Announcing the Winner of the 2024 A.C. Bose Grant The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Vineetha Mokkil is the winner of the 2024 A.C. Bose Grant. In 2019, the Speculative Literature Foundation and DesiLit co-sponsored the A.C. Bose Grant in memory of Ashim Chandra Bose, a lover of books—especially science fiction and […]
2024 Illustration of the Year Winner Angela Hedrick
2024 Illustration of the Year Winner Angela Hedrick Thank you Angela Hedrick, for your wonderful submission to the SLF’s 2023 Illustration of the Year, “Pursuit.” Look for Hedrick’s artwork on our site, as well as future SLF newsletters, promo, and other content! What inspired me to create “Pursuit” was the idea of mixing science fiction, […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2023 Gulliver Travel Grant
Announcing the Winner of the 2023 Gulliver Travel Grant The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Sohini Basak is the winner of the 2023 Gulliver Travel Grant. Since 2004, the Gulliver Travel Grant has sought to assist writers of speculative literature (in fiction, poetry, drama, or creative nonfiction) in their research. The grant […]
A Letter to 2023
A Letter to 2023 Dear SF/F Writing & Reading Community, I’m writing to you at the eleventh hour — literally, 30 minutes to midnight in Chicago on December 31st, 2023 — with the Speculative Literature Foundation’s year-end letter. That’s perhaps characteristic of the last few years — like many folks, we’ve found recent times pretty […]
2023 Working Class Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce Deirra Clyburn as the winner of the 2023 Working Class Writers Grant. The Working Class Writers Grant intends to support speculative fiction writers who are working class, blue-collar, financially disadvantaged, or homeless, who have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction due to financial barriers which make it hard […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2023 Older Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce Jen OConnor as the winner of the 2023 Older Writers Grant. The Older Writers Grant intends to support writers over the age of 50 who are just starting their work at the professional level. OConnor’s winning piece is called “Second Hand Salvation.” Jen OConnor’s poetry and fiction […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2023 Diverse Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce Ysabelle Cheung as the winner of the 2023 Diverse Writers Grant. The Diverse Writers grant is intended to support speculative fiction writers from underrepresented and underprivileged groups — such as writers of color, women, queer writers, disabled writers, etc. — whose marginalized identities may present additional obstacles […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2023 Diverse Worlds Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce Edward Rathke as the winner of the 2023 Diverse Worlds Grant. The Diverse Worlds grant is intended for work that best presents a diverse world, even within genres that already challenge the confines of the world we know. Rathke’s winning piece is “The Wicked Flee.” […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2023 AC Bose Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Kiran Kaur Saini is the winner of the 2023 AC Bose Grant. Cosponsored by the SLF and DesiLit, the AC Bose Grant has been offering support to South Asian / South Asian diaspora writers working within the speculative fiction genre. While applicants may submit adult works, […]
March 2023 Deep Dish Readings Uploaded
March 2023 Deep Dish Readings Uploaded Our featured and rapid-fire readings from our March 2023 Deep Dish event have been uploaded! Make sure you subscribe to us on YouTube so you don’t miss future videos and content just like this great series of readings from the likes of Tara Betts, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Angeli Primlani, […]
