Scylla Publishing
@scyllapublishing.bsky.social
Emerging Australian publisher of queer/sapphic/wlw fantasy and specfic - Anthology submissions open NOW! (Fan bsky profile is V Holmes/NancyAmazon) scyllapublishing.com
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#smallpitch result! We requested 8 fulls, and have received four submissions (so far). Thanks @smallpitch.org for a thoroughly enjoyable event! Now the work begins!
January 25, 2026 at 4:02 AM
#smallpitch result! We requested 8 fulls, and have received four submissions (so far). Thanks @smallpitch.org for a thoroughly enjoyable event! Now the work begins!
600!? Wow. Well our team is so excited to get reading!
The #SmallPitch request window is now OPEN! (Yes, a bit early. We're getting better and faster at checking submissions!)
Remember, the requests will come from smallpitchteam@gmail.com. Whitelist our address and/or check your spam folder!
Good luck everyone 🤞
Remember, the requests will come from smallpitchteam@gmail.com. Whitelist our address and/or check your spam folder!
Good luck everyone 🤞
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM
600!? Wow. Well our team is so excited to get reading!
Genius theme! Cant wait to support it.
January 21, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Genius theme! Cant wait to support it.
LFG!!!! It's on.
The #SmallPitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours!
Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
#SmallPitch Submission Form
Please use this form to submit your pitch.
A few reminders:
You can pitch up to three manuscripts, with a limit of one pitch per manuscript.
Finished manuscripts only. No WIPs allowed!
One pitch per ...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:08 AM
LFG!!!! It's on.
Craving something sapphic and literary and speculative? We've got you covered. These are some writers who are making us think, and giving us hope in this strange world. #booksky #writingcommunity #sapphicbooks www.scyllapublishing.com/specficsapph...
Craving something literary? — Scylla
Who is pushing the boundaries of literary Sapphic Spec Fic? These are books where queerness informs, guides and infuses the narrative. They incorporate difference, challenge political realities, fight...
www.scyllapublishing.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Craving something sapphic and literary and speculative? We've got you covered. These are some writers who are making us think, and giving us hope in this strange world. #booksky #writingcommunity #sapphicbooks www.scyllapublishing.com/specficsapph...
We are starting a new blog series highlighting Sapphic Specfics of different genres that a) are kind of "comps" to the type of fiction and sapphic authors we'd kill to be involved with, and b) a heads up on some books we love you may not have seen! So watch out for our posts in the next few weeks.
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 AM
We are starting a new blog series highlighting Sapphic Specfics of different genres that a) are kind of "comps" to the type of fiction and sapphic authors we'd kill to be involved with, and b) a heads up on some books we love you may not have seen! So watch out for our posts in the next few weeks.
Alas can confirm it is not cheaper than usual in Australia, but people should buy it anyway. Sapphic spec fic at its finest.
Time to shake my moneymaker!
STONE MAD (Karen Memory Adventures #2) is currently $1.99 wherever fine U.S. Market ebooks are sold--and maybe overseas, I didn't check. :D
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
www.amazon.com/Stone-Mad-Ka...
STONE MAD (Karen Memory Adventures #2) is currently $1.99 wherever fine U.S. Market ebooks are sold--and maybe overseas, I didn't check. :D
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
www.amazon.com/Stone-Mad-Ka...
Stone Mad ebook by Elizabeth Bear - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Stone Mad" by Elizabeth Bear available from Rakuten Kobo. Readers met the irrepressible Karen Memory in Elizabeth Bear's 2015 novel Karen Memory, and fell in love with her steamp...
www.kobo.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Alas can confirm it is not cheaper than usual in Australia, but people should buy it anyway. Sapphic spec fic at its finest.
Oh hell yes. Bring it on.
Read even more stories about Lesbians in Space with the next #anthology, The Sapphics Strike Back! Get your fill of #romance, capers, heists, and aliens!
#sciencefiction #fantasy
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/lesbian...
#sciencefiction #fantasy
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/lesbian...
Lesbians in Space: The Sapphics Strike Back
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Oh hell yes. Bring it on.
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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!
reactormag.com
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:
Reminder that Scylla will be in #smallpitch looking for Sapphic speculative fiction with strong, diverse characters, an "un-put-downable" narrative drive, and compelling conflict! @smallpitch.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Reminder that Scylla will be in #smallpitch looking for Sapphic speculative fiction with strong, diverse characters, an "un-put-downable" narrative drive, and compelling conflict! @smallpitch.org
Ummm, yes please.
AVAILABLE 24 January 2026
🎇 Light Paths: A Queer Fantasy Romance Collection 🎇
#Booksky #queerfiction #Fantasy #Romantasy #queerhorror #queerromance 🌈📚
🎇 Light Paths: A Queer Fantasy Romance Collection 🎇
#Booksky #queerfiction #Fantasy #Romantasy #queerhorror #queerromance 🌈📚
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Ummm, yes please.
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Nominations are open for the Small Spec Book Awards.
Small and independent press publishers, here is your chance to spotlight your best speculative titles of the year.
Entries are FREE.
The deadline is January 31. Nominations close early if we reach the cap.
See our webpage for more information.
Small and independent press publishers, here is your chance to spotlight your best speculative titles of the year.
Entries are FREE.
The deadline is January 31. Nominations close early if we reach the cap.
See our webpage for more information.
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Nominations are open for the Small Spec Book Awards.
Small and independent press publishers, here is your chance to spotlight your best speculative titles of the year.
Entries are FREE.
The deadline is January 31. Nominations close early if we reach the cap.
See our webpage for more information.
Small and independent press publishers, here is your chance to spotlight your best speculative titles of the year.
Entries are FREE.
The deadline is January 31. Nominations close early if we reach the cap.
See our webpage for more information.
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*draws cartoons like one of your live action movies*
i'm still and forever on that Kryn Drow Are Bug Elves train, so i absolutely had to redraw that beautiful shot with my version of kryn armor!
#CriticalRoleFanArt #CriticalRole #MightyNein
i'm still and forever on that Kryn Drow Are Bug Elves train, so i absolutely had to redraw that beautiful shot with my version of kryn armor!
#CriticalRoleFanArt #CriticalRole #MightyNein
January 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
*draws cartoons like one of your live action movies*
i'm still and forever on that Kryn Drow Are Bug Elves train, so i absolutely had to redraw that beautiful shot with my version of kryn armor!
#CriticalRoleFanArt #CriticalRole #MightyNein
i'm still and forever on that Kryn Drow Are Bug Elves train, so i absolutely had to redraw that beautiful shot with my version of kryn armor!
#CriticalRoleFanArt #CriticalRole #MightyNein
Notes from the first six weeks of submissions on the anthology:
1-Y'all are so talented, seriously. We are blessed for choice.
2-We are all obsessed with things coming from the water and eating us.
3-Our future wives smell like the sea.
1-Y'all are so talented, seriously. We are blessed for choice.
2-We are all obsessed with things coming from the water and eating us.
3-Our future wives smell like the sea.
January 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Notes from the first six weeks of submissions on the anthology:
1-Y'all are so talented, seriously. We are blessed for choice.
2-We are all obsessed with things coming from the water and eating us.
3-Our future wives smell like the sea.
1-Y'all are so talented, seriously. We are blessed for choice.
2-We are all obsessed with things coming from the water and eating us.
3-Our future wives smell like the sea.
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I've never hit a pre-order button faster in my life. Moby Dick meets Gideon the Ninth? Sign me up. reactormag.com/hunting-the-...
#booksky
#booksky
Hunting the Great White Whale-Thing on Jupiter - Reactor
A reimagining of Moby-Dick that takes the classic whale hunt into space...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I've never hit a pre-order button faster in my life. Moby Dick meets Gideon the Ninth? Sign me up. reactormag.com/hunting-the-...
#booksky
#booksky
Excited to say we have joined the publisher ranks for #smallpitch - the pitch event for small presses. I'm on the hunt for 4 sapphic authors/editors to launch novels/novellas/anthologies for in 2026/27 (previously pubbed or not) who want to work with a queer-focused small press. @smallpitch.org
January 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Excited to say we have joined the publisher ranks for #smallpitch - the pitch event for small presses. I'm on the hunt for 4 sapphic authors/editors to launch novels/novellas/anthologies for in 2026/27 (previously pubbed or not) who want to work with a queer-focused small press. @smallpitch.org
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SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 🌊
This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike.
Check our website for more details ⬇️
This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike.
Check our website for more details ⬇️
#SmallPitch, the big pitch event for small presses
smallpitch.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 🌊
This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike.
Check our website for more details ⬇️
This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike.
Check our website for more details ⬇️
So lucky to have someone of @kateorman.bsky.social experience on board our editorial team :)
Women and non-binary folks: thinking of submitting to Scylla Publishing's anthology "Who Am I"? Here's a thread with some tips. (These are Kate's opinions, not necessarily Scylla's.)
Anthology Submissions - Who Am I? | Submit Your Sapphic Story Today — Scylla
Explore sapphic speculative fiction stories about identity and purpose. Submit your work for the upcoming anthology open from Dec 1, 2025, to Feb 28, 2026.
www.scyllapublishing.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 AM
So lucky to have someone of @kateorman.bsky.social experience on board our editorial team :)
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Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
Achievement for 2025: we started. You can’t finish anything you don’t start. Onwards and upwards. 2026 is gonna be huge.
December 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Achievement for 2025: we started. You can’t finish anything you don’t start. Onwards and upwards. 2026 is gonna be huge.
Ok - first, everybody should buy and read this, it’s great. ALSO- if anyone who submitted for this anthology and didn’t make the stacked roster on here but you have a great story, send it our way! www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Lesbians In Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before
Peanut butter and chocolate. Cheese and wine. Sex and r…
www.goodreads.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Ok - first, everybody should buy and read this, it’s great. ALSO- if anyone who submitted for this anthology and didn’t make the stacked roster on here but you have a great story, send it our way! www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Humbled by the breadth and diversity of subs to the anthology we've had so far. We are still OPEN for subs until the end of Feb 2026 as planned! We have a lot of fantasy (but that's ok!) so would love space opera and steampunk. Stories with full character arcs and conflict are standing out! #booksky
December 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Humbled by the breadth and diversity of subs to the anthology we've had so far. We are still OPEN for subs until the end of Feb 2026 as planned! We have a lot of fantasy (but that's ok!) so would love space opera and steampunk. Stories with full character arcs and conflict are standing out! #booksky
Cannot wait to read this! Sharing for reach.
We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th.
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
December 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Cannot wait to read this! Sharing for reach.
If you did anything creative this year, anything at all, then well-bloody-done.
December 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If you did anything creative this year, anything at all, then well-bloody-done.
My niece creating this rather marvellous book that brings together artists from all over the world to write about disability in Fantasy. This was a joyful 2025 moment in art for me.
ellatholmes.com/introducing-...
ellatholmes.com/introducing-...
December 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
My niece creating this rather marvellous book that brings together artists from all over the world to write about disability in Fantasy. This was a joyful 2025 moment in art for me.
ellatholmes.com/introducing-...
ellatholmes.com/introducing-...