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The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.

Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

Octavia Butler LOA LIVE event on 11/24 with Imani Perry and Tananarive Due

Next Monday, 11/24, two celebrated writers and scholars explore the craft and influence of Octavia E. Butler. Join @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social for an evening dedicated to the revered SFF author’s luminous imagination. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...

“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.

Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days

An image of a cloudy blue sly with text that reads: You know who's out of this world? Writing Date Hosts. Working with SFWA's Flight Crew to create a friendly and engaging writing space every Sunday. Can we count on you for our next flight out? Sign up to host today! sfwa.org/volunteer

SFWA’s Writing Dates Program runs every Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM PST.

Volunteer to lead a writing date and connect with fellow creators in a friendly, supportive environment. You don’t need to be a SFWA member to apply as a guest host.

Learn more at sfwa.org/volunteer

The Eaton Symposium returns!

Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!

Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...

N. K. Jemisin: SFWA's 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recipient.

✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...

Congrats @nkjemisin.bsky.social !!

Photo from the George RR Martin workshop with Tananarive and other faculty members and workshop students.

Mid-career journalists!! Don't miss your chance to apply for the 2026 George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop to help journalists write fiction.

I have taught there twice, and it's a great chance to jump-start your fiction.

Deadline 1/12/26

www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/2025/ap...

"Image of a notebook, with a picture of a person writing and the date November 13th, 2025 circled. Text says Novel Writing Workshop Applications Due!"

Get that coffee ready! Applications for our 2026 Novel Writing Workshop close tomorrow night (11/13).

Apply here: www.clarionwest.org/clarion-west...

The Radical Imagination of Octavia E. Butler, with Imani Perry and Tananarive Due. A free LOA LIVE program on 11/24. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radical-imagination-of-octavia-e-butler-registration-1967684174334?aff=threads

On Monday, 11/24, join @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social for an online program on Octavia E. Butler, speculative fiction trailblazer and author of Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy, just out from Library of America. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...

2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award Recommend works here for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider!

Reminder:

Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:

otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...

The Carl Brandon Society Presents How to Finish Your Novel A Weekend Workshop with Suyi Davies Okungbowa carlbrandon.org/classes

How To Finish Your Novel - A Weekend Workshop with Suyi Davies Okungbowa

NEW DATE: Nov 29 - 30, 2025 @ 5PM - 7:30PM UTC
Where: Online over Zoom
Attendance is scholarship-based - deadline Nov 15!

To learn more or register: carlbrandon.org/classes/how-...

She was a lovely human being and a fine, fine writer.

Wang, Yilin - ABC BookWorld Yilin Wang is a writer, poet and Chinese-English translator based in Vancouver, Canada. Her debut book is The Lantern and the Night Moths: Five Modern and Contemporary Chinese Poets (Invisible Publish...

Just heard that my work is now featured on BC BookWorld, Canada's largest-circulation independent publication about books. Glad to hear it given that Canada has an ongoing issue where it likes to pretend translators/translated literature is not a part of CanLit...
abcbookworld.com/writer/wang-...

Review: “Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic” by Christopher Caldwell Release Date: October 14, 2025Publisher: Neon Hemlock PressGenre: Anthologies Description In these deftly written stories of the fantastic, Christopher Caldwell unravels the complicities of personh…

Christopher Caldwell's new collection Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic is evocative, vivid, sometimes humorous, and wonderfully queer and Black. Out now from Neon Hemlock. bookjockeyalex.com/2025/10/29/r...

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Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.

How to Finish Your Novel with Suyi Davies Okungbowa BIPOC only Scholarships available! carlbrandon.org/classes

Thanks to our generous donors, our upcoming workshop How to Finish Your Novel has a limited number of free seats! All you need to do is apply for a scholarship - deadline Nov 15.

For more details: carlbrandon.org/classes/how-...

The Carl Brandon Society Presents: How to Finish Your Novel with Suyi Davies Okungbowa Scholarships available! carlbrandon.org/classes

Suyi Davies Okungbowa's How to Finish Your Novel workshop has new dates - and thanks to our generous donors, all you need to do to attend is apply for a seat!

The scholarship deadline is Nov 15, and the class itself is Nov 29-30.

Learn more & apply: carlbrandon.org/classes/how-...

This new has been a long time in coming, but it’s finally official: Wayne Brady and I are writing a book together! But first (if you want a peek at what the working relationship of me and Wayne is like), a story …

Graphic text: The Traveling Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Festival New Haven, CT Tuesday Oct. 21 6:30 pm Possible Futures 318 Edgewood Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 Elaine Cho J.R. Dawson Emily Jane Yume Kitasei Mia Tsai Panel Discussion: The Changing Landscape

Tonight! The #travelingsffbookfestival is coming to New Haven at Possible Future Books with Elaine U Cho @itsamia.bsky.social @jrdawson.bsky.social media and @emilyjane.author !

The Carl Brandon Society Presents: How to Finish Your Novel with Suyi Davies Okungbowa Scholarships available! carlbrandon.org/classes

Suyi Davies Okungbowa's How to Finish Your Novel workshop has new dates - and thanks to our generous donors, all you need to do to attend is apply for a seat!

The scholarship deadline is Nov 15, and the class itself is Nov 29-30.

Learn more & apply: carlbrandon.org/classes/how-...

Colorful illustration of a hand holding a megaphone with text reading Submissions open, November 1 - 31, Theme: Revolutions.

📢 Announcing our theme for the November submission period: Revolutions!

We're looking for daring, subversive, and strange fiction that explores this theme!

⏰ Submissions will open on November 1. Read the full theme description and submission details: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...

Just a tiny tweak to our post: submissions are officially open from November 1 to 30! Mark your calendars and get creative ❤️‍🔥We can’t wait to see what you come up with! 🎉✨

Abstract background with photos of authors Daniel H. Wilson and Nisi Shawl and moderator Alan Boyle. An image of Daniel's book, "Hole in the Sky" is shown with the Clarion West and Deep Dives logo. Text reads: Hole in the Sky, A Conversation with Daniel H. Wilson and Nisi Shawl, Moderated by Alan Boyle. October 16, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Seattle Central Library.

Abstract background with photos of author Cory Doctorow with conversation partner Ed Zitron and moderator Whitney Beltrán. Text reads: Enshittification and the Rot Economy, A Conversation with Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron, Moderated by Whitney Beltrán. October 22, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Seattle Central Library.

We are pleased to present the 2025 Deep Dive Author Conversation Series with @danielhwilsonpdx.bsky.social on October 16th and Cory Doctorow on October 22nd!

Both events are free to the public or upgrade your ticket and join us for a VIP reception before the event!

Tickets available now!

Come see Cory Doctorow and @edzitron.com talk about #Enshittification and the #RotEconomy with @clarionwest.bsky.social on Oct. 22nd! In person in Seattle or free online. secure.clarionwest.org/np/clients/c...

#authortalk #scifi #seattlelibrary

Apply for Otherwise Fellowships by December 15! « Otherwise Award The Otherwise Motherboard is now soliciting applications for two 2025 Otherwise Fellows! Each Fellow receives USD $500 in support of a new or ongoing project. Please apply by December 15.

otherwiseaward.org/2025/10/appl...

Now soliciting applications for two 2025 Otherwise Fellows, to support & recognize creators of speculative work that is changing our view of gender today! Apply by Dec. 15 for USD $500 to support a new or ongoing project.

#Fellowships #grants #sff #fantasy #scifi

Graphic with pictures of five people and five books. Text says: The Traveling Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Festival Baltimore Wednesday Oct. 15 7:00 p.m. Greedy Reads Remington Location 320 W 29th Street Baltimore, MD 21211 Micaiah Johnson Yume Kitasei Ray Nayler Sarah Pinsker Julia Vee Panel Discussion: The Power of What If

Join us tonight (Wednesday) in Baltimore for a panel discussion on the power of what if! With me, Ray Nayler, @sarahpinsker.bsky.social , @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social , and @juliavee.bsky.social at Greedy Reads Remington!

Lost Ark Dreaming wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella (full acceptance speech) — Suyi Davies Okungbowa Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella. Full acceptance speech follows.

Nobody asked me for an acceptance speech, but I have one anyway, because what the heck; because I respect the thankless work the @theignyteawards.bsky.social does each year; because I'm glad for good trouble; because I'm honoured to be honoured.

suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke! 🎉🎉🎉 @sapphomancer.bsky.social @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards