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The SLF is a non-profit arts foundation, modeled on the National Endowment for the Arts, but focused specifically on serving the speculative literature (science fiction, fantasy, and horror) community. We […]
Justin Clement Wins Speculative Literature Foundation’s 2020 Gulliver Travel Grant
Justin Clement is the winner of the 2020 Gulliver Travel Grant awarded by the Speculative Literature Foundation. The Gulliver Travel Grant, worth $1,000, is intended to assist writers of speculative […]
Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Diverse Writers Grant and 2020 Diverse Worlds Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Kanyinsola Olorunnisola is the winner of the 2020 Diverse Writers Grant and Tatiana Schlote-Bonne is the winner of the 2020 Diverse […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2020 A.C. Bose Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation and DesiLit are pleased to announce that Asha Thanki is the winner of the 2020 A.C. Bose Grant. The A.C. Bose Grant, established in 2019, is […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2020 Older Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Kiran Kaur Saini is the winner of the 2020 Older Writers Grant. Graham Robert Scott, Jeff Reynolds, and S.E. Greco received […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2019 Working Class Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Carrie Callahan is the winner of the 2020 Working Class Writers Grant. Callahan received the grant for her short story “The […]
Email to staffers on remote communication
This is the e-mail I just sent my non-profit & small press teams, sharing in case it’s helpful as a model (and as always, if you’d like to come volunteer […]
Continuing a conversation from a panel
I hosted a panel on SF/F nonprofit administration; a lot of people took a lot of notes, which makes me think that it would be good to continue that conversation. […]
Sofiia Melnyk’s “Sir Spacediver 3020” Selected as Speculative Literature Foundation’s 2020 Illustration of the Year
The Speculative Literature Foundation has chosen its 2020 Illustration of the Year, for a piece of artwork that combines elements of science fiction and fantasy as well as incorporating the […]
Apply for Our Grants!!!
The Speculative Literature Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2020 Older Writers Grant and A.C. Bose Grant for South Asian Speculative Literature. Applications will be open through March 31st, […]
María Isabel Álvarez Wins Speculative Literature Foundation’s 2019 Gulliver Travel Grant
María Isabel Álvarez is the winner of the 2019 Gulliver Travel Grant, awarded by the Speculative Literature Foundation. Álvarez is a Guatemalan-American writer who received her BA in English Literature […]