Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They)

Black and white distressed picture of roses with the words: Thorns. Presented by Alocasia. Deadline, April 10th, 2026.

We're seeking work for an upcoming themed issue, THORNS, which will examine lived experiences of queer domestic violence, partner violence, and sexual assault through the lens of horticulture and plant life.

Please send no more than 6 poems or 3 pieces of prose by April 10th.

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I COULD REALLY USE THE HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PLEASE IF YOU CAN

An illustration of a sorcerer in a robe with the hood up and tentacles of hair streaming from under it, in a marshy area with light surrounding them, with bits of dark magic spilling from under their hood. Text reads: Submissions open for our November issue on the themes of Sorcery & Secrets deadline 31 August 2026

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IN OUR SUBS BOX FOR OUR SORCERY & SECRETS ISSUE (deadline 31 August)

Adie wants unorthodox magic users. Josie wants devastating secrets.
Also:
- sorcerers against the system
- unreliable narrators
- unusual settings
- ⁠wizards goofing off

www.silversunbooks.com/submit

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trans rights readathon March 17-31, 2026 About: The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st. How to Participate: Read and uplift books by and/or featuring trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters. Donate and fundraise for trans aid organizations in your community. Join Us: @transrightsreadathon transreadathon@gmail.com transrightsreadathon.carrd.com official sign up, book and charity recommendations, and more! all kith eBooks are free during the readathon. it's time to get planning.... kithbooks.com

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Applications are due Tuesday! 🌴

Good news: my dragon is now on Netgalley!

It’s a different sort of dragon rider novel: one from the dragon’s POV. He’s just here for the free food, he swears.

If you are an ARC-ish sort, there is a Read Now window open through Friday.

Good morning.

Today's sales continue to raise funds to send Becky to class. LGBTQIA+ staffed and owned, we ship for free over $50 in the US, will combine shipping, and a flat $5 otherwise. International USPS rates apply!

100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money? Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say

Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?”

Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing.” #HousingFirst #UrbanTruth

please?

$167 / $900

they're saying it needs to be a life-threatening for them to admit me

A book cover with the title “Children of Owl” and a girl looking up at a mountain with an owl boy prominent in the background.

CHILDREN OF OWL HAS A COVER!!!! With art by Abigail Rajunov, who also illustrated 25 pages of comics in the book. It was an honor to work with her; I couldn’t be happier!! 🥹💕

always great to watch some of the most talented creative people around be out here like pls let me know if there's any work I'll do whatever meanwhile some mediocre dipshit just got another 3 billion for his startup marketing piss in a jar as an energy drink

This is sorted.

Still happy to hear from anyone with work I can take on - I'll have to refill my prescriptions in a couple days.

But a bit of breathing room for now.

This is sorted.

Still happy to hear from anyone with work I can take on - I'll have to refill my prescriptions in a couple days.

But a bit of breathing room for now.

In this respect, I think it's good to be curious. Especially about critical discourse as well as the works themselves. But not at the expense of creating new things - and even if not reading *everything* in the field means reinventing the wheel sometimes? Nothing wrong with more wheels to use.

"But what about the important books in a genre?"

Canon is malleable, and cannot by nature be objective. Read and engage what you like.

Are there gems among literary canon in various genres? Yes. But also a ton of absolute garbage. Why make people wade through trash to begin engaging the field?

This is an excellent thread, on many fronts. New movements should have the chance to grow without being stunted by the lee of older rivalries and grievances, and the crushing weight of in-genre history.

You can build new and amazing things without having to take all that psychic damage first. :)

Matheson Freelancing Post by @sekisetsu.

Last day of my March rent's grace period, and $500 CAD to go.

Not really sure how this gets sorted except someone hiring me for some editorial work.

Rates, contact, etc. at the link below. Or DM on here. Feel free to share.

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Submissions Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

Submissions for the next issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge open soon. From March 15-21 is reserved for writers of color; from March 22 until April 15 is general submissions for everybody. We are looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Not super sure about post-restructure response times, but CCA writing grants used to get decisions/responses about four months after submission. So I'd expect to hear back somewhere around April if the old response times hold true.

reposting this one cuz this discussion interests me. We have SFF authors that are held up for their lyrical poetic prose and then we have "transparent prose" and I'm interested in the idea that prose style might change according to the story (while voice can still be detectable??? the same)

Of course. :)

And I feel that deeply. I wish I could say it goes away with *getting* grants, but...

Still, definitely worth applying for anything open. Also for the OAC Literary Creation Projects by 09/10, and the TAC Writers Program come 06/16. CCA grant's changed again, but still available.

The things I will offer, having done this a lot: try to get all your applications in within the first week of the window opening. A lot of recommenders make their decisions early and are only assigned a small pool of funds to distribute. (Why most awarded amounts are $1,500. Helps more people.)

Just the way of it some years - only so much money to go round and a great many very talented, highly ambitious applicants with cool projects. Always fierce competition.

I'm sorry you got all 'no's though. But fingers crossed for the next ones for you come September. :)

I've certainly had my fair share of grants over the years, so it's quite fair. This is just a year where it would have been timely to get one.

Same boat on your end?

Sharing again for the afternoon crowd. Still trying to put together the remaining $500 CAD of my March rent for tomorrow (when the grace period ends).

If anyone wants to hire me for some editing (see thread), now's a very good time...

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So I'm 1600$ away from being able to pay my rent. I'm trying to take care of a household of 6 people, only two of who can work right now, and with my longterm illness, I'm just not able to make rent this month, as a bunch of unexpected costs hit right in a row.

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Skyla's books are full of female rage and found family and are just magical! If you need something to read that's supernatural horror, thriller, urban fantasy, or mystery, she has you covered! I truly cannot say enough good things about her books.

she’s right and she should say it

there is nothing the white-dominated music industry would love more than to make a minimally marketable approximation of Black music without involving any Black people in any way

Well, that's all my 2025-2026 OAC Recommender Grants for Writers responses in.

Always next year. (Or, technically, September, since that's when applications reopen.)