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Authortunities #65│June 8—July 6
TLDR 🦝
Need just the details? Here’s a quick summary of what’s here, almost 100 author opportunities organized by date and emoji.
Friend and artist Retech is doing a show called MEMORY CORRUPT at Art Thou Gallery, San Francisco until August 3rd.
Substacker Meet Up at next StokerCon in Stanford, Connecticut from June 12-15?
Watch the The 59th Annual Nebula Awards Ceremony live online.
Let me know what you’ve been up to! Share your triumphs, tribulations and any author opportunities you find in the comments!
Our Writes 🖋️
🟠 Anyone in San Francisco? Friend and artist Retech is doing a show there until August 3rd at Art Thou Gallery. “MEMORY CORRUPT marks the return of ReTech to San Francisco in his latest evolution. Utilizing over 150 years of technology, ReTech tells the tale of a boy riddled with nightmares who is projected into a future world where technology rules. Time to get lost in ReTech's dreamworld of technology fused with humans.” If you have a chance, do not miss a chance to visit Retech’s world. More details here.
🟠 StokerCon 2025 will be in Stanford, Connecticut from June 12-15 and I want to organize a Meet Up for Substackers there. Who’s interested? More on Meet Ups here.
🟠✅⭐🏆🎓 JUN 8 · The 59th Annual Nebula Awards Ceremony will be streamed live on YouTube for the public at 8 pm PST/11 pm EST. Sarah Gailey joins this year as the Toastmaster, and the awards will be presented by multiple notable figures in the science fiction and fantasy community. Good luck to all of the fantastic finalists! 🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKhwaZ8DdZ4
Your Writes 🎉
🟠 Congratulations to
, and for all winning Bram Stokers last weekend during StokerCon! Are there any Substacker Stoker winners I missed? Can we call them ‘Substokers’ now?🟠
published a poem, "The Language of Fireflies," in #97, May 9 2024.🟠
has been busy! Among her many publishing accomplishments in May were a at least 7 poems published in Tiny Frights, Poetry Pacific, Orenaug Mountain Poetry, BackChannels Magazine, Hedge Apple Magazine, WildSound Festival and a book Apprenticed to the Night, UniVerse Press. Read more.🟠 Sumiko Saulson published a poem, "Unsafe (The Betrayer)" in Blood Games: A Vampire Anthology, Nightshade Publications, April 1, 2024. Read more.
🟠 Lisa Timpf was a featured poet with 20 poems including “Remember,” “Climate Change Cha-Cha” & “[goat yoga in space],” in Scifaikuest print, May 2024. Read more.
🟠 Thank you to Michael Payne for the SFPA May 2024 Round-Up or I may have missed these.
My Writes
🟠I had a chance to speak with hosts Rob and Joan Carter on their show Meet the Authors podcast. We talk about ghost hunting, writing, books, Okinawa, more ghosts… did I mention they are paranormal researchers? Watch the show here.
🟠 Reedsy has been keeping me busy but I still managed to finish a story and poem I had due. Now I have a column, a poem and two stories to go… what are you working on?
🟠 While I find author opportunities everywhere, I want to give special credit to some of my favorite resources here. 🔗https://angelaysmith.com/subscribe/
Comments, questions, compliments or concerns?
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🟢 opening subs
🔴 closing subs
⭐ networking
🎤 open mics
🎓 education
♻️ reprints
🏆 awards
💲 grants
🟢 JUN 7 · Reedsy Prompts opens until the following Friday for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday. This week’s prompt is: The Talk of the Ton ✍️.
🔗https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
⭐🏆🎓 JUN 8 · The 59th Annual Nebula Awards Ceremony will be streamed live on YouTube for the public at 8 pm PST/11 pm EST. Sarah Gailey joins this year as the Toastmaster, and the awards will be presented by multiple notable figures in the science fiction and fantasy community. Good luck to all of the fantastic finalists!
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKhwaZ8DdZ4
🔴⭐🎓 JUN 8 · Submissions close for the First Page Critique Panel presented at the Authortube Writing Conference, a free three-day conference on YouTube open to anyone who wishes to know more about the writing and publishing world.
🔗https://www.authortubewritingconference.com/
🟢 JUN 8 · Silk & Sinew opens until June 30 for ALL Asian diaspora writers, with submissions capped at 300. Edited by Kristy Park Kulski, submissions will be for folk horror rooted in the experience of the Asian Diaspora from 3000-5000 words. Payment is .5 a word.
🟢 JUN 8 · Spooky Magazine is open until July 13 for cozy, fun, classy, and wholesome horror stories up to 5000 words. Payment is .01 per word. Beginning with issue #2, Spooky Magazine will also consider horror-themed haiku poems. No pay for poetry.
🔗https://spooky-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/
🟢 JUN 8 · Flame Tree Fiction is open until June 19 for “submissions that reflect the immensity of the universe, where observation of phenomenon brings new speculation, visions of creation highlight different understandings of origin” for a special print edition newsletter for WorldCon 2024. Open to newsletter subscribers (free to subscribe). Up to 1k words, payment is 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints.
🔗https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/
⭐🏆 JUN 9 · 35th Lambda Literary Awards celebrates LGBTQ+ Writers virtually and in person at the Edison Ballroom, NYC. Ticket packages begin at $50 for virtual registration.
🔗https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/get-tickets/
⭐ JUN 9 · GoIndieNow presents This Week In Indies for 2024 a weekly Sunday chat show that covers issues relevant for Indie artists and the scoop on who is publishing what and where you can get it. Broadcasting every Sunday at Noon ET/11a CT/10a MT/9a PT.
⭐🎤 JUN 9 · Uncloistered Poetry Level up with June Uncloistered at 6 pm EST, featuring Pella Felton, Kyrsten Hodge, Emily Beane, and Elliott Stewart. Features followed by open mic (5 min each). Visit the link to sign up for open mic and Zoom link.
🔗https://www.facebook.com/events/2476805955836346/
🔴 JUN 10 · Samjoko Magazine is open until June 10 for "exemplary work from content creators around the world.” Not genre specific. Payment is $20.
🔗https://www.samjokomagazine.com/submission-guidelines
⭐🎓 JUN 11 · Black Lawrence Press presents Carol Guess – Choregraphing Collaboration at 8 pm EST. Attendance is free. Zoom registration required.
🔗https://blacklawrencepress.com/events/
⭐ JUN 12 · Meet the Author Podcast LIVE with hosts Rob and Joan Carter will be available on YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook and WDJY 99.1 FM RADIO (Atlanta, Georgia). Wednesdays at 7 pm EST. With guest Dr. Bruce Farmer.
🔗https://indiebooksource.com/podcast/
⭐🎓 JUN 13 · An online Harvard Diversity Discussion on “Race and Making Mentors and Allies in the Workplace” will be open to the public via Zoom from 5-6 pm EST.
⭐🎓 JUN 13 · Translation Rights Management to Expand Your Global Reach is a free event from Draft2Digital and Lindsay Jones, a co-founder and the CEO of DropCap, a global rights marketplace for indie authors that’s revolutionizing the way agents and editors discover exceptional books, navigate foreign language rights and find great translators.
🔴 JUN 14 · Rattle Magazine’s “Poets Respond” challenge calls for poems inspired by “a news story or public event from the previous week, and has been written in the time since.” Selected poems will appear as the Sunday poem at Rattle.com which appear to over 10,000 people via RSS feed and daily email service. Poets will receive $100 and a complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST.
🔗https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
🟢 JUN 14 · Reedsy Prompts opens until the following Friday for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday.
🔗https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
⭐🎤 JUN 14 · Open Minds Open Mic begins at 7 pm EST for all sorts of performers including poetry readings, spoken word, stories, singing, fashion, dancing, painting, comedy, magic, music and acting. Sign up is in order of arrival. Watch their Instagram for the Zoom link to read.
🔗https://www.instagram.com/OpenMindsOpenMic/
🔴 JUN 15 · Fahmidan Journal closes for “your thought-provoking existentialism, your phobias, your darkest moments” as short stories, poetry and flash. Payment is $25 per piece.
https://www.fahmidan.net/journal-submissions
🔴 JUN 15 · Eye to the Telescope 53, an online publication of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association calls for submissions of 1–3 unpublished poems in English. Edited by Gretchen Tessmer, the theme is “Strange Mixology.” Accepted poems will be paid for at the following rate: US 4¢/word rounded up to nearest dollar; minimum US $4, maximum $25. The issue will appear on July 15, 2024.
🔗http://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
🔴 JUN 15 · Nat. Brut closes for open fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions for folio, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Payment is a $30 honorarium.
🔗https://www.natbrut.com/submit-open
🔴💲 JUN 15 · 2024 Akron Poetry Prize closes submissions to their annual contest. The winning poet receives $1,500 and publication of their book. Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages and no longer than 90 pages. $25 reading fee.
🔗https://theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit
🟢♻️ JUN 15 · Luna Station Quarterly opens until August 15 for “speculative fiction written by women-identified authors” from 500 to 7000 words. Reprints considered at least 3 years past their initial publication date. No poetry. $10 USD plus a lifetime digital subscription to the magazine.
🔗https://submissions.lunastationpress.com/
🟢 JUN 15 · Star*Line, the official print journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA), is a literary venue for speculative (including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) poets and poetry enthusiasts, and features interviews, articles, reviews, member news and letters, association business, and poetry. Star*Line is open for submissions year-round. Payment for poetry: 4¢/word rounded to next dollar, minimum $4. Nonfiction, 1¢/word rounded to the next dollar. Reviews pay a flat fee of $4.
🔗https://www.sfpoetry.com/starline.html
🟢 JUN 15 · Riddlebird is open until October 26 for literary fiction, personal essays, and genre fiction from 650-5000 words focusing on humor and lighthearted pieces until full. Payment is $100.
🔗https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/riddlebird-Ae4Nk
🟢♻️ JUN 15 · Samovar, published by Strange Horizons, seeks speculative fiction, review-essays, poetry, interview/conversations, and reprints in translation. Payment for fiction is 8 US cents per word to the author, and 8 US cents per word to the translator. Payment for reprints is a flat $100 USD to the author and $100 USD to the translator. Payments for poetry are $40 USD to the author and $40 USD to the translator. Payment for interview/conversations is $40 USD to each participant. Payment for review-essays is $40 USD.
🔗http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/submit/
⭐🎤 JUN 15 · Authortunities Open Mic Watch your favorite poets and prosers share their work during this pre-recorded event with a 7 pm EST showtime. The live reading begins at 9 pm EST. Email authortunities@substack.com for the link to read. Everyone is invited to share bios and links in the comments section. Come, exercise your writes and make friends.
🎓 JUN 15 · The Arcane University offers valuable video game development skills, including game writing, from experienced modders and industry professionals. In collaboration with TESRenewal, the AU aims to provide teaching and support to any and all members and applicants to help them to acquire, expand, or improve the skill set needed to contribute to Beyond Skyrim and/or their partnered modding projects. In addition, it serves as the primary location for learning or enhancing existing skills for the wider modding community, becoming the go-to place for anyone looking to learn. Free.
⭐🎓 JUN 15 · PARSEC, Pittsburgh’s premier Science Fiction & Fantasy Organization, welcomes the public to their monthly meetings held the third Saturday of each month beginning at 12:30 pm EST. Virtual Zoom meetings are available for those who can’t attend in person. This month’s guest is award-winning painter, performer, writer, and naturalist Elizabeth Eve King, aka E.E. King.
🔗https://parsec-sff.org/2024-june-monthly-parsec-meeting/
🔴🏆💲 JUN 16 · Palette Poetry’s Sappho Prize for Women Poets closes June 16. A contest for women poets that awards $3000 to the winner, along with publication and a brief interview in Palette Poetry. Second and third place winners will receive $300 and $200, respectively, as well as publication. “We offer a free submission window to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) women poets from historically marginalized groups, which will close after the first fifty entries. Submit up to three poems with a $20 reading fee.
🔗https://www.palettepoetry.com/current-contest/
🟢 JUN 16 · Fahmidan Journal opens until September 14 for short stories, poetry and flash of “your thought-provoking existentialism, your phobias, your darkest moments.” Payment is $25 per piece.
🔗https://www.fahmidan.net/journal-submissions
⭐🎤 JUN 16 · Rattlecast livestreams, a livestreaming poetry reading and podcast, is part interview and part reading, with a prompt-based open mic. It’s a casual way to hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green. Each Rattlecast begins with a Poets Respond Live segment, featuring poems about the news, and also features a writing prompt at the end of the show, and open lines for poems written for the last week’s prompt. Annie Finch | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ JUN 16 · GoIndieNow presents This Week In Indies for 2024 a weekly Sunday chat show that covers issues relevant for Indie artists and the scoop on who is publishing what and where you can get it. Broadcasting every Sunday at Noon ET/11a CT/10a MT/9a PT.
🔴 JUN 19 · Flame Tree Fiction closes for “submissions that reflect the immensity of the universe, where observation of phenomenon brings new speculation, visions of creation highlight different understandings of origin” for a special print edition newsletter for WorldCon 2024. Open to newsletter subscribers (free to subscribe). Up to 1k words, payment is 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints.
🔗https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/
🔴🏆💲 JUN 19-22 · Locus Awards Weekend will be held live in Oakland, California and virtually everywhere. Virtual memberships are $35 and include access to all online events and the six months set of digital Locus Magazine. Virtual events include readings and online hangout, plus online access to the Locus Awards ceremony and panels. If you'd like to support Locus as a top-tier donor and be thanked in the event program, you can purchase a special $350 membership which entitles you to attend all digital and in-person events, plus the Locus Awards 2024 T-shirt, a VIP tour of the Locus offices, a special backer gift, and their eternal thanks. (You don't have to attend in person to support at this level.)
🔗https://subscribers.locusmag.com/content/virtual-membership-2024-locus-awards
🔴 JUN 20 · Astrolabe closes to fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography/art for $50 USD flat rate with free submissions until July 20.
🔗https://www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions
⭐ JUN 20 · First Friday - Third Thursday Quick Read features 6 authors each reading a selection of speculative fiction for 8 minutes. There will be time for questions & answers at the end and a giveaway from the authors. This free event is hosted by Strong Women - Strange Worlds and features Leah Cutter, J.L. Delavega, Gabby Gilliam, Alicia Hilton, and Nina Schuyler. Pre-register.
🔗https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com/
⭐🎓 JUN 20 · Substack Masterclass for Video Creators Substack is home to the world's best writing and podcasting, all based on the power of direct ownership and subscriptions. Now, they are helping the best video creators build their homes on Substack too. Join this free masterclass at 1:30 EST.
🔗https://lu.ma/sz59ky6q?tk=g4y2Rv
🔴 JUN 21 · Rattle Magazine’s “Poets Respond” challenge calls for poems inspired by “a news story or public event from the previous week, and has been written in the time since.” Selected poems will appear as the Sunday poem at Rattle.com which appear to over 10,000 people via RSS feed and daily email service. Poets will receive $100 and a complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST.
🔗https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
⭐🎓 JUN 21 · Rattle Magazine’s livestream Poetry Critique of the Week Rattle's editor hosts a livestreamed poetry critique on YouTube and Facebook, offering suggestions and feedback. The viewing audience is encouraged to participate. The goal is to help us all become better poets through the honest sharing of our reactions, similar to the experience of an MFA roundtable workshop. Critique of the Week at 4 pm EST.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/@RattlePoetry/featured
🟢 JUN 21 · Reedsy Prompts calls for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday.
🔗https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
⭐🎤 JUN 21 · Open Minds Open Mic begins at 7 pm EST for all sorts of performers including poetry readings, spoken word, stories, singing, fashion, dancing, painting, comedy, magic, music and acting. Sign up is in order of arrival. Watch their Instagram for the Zoom link to read.
🔗https://www.instagram.com/OpenMindsOpenMic/
⭐🎤 JUN 22 · Authortunities Open Mic Watch your favorite poets and prosers share their work during this pre-recorded event with a 7 pm EST showtime. The live reading begins at 9 pm EST. Email authortunities@substack.com for the link to read. Everyone is invited to share bios and links in the comments section. Come, exercise your writes and make friends.
⭐🎓 JUN 22 · Master Class: Writing Fight and Action Scenes with NY Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry from 10am - 1 pm PST (1-4pm EST) via ZOOM. Well-written fights and chase and action scenes can turn a book into a red-hot page-turner…but they have to be done right. Join NY Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry for a no-holds-barred workshop on how to write believable and riveting fight and action scenes. Workshop costs $50. Proceeds benefit no-kill animal shelters.
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