Laurie
@lauriewrites.bsky.social
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They/Them π Autistic writer of kidlit and short fiction Repped by
@joycekay.bsky.social
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Quindrie Press
3 days ago
Following from our announcement that Quindrie Press will be closing at the end of 2026, I want to make people aware that in Spring 2026 we will be opening a one-off comic fund for UK creators. More details will be released next year. Sign up to our newsletter:
quindriepress.com/newsletter
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QueerAF
4 days ago
π³οΈββ§οΈ Weβre back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives! Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you. With
@transhistoryweek.com
weβre investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026. Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT ποΈ π§΅ Details π
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Ethan M. Aldridge
4 days ago
Need some seasonal ghost stories for yourself? Good news, I have a webcomic:
sablecomic.com
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Ethan M. Aldridge
4 days ago
Keeper of ghost stories.
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anker
about 1 month ago
π± WE BUILD A HOME: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ We're looking for existing or new illustrations and short comics (max 3 pages) for a digital fundraiser zine to support East African LGBTQIA+ refugees build a home in South Sudan. More about the project here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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We Build a Home - call for submissions Call for submissions for illustrations and short comics of max. 3 pages* about stories of what a home might mean to someone in the context of being queer. > SU...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12CHB9YqVK6sKL9BEjP2Ejmb6cyNBMrWeUGKEUrPnW3k/edit?usp=drivesdk
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D.D.B.Torres
3 months ago
oak warden -{
#art
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#illustration
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#fantasy
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Sasha Frantseva
9 days ago
About to miss their bus
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tine
13 days ago
Little magical house
#pixelart
#aseprite
#fantasyart
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Lily / Paraply
22 days ago
adventure in the Dark Woods
#art
#cuteart
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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng πΊ
12 days ago
The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open!
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
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Indigenous Author Submissions
On November 3rd, we will be opening for speculative fiction stories written by Indigenous authors. We will be capping submissions at 500.
http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/azimuth/indigenous-author-submissions/
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Sliced Up Press
12 days ago
We're not going to be able to offer out our annual LGBTQIA+ Writer's Grant this year as it stands, but we hope to offer it out again in 2026. We will be opening up free short story editing for LGBTQIA+ writers again after Xmas though, details here:
sliceduppress.com/editing-serv...
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https://sliceduppress.com/writers-grant
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Marissa Lingen
16 days ago
Exciting news! I've been working all year on a vertigo arts project in collaboration with others in academia, physical therapy, puppetry, and dance. Now the first part is out: I'm running a creative writing workshop for people who are directly or indirectly affected by vertigo. >
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Natee (they/them)
about 2 years ago
Familiar. Ink on Saunders Waterford hot pressed, 100 Γ 150 mm. From 2019.
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Strange Horizons
19 days ago
Strange Horizons will be open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors only on November 3rd at 9am UTC! The window will close after 500 submissions are received. More information:
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
If you sent us a story in April or June, you CANNOT submit in this window.
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WriteHive π
19 days ago
π’ANNOUNCING the Mentors for the upcoming
#HiveMentor
program! We have 20 talented mentors from Traditional Publishing, Small/Independent Press, Self-publishing, Cooperative Publishing, Multi-Author Series, Serials & Web Novels and Kickstarter! Take a look π
writehive.org/writehive-me...
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2026 Mentors | WriteHive Mentorship Program - WriteHive
We have organized our mentors alphabetically to help users navigate the page. If you need to do a quick search of a mentorβs industry
https://writehive.org/writehive-mentorship-program/2026-mentors-writehive-mentorship-program/
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Natee (they/them)
26 days ago
Some recent hens. They do look good together like this. π Friendly reminder that I have a Ko-fi by way of a tip jar, if you enjoy my work and would like to send a little material support. Thank you so much to everyone who contributes. βΊοΈπ₯²ππ Link also in profile.
ko-fi.com/himmapaan
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tama
27 days ago
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Ethan M. Aldridge
29 days ago
Welcome to Wit's End. SABLE: A GHOST STORY is an ongoing webcomic, you can start reading for free now!
Sablecomic.com
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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch
about 1 month ago
#DVpit
2025 has officially begun! Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors! Don't forget to use
#DVpit
in your posts! Pls read rules before participating:
dvpit.carrd.co
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π greybriar π
over 2 years ago
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Aled Thompson
about 1 month ago
I've been waiting all year to repost this π
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Oregon ππ²
about 1 month ago
Initiating death roll
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Natee (they/them)
about 1 month ago
Tyrannosaurus rex was named 120 years ago today on 4th October, 1905. I would do things a little differently now, but this drawing is from 2020.
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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD)
about 1 month ago
It's Black Speculative Fiction month! All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own. 1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...
2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-...
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Natee (they/them)
about 1 month ago
Hen and Dragonfly. Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 95 Γ 64 mm.
add a skeleton here at some point
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JMFenner
about 2 months ago
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tine
about 2 months ago
Theme:
#lamp
#pixelart
#pixel_dailies
@pixeldailies.bsky.social
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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch
3 months ago
Excited to announce we've expanded the
#preDV
hours to mimic
#DVpit
It will now be Sept 29, 2025 from 8AM ET-8PM ET We hope this will give everyone a true feel for what DVpit will be like & practice their pitches together! Plus, amazing agented/published authors have volunteered to give feedback!
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Victoria Maderna
about 2 months ago
Day 27 of
#septempera
- the connoisseur.
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Stieven
about 2 months ago
Microraptor repost time!
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Mark Walters
2 months ago
Thereβs an interesting series of 5 free online paleobotany lectures via the Oxford University Botanic Garden this autumn. You can book all 5 lectures here (scroll down webpage to βGet your tickets nowβ button)
www.obga.ox.ac.uk/event/dr-san...
#paleobotany
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#PitBLK
2 months ago
#Pitblk
Submission Instructions *Pitblk submissions begin at 8am EST on Sunday, Sept 21st until 8pm EST on Wednesday, Sept 24th. *Please use the following form to submit your pitches:
www.pitchpitblk.com/pitblk-submi...
*Complete the form w/ your name, email, book title, pitches, age and genre!
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indui
2 months ago
A dream of the fields study
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Ethan M. Aldridge
3 months ago
SABLE: A GHOST STORY is an ongoing gothic horror webcomic, and it launches publicly today!!!
Sablecomic.com
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#PitchDis
2 months ago
The 2025
#PitchDis
pitch form is now open! π Click below to enter and submit your pitch! Remember - you don't have to rush. Pitches will be posted in random order. Take your time. Good luck and happy pitching!
forms.gle/nKMDdnHKJ8MY...
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#PitchDis Practice Form
Please enter the following information to participate in #PitchDis 2025! Your pitch will be displayed to editors and agents exactly as it is entered, so make sure you have entered it correctly. No c...
https://forms.gle/nKMDdnHKJ8MYJiKT7
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Aubo π³οΈββ§οΈ Shop update 11/22! βοΈ
3 months ago
Little fool π [
#cuteart
#traditionalart
#sketchbook
]
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Aubo π³οΈββ§οΈ Shop update 11/22! βοΈ
2 months ago
Pure whimsy π§‘ [
#cuteart
#illustration
]
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If you see this, quote post your cat art! π±π«
add a skeleton here at some point
2 months ago
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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man
2 months ago
Just spotted this: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for emerging BIPOC writers in Canada: an opportunity to work with Lindsay Wong
arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/CA...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for emerging BIPOC writers in Canada: an opportunity to work with Lindsay Wong
Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 300 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies; LGBT and multicultural ...
https://arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/CALL-FOR-SUBMISSIONS-for-emerging-BIPOC-writers-in-Canada-an-opportunity-to-work-with-Lindsay-Wong
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED)
3 months ago
Issue 4 is out now! Go read the issue here:
flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/issue-4/
Our Contributors (1/3) Abel SaldaΓ±a Allison Martel Angelica Urquizo Ashley Kirkland Betty Powdrill Chris B. Cypher Deanna McFadden Faune Vita Justine Berezintsev KM Dunn
ligerlillie.bsky.social
Morgan Leanor
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Issue 4
Editorβs Note: Dear Reader, Thank you for stopping by! This is the last main issue of 2025, so itβs a little bittersweet because FLARE has grown so much in such little time. When startiβ¦
https://flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/issue-4/
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tine
3 months ago
Theme:
#DisplayCase
#pixelart
#pixel_dailies
#paleoart
@pixeldailies.bsky.social
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Rachel Ignotofsky
3 months ago
Illustration of the Silurian Period based on fossils in Scotland. The first animals to live on land were tiny arthropods, escaping predators and eating food in fields of cooksonia plants. Art from my new book DINOSAURS preorder here:
a.co/d/fGVwsX0
#sciart
#paleoart
#evolution
#fossiladdict
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Adam_RL
3 months ago
New paleoart! A pair of Ancyloceras (a heteromorph ammonite) drift along the coral reefs of the lower Cretaceous waiting for food to pass them by. ππ
#SciArt
#Paleoart
#Invertebrates
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Team Cherry
3 months ago
The countdown is on! Join us in 48 hours for a special announcement about Hollow Knight: Silksong! Premiering here:
youtu.be/6XGeJwsUP9c
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Hollow Knight: Silksong - Special Announcement
YouTube video by Team Cherry
https://youtu.be/6XGeJwsUP9c
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Katie Venit
3 months ago
I'm agog! FORTS is one of
@usatoday.com
's bestselling
#picturebooks
this week! Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. β€οΈππ
#kidlit
www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...
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tama
3 months ago
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Mali π€ @ shop reopening soon ππ
3 months ago
Head in the Clouds β οΈπβ¨οΈ
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Mali π€ @ shop reopening soon ππ
3 months ago
A Stranger in the Night π
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED)
3 months ago
About a week left to submit to our last main issue of the year! Submit here:
flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/submission-g...
#chronicillnesses
#disabilities
#mentalhealth
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poqu
3 months ago
swimmy
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