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Cadence Mandybura
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pulpliterature.bsky.social
Winning Stories ✨ - mailchi.mp/07dcc682ed58... Pulp Lit prize-winning stories and award nominations in this Pulp Spec newsletter!

#sff #fantasystories #scifistories #literarymagazine #litmag #writingcontest #writingaward #awardnominations #awardnominees
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Do you have big writing plans for the fall? Join @bcwriters.bsky.social's Fall Writing Challenge to receive writing sprints, workshops, motivational messages, accountability groups, and more! 🍂✒️🍂

Learn more: fallwritingchallenge.com

#writingcommunity #FBCW #bcwriters
Fall Writing Challenge
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September 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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I'm in this one! 💚 #flashfiction
pulpliterature.bsky.social Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · Sep 5
Near Futures and Distant Lands 🪐 - mailchi.mp/cf4d84b79c41... A glimpse at all the SFF contained in Pulp Literature Issue 47, Summer 2025...

#SFF #newissue #literarymagazine #scifistories #fantasystories #litmag #sffmagazine #specfiction
September 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
✨ Press Update ✨

Novella & novelette submissions will remain open until September 15 !!

Get polishing, Augurians 👏👏
August 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
cadencewrites.bsky.social
@bcwriters.bsky.social's fall writing retreat is Nov. 24-28 at Loon Lake Lodge! I went to their spring retreat and it was glorious. ✒️

Learn more & register: fbcwadmin.com/events/fall-...

#bcwriters #writingcommunity #writingretreat #writerscommunity #MapleRidge #BritishColumbia
August 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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HELLO by the way! I will be doing a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) in r/fantasy on Tuesday August 26 in support of the @thepixelproject.bsky.social ! I'll be posting at 8 am MT and checking in to answer all day, so bring your questions! :)
logo for The Pixel Project below, an angry beetle saying ASK ME ANYTHING! r/fantasy, Tuesday Aug 26, 2025, Support the Pixel Project and help end violence against women!
August 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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pulpliterature.bsky.social
Two Contests to Enter this Month 🖋️ - mailchi.mp/afe8ed7cd584... Find details on our Kingfisher Poetry Prize and the First Page Cage in this Pulp Mystery newsletter...

#writingcontest #literarymagazine #litmag #writingprize #novelprize #poetrycontest #shortpoemscontest
August 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Hey #BCWriters! The Federation of BC Writers is hiring a Membership and Community Navigator: bcwriters.ca/hiring

#WritingCommunity #FBCW @bcwriters.bsky.social @readlocalbc.bsky.social @booksbc.bsky.social
FBCW - Hiring
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August 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
cadencewrites.bsky.social
This launch is TONIGHT at Cafe Duello in Vancouver! 💚

Enjoy good company & fresh writing surrounded by the ambiance of historical European swordplay (not kidding, it's a super cool venue ⚔️).

#bcwriters #SFF #speculativefiction #litmag #literarymagazine #newreleases #SFFstories #launchparty
July 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Amazing opportunity for novella/novelette-length spec fic, deadline Aug. 30. 💚💚💚

Thank you @augursociety.bsky.social for making this happen!
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Jul 7
HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨

We want your books.

So we can acquire them.

And print them.

For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨

Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.

Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.

Pass it on 👀
Augur press novella and novelette submissions now open! Be a part of augur press’ debut line up. We’re looking for works from 12,500-40,000 words to launch as print books in 2027-2029. Canadian & international authors welcomed. Open July 6-August 30. Guidelines at augursociety.org/press-submissions.
July 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
Augur Press submissions for novellas & novelettes open tomorrow.

🫡

Stay tuned !!!
July 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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pulpliterature.bsky.social
Join us at our Summer Launch - mailchi.mp/4c4ba3209e41...

Plus, congratulations to the Hummingbird longlisters!
#hummingbird #flashfiction #booklaunch #summerlaunch
July 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Are you ready to take on a writing project this summer? Sign up for @bcwriters.bsky.social's Summer Writing Challenge today!

Learn more & register: summerwritingchallenge.com

#BCWriters #WritingCommunity
June 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The Truth Podcast is coming back!

Help make it happen. Support original audio storytelling by checking out The Truth's fundraiser here: certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop

#audiofiction #audiodrama #specfic #podcasts #writingcommunity
thetruthfiction.bsky.social The Truth Podcast @thetruthfiction.bsky.social · Jun 16
Bring back The Truth!
Http://certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop
June 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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twssfu.bsky.social
Chat with you tomorrow for our next #TWSOchat session on Sunday, May 11th at 10:30am (PDT). The subject is: Generating Your Own Writing Prompts. Join in on the chat with #TWS writers, alumni & mentors to refine your writing practice. Ask questions & share your experience #WritingCommunity #Writers
May 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Writing the Breakout Novel remains my favourite book on writing craft. Can't wait to share it in this Zoom book club, May 15! ✍📚 Free for FBCW members; $10 for non-members.
www.bcwriters.ca/event-5963546
Bright green poster entitled Book Club for Writers, Federation of BC Writers. On the left, a round photo of Frances Peck, a middle-aged white woman with blond hair. On the right, the cover of Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass. The date along the top says Thursday, May 15, 7pm.
May 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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It started as an April Fool's joke. Now it's real. 😈

Join @bcwriters.bsky.social's Writing for Revenge comedic fundraiser on Thursday, May 22! bcwriters.ca/event-6166613

#bcwriters #writingcommunity #BCMags #FBCW
May 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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@pulpliterature.bsky.social's Hummingbird Flash Fiction contest opens tomorrow, judged by the wonderful @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social! 💚
The 2025 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize Opens Tomorrow! - PULP Literature
Back in a Flash The 2025 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize, judged by master of short forms, Finnian Burnett, returns tomorrow, May 1st, 2025!  Send us [...]
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May 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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smokelong.bsky.social
17 days and some change to enter The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction—in its 5th year! Be sure to read former winners (in thread), and make sure your name appears ONLY in your cover letter. We read anonymously. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey) is now an annual competition that celebrates and compensates excellence in flash. Our first grand prize winner in 2018 was “Whale Fall” by ...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Today is #BCBookDay!

What are some of your favourite #BCBooks? One of mine is Sing Like Fish by @amorinakingdon.bsky.social: munrobooks.com/item/ymASTSS...
Sing Like Fish
How Sound Rules Life Under Water
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April 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Are you a BC/Yukon-based emerging writer from an equity-seeking group?

Apply for @bcwriters.bsky.social's Emerging Writer Mentorship Program by April 15: bcwriters.ca/emerging

#FBCW #bcwriters #yukonwriters #bcmags #writingcommunity
FBCW - TD Emerging Writers
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April 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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This Thursday, 7pm PDT: join @allancho.bsky.social, Jessica Key, and me as we discuss what it takes to make a successful pitch to a magazine editor. Hosted by Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho.

www.bcwriters.ca/event-6090116

#FBCW #bcwriters #writingcommunity #bcmag #editing
March 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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"The fears don’t go away." Insightful article from Ratika Deshpande via @authorspublish.com: authorspublish.com/lessons-from... #writingcommunity
Lessons from My Most Prolific Year of Writing and Getting Published
Ratika DeshpandeI got 33 acceptances and published 194 blog posts in 2024, making it the most prolific year of my writing life. I took more chances; I experimented with writing different stu
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March 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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havenspec.bsky.social
Our ✨March 2025 Issue✨ is now free to read online 🥳🥳🥳!

Read it all here:
www.havenspec.com/issue-nineteen
Haven Spec Magazine, Issue Nineteen, March 2025. Cover and table of contents. The issue is now free to read, and its contents are as follows: Cover Art by Abi Stevens Art. Fiction: Handsomest Gentlest by M. R. Robinson. A True Account of a Pre-Teen Blob by Marie Vibbert. Coming Home to Leviathan by Sagan Yee. Host by Catherine McCarthy. Poetry: Bandits of Dream City by Sharang Biswas. What Does Your Revolution Look Like? by Ewen Ma. Dawn Witching with Crows by Devin Miller. Hermit of the Crossroads by Marie Brennan. Nonfiction: Letter from the Editor, Ya Herd? By Leon Perniciaro. Short Fiction Reviews By Danai Christopoulou. Interviews with Lindz McLeod and Terese Mason Pierre.
March 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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"An eerie and concise tale packed with peculiarities." So pleased that my story Coin Girl has placed in @pulpliterature.bsky.social's Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest! 💚

pulpliterature.com/congratulati...

#flashfiction #bcwriters #writingcontests #specfic
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2025 Bumblebee Contest! - PULP Literature
Back in a Flash We are thrilled to announce the winner and unranked honourable mentions of the 2025 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest! Final judge Bob Thurber [...]
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March 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM