Speculative Literature News
News from the Speculative Literature writing community, including items from Locus Magazine, SFWA, etc.
Author Howard Andrew Jones, 56, died January 16, 2025. He was diagnosed with brain cancer (multifocal glioblastoma) in September 2024....
Laura Lippman and John Sandford have been named the 2025 Mystery Writers of America (MWA) Grand Masters. Lippman said,
It was a...
Sean Markey has announced the relaunch of Fantasy Magazine, with the first issue scheduled to publish June 1, 2025. Fantasy will be...
The 2025 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award contest will open from January 20 through April 30, 2025. The contest is for short stories of no...
MARK W. TIEDEMANN is now represented by Vaughne Hansen of the Virginia Kidd Agency.
...The 71-title longlist for the Dublin Literary Award has been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest follow.
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Seattle Worldcon 2025 is hosting a short story writing contest, with submissions closing January 20, 2025.
The story contest has...
In August 2024 we reported on allegations of sexual misconduct against author Neil Gaiman, and followed up regarding further...
There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes Jr. (Mariner) is among the three finalists for The Story Prize 2025,...
Diamond Comic Distributors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in US court in January 2025. They have secured $41 million in financing from...