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Jenée Desmond-Harris @jenee.bsky.social · 1d

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.

RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 6d

Eligibility lists are now OPEN for Canadian speculative fiction works published in 2025.

If you purchased a 2025 membership to vote in the Aurora Awards this past year, you can head over to www.csffa.ca and log in to add works to our lists. 1/

The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) – Home of the Prix Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame

www.csffa.ca

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 5d

My main contract gig is being cut, and my family responsibilities are less demanding than a few years ago. So please get in touch if you know of writing/editing/research/workshop positions, any hours, ideally remote or Ottawa. Extra points for good causes. I know it's rough out there for everyone.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 6d

Hey! Apparently it's #IReadCanadian day! If only there was somewhere readers looking for new #Canadian SFF authors to read could find a bunch of them all in one place... 🤔

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Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three eBook : Kotowych, Stephen: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

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Adria Bailton @adriabailton.com · 7d

You may or may not know that I administer the SFWA NetGalley program. If you're an author without a big trad publisher, you might consider listing your book for reviews through this program.

www.sfwa.org/2025/06/24/s...

SFWA Presents: Get to Know…Our NetGalley Partnership Program - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

To offer more writers a chance to connect their latest releases with reviewers, SFWA partnered with NetGalley to create a lower-cost option. We chatted with Adria Bailton, SFWA’s NetGalley…

www.sfwa.org

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 8d

Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 8d

The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Indigenous Author Submissions

On November 3rd, we will be opening for speculative fiction stories written by Indigenous authors. We will be capping submissions at 500.

strangehorizons.com

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PodCastle @podcastle.org · 23d

Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window!! We will open in November and close in April. See our announcement on the website for details. All our usual Submissions Guidelines still apply.

podcastle.org/2025/10/17/a...

Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window - PodCastle

Greetings, writers of fantasy fiction! We at PodCastle are due to open back up to general submissions in November. When we do, instead of our usual one month open period, we plan to open for six month...

podcastle.org

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 22d

We have 10 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter and we've crossed 60% funding! Help us get to 100%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Gillian Secord 🇨🇦 @gilliansecord.bsky.social · 20d

My post-apocalypse story about fatherhood and fighting fascists "BUDDY RAYMOND'S NO-BULLSHIT GUIDE TO DRONE HUNTING" is in this!! Go check it out, and all the other amazing Canadian stories in this incredible anthology 🇨🇦

Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 21d

RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY!
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 21d

RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY!
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 27d

Here are the winners of the 2025 Ignyte Awards!! Congratulations to everyone!!

reactormag.com/winners-2025...

Here Are the Winners of the 2025 Ignyte Awards - Reactor

Congratulations to all!

reactormag.com

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🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 29d

Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)

Benjamin C. Kinney @benjaminckinney.com · 29d

New neuroscience short story forthcoming in @analogsf.bsky.social! Which also means a story of - ultimately successful - negotiations with their new publisher.

Includes full final text of my contract for all to use while they finish rewriting their boilerplate.

benjaminckinney.com/analog-negot...

Analog Negotiations & Short Story Sale: Recognition, Memory » Benjamin C. Kinney - still pruning...

Successful negotiations with Must Read Magazines & Analog SF, who will publish my science fiction short story "Recognition, Memory."

benjaminckinney.com

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · Oct 12

That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/

2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards

OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · Sep 20

Speaking of @canconsffh.bsky.social , last year's starter pack for panelists, vendors and volunteeers was popular, so I made a new one for this year. Please tell me if you're on programming or helping out with Can*Con this year and would like to be added, or if you'd like to be removed.

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · Oct 1

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Michael Johnstone @mikejwrites.bsky.social · Oct 7

Where are the songs of Spring? ...
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too ....

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · Oct 6

wake up, hosers

new petition just dropped

e-6818 is calling to strengthen the Canada Health Act to stop provinces from privatizing health care and to force provinces to account for how and where they used health transfer money

Sign this Petition - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Michael Johnstone @mikejwrites.bsky.social · Oct 6

Starting THE KNAVE OF GRAVES today, the second novel by @sjshank.bsky.social! Ornery gravedigger who treats with a night hag? I'm in. A perfect read for Hallowe'en month. 🎃

Image of the cover of the novel THE KNAVE OF GRAVES, by S.J. Shank. Red-orange illustration of a pile of skulls.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · Sep 25

if you can help me (oh my god please help me) i have a glorified tip jar patreon (ive been doing co working two hour sessions and a monthly session for questions. this month i was going to play with the story engine so people could meet it) please don’t use the app they will take 30%

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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · Sep 23

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN AUGUST 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's July's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

Some Queer Short SFF - July 2025 | Charles Payseur

www.patreon.com

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Sep 17

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · Sep 21

Public service announcement:

ONTARIO SFF WRITERS PLEASE REMEMBER TO APPLY FOR THE OAC RECOMMENDER GRANT

AUGUR IS A RECOMMENDER

WE WANT TO RECOMMEND SFF WRITERS GET GRANTS

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Claudio Pozas — Commissions Open @claudiopozas.bsky.social · Sep 6

Your favorite dragons in media!

Vermithrax Pejorative, from Dragonslayer
The Bull, from Reign of Fire
The Lioness dragon, from Damsel
Warlock, the dragon-horse from Blackstar

Two movie stills from "Dragonslayer" of Vermithrax Pejorative, her head and full body.

Photo of the Bull dragon from the movie Reign of Fire.

Photo of the lion-like dragon of the movie Damsel.

Image of the cartoon hero Blackstar riding the green dragon-horse Warlock.

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Claudio Pozas — Commissions Open @claudiopozas.bsky.social · Sep 4

I have some medical bills due, so I'm opening a short, heavily discounted commissions list. Full body character or monster for US$200, your choice of style. DM me to commission.

Painting of an amused medusa with her snakes bunched up in a double ponytail.

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