reaching new levels of writing procrastination because why am i out here writing an in-universe propaganda song with chords and lyrics and everything

im sure there are a lot of lessons from crocheting/fiber arts which is transferable to fiction writing (patience, journey before destination, yada yada) but the one lesson which definitely should've NOT transferred over is unravelling and redoing it until you get it right 💀

tyy!

CALLING ALL ANTI-CAPITALIST CULINARY CANNIBALS! I'm looking for recipes with billionaire ingredients!
inkfoundry.net/submissions/

i love this

You wanna read an awesome poem today? Because we've got a certified award finalist poem right here: smallwondersmag.com/piece/from-d...

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woo-hoo

tysm!! :3

From Dust - Small Wonders the difference between piano keys and kindling / is the hands / / so from dust, we begin again:

The nominated poem in question:
smallwondersmag.com/piece/from-d...
published in @smallwondersmag.com !

Marked up screenshot from the Aurora Ballot website: BEST POEM/SONG “At the Spaceport Bar“, Lisa Timpf, Polar Starlight Magazine #17 “Bigfoot Farewell“, Carolyn Clink, Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn: Poems and Micro-Stories about Modern Midwest Monsters “Dragon Karaoke“, David Clink, Polar Starlight, Issue #18 “Explosive“, Derek Newman-Stille, Polar Starlight #20 “flowers without meadow“, Tiffany Morris, Eye to the Telescope #56 “From Dust“, J. Y. Zhang, Small Wonders <-- it's me

IM AN AURORA AWARD FINALIST SOMEHOW!??? 😱

www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...

TY 🥺🥺🥺

currently using a questionable corporate notebook from my last job, but i sharpied out the logo 🪄

started drafting longhand (fujimoto method writing edition)

this story changed my brain chemistry 🙂‍↕️

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when you're in an edit-the-life-out-of-your-manuscript challenge and your opponent is me

Reading Period: April 13th - May 17th Theme: Breaking the Mold Edited by Adam McPhee $33 CAD for both originals and reprints, including non-fiction 1000 to 2500 words

Open to subs tomorrow! Saros SF #6, edited by @chalicotherex.bsky.social, is looking for your speculative fiction stories touching on the theme of breaking the mold!

Full guidelines here: sarossf.com/submissions/

It’ll happen soon 🫵🫵🫵 (source: trust me)

(I loved They Remember Faces btw!!)

LONG LIVE ON SPEC

Here’s the wonderful news. Shadowpaw Press’ Kickstarter for the On Spec 2026 anthology is fully funded, and they are open to submissions of original short stories from Canadian writers!

loved it! 🍎

My poem "BeCause" is available to read online in @heartlines-spec.com!

Family, fairy tales, royalty, and witches: www.heartlines-spec.com/because-by-y...

#poetry #Canadianpoetry #fairytales #darkfantasy

Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

Our general submissions for Issue 2 are NOW OPEN until April 21st!

If you are a 2SLGBTQIA+ writer, send us your work! You can submit one story and up to three poems. Wondering what we like? Issue 1 is free to read on our site! But please don't self-reject—we can't wait to read your work 🗡️🪐🌈

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Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume 4 Award winners. Award nominees. Hidden gems. All Canadian. All in one anthology.

It's live! IT'S LIVE! The Kickstarter for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF: Volume Four is now LIVE! Award-winning series, best of 2025, and (with your help) the biggest volume yet. Can you back early enough to land The Canucklehead tier and get to choose the dedication for the book??

Pls SHARE WIDELY!

IT LOOKS SO COOL

After taking a course on picture books...props to picture book writers everywhere idk how you guys do it this is so much harder than prose fiction omg

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a pickled looking toad guy

feed-cleansing pickled toad 🥰

techbros need to stop ai genning every single poster ever im losing my hairs every time i see one