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Marie Vibbert
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Hugo and Nebula nominated author with over 100 works in print, computer programmer, weirdo from Cleveland.
Class-conscious science fiction. Unionize the world.
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EE! I'm an editor, and we're open for submissions! Send 'em in hot!
https://www.marievibbert.com/im-an-editor/
cartoon boy is aghast. cartoon girl is blushing. text block below them reads bad romance a speculative fiction anthology fiction and poetry submissions open November 15 send me your trash fires.
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Felt cute.
Selfie in hand knit sweater in front of bookshelves
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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We do not like our new bonnet.
Pit bull with sorrowful face in giant cone collar.
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I had to take this precious baby to the vet this morning for surgery. Paws crossed for her.
Pit bull slumbers on a floral-print shirt with a woman in it
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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ICYMI, my story "Knit Three, Save Four" is live on Escape Pod! https://escapepod.org/2025/11/06/escape-pod-1018-knit-three-save-four/
Marie models a yellow shawl she knit in her yellow living room. Underneath, the Escape Pod podcast logo and a yellow oval with the words 'Knit 3 Save 4'
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Great day teaching at Lake Erie Ink’s teen writing conference.
Selfie in front of room full of writing teens
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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I'm editing an anthology! 3 cents a word original, 1 cent for reprints. Full guidelines here: https://www.parsecink.org/submissions

Image is a screen cap from this game I'm working on.
Bad Romance A speculative fiction anthology fiction and poetry submissions open November 15 send me your trash fires
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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A great article from Signal Cleveland about the Teen Writer's symposium I'll be presenting at this weekend! 
https://signalcleveland.org/lake-erie-ink-teen-writers-symposium-helps-young-writers-cleveland/
Marie talks to a table full of teenagers
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Here's my motivation for today. Get through the work... and then... (Picture from back in the summer, hitting Flight in the Old Arcade after Literary Cleveland's Inkubator conference.)
A chocolate drizzled martini on a softly lit bar with a notebook covered in writing in the foreground
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Illustrated blog post: How NOT to be a writer: 
https://www.marievibbert.com/how-not-to-be-a-writer/
Woman writing in a notebook, capturing a moment of focused concentration.
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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ICYMI, my first poetry collection will launch next year from Dancing Girl Press! I'm so excited to share my science-fiction-adjacent poetry!
Black and white image of Marie draped on a dead tree with sorrowful look, going full goth, hair down. Grey and white box at the bottom has black text: My first poetry chapbook: Rustbelt Robots launches Spring 2026 from Dancing Girl
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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I made it home from Wooster in time for the annual Tavern Party!
Selfie in colonial costume in front of fireplace
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Looking dorky at Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster Ohio
Selfie in front of author table full of books and swag.
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I did a self-study of my Instagram posts and how they are performing. I found having some content helps! Read more on my blog: https://www.marievibbert.com/how-to-get-hits-on-instagram/
Marie in her turquoise dress swishing her petticoat on the stair landing of an abandoned factory, debris and graffiti all around. An off-white box with purple edge has black text reading "I did a self-study and found that posts with information do better on Insta."
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Delighted to announce the sale of my poetry chapbook, "Rustbelt Robots," to Dancing Girl Press! 
Text from the first poem in the collection, a favorite, which I wrote way back in my 20s and never sold, "Life in Front of Counters."
Marie with her long hair down stands in a turquoise dress she made herself in a ruined doorway with graffiti on brick behind her and wild vines in the foreground. Text overlays the shadow: We must be dangerous. We are bounded with razor wire, bricks and bus-stops. Mr. Hero and the welfare clerk alike are protected behind Vaseline-thick glass.
October 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Yin Tang Dance Company’s “Lan He” (Blue River) dragon at Solon's trick-or-treat event!
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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In other news, I just finished knitting a doily...
A massive lace circle, like four feet across, all leaf and flower motif. It's doily-zilla and falling off the edges of the table.
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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It's Publisher's Marketplace Official! So excited to be working with Apex!
A midnight blue octopus on a star background hugs a clipping from Publisher's Marketplace which says Deal Report Multitude by Marie Vibbert Imprint: Apex Author of Galactic Hellcats Marie Vibbert's Multitude, in which cephalopod aliens come into contact with humans, to Darian Bianco at Apex, in a nice deal, for publication in April 2026
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Look how stupidly wholesome my family is. We are loving Halloween season.
Three happy people and a pumpkin with farm in background
October 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Is anyone enjoying these? Another of my illustrated blogs: writing as building an invisible vase. 
https://www.marievibbert.com/invisible-vases/
4 Cartoons of a vase on a potter's wheel. The first is lumpy and the word balloon reads "It's perfect!" the second is more smooth and reads "The roughness just adds" The third has a finger pointing at it and a balloon reading "What about this?" the word "Flaw" pops out of the vase, leaving an empty slice. "EEK" then the final vase is a mess with patches all over it and word balloon "What have I done?" Gold box with white text reads Illustrated blog: Writing as building an invisible vase."
October 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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This week's blog post, in preparation for my talk at Lit Youngstown's Fall Fest this Saturday, is on advice for the broke writer. 
https://www.marievibbert.com/advice-for-the-broke-writer/
cartoon self-portrait of young self waiting at the east 120th rapid station. It's dark, a single light shining on the lone figure on the wooden platform. A peeling ad board faces her. text at the bottom reads: advice for broke writers
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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My story "Cheaper to Replace" which originally appeared in Clarkesworld has been reprinted in China's Science Fiction World magazine, with art!
Drawing of a boy lying on a dining table with blueprints and tools, a woman stands over him, pointing, and a younder woman looks on. Text below reads in English "Cheaper to Replace" followed by Chinese characters presumably saying the same and by Marie Vibbert and the translator's name. I don't know Chinese. sorry. This is a page from Science Fiction World Magazine
October 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Delighted to announce that my poem "A New Grammar for Atlantis" was shortlisted for the very grandly named Brilliant Poetry Prize. You can read all ten listed poems here: https://www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/2025

photo by Christina Ramirez for the algo.
Marie caught in mid head-bang, her hair and skirt all waves against a graffiti wall with a green monochrome filter
October 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Another illustrated blog - my submission process for fiction
https://www.marievibbert.com/the-submission-process/
Text Step One: Write a Story cartoon image of a girl at a laptop thinking "This is the best thing I have ever written!" Step Two: Submit story cartoon image of a hand dropping an envelope in a blue mailbox. Next to these two images is a blue box with white text reading Illustrated Blog: My submission process (it's more than this)
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Random cool article - researchers at #cwru rethinking abstract art in the medieval work. https://case.edu/news/rethinking-middle-ages-cwru-art-historian-reframes-abstraction
(Image is a scroll blank I made based on the Visconti Hours which has paisley! Well, foliate forms of gothic windows.)
colorful illustrated border on a blank parchment page, foliate capital D, figures with swords and shields fighting, curvy weird paisley shapes
October 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM