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Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq

Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/ Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥

SUBS are OPEN for our special reprint issue, SINNERS, SAINTS, & HAINTS! If your prose or poetry features the Black American South, this one is for YOU. *reprints only!* This call closes August 30. Details on our submissions page: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/Writers

📣Official #DVPit Rules & Guidelines are LIVE📣 Please go to dvpit.carrd.co for our official rules & guidelines! Any official announcements will ALWAYS be made here, Discord, or dvpit.carrd.co ONLY* #DVPit will be Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM ET-8PM ET! *No other website or URL represents us or our event!

Khoreo centers immigrant and diaspora voices like no other SFF venue. skipped two years in a row!!! we are so sorry your work was minimized 🖤 come on Worldcon. you have to do better.

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is featured in Kirkus Review's Fall Preview print edition! Here's a bit of the lovely review - Read it all here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... #mostanticipated #southerngothic #psychopompandcircumstance #fantasy #booksky 📚 #Blackbooksky #skybrarians #books

This Pennsylvania county stopped charging people 'lodging fees' for the time they spent in jail. Then commissioners voted to forgive over $65 million in these fees. “What a light of hope this has been,” said one woman whose son owed $17,000.

Congratulations to all of the #HugoAward finalists and winners!!

📣 Foglifter is adding an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ISSUE to its annual publication roster. 📣 For 1.1, our theme is Body Politics. Submissions are open until October 15, but we love early submissions. foglifter.submittable.com/submit

In IRE & THE GIRL, SLICE, a queer marriage between The Old Guard & Sinners, female fantastics Ire & Slice battle a solar eclipse-born vampire surge while traversing New York City's ruins to save Mugs: Slice’s father & prisoner at an undead-overrun prison. 😥Grief 🫣 Shame 😡Rage 👊🏾Redemption #QueerPit