Ursula Pflug
@pflugu.bsky.social
Author, editor, collaborat
or, coach. 11 books,
authored or edited, with award-winning small presses in Canada, the US and the UK. 100ish stories in Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Lightspeed, Leviathan, LCRW, literary markets. Finalist.
or, coach. 11 books,
authored or edited, with award-winning small presses in Canada, the US and the UK. 100ish stories in Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Lightspeed, Leviathan, LCRW, literary markets. Finalist.
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It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!
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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
The last few years my events have been in Toronto, at TPL High Park, WOTS Toronto, and Free Times Cafe. Looking forward to this Trent Hills Library thing closer to home! I will bring copies of Seeds, Green Music, Playground of Lost Toys and others (it depends on what I find in the box).
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The last few years my events have been in Toronto, at TPL High Park, WOTS Toronto, and Free Times Cafe. Looking forward to this Trent Hills Library thing closer to home! I will bring copies of Seeds, Green Music, Playground of Lost Toys and others (it depends on what I find in the box).
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Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych
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October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
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If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
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BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!
HALLOWEEN!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this eBook's for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
HALLOWEEN!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this eBook's for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
October 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!
HALLOWEEN!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this eBook's for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
HALLOWEEN!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this eBook's for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
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Semi-regular reminder to artists that you can help maximize the number of reposts you get by adding brief descriptive alt text to your images that gives some idea of medium and subject. You don't have to write a novel to reach out to the part of your audience that relies on alt text 💜
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Semi-regular reminder to artists that you can help maximize the number of reposts you get by adding brief descriptive alt text to your images that gives some idea of medium and subject. You don't have to write a novel to reach out to the part of your audience that relies on alt text 💜
My Dinner With Zohran
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My Dinner With Zohran
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dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Strange Horizons will be open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors only on November 3rd at 9am UTC!
The window will close after 500 submissions are received.
More information:
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If you sent us a story in April or June, you CANNOT submit in this window.
The window will close after 500 submissions are received.
More information:
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
If you sent us a story in April or June, you CANNOT submit in this window.
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
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The witch's broom will always take you in the direction of magic and mystery. Love this illustration by Tin Can Forest!
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #witch #surrealart #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #witch #surrealart #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
September 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The witch's broom will always take you in the direction of magic and mystery. Love this illustration by Tin Can Forest!
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #witch #surrealart #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #witch #surrealart #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
Definitely a Crabapple fan
Glad to see a book out building on this earlier piece. thefunambulist.net/magazine/the...
Such an important work. Most have no idea about how, within the Jewish community itself, opposition to the colonial/imperial aspects of Zionism go all the way back to its roots.
Such an important work. Most have no idea about how, within the Jewish community itself, opposition to the colonial/imperial aspects of Zionism go all the way back to its roots.
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Definitely a Crabapple fan
Sadly, what else is new?
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Sadly, what else is new?
Offshore wind is faster and cheaper
Residential electricity generation rates to rise by 29%!
Wind and solar – not nuclear – is how we can lower rates.
#onpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org/rates/
Wind and solar – not nuclear – is how we can lower rates.
#onpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org/rates/
Residential electricity generation rates to rise by 29%!
Residential electricity generation rates to rise by 29%! Wind and solar – not nuclear – is how we can lower rates. #onpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Offshore wind is faster and cheaper
Tom's Diner (Cover) - AnnenMayKantereit x Giant Rooks
YouTube video by AnnenMayKantereit
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October 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Know Your Locals: author Diana Beresford-Kroeger will attend 'One Book, One Ptbo' grand finale event on Tue Nov 4. This year's #Ptbo Public Library community read selection, 'To Speak for the Trees' is a lyrical blend of memoir, science, and Celtic wisdom.
kawarthanow.com/2025/10/15/k...
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Know Your Locals: author Diana Beresford-Kroeger to speak at ‘One Book, One Ptbo’ grand finale event on November 4 | kawarthaNOW
By Megan Gallant. This year's Peterborough Public Library community read selection, 'To Speak for the Trees' is a lyrical blend of memoir, science, and Celtic wisdom.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Know Your Locals: author Diana Beresford-Kroeger will attend 'One Book, One Ptbo' grand finale event on Tue Nov 4. This year's #Ptbo Public Library community read selection, 'To Speak for the Trees' is a lyrical blend of memoir, science, and Celtic wisdom.
kawarthanow.com/2025/10/15/k...
kawarthanow.com/2025/10/15/k...
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CBC is exposing the Canada to Israel Charity Pipeline.
On Friday October 17, CBC's The Fifth Estate will release "Funding the Occupation." They are following “the trail of millions in Canadian tax-deductible charitable donations [that] are supporting Israeli settlements..."
On Friday October 17, CBC's The Fifth Estate will release "Funding the Occupation." They are following “the trail of millions in Canadian tax-deductible charitable donations [that] are supporting Israeli settlements..."
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
CBC is exposing the Canada to Israel Charity Pipeline.
On Friday October 17, CBC's The Fifth Estate will release "Funding the Occupation." They are following “the trail of millions in Canadian tax-deductible charitable donations [that] are supporting Israeli settlements..."
On Friday October 17, CBC's The Fifth Estate will release "Funding the Occupation." They are following “the trail of millions in Canadian tax-deductible charitable donations [that] are supporting Israeli settlements..."
Don't forget, it's isn't over till it's over, and in spite of the cease fire, it's not.
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Don't forget, it's isn't over till it's over, and in spite of the cease fire, it's not.
Coaching and Mentoring Fall 2025 and Winter 2026
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Coaching and Mentoring Fall 2025 and Winter 2026
Focus on Short Speculative Fiction
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October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Coaching and Mentoring Fall 2025 and Winter 2026
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Tonight!
TOMORROW NIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm host @hollay.bsky.social talks to novelists Lucy E.M. Black “A Quilting Of Scars” (Now Or Never Publishing) & Nadia Ragbar “The Pugilist And The Sailor” (Invisible Publishing). TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Tonight!
Jan Thornhill, our local mycologist extraordinaire, is doing a mushroom talk tonight at the Aron Theatre Coop in Campbellford, organized by Artworth for Adults! 7-8:30. Follow the link to reserve a PWYC seat! @kawarthanow.bsky.social #janthornhill #mycology #fungi
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October 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Jan Thornhill, our local mycologist extraordinaire, is doing a mushroom talk tonight at the Aron Theatre Coop in Campbellford, organized by Artworth for Adults! 7-8:30. Follow the link to reserve a PWYC seat! @kawarthanow.bsky.social #janthornhill #mycology #fungi
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arontheatre.com/.../.
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DEADLINE EXTENDED
If you’re a poet of Arab heritage, writing in English anywhere in the world, with a poetry manuscript - you now have until 15 October to enter the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize!
> $2000
> US publication with Noemi Press
> UK publication with Out-Spoken Press
noemipress.submittable.com
If you’re a poet of Arab heritage, writing in English anywhere in the world, with a poetry manuscript - you now have until 15 October to enter the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize!
> $2000
> US publication with Noemi Press
> UK publication with Out-Spoken Press
noemipress.submittable.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
DEADLINE EXTENDED
If you’re a poet of Arab heritage, writing in English anywhere in the world, with a poetry manuscript - you now have until 15 October to enter the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize!
> $2000
> US publication with Noemi Press
> UK publication with Out-Spoken Press
noemipress.submittable.com
If you’re a poet of Arab heritage, writing in English anywhere in the world, with a poetry manuscript - you now have until 15 October to enter the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize!
> $2000
> US publication with Noemi Press
> UK publication with Out-Spoken Press
noemipress.submittable.com
I am signatory # 244, paired with Ismail Abu Hatab. I wanted to learn more about Ismail. He has a Wikipedia page, and I found an article about how he and his friend were killed at an internet cafe frequented by artists and writers. Please read and share. coastsalish2palestine.ca/2025/09/16/c...
Canadian Writers Condemn Israel’s Murder of 244 Palestinian Journalists
As the Israeli Occupying Forces’ genocide in Occupied Palestine continues, 244 Canadianwriters have signed an open letter condemning the Israeli occupation state’s killing of 244Palestinian j…
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September 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I am signatory # 244, paired with Ismail Abu Hatab. I wanted to learn more about Ismail. He has a Wikipedia page, and I found an article about how he and his friend were killed at an internet cafe frequented by artists and writers. Please read and share. coastsalish2palestine.ca/2025/09/16/c...
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Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join our kid in helping Collin in Jinja, Uganda, to pursue their dream?
www.kiva.org/invitedby/ur...
www.kiva.org/invitedby/ur...
September 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join our kid in helping Collin in Jinja, Uganda, to pursue their dream?
www.kiva.org/invitedby/ur...
www.kiva.org/invitedby/ur...