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Sarena Ulibarri
@sarenaulibarri.bsky.social
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Author of ANOTHER LIFE (Stelliform Press) and STEEL TREE (Android Press)

Publicist, University of New Mexico Press

She/Her

http://www.SarenaUlibarri.com
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My book Another Life, published by @stelliform.press, won the 2025 New Mexico Book Awards for the Sci-Fi category!

Here’s the full list of winners and finalists: nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar... #booksky 🪐📚
NM Writers, supporting and connecting the literary community. NM Book Awards, Fiction -Sci-Fi, Winner, Another Life, Sarena Ulibarri, Stelliform Press
October 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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On Wednesday I’ll be giving a talk on #solarpunk in Las Cruces as part of the Cambios Climate Change Speaker Series hosted by NMSU
A smiling sun and green community with dome, turbine and bicycle. Text: Solarpunk, Solutions-based Storytelling for Climate Hope, Sarena Ulibarri, Sept 24 Wednesday 7pm, Rio Grande Theater, Free and Open to the Public
September 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Some life-affirming chalk graffiti in front of the Biology department at the University of New Mexico. #publicart
A concrete column with chalk messages: “Don’t give up.” “Someone needs you.” “Look around.” “The world is blooming and so are you.” “Slow down and enjoy life.” “Breathe.”
August 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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My Fantastic Four
From What We Do In the Shadows, Lazlo, Nandor, and Nadja look at Colin Robinson
July 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Everywhere else these books are available should remain the same.

While I'm still testing out the new shop, the first 10 people to use the code WWP2025 can get the ebook of GLASS AND GARDENS: SOLARPUNK SUMMERS or SPECULATIVE STORY BITES for free. Just those two titles.

www.world-weaver-press.com
The covers of Recognize Fascism, Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters, Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World, and Multispecies Cities.
May 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Two years ago @stelliform.press published my #solarpunk novella ANOTHER LIFE, and two months ago, @crononauta.es & @sfabula.bsky.social published the Spanish and Catalan translations.

Thank you to everyone who has picked it up! ¡Gracias por leerlo! 💙📚
May 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Look what happens when I leave the heated blanket on and go to get a snack.

The message is quite clear: “You lose, I snooze.”

#corgicrew #DogsOfBluesky
A corgi sleeping on her side with head on a crumpled blue blanket and leaning against a heated blanket.
May 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The Bright Green Futures anthology is out now, featuring my story “What Kind of Bat is This?” about a young person working on a rewilding project who finds something strange in a field. 💙📚

Thanks to @susankayequinn.bsky.social for putting this together!

www.amazon.com/Bright-Green...
April 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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It’s International Bat Appreciation Day! (Really!) As part of the release celebration for @susankayequinn.bsky.social’s Bright Green Futures anthology, each author is giving away a prize related to their story. Mine’s this cute bat! 💙📚

Enter to win here it here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A plush bar, the cover of Bright Green Futures with a sun sticker that says solarpunk, and a banner with the text Giveaway.
April 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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My new #solarpunk short story “What Kind of Bat Is This?” is available for free this week! 💙📚 And there’s a prize to go along with each story in the anthology.

Grab the story here: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0F3...

Enter to win a plush bat and other prizes here: lnk.to/BGFgiveaway
A corgi sleeps on the arm of a couch, with a plush bat perched on her back.
April 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Finally getting around to unpacking after AWP in LA last week, so here’s my modest book haul! 💙📚 #booksky
Books: Not Your Papi’s Utopia anthology, Unruly Tree by Leslie Ullman, Sundown in San Ojuela, Goddess of Filth by V Castro
April 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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My favorite moment of AWP was hearing @boriscrito.bsky.social read from SORDIDEZ at the off-site So[LA]rpunk event.

Not only is it an incredibly well-written and powerful book, but hearing it in the author’s voice gave the story an extra dynamic impact that has stuck with me. 💙📚
A man reads from a book in front of a crowd, with abstract art in the walls behind him.
April 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Spotted the METAMORPHOSIS anthology from @torystephens.bsky.social ‘s Imagine 2200 contest at the Milkweed Editions table at #AWP25! 💙📚
A photo of a table of books, including Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future.
March 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I’m at the @unmpress.bsky.social booth today at the Tucson Festival of a books! Here are a couple of the books we’re hoping readers will pick up today. #booksky 💙📚

Check out the full list of what we brought at www.unmpress.com/tucson-festi...
March 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Ha! Jackie Daytona mural discovered.
A half-face selfie of a woman smiling in front of a Jackie Daytona mural in Tucson, Arizonia
March 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I'm in Tucson for the weekend for the Tucson Festival of Books, and my traveling companions are not prepared for the number of Jackie Daytona references they're about to have to endure from me.
A man and a woman talking in a bar. The woman says, "You say you're from Tucson, but you talk all fancy and Europe-like." The man says, "This is the way we talk in Tucson, Arizonia." From What We Do In the Shadows, Season 2 Episode 6
March 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The pup appreciates the #corgi representation in Cowboy Beebop.
#DogsOfBluesky
A corgi sitting on a couch looking off to the side. On the TV in the background, another corgi, from the intro to Cowboy Beebop.
March 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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The pup is here to remind you to find your own comfy spots, no matter how strange they may seem to anyone else. #DogsOfBluesky #corgi #MonDog
A corgi on a couch with neck craned back and feet tucked under in an odd position.
February 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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The pup would like to formally announce that she has a new pink bandana. It will last approximately one more day before she squirms out of it while she naps. But for now, she’s quite proud of it.
#DogsOfBluesky #corgi
A corgi wearing a pink bandana stands on a tile floor and looks directly at the camera.
February 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I have zero interest in the Super Bowl, but I always pay homage to the Superb Owl.
A vampire holds up an invitation to a Super Bowl party, points at the football and says “That’s the owl’s egg.” Another man looks at him bemusedly. A still from What We Do In the Shadowsz
February 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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If you’re in the Albuquerque area, come say hello to me and @teffeau.bsky.social on February 6th at @bkwrks.bsky.social!

More info: www.bkwrks.com/event/2025-0...
On top, a photo of Lauren C Teffeau (woman with brown hair and sage sweater), part of the cover of A Hunger With No Name, and the text “A Hunger With No Name” by Lauren C Teffeau Release Celebration! In the middle, logo for Bookworks (an owl reading a large book) and the text “February 6th @ 6pm in ABQ!” On the bottom, photo of Sarena Ulibarri (woman with red hair and black tank top) and covers of Steel Tree and Another Life. Text: “with special guest Sarena Ulibarri.”
January 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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TikTok is dead. ☠️
Screenshot of an error message: “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.” In the background, a video with the caption “Se vienen las redadas masivas” —Massive raids are coming.
January 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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@barichards.bsky.social Starting to dip in today! I read the first one on Kindle, but the audio narration of this so far is 🔥🔥
Screenshot of Audiobook cover of The World We Make by NK Jemisin
January 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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I read 51 books in 2024. (My goal is always 52—so close!)

Here are some of my favorites, from @mikechenwriter.bsky.social @scribeofhades.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social and others.

What did you read and love this year?
💙📚 #booksky
Text: My Favorite Reads of 2024. Covers for Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse The Redemption of Morgan Bright by Chris Panatier The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen
December 31, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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Me facing 2025
Two frogs on a table with a cup of tea. One says, “How are things?” The other has a thought bubble that says, “Don’t be weird,” but then out loud it says, “Time isn’t real.” Artwork by @canna.pothecary
December 31, 2024 at 10:11 PM