deliver on the promise of their title (show us the monster!!)
December 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I am so ready
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Hey. Make that story weirder.
December 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hey. Make that story weirder.
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I think that when one’s life suddenly resembles something one would like to read in a book it is good to recognize it, & mark the gratitude, the better to remember a beautiful thing
December 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I think that when one’s life suddenly resembles something one would like to read in a book it is good to recognize it, & mark the gratitude, the better to remember a beautiful thing
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Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
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Feb. 16 deadline. For more, go to: writersunion.ca/short-prose-...
#writingcommunity #writershelpingwriters #writersky
#writingcommunity #writershelpingwriters #writersky
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Feb. 16 deadline. For more, go to: writersunion.ca/short-prose-...
#writingcommunity #writershelpingwriters #writersky
#writingcommunity #writershelpingwriters #writersky
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New Jack Webster financial awards for Indigenous journalism students at any of B.C.'s 5 J-schools (UBC, BCIT, KPU, TRU, Langara) and freelance Indigenous journos in the first five years of their careers. Deadline for application is Dec 14.
jackwebster.com/indigenous-j...
jackwebster.com/indigenous-j...
Indigenous Journalism Awards - Jack Webster Foundation | Celebrating the Webster Awards
jackwebster.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
New Jack Webster financial awards for Indigenous journalism students at any of B.C.'s 5 J-schools (UBC, BCIT, KPU, TRU, Langara) and freelance Indigenous journos in the first five years of their careers. Deadline for application is Dec 14.
jackwebster.com/indigenous-j...
jackwebster.com/indigenous-j...
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I checked out my Abandoned Video Store Wrapped where they showed me a montage of all the times I ended up in there, wandering the labyrinthine shelves, trying to find my way out. Here and there, I played moldy VHS tapes, watching people in Jeremy masks acting out mundane scenes of my life.
December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I checked out my Abandoned Video Store Wrapped where they showed me a montage of all the times I ended up in there, wandering the labyrinthine shelves, trying to find my way out. Here and there, I played moldy VHS tapes, watching people in Jeremy masks acting out mundane scenes of my life.