Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat!
Just want to highlight again that Cat Eye Press is now open for submissions for Don’t Go for the Vault: a Bank Robbery Horror Anthology! It’s a paying call, and I’d love to see some stories from yall!
Guidelines: www.cateyepress.com/submissions
This will mark the first time Kaleidotrope will be open to fiction and poetry submissions in over a year!
I missed @reactorsff.bsky.social posting this update to their policies re: use of "AI," but I am happy they did, and not surprised by their position. It's a good position!
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Important update, we have finished responding to all emails in our inbox today! That means we had the pleasure of sending final acceptances, as well as the less pleasing duty of sending final passing emails.
If you sent over a piece for our new issue and haven't heard back, please let us know!
Image is a puzzle. Text says All My Relations, Volume 11, Interdependency. Submissions Open. We define "interdependency" as an intentional way of moving through the world recognizing that we are all connected and reliant on each other and the world we share. It is about acknowledging that our individual wellbeing is deeply connected to the wellbeing of our communities and our planet, and reacting with care and shared responsibility.
All My Relations, Volume 11, on the theme of "interdependency" is open for submissions!
Submissions will close when we have reached 100 pages of content or July 15, whichever comes first.
Check out all our submission guidelines: www.globalmajoritypress.org/guidelines/
#FF It’s Independent Artist Day! To celebrate, give some ❤️ & follow these mags beginning with “I”!
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Almost out of time! Vote by April 1 in the annual Locus Awards Poll & Survey to determine the winners of the 2026 awards (tickets available now)!
You can vote at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!
The text is mostly writing encircling an old-fashioned polaroid camera. The background is beige. The text: The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction, Feb 1-May10 2026, 1000 words, 1st prize $2500.
You have exactly something like 42 days to enter. That feels like a portentous number, so we hope it's correct. It probably isn't. Deadline May 10th. You tell us. The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction in its sixth year. Nearly $5k in the prize pot.
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
A meme with a car salesman and a thoughtful customer standing in front of a car. The car has the small wonders keyhole logo on it, and the salesman is gesturing at it. The text reads "< slaps roof of magazine >" on the top and "You can fit so much flash fiction and poetry in this baby" on the bottom.
Ok, so if the car is the magazine are the tires subscriptions? No wait, we're not driving on our subscribers are we?! Maybe we need to rethink this meme. While we do that, go grab a subscription. We promise it's great and keeps the magazine rolling along!
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LAcon graphic "Hugo Award Nominations Now Open" with the url for the website LAcon.org the logo of the convention and the dates August 27-31
Your Hugo Nominating ballot can make a difference.
There are a total of 7718 people with the right to cast a nominating ballot in the 2026 Hugo Awards.
As of this morning, 1293 of those people have cast a nominating ballot in at least one category.
www.lacon.org/hugos/
There's no evidence that aliens exist, but if they're out there, why haven't they come to visit?! @jdnicoll.bsky.social suggests that our Solar System's location might well be worth avoiding (due to our minor supernova problem...)
Pialö Ubangî Despite having millions of speakers, there are few books written in the language ‘sango’ My mother tongue, ‘Sango’, is the 2nd official language of The Central African Republic after French. 65 years into independence, the education system is still entirely in French. Goal - create an anthology of folktales or, ‘Tere’s’ in the language Sango. To not only create a book that people can finally read in their native language, but also preserve our stories… not the ones forced on us by others. How? Collect - I’ll be interviewing elders who have kept memories of my culture’s oral tradition. Transcribe - I’ll transcribe all the stories in Sango. Create - I’ll write the book itself and have it printed. Disperse - I’ll travel back to the central African republic and disperse copies More information here: espilove.com/project
Very excited to announce that for Issue 4 of our magazine we will be interviewing Espi Love about her upcoming project (Pialö Ubangî)!
Reminder that we are open to submissions for just one more day!!
As of this morning we reached our cap of 1,000 stories so our general submission portal for February is now closed.
On March 1st, we will be opening for our “Tiny Gods” themed call, guest edited by @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social Hope to see you all then! ✍️
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
A wonderful piece on the importance and the pleasures of the fantasy genre.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Only one week left to submit your pieces for our 2026 issue!
📣SPECIAL UNEXPECTED SUBMISSION CALL ANNOUNCEMENT📣
If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call.
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I know you’re aware of May of the talented artists here on Bsky, but I’ve made a habit of collecting my favorites with the hopes I can one day hire them for cover/character art.
Anyway you should check some of these folks out! Some really spectacular work and no AI~
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Reminder! PodCastle is open for submissions through April! SUBMIT (your stories) TO THE DRAGON!!🐉🐉🐉
Submissions are open, the sun is out past 5pm in our section of the world. So, to celebrate:
What questions do you have for the editors? 💛
We're not mentioned in this list, but we get back to general issue subs within 24 hours! And...we're open just saying.
Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
Help us select the 2025 finalists for our annual Clarkesworld Readers' Poll.
Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkeswor...
POLL CLOSES THURSDAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST
Wizard in a fabulous purple robe examines an old computer
This is how the Reactor Social Media Manager posts (art by Doug Beekman)
How time flies! We're already two weeks into our open submission window!!
And... no King Arthur stories, huzzah!!! Thank you to everyone for reading the guidelines. We look forward to reading submissions over the next six or so weeks.
Previous Text: “Works that are wholly written using generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible.” New Text: “Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible.” -and- Previous Text: “Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot” New Text: “Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and those works will be disqualified.”
It appears as though SFWA has had a very quick change of heart and is now back on the right side of this. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. New Nebula Awards eligibility rules for generated text are now:
Happy New Year everyone!! Also, happy we're open to submissions day!!
It's been a while since we opened for submissions. But we're cranking up our output for 2026 so we'll be opening for short submissions periods every month - initially on the first day of the month only. At the moment we're especially looking for flash science fiction or fantasy - www.wyldblood.com
Hope everyone has a great New Year's Eve! And reminder, tomorrow we open to submissions! See below post for more info.