There's still time to register for Suyi Davies Okungowa's How to Finish Your Novel! This workshop is all about giving you the tools and techniques you need to start and, yes, FINISH that book you've been working on. Join us on Nov 29-30 or get the video after! events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...

Today would be a excellent day to donate to the Black Press. Start with @wordinblacknews.bsky.social givebutter.com/rnV3yA 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

So life's pressures keep stealing your writing time and you worry you'll never finish that book? And now there isn't even NaNoWriMo to help you stay on task? Join us for the How to Finish Your Book workshop from @suyidavies.com, Nov 29-30 or get the video later! events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...

If you're a BIPOC writer trying to find the time to finish your book or want personalised advice for tackling your writing projects, be sure to join us for the How To Finish Your Novel workshop with Suyi Davies Okungbowa. Nov 29 & 30 or get the video after! events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...

Suyi Davies Okungbowa's How to Finish Your Novel workshop has new dates! Now you can join us on Nov 29 & 30 for some personalised advice to help you tackle your writing projects. Price: 50 - 125 USD (Scholarships avail!) To learn more or register: events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...

The Authors Guild has partnered with James Patterson for his inaugural “Go Finish Your Book” grant, which awards up to $50,000 each to authors completing their works in progress. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4mcZFac

Register now at www.gaylaxiconmn.org to save $10 on your Gaylaxicon 2025 membership! From now through September 15, tickets are $80 for three days of #LGBTQ+ focused sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. Join us October 3-5 in Minneapolis, MN for a Boldly Inclusive #Gaylaxicon2025!

The program for the 6th edition of Flights of Foundry, a virtual, worldwide conference (free to attend, but donations and sponsorships encouraged) is now live! It happens September 26-28, running around the clock, with something for people in every time zone. flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/

So life's pressures keep stealing your writing time and you worry you'll never finish that book? And now there isn't even NaNoWriMo to help you stay on task? Join us for the How to Finish Your Book workshop from @suyidavies.com, Nov 29-30 or get the video later! events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...

How To Finish Your Novel - A Weekend Workshop with Suyi Davies Okungbowa NEW DATE: Nov 29 - 30, 2025 @ 5PM - 7:30PM UTC (or register to get the recording after!) Where: Online over Zoom Price: 50 - 125 USD (Scholarships avail!) To learn more or register: events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...

Suyi Davies Okungbowa's How to Finish Your Novel workshop has new dates! Now you can join us on Nov 29 & 30 for some personalised advice to help you tackle your writing projects. Price: 50 - 125 USD (Scholarships avail!) To learn more or register: events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...

this is about sinners. hbo has a black american sign language version of sinners. i feel like i know a lot of people who will be excited to learn this.

Just spotted this: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for emerging BIPOC writers in Canada: an opportunity to work with Lindsay Wong arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/CA...

How To Finish Your Novel - A Weekend Workshop with Suyi Davies Okungbowa NEW DATE: Nov 29 - 30, 2025 @ 5PM - 7:30PM UTC (or register to get the recording after!) Where: Online over Zoom Price: 50 - 125 USD (Scholarships avail!) To learn more or register: events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...

SFWA is going to Baltimore! Join us at the SFWA Stage for a full day of dynamic panels featuring @charliejane.bsky.social, @somtoihezue.bsky.social, Nicole Glover, @justinaireland.com, and many more! RSVP for meetup planning today. 👇👀 www.sfwa.org/2025/08/21/p...

Did you know you can apply a filter when looking for a bookstore to support on Bookshop.org? That’s right! We have 8 filters to choose from: •Black-owned •AAPI-owned •LGBTQIA+-owned •Latine-owned •Indigenous-owned •Women-owned •Disabled-owned •Romance

We'd like to shout out Seattle's Clean Air Collective and mask bloc for providing us with free masks and air filters during ConCurrent. We could not have run the event without that help, and it was given to us for free. For FREE! What an amazing public service. Thank you so much.

Good advice.

Squeezing in some promo while I stuff a sandwich in my face and do day job things: My new novella THE DEAD WITHHELD is out today! Because why wait for Tuesdays for good book news right? www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...

"ENGAGE: Indigenous, Black, and Afro-Indigenous Futures" Ed. by Joy James 🔥🔥 "This anthology of writings includes reflections by Black and Indigenous organizers and educators speaking in defiance of the violence and theft that has oppressed them for so long, imagining a future ripe for revolution."

What a gift to spend time with so many SFWA members and SFWA-curious SFF-lovers at #Worldcon this weekend. Thank you to the staff, thank you to the attendees, and thank YOU for making our SFWA events such a joy. More soon on SFWA at Baltimore, but for now--we hope you came home inspired to create!

✨ Celebrating Black Speculative Brilliance ✨ Earlier this summer, we had the absolute honor of uplifting visionary voices in Black speculative fiction: 🌟 Award-winning sci-fi icon @nnediokorafor 🌟 USA Today bestselling author @KemiAshingGiwa 🌟 Rising star and captivating storyteller @AidaNdiaye

TODAY!! Carl Brandon Society Tea #SeattleWorldCon Meet the steering committee members @nameshiv.bsky.social , Yang-Yang Wang, Kate Schaefer, @isisasare.bsky.social @nisishawl.bsky.social , and @ktempestbradford.com Learn more here: reg.seattlein2025.org

come hang out!

Doing a table talk at Worldcon today at 4:30, think they still have some spots for sign ups, so if you're around and in the mood, come on by!

Today, Saturday, Issaquah Room, 3rd floor, Sheraton, 1400 Sixth Ave - not the convention center. Hang out with us and each other! The Sixth Ave entrance to the Sheraton is wheelchair accessible, but as Mari Ness warns, it's not wheelchair-friendly. One Sheraton elevator was out-of-order Thursday.

Hang out with us Saturday, Issaquah Room, 3rd floor, Sheraton, 1400 Sixth Ave - not the convention center. The Sixth Ave entrance to the Sheraton is wheelchair accessible, but as Mari Ness warns, it's not wheelchair-friendly. One Sheraton elevator was out-of-order Thursday.

Carl Brandon Society friends and associates, we're finding you in all sorts of places at the worldcon and at ConCurrent today! Did we find you and urge you to come to the tea party on Saturday from 2 to 4 pm in the Issaquah Room on the 3rd floor of the Sheraton Grand Hotel? You're invited now!

Carl Brandon Society friends and associates, we're finding you in all sorts of places at the worldcon and at ConCurrent today! Did we find you and urge you to come to the tea party on Saturday from 2 to 4 pm in the Issaquah Room on the 3rd floor of the Sheraton Grand Hotel? You're invited now!

Looking forward to @charliejane.bsky.social’s Writers With Drinks tonight at Town Hall! townhallseattle.org/event/writer... Looks like there are still tickets too! Who else is going?

$4600 over the next 17 days is not a big ask for the English-speaking literary world, and nothing I am seeing here at #Worldcon is changing that opinion. Please support. Please share. We can do this. I truly believe that in fighting genAI, it is at least as important to support human language.

Last day to vote for the Ignyte Awards:

We could use a few volunteers at the event to help us host—please DM me or send email to [email protected] if you’ll be available. It’s been a long time since we had an in-person event. We hope to see you there!

Let us know what you think of what we’ve been doing. Tell us what you’d like us to try in the future, and what you’d be willing to work on to make happen. We ask that you wear a mask except when eating or drinking so everyone can stay healthy.

WorldCon is on now! Come hang out with us on Saturday at the Issaquah Room on the third floor of the Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1400 Sixth Avenue, Seattle - not in the convention center.

Please don't make me do a Canva graphic. Here's my Worldcon Schedule: **THURS 8/14** Authors Against Book Bans table @ Worldcon 11:30a-1p SINNERS Panel @ ConCurrent 2:30p-3:30p My Very Own Table Talk @ Worldcon 4:30p-5:30p HOZIER 6p-? **FRI 8/15** Clarion West table @ Worldcon 12p-2p

A heads up that sign ups for my Table Talk tomorrow at 4:30 are open in the Worldcon portal! Idk if it's full or the opposite but it would be lovely to see you!

WorldCon is on now! Come hang out with us on Saturday at the Issaquah Room on the third floor of the Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1400 Sixth Avenue, Seattle - not in the convention center.

Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. She’s not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people it’s hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money.

"I've Tried Everything To Find New Workers!" Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry

What's better than an award-winning anthology of diverse SFF short stories? Having two of them! Edited by @nisishawl.bsky.social, NEW SUNS and NEW SUNS 2, are packed with original speculative fiction by people of colour. NEW SUNS geni.us/newsuns NEW SUNS 2 geni.us/NewSuns2

Worldcon in Seattle coming right up! Carl Brandon Society tea party on Saturday!

SFWA is on its way to Seattle Worldcon! With so many of our members involved in wide-ranging panels and boasting spots on the Hugo Finalist list, we're thrilled to celebrate the strength and diversity of our industry this weekend with you all. Check out SFWA's own booth and convention events too! 👀👇

What's this? Our website looks a bit different now! The landing page has been redesigned to provide you with pertinent info at a glance. Walking directions from Summit as well as a map are now up front, as well as links to our credo, our FAQ, and our registration page. concurrentseattle.weebly.com

Worldcon in Seattle coming right up! Carl Brandon Society tea party on Saturday!

FREE talk Weds 8/13. THE REFORMATORY has sold more than 100,000 copies - and @kundalinisteve.bsky.social & I have taught hundreds of students. Why "talent" is a myth What's more important than goals The myth of the "solitary genius" Plus an excerpt from my next novel! REGISTER - freehorrortalk.com

Our next event is coming up on August 21st. Click the link to register and get reminders and the Zoom link! Everyone is welcome (and it's FREE!). share.google/qJYOjdWehsBk...

Voting for the Ignyte Awards closes later this week (August 15th), and ANYONE can vote! Don't forget to vote for what you loved! ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/

Will you be at the Seattle WorldCon, August 13-17, 2025? We'll be there, with a tea party on Saturday, August 16, from 2 to 4 pm, Issaquah Room, Sheraton Grand Hotel 3rd floor. Any friend of the Carl Brandon Society is welcome whether you’re a convention member or not.