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, […]
March 16, 2023 Deep Dish
March 16, 2023 Deep Dish The first Deep Dish reading event of the year is coming up, next week Thursday March 16, at 6:30 PM CST. If you’re in the Chicago area, and want to see some great readers in action, come to Volumes Book Café in Wicker Park. Featured readers include Tara Betts, Yvette […]
Mary Anne Mohanraj to Teach at the 2023 Speculative Fiction Novel Bookcamp
Pleased to note that I’ll be teaching for a week at the 2023 Speculative Fiction Novel Bookcamp this August 13-19 at the Siena Retreat Center in Racine, Wisconsin. More details below: ***** 2023 Speculative Fiction Novel Bookcamp Staff Announcement NEWS RELEASE Novel Bookcamp Dave Rank, director director@novelbookcamp http://www.novelbookcamp.org Award-winning Staff Named for 2023 Bookcamp RACINE, […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2022 Gulliver Travel Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Em North is the winner of the 2022 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 awards one writer $1000 annually, to be used to […]
2023 Illustration of the Year Winner Sejuti Bala
2023 Illustration of the Year Winner Sejuti Bala Thank you Sejuti Bala, for your wonderful submission to the SLF’s 2023 Illustration of the Year, “Cosmic Swimmers.” Look for Bala’s artwork on our site, as well as future SLF newsletters, promo, and other content! “I have always thought of deep sea and deep space as two […]
2022 Year-End Letter
2022 Year-End Letter Dear SF/F Writing & Reading Community, This is the Speculative Literature Foundation’s end-of-year / start-of-year letter, where I try to recap a little of what we’ve been doing this last year – and really, the last couple of years, because I haven’t written one of these letters in a while. It’s been […]
