FIYAH Literary Magazine

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Award-winning Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. • Home of #FiyahLitMag, #FIYAHCON. • Submissions OPEN

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Hey Loves, Join @ageedubb.bsky.social + @edenroyce.bsky.social for the next #FIYAHLitMag Author Interview on 07/28! We will be focusing on Eden’s latest hit: Hollow Tongue. Link in the bio to sign up or send an email to (Christian at fiyahlitmag dot com). Video will be uploaded to our YouTube!

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What happens when a 10 year-old boy figures out the equation to travel throughout the multiverse? 😎 EPIPHANY ENGINE the Ultimate Comics Crossover Graphic Novel Event of 2024!! Back the @kickstarter.com campaign uniting 30 years of Black Independent Comics!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/adv...

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Check out @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social . They publish Black speculative work.

can we get a thread of sci-fi writers going? BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ and disabled authors to the front! we all need new reading material!! please alt text images and add links so we can buy from you

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Just so you know: The SPACEFUNK anthology is a "Project We Love" on Kickstarter. Could be a project you love on your bookshelf if you lay a proper tithe on it. Just saying.

Spacefunk!www.kickstarter.com Space is the place! A collection of science fiction stories and poems by authors of African/African Diaspora Descent.

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And one of those two from the last ten years needs to be not white/not a cis man! "Mary Sue, I don't know many not white specfic authors" Baby, we got four soon to be five years' worth of Ignyte Award nominees, start there! ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/current-fina...

We are in a golden age of fantasy, scifi, and horror, for every author you recommend who published last century you need to recommend at least TWO from the last ten years!

Finalists, The Ignyte Awardsignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com The Awards seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing...

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It me! Please read the excellent work the FIYAH staff and authors put into this issue.

Our FIYAH authors spit in the face of these stereotypes. In this issue, you will find stories and poetry featuring disabled characters from all walks of life. Along with their differences, every single one of them has agency. - @emmaliawrites.bsky.social for $3.99: fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

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SQUEE!!

We are beyond excited to reveal the table of contents for #fiyahlitmag issue NO. 31 Edited by @emmaliawrites.bsky.social! 🎨: Kaitlin J. Edwards ✍🏾: Terna Abu, Camille Hernandez, Akua Lezli Hope, F. Kirk, Taylor Mckinnon, Jamie Roballo, and Mwanabibi Sikano Deets: fiyahlitmag.com/2024/06/03/i...

Hey Folks, Don't forget that #FiyahLitMag's subs open til July 31, 2024, with guest editor Kerine Wint Themed: SPACEFARING AUNTIES. It’s time to explore the adventures of bold, fearless women who defy societal expectations and embark on daring space voyages! Deets: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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FIYAH covers are always so stunning!!

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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!! We Belong is an all-Black, all-LGBTQ+ sci-fi and fantasy comics anthology! We won the Kinnard Brighter Future Award for their work on this book! Get your copy today! stackeddeckpress.com/product/we-bel… #indiecomics #Pride #PrideMonth

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Years ago i wrote a story about a lesbian werewolf whose ex girlfriend became a successful writer…writing about werewolves as if they were fiction. It was me coping with appropriation and I’m still proud, even though it’s hard to find nowadays www.colorbloq.org/article/the-...

The Moon and Other Beasts I Keep With Me | By Danny Lore, from Color Bloq's Collectionwww.colorbloq.org

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Oh hell yes

Hey Folks, #FiyahLitMag's subs open up June 1st with guest editor Kerine Wint themed: SPACEFARING AUNTIES. Send us: Women-led stories as fleshed-out protagonists. A wide spectrum of women- queer, disabled, etc. – NO “Strong Black Woman ™" Guidelines: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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Hmmm… I wonder…

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OMG. Already can't wait to read this!!! 🖤🖤🖤

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*stares at self* can i do this?

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Signal-boosting because Fiyah does good work and this seems like a particularly fun theme.

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There was Uchechukwu Nwaka in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social, @pbarmby.bsky.social in Utopia SF, @avramargariti.bsky.social in Stupefying Stories, @mariness.bsky.social and @lindzmcleod.bsky.social and @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, and @melisfluous.bsky.social in Factor Four! 4/

"NOT ALL YOUR BONES ARE YOURS" by Plangdi Neple Desperate to reunite with their lost love, a heartbroken human breaks taboo through a ghoulish attempt to become a mami wata. Read #FIYAHLitMag Issue 30 edited by @tonyarmoore.com fiyahlitmag.com/issues/issue...

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We've got a new poetry editor! Welcome to @tonyarmoore.com, who is also a poetry acquisitions editor with our friends over at @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social. You can learn more about Tonya in our latest blog post! #solarpunk #poetry solarpunkmagazine.com/new-poetry-e...

New Poetry Editor, Next Podcast Date, Solarpunk Book, and More Inside!solarpunkmagazine.com New Poetry Editor at Solarpunk Magazine We recently brought on a new Poetry Editor here at Solarpunk Magazine. We’re so excited to introduce you to her, and to see the shape our poetry depart…

Join @ageedubb.bsky.social & the rising star @somtoihezue.bsky.social for the #FIYAHLitMag author interview on May 19, 2024, 11-12:30 PM PST. The duo will talk about Somto’s work, writing & editing short speculative fic as well as scripts. Q&A at the end. To sign up: airtable.com/app9bBxdT9db...

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“Working with Your Career’s ‘Track Changes’: Advice from One BIPOC Editor.” by @dianapho.bsky.social www.sfwa.org/2024/04/03/w...

Working with Your Career’s “Track Changes”: Advice from One BIPOC Editor - SFWAwww.sfwa.org by Diana M. Pho This essay is the third of eight in the Publishing Taught Me: A SFWA Anthology Project. Introduction The role of an editor in book publishing is shrouded in mystery. Perhaps it’s becau...

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“Inside the Fiction Editor’s Mind: Does the Writer’s Identity Matter?” by @penprince.bsky.social www.sfwa.org/2024/02/07/i...

Inside the Fiction Editor's Mind: Does the Writer's Identity Matter? - SFWAwww.sfwa.org By Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki This essay is the first of eight in the Publishing Taught Me: A SFWA Anthology Project So, does the writer’s identity matter? The short answer is, well, yes. But the ...

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As an editorial intern for the Publishing Taught Me project: an @sfwa.bsky.social anthology, supported by the NEA, working alongside @nisishawl.bsky.social and @witchywonderer.bsky.social, here’s a thread of works we have edited and published thus far:

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YES.

April 30th is the submission deadline for #FIYAHLitMag’s Disability issue edited by Emmalia H. Show us life at the intersections of Blackness and disability. We’re not your magical negros, we’re not your inspiration porn. We are worthy of being protagonists. Details: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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I am eternally proud of the work we do at PseudoPod. Thank you, Fiyah and the Ignyte team. It’s beautiful 🔥 🖤 🦑 @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @pseudopod.org

Be sure to check out our supporter Grist's open subs for the fourth year of their Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors short story contest. In 2,500 to 5,000 words, show them the world you dream of building. Don't self-reject. full details: grist.submittable.com/submit

Gristgrist.submittable.com Grist is excited to open submissions for the fourth year of our Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors short story contest.Imagine 2200 celebrates stories that envision the next decades to...