Announcing the Winner of the 2019 A.C. Bose Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce Senaa Ahmad as the winner of the inaugural A.C. Bose Grant for South Asian Speculative Literature. Ahmad, who grew up in a sleepy immigrant suburb of a Canadian steel town, crafts well-written, heartfelt, and powerful stories. “My short fiction lives at the intersections of Indian, Islamic, and […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2018 Working Class Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is delighted to announce Nemma Wollenfang as the winner of the 2018 Working Class Writers Grant. Science fiction, fantasy, and horror, Wollenfang says, are the genres she generally writes when she puts pen to paper (or fingertips to keyboard), but she is “absolutely thrilled” that the excerpt within her application for […]
New graphic for 2019!
We’re delighted to unveil our new graphic for 2019, “Pre-Flight Check-In,” by Margaret Treanor Frey. Donors to the SLF will receive a copy of the image suitable for background wallpaper and screensavers. See more of Frey’s work at her website, http://treanorfrey.com/dir/.
Deep Dish October 2018
Chicago Deep Dish October 2018 Photos and videos of the Deep Dish Chicago reading from October 2018! The show featured Alec Nevala-Lee and Cory Doctorow with readings from Laura Young, Gordon Dymowski, Terry Galvan, Emily Capettini, and Shane Hope. Alec Nevala-Lee https://youtu.be/k_pPNOeMtL4https://youtu.be/ejFOeUppuM4 Emily Capettini Gordon Dymowski https://youtu.be/2zHTEuf5pcUhttps://youtu.be/f5NGihSOPxk Shane Hope Laura Young https://youtu.be/zNCIxrv8pDkhttps://youtu.be/QlJBfsbYWn4 Terry Galvan Cory […]
Deep Dish September 2018
Deep Dish September 2018 We finally have our photos and videos from the Deep Dish Chicago reading from September 2018! Radio personality Niala Boodhoo joined as host and the reading featured authors David D. Levine, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Mary Anne Mohanraj (as editor of Survivor), along with Chris Bauer and Steven Silver, Allison Manley, and Cathy Crocco. David D. Levine https://youtu.be/KaoVsOJGojMhttps://youtu.be/telNgQ-OZkQ Chris Bauer Cathy […]
Next Deep Dish — 10/11
Chicagoland SF/F lovers: a) We’re moving the next Deep Dish reading to 10/11, 7 p.m., so that we can feature Cory Doctorow, who’s visiting from out of town. We’ll also be featuring Alec Nevala-Lee, author of Astounding! b) We could use a few more readers! Let me know ASAP if you’re interested in […]
The passing away of K.C. Ball
The Speculative Literature Foundation is saddened to hear about the passing of K.C. Ball, winner of the 2012 Older Writers Grant, and juror for the 2014 Older Writers Grant and 2014 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds grants. K.C. was an excellent speculative fiction writer and a keen juror with sharp insight. Our thoughts are with […]
Deep Dish September Line-Up
Delighted that radio personality Niala Boodhoo will be joining us to host the next Deep Dish reading for the SLF! We’ll be featuring authors David D. Levine, Mary Robinette Kowal, and myself (as editor of Survivor), along with Chris Bauer and Steven Silver. Fun times in the city! Volumes Book Cafe, 1474 N. Milwaukee Thursday, […]
Deep Dish – Read with us in Chicago!
Chicagoland SF/F folks — the SLF (www.speclit.org) is gearing up for our next speculative fiction Deep Dish reading at Volumes Book Cafe, Thursday September 6, 7-8:30 p.m. We have David D. Levine as our featured reader, and I’ll be reading from Survivor (new anthology I edited), woot! I’m also hoping Steven Silver will be joining […]
New grant
The SLF and DesiLit are pleased to announce a new co-sponsored grant, founded in memory of Ashim Chandra Bose, that will give $1000 to a South Asian / South Asian diaspora writer developing speculative fiction. It supports adult fiction, but work that is also accessible to older children and teens will be given preference in […]
