Thanks to the friends who donated last night, I’ll be fed for the time being. But I have nothing left for my bills (internet and phone). If you want to help, here’s my tip jar: ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman

been neglecting writing (publishable) poetry for too long while working on my book. time to get back into the habit during poetry month

This is not a joke. Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction will be an ongoing series! And we’re open to submissions for the second volume starting today: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

Stay Tuned for a new Speculative Poetry Prompt each day at noon EDT! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social

The Dwarf Stars nomination period is NOW OPEN (no fooling!) ✨Anyone✨ may submit, both their own poems or those of others. Final decisions made by this year's editor Jean-Paul L. Garnier (@spacecowboybooks.bsky.social) Read more about how to nominate here: sfpoetry.org/wp/dwarf-sta...

Here's the start of Strange HoRhizomes, the fungi special issue! Mushroon by Mary Soon Lee @marysoonlee.bsky.social art by Romie Stott @romiesays.bsky.social "Mushroon: verb to stay rooted in one place more broadly, to favor thought over action." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Apologies for hijacking, but the right people might see this: I'm always looking for more Palestinian poets! If you have some speculative poems, you can send them to me for possible publication in Strange Horizons :) DM for my e-mail

Hey! So, remember that award winning anthology of Palestinian speculative fiction I edited? We’re doing another one! soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

wow 🖤

Hugo nominations end tomorrow! I appreciate if voters considered my Nebula finalist novella, Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle, in their ballots! Thank you! If you're eligible to vote, don't forget it! 🚀

Only a few hours left to nominate for this year's Hugo Awards. Nominations close today at 3 pm eastern time / noon pacific. www.lacon.org/hugos/

Don't forget to vote for best poem! A ton of writers worked hard to keep this category on the ballot, and with so many great magazines publishing spec poetry now, there's never been a better time to start reading some. Here's just one thread to get you started: bsky.app/profile/vane...

As I finish filling out my Hugo ballot, I am incredibly grateful to Vanessa for highlighting some excellent poetry we published at @strangehorizons.bsky.social this year. There's so much of it, and it's all so varied and interesting. I've found some new favourites in Vanessa's thread below.

If we are doing our final battle cries... Would love if you read/considered: 1) “Barbershops of the Floating City” (short story, tied for 1st in the Uncanny Reader Poll) 2) “The Mourning Robot” (poem, Nebula Finalist) 3) “The Church At The Edge of Time” (poem, Rhysling Finalist) (Links in thread)

Hello, world! nuremberg2028.de

👀👇 bsky.app/profile/vane...

Less than a week before we reopen for submissions! From the guidelines: "All stories are the same: we meet our characters, a conflict arises, and our crew journeys to set things right. Correct? Well, what if we told you there’s another way? Allow us to share another tradition: kishōtenketsu."

COVER REVEAL IS HERE!! 👀‼️🤍 🌊🪷🎭An Empire in the Clouds🎭🪷🌊 forthcoming in September!

It's the 2026 awards season and time for Hugo nominations! Once again we hope that you'll consider Strange Horizons and the works we published throughout 2025. You can find all the content we published last year in this very handy post: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

I didn't get to make a "best speculative poetry of 2025" post due to my ongoing broken bone saga, but I at least want to highlight the poems I accepted for Strange Horizons this year (psst you can nominate them for the Hugo award):

including poems by @angelaliu.bsky.social @ianli.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @esichr.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com @jackyucheng.bsky.social

I didn't get to make a "best speculative poetry of 2025" post due to my ongoing broken bone saga, but I at least want to highlight the poems I accepted for Strange Horizons this year (psst you can nominate them for the Hugo award):

Welcome to the Small Wonders Subscription Drive! We've been hard at work behind the scenes working to bring you ✨fancy things✨! But first, lets talk about subscriptions - why we need 'em and what you get with them... 1/10

I cannot believe I'm now a Nebula finalist alongside such amazing poets and writers!!

Enjoyed attending a poetry workshop this weekend taught by Strange Horizons Poetry Editor @vanessajae.bsky.social. Some of the great spec poets we read: Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi, Marcus Whalbring, Massimo Mitolo, @angelaliu.bsky.social and @swantower.bsky.social. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

because I keep forgetting to mention it: LITERALLY ANYONE can nominate books for this prize! yes! that means you! you have until march 31st!

binged the series last week, absolutely hilarious. even if posthumous, I'm glad she won.

Incredibly sad to see @cypayseur.bsky.social and with him, his poetry reviews go from Locus Magazine. Most reviewers completely ignore the poetry in issues they write about and I'll miss being able to tell my Strange Horizons poets their poem was mentioned in such a big publication.

SFPA members, there’s still time to nominate your favorite poems of 2025 for the Rhysling Awards! Nominations close February 15, so get yours in today!

can't believe no one told me (paperback fangirl) they got rid of the mass market paperback

BURY HER. (not really. we're open to subs year-round. you can send when you're ready. but that includes now, if you're ready now.)

I got 500+ submissions (potentially 3000+ poems) already, might as well add more strangehorizons.com/submit/poetr...

New collaboration between The Submission Grinder and @dreamfoundry.bsky.social : The Dream Foundry Market Report, a monthly report of speculative fiction/poetry publication updates dreamfoundry.org/2026/01/26/j...

Remember, since awards season means Rhyslings as well as the Poetry Nebulas and Hugos too: if you loved a speculative poem in the last year, shout it out loud! Remind people that a wealth of specpo is available online to read for free! Your appreciation helps others' discovery more than you know.

With the Nebula and BSFA nominations open, I’d be honored if you’d consider my novelette, “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com. It's a story of friendship, love, and fireflies✨🪲 clarkesworldmagazine.com/ihezue_02_25/

hi poets, I'm taking poetry submissions over at Strange Horizons this month strangehorizons.com/submit/poetry-submission-guidelines

We're putting together a mailing list for short fiction reviewers and critics to get review copies of the magazine. So if you're a short fiction reviewer - first off you're doing the lord's work - but also email me at [email protected] and I'll add you to our shiny new reviewers list.

Day 6 of #12DaysOfPoetry coincides with New Hearing Device day for me. To that end, I offer “Worlds I Didn’t Hear,” which bowed last year at @strangehorizons.bsky.social. There’s probably a whole collection here somewhere. 🤔

Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. There will be no cap. See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

"okay lucy guo, why don't you kill all the tech bros then?" - lyrics from the fake punk band I made up in my dream last night

#BandcampFriday 🔥

couldn't think of the word "em-dashes" and called them "thinking stripes" instead 😔

Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for their generosity. Support has slowed a lot, & Archita would be very grateful if you could help her reach her goal and some semblance of security in this terrible time.

this year I became a full-blown novella guy

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

New review! Today I've got Nothing in the Basement by Romie Stott, a great horror novella with a compelling narrative structure. Out now from Dybbuk Press. bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...

It's that time again! Free critiques for short stories, novellas, novelettes, novels, poetry and flash or micro-fiction! Also, query letters! Up to 5K, I read all genres! The people that have worked with me have been published and with many, we're still friends! Please RT!

Convincing you to read my poem with the first sentence! My father’s least favorite prophecy has been reviewed by five generations of scholars and soundly dismissed by them all. Read the full poem @strangehorizons.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

For me, it's probably my poem 'To Be the Change', which was released this spring from @strangehorizons.bsky.social! This was my first explicitly trans piece to enter the world; it tackles familial expectations and ancestral prophecies through a fantasy lens. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...