Our new issue is best enjoyed curled up by the glowing ember of a neutron star. Cozy contributors include @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social, @swpisciotta.bsky.social, @travisbaldree.bsky.social, and many other comforting voices in the SFF. #sciencefiction www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page...

Starting to consider interviewees for the @utopiascifi.bsky.social Anything Goes issue. Let me know if there's anyone in SFF you'd really like to learn more about and if you have any burning questions! #sciencefiction #fantasy

We have our next editor's meeting tomorrow and we're starting to think about themes next year. If you have any ideas, or anything else you'd like us to discuss, please let us know!

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Mainstream Science Fiction Short Stories feat. @utopiascifi.bsky.social @thedailytomorrow.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Vector @bsfa.bsky.social has published a conversation with our editor, Tristan Evarts, and outreach manager, James Machell, @jamesmachell.bsky.social. They discuss the early days of the magazine, mistakes to avoid in submissions, and what makes a really great utopian story! vector-bsfa.com/2026/05/

The book page doesn't seem to mention it, so I'd like to emphasize that this is going to be a queer book too!!! Here is a teaser: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article... "you shake your head woefully in your wake a freshly mown path like a sheaf I bow down before you my scytheman!"

Can't wait to see these published! They were very fun interviews to conduct!

We're all set for interviews for our cozy issue. Get ready for some fascinating insights from Justine Norton-Kertson of @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social and Travis Baldree @travisbaldree.bsky.social, celebrated author of Legends & Lattes and others #fantasy #cozy

Hi everyone. Thanks for your patience as we fix the submission system. For now, we have reverted to the mail-in method while we sort out an alternative. If you have a story, a poem, an article, or art that you're dying to share, please send it our way! www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit

Poetry acceptances yesterday and today! "My Bot Boyfriend Has Read Wuthering Heights Too Many Times" will be in @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Eye to the Telescope: Paying Tribute next month. "My[celial] Eulogy" will be in @utopiascifi.bsky.social's Cozy issue in June! Huzzah!

2026 Hugo Award, Lodestar Award, and Astounding Finalists Announced www.thehugoawards.org/2026/04/2026...

We have our editors' meeting tomorrow. The submission system is at the top of our agenda, and we will be updating you immediately afterward. If there's anything else you would like for us to discuss, please let us know .

We're very excited to announce that we have a list of interview questions with Travis Baldree @travisbaldree.bsky.social. His warm hug of a fantasy series, Legends & Lattes, comes highly recommended! #fantasy #cozy www.travisbaldree.com

Our latest issue features the fascinatingly weird "Blobs of Luck" by Sandy Parsons (@zazzeaux.bsky.social). #sciencefiction #weird www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page...

Ken Liu's (@kyliu99.bsky.social) interview with us is discussed in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction's Entry for Silkpunk. sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/silkpunk The full conversation is available here: www.utopiasciencefiction.com/march-2025-a...

"Though we could become learned by other men’s learning, a man can never be wise but by his own wisdom." -- MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

“The Love Story of Bex Kyle, As Reflected in the 2327 Fiscal Year”– @utopiascifi.bsky.social Aboard the United Earth Interstellar Station, love is in the air…and in Bex Kyle’s bank statements.

Some astronaut stories: “Second Cryogenesis” in @wyldblood.bsky.social wyldblood.com/second-cryog... “Succession Plan” in @utopiascifi.bsky.social www.utopiasciencefiction.com/april-2024 “Limiting Magnitude” in Compelling SF Short Stories www.flametreepublishing.com/compelling-s...

UPDATE ON SUBMISSIONS: Dear writers, unfortunately the submission portal will remain closed until at least Friday. This is due to autoforms self-updating with AI "enhancement" that has scrambled the system and we are currently working to remove.

Hi everyone. We need to inform you that the submission portal will temporarily close due to a technical issue. All submissions have been received and we aim to resolve this ASAP. Apologies to those about to trust us with their work and we hope you can hold on for a week or so. Updates soon!

Tune in for some of the most unique characters I've gotten the chance to narrate yet, in "Water Memory" ...

We're very excited to announce that an interview with Tristan Evarts, our editor-in-chief, is forthcoming in Vector @bsfa.bsky.social. Stay tuned to hear about the history of Utopia SF, what kind of submissions really catch our attention, and the kind of pitfalls to avoid!

Human Voices, Alien Conversations features several interviews which first appeared in Utopia SF with new introductions, including ones with @johnpicacio.bsky.social and @bogiperson.bsky.social, plus lots of info about the author's time with our magazine!

Look... it's me! A really cool podcast which has my sci-fi story Gravitational Tug ❤️

We absolutely love this! Amazing production, amazing narration, and amazing authors - we're so proud to say that Simultaneous Times has adapted some of the work we publish! #sciencefiction #podcast

Free story from our Weird Science Fiction Issue, available now! #weird #sciencefiction open.substack.com/pub/utopiasc...

I’m officially a weird fiction author! (Whether my writing is “weird” vs just weird is a bigger question). See my human-alien separation lament in @utopiascifi.bsky.social weird fiction special issue. So honored to be included! www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page...

In my ancient history, when I was learning about antiparticles while studying physics, I pondered what other 'impetuses' might have particle-antiparticles. Eventually those ponderings evolved into my story "Blobs of Luck" which you can read in the latest edition of www.utopiasciencefiction.com

This has one of my most interesting interviews - big thanks to S. T. Joshi! #weird

It's here! The Weird Science Fiction Issue. Visit our website to get yours today! #Weird #sciencefiction www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page...

Get ready for some strange worlds because we're one day away from our much anticipated weird fiction issue! #weird #sciencefiction www.utopiasciencefiction.com

All Patreon supporters will now be thanked personally on our website with those in the Loyal Patron tier and higher allowed to provide a link to a website of their choice. We truly appreciate your help to keep those words flowing! #sciencefiction #utopia www.patreon.com/c/UtopiaScie...

Utopia Science Fiction @utopiascifi.bsky.social wants optimistic SF fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, pays $.08, 500 words and up (query for > 4,000 words), no reprints, "cozy" theme due 4/1/26. 🧵1/4 www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit #WritingCommunity #SubmissionCall #SFF #AmWritingSF

We're very excited to announce that we have an interview scheduled with Justine Norton-Kertson, our colleague in publishing hopeful SF and founder of @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social #solarpunk #utopia solarpunkmagazine.com

We are particularly on the look out for great non-fiction at the moment. If you’re interested in contributing to our Cozy Science Fiction issue (and getting paid for it) then check out our submission guidelines: www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit

Little reminder that if you sign up to our Patreon, you're not only supporting new prose, poetry, and art. You're also getting bonus material and sneak previews! #sciencefiction www.patreon.com/posts/sneak-...

Since it is apparently eligibility reminder season, I published one novelette in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social , one short story in @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social , and one poem in @utopiascifi.bsky.social last year. I would be honored if you considered any of them for appropriate awards.

Coming soon! This will be for our March episode

We're extremely excited to announce a collab with @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social. Selected Utopia SF stories are being adapted for the affiliated Simultaneous Times Podcast. In the meantime, we recommend listening to one of their fantastic episodes! #sf spacecowboybooks.bandcamp.com/album/simult...

As we move towards our Cozy Science Fiction Issue, we're thinking about the kinds of worlds we'd like to live in so we'd like to pose that age old question: would you rather be a jedi in the Star Wars Universe or an elf in Middle Earth? #lotr #starwars

Day 39! I read False Equivalencies by @evgiaconia.bsky.social published in @utopiascifi.bsky.social. What really defines us? What we do, or what we can do? Or something else entirely? Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

We're especially on the lookout for non-fiction to feature in our Cozy science fiction issue. If you have any optimistic news from the world of science or science fiction literature, we'd love to hear from you! #sciencefiction #submissions www.utopiasciencefiction.com

We're really pleased with the money we've raised for charity with our December Art Issue! We'd love to give more and carry on promoting the fantastic artists in the issue. mixam.com/print-on-dem...

Congratulations! We're hoping for another 10

Very excited for this issue! Let me know if there's anyone you would like for us to interview.

To get you in the mood for our cozy issue, we recommend The Healing Book, a collection of uplifting short stories, each one a unique journey of self-discovery and healing, by Utopia contributor, Dustin Grinnell. www.dustingrinnell.com/the-healing-...

Guidelines to our open Cozy Science Fiction Call are now available on Substack! utopiasciencefiction.substack.com/p/cozy-scien...

Amazing to see more of your photos after having the privilege to publish some ourselves!

Marangoni convection meets chemical waves in the BZ reaction, where small pillars cause flower-like patterns. New paper from a collaboration with Azam Gholami, Detlef Lohse, and others. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Subsequent conversations over the next day or two gave me time to add a moon and other details, employing the colors I had on hand at the moment. He looks determined to make his way, and I’m betting he has a sizable appetite. Better steer clear of him! 4/4 www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/we...