Ok. Another round of reading short story submissions at 25000 feet. Rejections currently dropping over Florida.

#icfa47 is over, but I'm still here until tonight. This is my office for today. Currently reading slush.

First #icfa47 treasure. Signed copy of The Subtle Art of Folding Space by @johnchu.bsky.social

All packed for #ICFA47 (International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts). Flight is early tomorrow morning. Looks like I misread PM as AM, so I'll be there a bit longer this year. Hard to complain when it's in the 30's here.

#FundraiserPerk Talk to Clarkesworld editor Neil Clarke for a small group video chat. Warm beverages and friendly chatter encouraged. Comes with the April e-issue of Locus and digital cover art. Donate at http://locusmag.com/...#FundraiserPerk or through our bio!

Folks, we are live! Thank you for your patience this year. The team has been working so hard to get this going despite major roadblocks. To see all of the amazing things our community has produced, visit the link in our bio or go to locusmag.com/igg26 youtu.be/ODl5yiDlA_0

Congratulations to our four Nebula Award finalists: @wtalabi.com, @somtoihezue.bsky.social, @hhpak.bsky.social, and @thomasha.bsky.social! Links to their stories in thread. Full list of finalists here: locusmag.com/2026/03/2025...

I'm still raising funds to pay for increased cancer treatment costs, & as a token of my appreciation to all donors, every contribution between Feb 1 & Mar 28 will be entered in a random draw to win 1 of 3 autographed copies of my latest novella! Click for details! www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

My translation of “Bodyhoppers” by Rocío Vega, published at Clarkesworld Magazine, has been nominated in the category of the Best Translated Short Fiction for the British Science Fiction Association Awards. www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Handedness seems utterly banal, but the science beneath it is weird and complex, with a throughline tying modern culture to pre-human evolution. (Not to mention the last 5-10 years of my scientific career.) To quote myself: to understand handedness, you need to understand the entire brain. 🧠🧪

We're heading to AWP in Baltimore this week. If you'll be there, drop by booth #442 and say hi.

My novella, THE APOLOGISTS, is a finalist for the BSFA awards. You can read and/or listen to at. @clarkesworldmagazine.com Link below. On the one hand, yay! On the other hand, I've been nominated for the BSFA many times. I never win. So, boo! But you can still enjoy the story.

Our March 2026 issue features stories by David D. Levine, R.L. Meza, Carolyn Zhao, Thomas Ha, Wanxiang Fengnian, Thoraiya Dyer, and Marissa Lingen. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_234 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Very cool to see that my @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella DESCENT is now a finalist for the BSFA Awards! Many thanks to @clarkesworldmagazine.com for publishing it, to everyone who read and congratulations to all my fellow finalists whom I'm pleasantly intimidated to be counted among! #bsfa #awards

My cli-fi story "Bend Like the Palm" has been published at Clarkesworld Magazine and is now available for everyone to read for free!

My short story collection RIVER OF BONES is out Tuesday, March 3. In honor of that, I sat down to chat with Arley Song for Clarkesworld. clarkesworldmagazine.com/roanhorse_in...

Hey there. Latest story, now out, "Scion." Strangeness. Estrangement. And the history that gets lost in between. A son and father in a moving house. Deranged relatives at cross-purposes. A community fleeing a murderous intruder. A crumbling lunar colony in revolt. Hope folks enjoy. Twisty one.

#SFinTranslation @clarkesworldmagazine.com clarkesworldmagazine.com/fengnian_03_...

New story out today in @clarkesworldmagazine.com ! "Person, Place, Thing": go, read, enjoy! clarkesworldmagazine.com/lingen_03_26/

NEW STORY: “First Human Ghost on Mars” in the March issue of Clarkesworld. I’m thrilled and honored to be included alongside so many talented authors!

Our March 2026 issue features stories by David D. Levine, R.L. Meza, Carolyn Zhao, Thomas Ha, Wanxiang Fengnian, Thoraiya Dyer, and Marissa Lingen. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_234 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Just to be clear (because I've had questions): *** We are currently open to submissions. ***

Today is the 3rd slopiversary of us having to temporarily close submissions. The problem of "AI"-generated submissions hasn't gone away and is still a huge waste of our time. House policy remains the same: #noAI stories, translation, art, or anything else.

I just spent the last three hours looking through portfolios and websites for potential cover art and have nothing to show for it. Never has been easy, but it just keeps gets harder with each passing month. More and more slop blocking the way to anything worth considering.

Today is your last chance to vote!

It's time for your periodic reminder that we count on subscriptions to keep the lights on. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ Thank you.

Our readers' poll finalists were announced in the February issue. clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/ Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th! (Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards! Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.

It's time for your periodic reminder that we count on subscriptions to keep the lights on. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ Thank you.

Feeling very proud to have two pieces in the finals of the 2025 Reader’ Poll - but also very proud to be alongside such great writers, working at the absolute top of their game. All of these stories are just *immense*. I’m going to read them all again now.

Our readers' poll finalists were announced in the February issue. clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/ Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th! (Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)

last repost i promise!! come meet a woman who’s been erased from the memory of all mankind for the purpose of doing cult murders in cyberpunk seattle

The scammers just keep getting more ridiculous. "Our established association of multi-family offices and wealthy individuals are on the lookout for exciting new investments in and around the science fiction magazine sector and Clarkesworld Magazine was preliminarily considered as an option."

We have 15 stories (3 novellas, 7 novelettes, and 5 short stories) on the Locus Recommended Reading List this year. Congratulations to all the authors!

My new story 'Think of Me Before I Disappear ' is featured in this month's @clarkesworldmagazine.com ! I hope everyone and enjoys it and thank you as always to Clarkesworld! ❤️

New story "Chip" out in Clarkesworld... exploring a car AI and approaches to food and tourism. And lovely to share a TOC with some wonderful authors. -with thanks to Neil Clarke and the editorial team

what's up, my story "remember me in the meat" is a queer cyberpunk revenge story set in the PNW (and also in a cult). i think we should store all of our memories in the cloud without a backup, btw. i think that would go really well

I have a story out today! 'A Sleeper Ship is Like a Game of Go' is probably the most ambitious thing I've ever written, with future tense and a bit of slice of life. It’s about why we tell stories, why we play Go, and the role of AI in both of those. clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_02_26/

My latest @clarkesworldmagazine.com story ‘Three Fortunes on Alcestis…’ is out today! It’s available to read for free online right here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_02_26/ It’s about a tyrant and a soldier and a baby. With bonus fortune-telling and bonus bad-tempered alien goats.

Everyone's struggling & the world's on fire so I'm sorry to ask, but I need your help again. If you could donate and/or share my Go Fund Me campaign, it would go a long way to helping me pay for increased costs for my breast cancer treatment. Details in my update. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

Our February 2026 issue features stories by Sarah Pauling, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Raahem Alvi, Claire Jia-Wen, Fiona Moore, Rich Larson, and Louis Inglis Hall. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_233 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Very sad to hear about the passing of James Sallis. Condolences to his friends and family. I had the pleasure of editing and publishing one of his stories a few years back and, just a few days ago, I was typesetting an interview with him for our February issue.

While analyzing our 2025 submission data, I noticed that the US is now the primary producer of slop submissions (which includes fully and partially-generated/assisted/whatever). Congrats. You're #1. Happy? You should be embarrassed. Please stop. (In 2023 and 2024, the US wasn't in the top three.)

Patreon is once again being pressured by Apple to convert all creators to use a single billing model. No opt-out. We have until November and will wait until the bitter end before giving up our first of the month billing option. The change is disruptive to our process for handling print subscriptions

TIME IS RUNNING OUT! Help us select the 2025 finalists for our annual Clarkesworld Readers' Poll. Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkeswor... POLL CLOSES TODAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST

Help us select the 2025 finalists for our annual Clarkesworld Readers' Poll. Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkeswor... POLL CLOSES THURSDAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST

Help us select the 2025 finalists for our annual Clarkesworld Readers' Poll. Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkeswor... POLL CLOSES THURSDAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST

Hey you! :) Yep you! Go support @clarkesworldmagazine.com today, and enjoy some great stories every month. I’m currently catching up on some past issues and have really really enjoyed the cool stories of @sherisingerling.bsky.social ! Who btw just released a book: “Blessed is the rot”!

I really don't have the words. Sheila is a dear friend and I wish and her family all the best as she recovers. locusmag.com/2026/01/shei...

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