We hope you'll join our affinity group spaces before #Sirens26 and that this will help make your Sirens experience a bit friendlier. We'll also have special programming by these communities for only these communities at #Sirens26 itself. It's so important to us that you feel included at Sirens❣️
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In our quest to make #Sirens26 a more inviting, more inclusive space, we thought it might help to have some more protected spaces. Presenting: the Sirens affinity groups, spaces created for the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled/neurodivergent/chronic illness communities. First meetup info here:
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In our quest to make #Sirens26 a more inviting, more inclusive space, we thought it might help to have some more protected spaces. Presenting: the Sirens affinity groups, spaces created for the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled/neurodivergent/chronic illness communities. First meetup info here:
Hey, Sirens! Our submissions system for programming proposals closes THIS FRIDAY. While our faculty are amazing, we are holding space so our attendees can teach at #Sirens26 as well. You do not need to be registered yet to apply, so hie thee here for more details sirensconference.org/learn/#progr...
Learn – Sirens
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October 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hey, Sirens! Our submissions system for programming proposals closes THIS FRIDAY. While our faculty are amazing, we are holding space so our attendees can teach at #Sirens26 as well. You do not need to be registered yet to apply, so hie thee here for more details sirensconference.org/learn/#progr...
#Sirens26 Faculty: Lilliam Rivera (@lilliamr.bsky.social): dazzling author across genres and categories 📚, including for the LOVE IN GRAVITY podcast. 🌈 Winner of piles of awards, honors, and fellowships. 🌠 Essayist (NYT, WaPo, Elle, Cosmo), educator, and speaker. Absolutely luminous firestarter🔥
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty: Lilliam Rivera (@lilliamr.bsky.social): dazzling author across genres and categories 📚, including for the LOVE IN GRAVITY podcast. 🌈 Winner of piles of awards, honors, and fellowships. 🌠 Essayist (NYT, WaPo, Elle, Cosmo), educator, and speaker. Absolutely luminous firestarter🔥
#Sirens26 Faculty: Kelly Barnhill (@kellybarnhill.bsky.social): masterful, magical teller of tales, winner of a veritable 🏔️ of awards, maker of 🥧, mom. NYT essayist. Former teacher, activist, bartender, waitress, janitor, park ranger. 🥳 WaPo says she's "eloquent writer who spins beautiful lines." 💫
October 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty: Kelly Barnhill (@kellybarnhill.bsky.social): masterful, magical teller of tales, winner of a veritable 🏔️ of awards, maker of 🥧, mom. NYT essayist. Former teacher, activist, bartender, waitress, janitor, park ranger. 🥳 WaPo says she's "eloquent writer who spins beautiful lines." 💫
#Sirens26 is a community of dreamers, of scholars, of truth-tellers, of revolutionaries, of readers of progressive speculative literature. The cornerstone of our programming is our brilliant faculty who are all of the above. Please join us in celebrating our second round of faculty announcements:
October 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#Sirens26 is a community of dreamers, of scholars, of truth-tellers, of revolutionaries, of readers of progressive speculative literature. The cornerstone of our programming is our brilliant faculty who are all of the above. Please join us in celebrating our second round of faculty announcements:
Psst, did you register for #Sirens26? Price increases in just a couple hours!
Hey, progressive speculative fiction readers! 🚀🐉👻🩷 Friendly reminder that the price to attend #Sirens26 -- March 18-22, 2026, in New Haven, CT -- will increase tomorrow. You know you want to join us, so head over to sirensconference.org/attend and register today!
Attend – Sirens
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October 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Psst, did you register for #Sirens26? Price increases in just a couple hours!
Hey, progressive speculative fiction readers! 🚀🐉👻🩷 Friendly reminder that the price to attend #Sirens26 -- March 18-22, 2026, in New Haven, CT -- will increase tomorrow. You know you want to join us, so head over to sirensconference.org/attend and register today!
Attend – Sirens
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September 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Hey, progressive speculative fiction readers! 🚀🐉👻🩷 Friendly reminder that the price to attend #Sirens26 -- March 18-22, 2026, in New Haven, CT -- will increase tomorrow. You know you want to join us, so head over to sirensconference.org/attend and register today!
Hi! We announced most of our faculty lineup a couple weeks ago, and we're delighted that most of our faculty are part of the queer community! Each will present a keynote at #Sirens26. As for our programming schedule, that depends on what folks propose! We're currently accepting applications... 😊
September 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Hi! We announced most of our faculty lineup a couple weeks ago, and we're delighted that most of our faculty are part of the queer community! Each will present a keynote at #Sirens26. As for our programming schedule, that depends on what folks propose! We're currently accepting applications... 😊
The reward for a long, messy day of testing AV equipment, tossing old logo stuff, and counting extension cords for #Sirens26 is 3.5 Wingspan players figuring out how to play Wyrmspan. We think we've mostly got it!
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The reward for a long, messy day of testing AV equipment, tossing old logo stuff, and counting extension cords for #Sirens26 is 3.5 Wingspan players figuring out how to play Wyrmspan. We think we've mostly got it!
Heyyyyy, knitters! Find time to stop by @knitnewhaven.bsky.social during #Sirens26. It's the absolute cutest--and today they had local honey!
September 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Heyyyyy, knitters! Find time to stop by @knitnewhaven.bsky.social during #Sirens26. It's the absolute cutest--and today they had local honey!
Crepes for everyone! Today, #Sirens26 planning includes a visit to the Omni New Haven to discuss what fixtures we can hang things from (spoiler alert: none 😭) and crepes from Choupette Crêperie (cozy, delicious, AND gluten-free)
September 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Crepes for everyone! Today, #Sirens26 planning includes a visit to the Omni New Haven to discuss what fixtures we can hang things from (spoiler alert: none 😭) and crepes from Choupette Crêperie (cozy, delicious, AND gluten-free)
#Sirens26 Faculty
Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
September 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty
Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
#Sirens26 Faculty
Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
September 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty
Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
#Sirens26 Faculty
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
#Sirens26 Faculty:
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
September 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty:
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
#Sirens26 Faculty:
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
September 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty:
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
Hey, everyone! #Sirens26 is just six months away and we've got news. But before we get to that later this week, let's find out if we're your sort of people! 📚👽🐉👻
#reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention
#reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention
September 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hey, everyone! #Sirens26 is just six months away and we've got news. But before we get to that later this week, let's find out if we're your sort of people! 📚👽🐉👻
#reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention
#reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention
If you'd like to purchase any of these books and support #Sirens26, our all-volunteer book conference, at the same time, here's a link to (almost all!) of these books on our Bookshop.org page: bookshop.org/lists/sirens...
#Sirens26 #Pride Books
Every day during Pride month, we posted a dazzling speculative work by an amazing author to our Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/sirensconference.org).
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June 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If you'd like to purchase any of these books and support #Sirens26, our all-volunteer book conference, at the same time, here's a link to (almost all!) of these books on our Bookshop.org page: bookshop.org/lists/sirens...
And there you have it: 30 gorgeously written, terrifically queer #SFFH #Pride books packed with love, power, and magic. We hope your TBR pile just got bigger--and if you've enjoyed reading along with us, we hope to see you at #Sirens26 for five days of books, discussion, and learning next year🏳️🌈📕
June 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you'd like to purchase any of these books and support #Sirens26, our all-volunteer book conference, at the same time, here's a link to (almost all!) of these books on our Bookshop.org page: bookshop.org/lists/sirens... 💗🫀😍
#Sirens26 #AANHPI Books
Every day during Asian-American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander month, we posted a dazzling speculative work by an amazing author to our Bluesky (bsky.
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May 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If you'd like to purchase any of these books and support #Sirens26, our all-volunteer book conference, at the same time, here's a link to (almost all!) of these books on our Bookshop.org page: bookshop.org/lists/sirens... 💗🫀😍
Thus concludes our book-a-day for #AANHPI month. We're delighted to showcase 32 dazzling creators of #SFFH works -- and we hope that your TBR just got a lot bigger! If you've enjoyed reading along with us, we hope to see you at #Sirens26 for five days of books, discussion, and learning next year📕
May 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM