Michelle Feng is the winner of the Speculative Literature Foundation’s 2022 Illustration of the Year
Hoping to translate theory into policy and practice, Michelle’s experience revolves around working directly with traditionally underserved individuals and communities of color to bridge the gap between lived experiences and policy that fails to reflect the complexities of society on a universal scale. Through her dedication to public service, where she traveled around the country […]
Ep. 32 of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans is out now!
How does a writer choose a theme to write about? Is it a conscious project, or more of a thing that comes to a writer through time and experience? This is the central question Mary Anne and Ben try to answer in this episode, using their own experiences, as well as the writing exercises, practices, […]
SLF Call for Artists 2022
Hey, artists — the SLF is having another art contest, to choose our signature artwork for the next year! This time, the prize is $750. We’d just be licensing a non-exclusive right to use the work on our website and promotional materials; you’d hold the original and all other rights. Contest starts basically now, and […]
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans Has Launched
Hello everyone! Today marks the official release of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans, an SLF podcast about science fiction and fantasy, writing and publishing, community and culture, and what it means to be human. For more information about the podcast, visit the SLF Podcast: Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans page here on the website. You […]
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 fiction in research, and can be used to cover airfare, lodging, and other travel expenses. Clement, 23, is a Nigerian writer, who is surprised he […]
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 Worlds Grant. Olorunnisola was awarded the Diverse Writers Grant for his work “How Dead Men Come Back Home.” He is an experimental poet, essayist, and […]
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 an annual grant given to a South Asian/South Asian diaspora writer developing speculative fiction. It supports adult fiction, but work that is also accessible to […]
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 Honorable Mentions. Kiran Kaur Saini is a writer of speculative and literary fiction whose short stories have appeared in Glimmer Train, Pleiades, and The Tahoma […]
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 Zombie in the Yard.” She is also the recipient of a 2019 Writers of the Future Award for her short story “Dirt Road Magic,” which […]
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 with the SLF, we’d love to have you — we’re trying to get organized to better put people on projects now): ***** Hey, everyone. Sorry […]
