Desiree S. Evans
@literarydesiree.bsky.social
✍🏾 📚 Author & Editor • Southern girl • Spinner of speculative tales for kids, teens + adults • BUY the Locus Award Winning + Ignyte Award Finalist + Indie-Bestselling THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE today! @Flatironbooks • linktr.ee/literarydesiree
Today August 15th is the last day to cast your vote for the Ignyte Awards! Go here to vote: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote
The #IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works are:
August 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Today August 15th is the last day to cast your vote for the Ignyte Awards! Go here to vote: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote
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Officially ON VACATION! I'll be offline/off phone completely! If you miss me, check out my #ondemand #webinars SeraRivers.com/shop. In the meantime, I'll be reading for pleasure like a fiend! @v-e-tirado.com #TrishaTobias @literarydesiree.bsky.social @sj-fennell.bsky.social @novarensuma.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Officially ON VACATION! I'll be offline/off phone completely! If you miss me, check out my #ondemand #webinars SeraRivers.com/shop. In the meantime, I'll be reading for pleasure like a fiend! @v-e-tirado.com #TrishaTobias @literarydesiree.bsky.social @sj-fennell.bsky.social @novarensuma.bsky.social
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Finally reading @literarydesiree.bsky.social & @sj-fennell.bsky.social anthology The Black Girl Survives In This One. Really good! @tananarivedue.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Finally reading @literarydesiree.bsky.social & @sj-fennell.bsky.social anthology The Black Girl Survives In This One. Really good! @tananarivedue.bsky.social
Feeling so incredibly honored + grateful that THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE won the Locus Award for best anthology. Thank you to @locusmag.bsky.social + the voters! To all our readers who believed in this project! @sj-fennell.bsky.social + I appreciate you so much! locusmag.com/2025/06/2025...
2025 Locus Awards Winners
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners in each category of the 2025 Locus Awards on June 21, 2025, during the Locus Awards Weekend. Authors Sarah Gailey and Tochi Onyebuchi were…
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June 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Feeling so incredibly honored + grateful that THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE won the Locus Award for best anthology. Thank you to @locusmag.bsky.social + the voters! To all our readers who believed in this project! @sj-fennell.bsky.social + I appreciate you so much! locusmag.com/2025/06/2025...
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Are you ready for the Locus Awards! Streaming starts at 5:45pm Pacific, awards start at 6:00pm Pacific!
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Join the celebration!
#SFF #Fantasy #books #Booksky
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Join the celebration!
#SFF #Fantasy #books #Booksky
June 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Are you ready for the Locus Awards! Streaming starts at 5:45pm Pacific, awards start at 6:00pm Pacific!
www.youtube.com/live...
Join the celebration!
#SFF #Fantasy #books #Booksky
www.youtube.com/live...
Join the celebration!
#SFF #Fantasy #books #Booksky
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I am NOT going to stop screaming about injustice. I also need to celebrate wins, including @literarydesiree.bsky.social and @sj-fennell.bsky.social winning Locus Award for Anthology with "The Black Girl Survives in This One" and Locus Celebrating Excellence in Genre to @theignyteawards.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I am NOT going to stop screaming about injustice. I also need to celebrate wins, including @literarydesiree.bsky.social and @sj-fennell.bsky.social winning Locus Award for Anthology with "The Black Girl Survives in This One" and Locus Celebrating Excellence in Genre to @theignyteawards.bsky.social
Happiest of paperback pub days to THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE edited by @literarydesiree.bsky.social and @sj-fennell.bsky.social! @flatironbooks.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Happiest of paperback pub days to THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE edited by @literarydesiree.bsky.social and @sj-fennell.bsky.social! @flatironbooks.bsky.social
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2025 Ignyte Awards Finalists locusmag.com/2025/06...
2025 Ignyte Awards Finalists
The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the finalists for the 2025 Ignyte Awards, which “seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction…
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June 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
2025 Ignyte Awards Finalists locusmag.com/2025/06...
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It's a big day for SFF Awards! The Ignyte Awards have announced their 2025 finalists. Congratulations!!
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Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 Ignyte Awards - Reactor
Congratulations to everyone!
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June 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's a big day for SFF Awards! The Ignyte Awards have announced their 2025 finalists. Congratulations!!
reactormag.com/2025-ignyte-...
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So grateful to see THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE as a finalist for Outstanding Anthology in the amazing #IgnyteAwards! Thank you to our readers, those who nominated this book, and all who have supported it! And special shoutout to the amazing list of nominees we're so proud to be part of!
The #IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works are:
June 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
So grateful to see THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE as a finalist for Outstanding Anthology in the amazing #IgnyteAwards! Thank you to our readers, those who nominated this book, and all who have supported it! And special shoutout to the amazing list of nominees we're so proud to be part of!
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So excited to have THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE as a finalist for an Ignyte Award!
The #IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works are:
June 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So excited to have THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE as a finalist for an Ignyte Award!
So grateful to be chosen to work with mentor @nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social on refining my dream PB project. This is a new genre for me, and I'm excited to learn + grow through this awesome program. Thank you to the PBRisingStars team for all the work you do to foster new stories & new writers!
PRESENTING: the 2025 PB RISING STARS mentees, runners up, and honorable mentions! 🤩🤩🤩
We’re thrilled to work with our 28 new mentees, and we’re so proud of our RUs and HMs.
CONGRATS TO ALL!
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We’re thrilled to work with our 28 new mentees, and we’re so proud of our RUs and HMs.
CONGRATS TO ALL!
⭐️⭐️⭐️
May 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So grateful to be chosen to work with mentor @nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social on refining my dream PB project. This is a new genre for me, and I'm excited to learn + grow through this awesome program. Thank you to the PBRisingStars team for all the work you do to foster new stories & new writers!
Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social for including THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE in your Sinners rec list!
Still looking for something to fill the long hours spent not watching Sinners? Here are 20 more books to read that might scratch that itch...
#booksky
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What to Read After Watching Sinners - Reactor
These 20 titles should tide you over until your next screening...
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May 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social for including THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE in your Sinners rec list!
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we *literally just now* got a huge shipment of rad shit in at the shop.. just in time for indie bookstore uhhh, evening!
April 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
we *literally just now* got a huge shipment of rad shit in at the shop.. just in time for indie bookstore uhhh, evening!
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The cover for my Southern Gothic novella PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is here! Predatory morticians, Gullah funeral traditions & a city where your family is defined by how they care for their dead.
Art: Greg Ruth, design: Christine Foltzer
Pre-order: torpublishinggroup.com/psychopomp-c...
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Art: Greg Ruth, design: Christine Foltzer
Pre-order: torpublishinggroup.com/psychopomp-c...
#booksky
March 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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We’re thrilled that THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE is up for BEST ANTHOLOGY in this year’s LOCUS AWARDS. We’re so proud of this book, so if you have a chance to cast a vote for us (or any of your favorites from this past year), please do! Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We’re thrilled that THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE is up for BEST ANTHOLOGY in this year’s LOCUS AWARDS. We’re so proud of this book, so if you have a chance to cast a vote for us (or any of your favorites from this past year), please do! Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag.com
Excited to be teaching a speculative fiction writing workshop for BIPOC writers with Third Space by RWW (Roots. Wounds. Words) this spring! For more info + to register as a participant, go here: tinyurl.com/3wr5bwxy
March 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Excited to be teaching a speculative fiction writing workshop for BIPOC writers with Third Space by RWW (Roots. Wounds. Words) this spring! For more info + to register as a participant, go here: tinyurl.com/3wr5bwxy
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Check out a few forthcoming works from Black authors -- She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor (sci-fantasy), Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles (horror), and The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne (supernatural)! Look out for these wherever you buy your books!
February 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Check out a few forthcoming works from Black authors -- She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor (sci-fantasy), Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles (horror), and The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne (supernatural)! Look out for these wherever you buy your books!
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This short by one of the authors of the anthology was very spooky! I went ahead and added their other anthology to by tbr! @literarydesiree.bsky.social #theblackgirlsurvivesinthisone #booksky #diversebooksky
February 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This short by one of the authors of the anthology was very spooky! I went ahead and added their other anthology to by tbr! @literarydesiree.bsky.social #theblackgirlsurvivesinthisone #booksky #diversebooksky
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Happy World Read Aloud Day!
Writing can be a solitary process, but a writers' group valuing idea exchanges and viewpoints helped Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.
Read #NEHgov funded book “The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture”: ow.ly/NAI350UR7Gm
Writing can be a solitary process, but a writers' group valuing idea exchanges and viewpoints helped Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.
Read #NEHgov funded book “The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture”: ow.ly/NAI350UR7Gm
February 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Happy World Read Aloud Day!
Writing can be a solitary process, but a writers' group valuing idea exchanges and viewpoints helped Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.
Read #NEHgov funded book “The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture”: ow.ly/NAI350UR7Gm
Writing can be a solitary process, but a writers' group valuing idea exchanges and viewpoints helped Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.
Read #NEHgov funded book “The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture”: ow.ly/NAI350UR7Gm
Looking for something amazing to support this Black Futures Month? Check out and support the Prosper with Dragons kickstarter! Here more from @nickydrayden.bsky.social in her video below! And shoutout to the awesome @suyidavies.com 🐉 🖤
Happy Black Futures Month yall! Celebrate by watching this goofy Origin Story video, then head over to our Prosper with Dragons Kickstarter that just launched today!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
We've got 17 backers already! Who's next? So excited to finally share this with y'all! 🐉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
We've got 17 backers already! Who's next? So excited to finally share this with y'all! 🐉
February 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Looking for something amazing to support this Black Futures Month? Check out and support the Prosper with Dragons kickstarter! Here more from @nickydrayden.bsky.social in her video below! And shoutout to the awesome @suyidavies.com 🐉 🖤
Excited that THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE is on the Locus Recommended Reading List for 2024 (along with many other amazing collections)! Thank you all for reading!
February 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Excited that THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE is on the Locus Recommended Reading List for 2024 (along with many other amazing collections)! Thank you all for reading!
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our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.