Nicole Shawan Junior
@nicoleshawanjunior.bsky.social
Haymarket Books Writing Freedom Fellow | Hedgebrook writer-in-residence | Tin House "Debut Author Over 40” | Lambda Literary “Emerging Queer Voice” | Nicole Shawan Junior is a creative force.
www.NicoleShawanJunior.com
www.NicoleShawanJunior.com
That’s my QB! 🦅 Go Birds!
September 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
That’s my QB! 🦅 Go Birds!
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Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
PERIPLUS: An FAQ
PERIPLUS: AN FAQ Updated August 2025 Hi! Thanks for your interest in Periplus, a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. We're glad you’re here. Rea...
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August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
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Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥
Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥
a man wearing overalls and a striped shirt is holding his hand out
ALT: a man wearing overalls and a striped shirt is holding his hand out
media.tenor.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥
Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥
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SUBS are OPEN for our special reprint issue, SINNERS, SAINTS, & HAINTS! If your prose or poetry features the Black American South, this one is for YOU. *reprints only!* This call closes August 30. Details on our submissions page:
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/Writers
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/Writers
August 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
SUBS are OPEN for our special reprint issue, SINNERS, SAINTS, & HAINTS! If your prose or poetry features the Black American South, this one is for YOU. *reprints only!* This call closes August 30. Details on our submissions page:
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/Writers
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/Writers
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📣Official #DVPit Rules & Guidelines are LIVE📣
Please go to dvpit.carrd.co for our official rules & guidelines!
Any official announcements will ALWAYS be made here, Discord, or dvpit.carrd.co ONLY*
#DVPit will be Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM ET-8PM ET!
*No other website or URL represents us or our event!
Please go to dvpit.carrd.co for our official rules & guidelines!
Any official announcements will ALWAYS be made here, Discord, or dvpit.carrd.co ONLY*
#DVPit will be Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM ET-8PM ET!
*No other website or URL represents us or our event!
DVpit
pitch event for creators from marginalized communities.
dvpit.carrd.co
August 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
📣Official #DVPit Rules & Guidelines are LIVE📣
Please go to dvpit.carrd.co for our official rules & guidelines!
Any official announcements will ALWAYS be made here, Discord, or dvpit.carrd.co ONLY*
#DVPit will be Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM ET-8PM ET!
*No other website or URL represents us or our event!
Please go to dvpit.carrd.co for our official rules & guidelines!
Any official announcements will ALWAYS be made here, Discord, or dvpit.carrd.co ONLY*
#DVPit will be Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM ET-8PM ET!
*No other website or URL represents us or our event!
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Khoreo centers immigrant and diaspora voices like no other SFF venue. skipped two years in a row!!! we are so sorry your work was minimized 🖤
come on Worldcon. you have to do better.
come on Worldcon. you have to do better.
There’s nothing like attending Worldcon in-person as team @khoreo.bsky.social's representative, as one of the actual Finalists for Best Semiprozine, only for our masthead to be entirely skipped over, while everyone else’s names and mastheads were read in full, exactly as it was on the program sheet.
Had a great time at Worldcon meeting new and old faces! Thank you @emelkrishnan.bsky.social for letting me be your plus one! Glad we could trauma bond over our masthead being skipped again. I look forward to next year!
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Khoreo centers immigrant and diaspora voices like no other SFF venue. skipped two years in a row!!! we are so sorry your work was minimized 🖤
come on Worldcon. you have to do better.
come on Worldcon. you have to do better.
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PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is featured in Kirkus Review's Fall Preview print edition!
Here's a bit of the lovely review - Read it all here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
#mostanticipated #southerngothic #psychopompandcircumstance #fantasy
#booksky 📚 #Blackbooksky #skybrarians #books
Here's a bit of the lovely review - Read it all here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
#mostanticipated #southerngothic #psychopompandcircumstance #fantasy
#booksky 📚 #Blackbooksky #skybrarians #books
August 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is featured in Kirkus Review's Fall Preview print edition!
Here's a bit of the lovely review - Read it all here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
#mostanticipated #southerngothic #psychopompandcircumstance #fantasy
#booksky 📚 #Blackbooksky #skybrarians #books
Here's a bit of the lovely review - Read it all here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
#mostanticipated #southerngothic #psychopompandcircumstance #fantasy
#booksky 📚 #Blackbooksky #skybrarians #books
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This Pennsylvania county stopped charging people 'lodging fees' for the time they spent in jail. Then commissioners voted to forgive over $65 million in these fees.
“What a light of hope this has been,” said one woman whose son owed $17,000.
“What a light of hope this has been,” said one woman whose son owed $17,000.
This Pennsylvania County Wiped Out Millions in Jail Debt
After Dauphin County ended the practice of charging people while they’re detained in jail, Commissioner Justin Douglas pushed it to forgive more than $65 million in lodging fees.
boltsmag.org
August 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This Pennsylvania county stopped charging people 'lodging fees' for the time they spent in jail. Then commissioners voted to forgive over $65 million in these fees.
“What a light of hope this has been,” said one woman whose son owed $17,000.
“What a light of hope this has been,” said one woman whose son owed $17,000.
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Congratulations to all of the #HugoAward finalists and winners!!
Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners
The winners of the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced on August 16, 2025 by Seattle Worldcon 2025, the 83rd World…
locusmag.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Congratulations to all of the #HugoAward finalists and winners!!
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📣 Foglifter is adding an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ISSUE to its annual publication roster. 📣
For 1.1, our theme is Body Politics. Submissions are open until October 15, but we love early submissions.
foglifter.submittable.com/submit
For 1.1, our theme is Body Politics. Submissions are open until October 15, but we love early submissions.
foglifter.submittable.com/submit
August 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
📣 Foglifter is adding an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ISSUE to its annual publication roster. 📣
For 1.1, our theme is Body Politics. Submissions are open until October 15, but we love early submissions.
foglifter.submittable.com/submit
For 1.1, our theme is Body Politics. Submissions are open until October 15, but we love early submissions.
foglifter.submittable.com/submit
In IRE & THE GIRL, SLICE, a queer marriage between The Old Guard & Sinners, female fantastics Ire & Slice battle a solar eclipse-born vampire surge while traversing New York City's ruins to save Mugs: Slice’s father & prisoner at an undead-overrun prison.
😥Grief 🫣 Shame 😡Rage 👊🏾Redemption
#QueerPit
😥Grief 🫣 Shame 😡Rage 👊🏾Redemption
#QueerPit
August 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
In IRE & THE GIRL, SLICE, a queer marriage between The Old Guard & Sinners, female fantastics Ire & Slice battle a solar eclipse-born vampire surge while traversing New York City's ruins to save Mugs: Slice’s father & prisoner at an undead-overrun prison.
😥Grief 🫣 Shame 😡Rage 👊🏾Redemption
#QueerPit
😥Grief 🫣 Shame 😡Rage 👊🏾Redemption
#QueerPit