Lynne Sargent
@lynnesargent.bsky.social
Writer. Philosopher. Sky-dancer. They/She. Codexian. Author of A REFUGE OF TALES. Poetry Editor at Utopia Science Fiction
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Lynne Sargent
@lynnesargent.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Awards Eligibility 2025
I can’t believe it’s already basically over and writing “2025” as the year when I date things still feels foreign. It’s always strange to me how this annual accounting…
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It's awards eligibilty season! Here's a highlight of some of my favourite works I had published this year, with a bonus photo of Kerby failing to be a unicorn for Halloween as a sacrifice to the algorithm gods.
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My next-next-next book is about the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919 so I've been reading about it, and to a lesser degree other general strikes, and some things struck me in the research. I'm not a historian or any kind of expert, but here are a few of the things that struck me. +
January 22, 2026 at 11:01 PM
My next-next-next book is about the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919 so I've been reading about it, and to a lesser degree other general strikes, and some things struck me in the research. I'm not a historian or any kind of expert, but here are a few of the things that struck me. +
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If you’re reading non-fiction for awards consideration (or just want to read a really great book on Eastern storytelling) I highly recommend @henrylienauthor.bsky.social’s SPRING, SUMMER, ASTEROID, BIRD. Should be required reading for both writers and editors. 📚
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If you’re reading non-fiction for awards consideration (or just want to read a really great book on Eastern storytelling) I highly recommend @henrylienauthor.bsky.social’s SPRING, SUMMER, ASTEROID, BIRD. Should be required reading for both writers and editors. 📚
Adding the latest notebook to the shelf. Every year my document management gets a little better but that also means I had 4-5 documents open at all times while processing this little guy 😅
January 20, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Adding the latest notebook to the shelf. Every year my document management gets a little better but that also means I had 4-5 documents open at all times while processing this little guy 😅
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Update: my poetry collection comes out THIS year! In July. There are preorder links below.
Don’t forget Inkwood too (they’re not on here):
www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU...
Don’t forget Inkwood too (they’re not on here):
www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU...
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Update: my poetry collection comes out THIS year! In July. There are preorder links below.
Don’t forget Inkwood too (they’re not on here):
www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU...
Don’t forget Inkwood too (they’re not on here):
www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU...
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2025 speculative poetry recommendation list! If you need a quiet moment with some stunning words, take a deep breath with one of these poems by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @lynnesargent.bsky.social @joemario.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social
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Story recs: Speculative Poetry Edition!
I don’t read nearly enough poetry (maybe this can be my goal for 2026…) but a few poems this past year have lingered in my mind. If you…
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January 18, 2026 at 8:51 PM
2025 speculative poetry recommendation list! If you need a quiet moment with some stunning words, take a deep breath with one of these poems by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @lynnesargent.bsky.social @joemario.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social
medium.com/@katefrancia...
medium.com/@katefrancia...
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We need a team up.
Intrusive thoughts about Canadian fictional characters : at one point Wolverine and Anne of green gables were alive at the same time
January 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
We need a team up.
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This. It's OK if your writing doesn't save lives. It's OK if your writing only saves you.
If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This. It's OK if your writing doesn't save lives. It's OK if your writing only saves you.
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You ask me impossible things,
darling,
but still, I try—
these soft stars are yours,
unnamed,
a heartbeat all their own,
and they are beautiful,
but unmoored,
adrift and still shining,
bright and defiant,
but—
tell me,
do you understand?
#TinyPoem
darling,
but still, I try—
these soft stars are yours,
unnamed,
a heartbeat all their own,
and they are beautiful,
but unmoored,
adrift and still shining,
bright and defiant,
but—
tell me,
do you understand?
#TinyPoem
January 15, 2026 at 11:05 PM
You ask me impossible things,
darling,
but still, I try—
these soft stars are yours,
unnamed,
a heartbeat all their own,
and they are beautiful,
but unmoored,
adrift and still shining,
bright and defiant,
but—
tell me,
do you understand?
#TinyPoem
darling,
but still, I try—
these soft stars are yours,
unnamed,
a heartbeat all their own,
and they are beautiful,
but unmoored,
adrift and still shining,
bright and defiant,
but—
tell me,
do you understand?
#TinyPoem
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I have updated the POETRY HUGO website with new interviews with Marie Brennan, winner of the first poetry Hugo! We are looking for additional coverage on this historic moment, journalists! www.poetryhugo.com
Speculative Poetry Initiative
What Works Are Available for Nomination in the 2026 Awards?
www.poetryhugo.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I have updated the POETRY HUGO website with new interviews with Marie Brennan, winner of the first poetry Hugo! We are looking for additional coverage on this historic moment, journalists! www.poetryhugo.com
Idk who needs to hear it, but Gail Carson Levine is on Instagram now and she's the sweetest little old grandma talking about her books and hot damn does nothing hit as hard for me as a MG (and in particular my MG books from when I was MG).
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Idk who needs to hear it, but Gail Carson Levine is on Instagram now and she's the sweetest little old grandma talking about her books and hot damn does nothing hit as hard for me as a MG (and in particular my MG books from when I was MG).
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
January 14, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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Indigenous adults are 33% of the population in custody in the six provinces reporting data (PEI, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC). A third of the population! Even higher overrepresentation for Indigenous women. And Black adults are 3x overrepresented. Here's the full report:
January 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Indigenous adults are 33% of the population in custody in the six provinces reporting data (PEI, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC). A third of the population! Even higher overrepresentation for Indigenous women. And Black adults are 3x overrepresented. Here's the full report:
Do not want the trash machine. Honestly, considering just going back to encyclopedias this point over Google.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Do not want the trash machine. Honestly, considering just going back to encyclopedias this point over Google.
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Hamilton friends, Sharp Words is coming up at the end of the month and we're hoping you can come out and visit us. We'll be at the Bridgeworks, 200 Caroline Street North, from 11 to 5 on Saturday, January 31st, with some great small press friends! We'd love to see you there!
January 14, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Hamilton friends, Sharp Words is coming up at the end of the month and we're hoping you can come out and visit us. We'll be at the Bridgeworks, 200 Caroline Street North, from 11 to 5 on Saturday, January 31st, with some great small press friends! We'd love to see you there!
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Technology is "new, and avant-garde. It evokes the idea of science fiction and utopia. [...] It is a vanguard, a place for pioneering (and all the colonialism that comes with that). But technically speaking, that’s not what technology is."
I often say my philosophical work focuses on "technology and vulnerability" because that's the broadest swath of the things I care about the most, but I've come to realize more and more just how narrowly we are considering "technology" in a moral sense. Here's a blog post unpacking that a bit more.
Technology: A Moral Distraction?
As part of my research for Not Just Playing Make Believe, I had the pleasure of reading Claire Horn’s Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth. One of the arguments that Horn advances in the book…
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January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Technology is "new, and avant-garde. It evokes the idea of science fiction and utopia. [...] It is a vanguard, a place for pioneering (and all the colonialism that comes with that). But technically speaking, that’s not what technology is."
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I often say my philosophical work focuses on "technology and vulnerability" because that's the broadest swath of the things I care about the most, but I've come to realize more and more just how narrowly we are considering "technology" in a moral sense. Here's a blog post unpacking that a bit more.
Technology: A Moral Distraction?
As part of my research for Not Just Playing Make Believe, I had the pleasure of reading Claire Horn’s Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth. One of the arguments that Horn advances in the book…
moralguillotines.wordpress.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I often say my philosophical work focuses on "technology and vulnerability" because that's the broadest swath of the things I care about the most, but I've come to realize more and more just how narrowly we are considering "technology" in a moral sense. Here's a blog post unpacking that a bit more.
Note to self: come up with a better metaphor/descriptor of the body-as-soil/food than terroir. You have begun to overuse it :(
January 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Note to self: come up with a better metaphor/descriptor of the body-as-soil/food than terroir. You have begun to overuse it :(
Y'all. You sent me and @utopiascifi.bsky.social WAY TOO MANY amazing Weird poems. My choices! They have become so hard! 😭
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Y'all. You sent me and @utopiascifi.bsky.social WAY TOO MANY amazing Weird poems. My choices! They have become so hard! 😭
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My friend Ursula blogs about how to write Math and Science Poetry: www.sfwa.org/2026/01/13/s...
STEM and Leaf: Writing Math and Science Poetry - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
by Ursula Whitcher. Learn how to craft STEM‑inspired poems by combining poetic and scientific techniques, guided by close readings of contemporary science‑inspired work.
www.sfwa.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
My friend Ursula blogs about how to write Math and Science Poetry: www.sfwa.org/2026/01/13/s...
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We want you 🫵 to vote in The Hugo Awards and it's really not as complicated as it looks:
Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor
You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!
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January 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
We want you 🫵 to vote in The Hugo Awards and it's really not as complicated as it looks:
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LOKI x IN THE DREAM HOUSE
Reeling from a bad relationship, Rorey tries some new-age weirdness only to learn a.) they're really time traveling, b.) which is illegal, because c.) they resemble a temporal dictator. Can they (& 2 other selves) save the timeline & heal all at once?
#BluePit📖 #A #SF #W
Reeling from a bad relationship, Rorey tries some new-age weirdness only to learn a.) they're really time traveling, b.) which is illegal, because c.) they resemble a temporal dictator. Can they (& 2 other selves) save the timeline & heal all at once?
#BluePit📖 #A #SF #W
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I often say my philosophical work focuses on "technology and vulnerability" because that's the broadest swath of the things I care about the most, but I've come to realize more and more just how narrowly we are considering "technology" in a moral sense. Here's a blog post unpacking that a bit more.
Technology: A Moral Distraction?
As part of my research for Not Just Playing Make Believe, I had the pleasure of reading Claire Horn’s Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth. One of the arguments that Horn advances in the book…
moralguillotines.wordpress.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I often say my philosophical work focuses on "technology and vulnerability" because that's the broadest swath of the things I care about the most, but I've come to realize more and more just how narrowly we are considering "technology" in a moral sense. Here's a blog post unpacking that a bit more.
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A wonderful review of Whitney French's Syncopation
The first review of the week at @strangehorizons.bsky.social is of Whitney French's Syncopation, from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social: "But the way you read the story, the way you respond to it, will inevitably be different [in verse]," Paul Kincaid argues. He goes on to sketch out how.
Syncopation by Whitney French
Let me suggest a reading of Syncopation, with the proviso that other readers might pick up on different clues or choose a different emphasis.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
A wonderful review of Whitney French's Syncopation
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Remember, since awards season means Rhyslings as well as the Poetry Nebulas and Hugos too:
if you loved a speculative poem in the last year, shout it out loud! Remind people that a wealth of specpo is available online to read for free! Your appreciation helps others' discovery more than you know.
if you loved a speculative poem in the last year, shout it out loud! Remind people that a wealth of specpo is available online to read for free! Your appreciation helps others' discovery more than you know.
January 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Remember, since awards season means Rhyslings as well as the Poetry Nebulas and Hugos too:
if you loved a speculative poem in the last year, shout it out loud! Remind people that a wealth of specpo is available online to read for free! Your appreciation helps others' discovery more than you know.
if you loved a speculative poem in the last year, shout it out loud! Remind people that a wealth of specpo is available online to read for free! Your appreciation helps others' discovery more than you know.