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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Sep 27

Do you have big writing plans for the fall? Join @bcwriters.bsky.social's Fall Writing Challenge to receive writing sprints, workshops, motivational messages, accountability groups, and more! 🍂✒️🍂

Learn more: fallwritingchallenge.com

#writingcommunity #FBCW #bcwriters

Fall Writing Challenge

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm in this one! 💚 #flashfiction

Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · Sep 5

Near Futures and Distant Lands 🪐 - mailchi.mp/cf4d84b79c41... A glimpse at all the SFF contained in Pulp Literature Issue 47, Summer 2025...

#SFF #newissue #literarymagazine #scifistories #fantasystories #litmag #sffmagazine #specfiction

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Aug 31

✨ Press Update ✨

Novella & novelette submissions will remain open until September 15 !!

Get polishing, Augurians 👏👏

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Aug 26

@bcwriters.bsky.social's fall writing retreat is Nov. 24-28 at Loon Lake Lodge! I went to their spring retreat and it was glorious. ✒️

Learn more & register: fbcwadmin.com/events/fall-...

#bcwriters #writingcommunity #writingretreat #writerscommunity #MapleRidge #BritishColumbia

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · Aug 24

HELLO by the way! I will be doing a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) in r/fantasy on Tuesday August 26 in support of the @thepixelproject.bsky.social ! I'll be posting at 8 am MT and checking in to answer all day, so bring your questions! :)

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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · Aug 4

Two Contests to Enter this Month 🖋️ - mailchi.mp/afe8ed7cd584... Find details on our Kingfisher Poetry Prize and the First Page Cage in this Pulp Mystery newsletter...

#writingcontest #literarymagazine #litmag #writingprize #novelprize #poetrycontest #shortpoemscontest

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Aug 1

Hey #BCWriters! The Federation of BC Writers is hiring a Membership and Community Navigator: bcwriters.ca/hiring

#WritingCommunity #FBCW @bcwriters.bsky.social @readlocalbc.bsky.social @booksbc.bsky.social

FBCW - Hiring

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Jul 17

Looking forward to reading these pieces! 💚

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Jul 14

This launch is TONIGHT at Cafe Duello in Vancouver! 💚

Enjoy good company & fresh writing surrounded by the ambiance of historical European swordplay (not kidding, it's a super cool venue ⚔️).

#bcwriters #SFF #speculativefiction #litmag #literarymagazine #newreleases #SFFstories #launchparty

Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · Jul 10

Help us launch like its 1999 ✨ mailchi.mp/317f816b5f1d...

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Jul 7

Amazing opportunity for novella/novelette-length spec fic, deadline Aug. 30. 💚💚💚

Thank you @augursociety.bsky.social for making this happen!

Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Jul 7

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨

We want your books.

So we can acquire them.

And print them.

For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨

Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.

Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.

Pass it on 👀

Augur press novella and novelette submissions now open! Be a part of augur press’ debut line up. We’re looking for works from 12,500-40,000 words to launch as print books in 2027-2029. Canadian & international authors welcomed. Open July 6-August 30. Guidelines at augursociety.org/press-submissions.

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Jul 5

Augur Press submissions for novellas & novelettes open tomorrow.

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Stay tuned !!!

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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · Jul 3

Join us at our Summer Launch - mailchi.mp/4c4ba3209e41...

Plus, congratulations to the Hummingbird longlisters!
#hummingbird #flashfiction #booklaunch #summerlaunch

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Jun 30

You'll get:
🖊️writing sprints
🖊️workshops
🖊️motivational messages
🖊️accountability groups
🖊️access to a private forum
🖋️and more!

Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Jun 30

Are you ready to take on a writing project this summer? Sign up for @bcwriters.bsky.social's Summer Writing Challenge today!

Learn more & register: summerwritingchallenge.com

#BCWriters #WritingCommunity

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Jun 28

I'm lucky to have once worked behind the scenes on this stellar audio fiction podcast, and I can't wait to hear what new stories they produce.🎧

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Jun 28

The Truth Podcast is coming back!

Help make it happen. Support original audio storytelling by checking out The Truth's fundraiser here: certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop

#audiofiction #audiodrama #specfic #podcasts #writingcommunity

The Truth Podcast @thetruthfiction.bsky.social · Jun 16

Bring back The Truth!
Http://certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · May 11

Chat with you tomorrow for our next #TWSOchat session on Sunday, May 11th at 10:30am (PDT). The subject is: Generating Your Own Writing Prompts. Join in on the chat with #TWS writers, alumni & mentors to refine your writing practice. Ask questions & share your experience #WritingCommunity #Writers

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Frances Peck @franceslpeck.bsky.social · May 4

Writing the Breakout Novel remains my favourite book on writing craft. Can't wait to share it in this Zoom book club, May 15! ✍📚 Free for FBCW members; $10 for non-members.
www.bcwriters.ca/event-5963546

Bright green poster entitled Book Club for Writers, Federation of BC Writers. On the left, a round photo of Frances Peck, a middle-aged white woman with blond hair. On the right, the cover of Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass. The date along the top says Thursday, May 15, 7pm.

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · May 2

And don't miss the Revenge of the 50/50 draw!

Learn more and register here: bcwriters.ca/event-6166613

FBCW - Writing for Revenge: A Comedic Fundraiser

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · May 2

As part of this faux writing intensive, sessions may include...
🔪Exes: Writing the Ultimate Humiliating Death
⚰️Hiding the Bodies: A Murder Mystery Guide
❌Novel Fodder: People Who Have Wronged You
😡Keyboard Testing: Putting Today’s Top Tech Through Rage Typing

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · May 2

It started as an April Fool's joke. Now it's real. 😈

Join @bcwriters.bsky.social's Writing for Revenge comedic fundraiser on Thursday, May 22! bcwriters.ca/event-6166613

#bcwriters #writingcommunity #BCMags #FBCW

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · May 1

@pulpliterature.bsky.social's Hummingbird Flash Fiction contest opens tomorrow, judged by the wonderful @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social! 💚

The 2025 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize Opens Tomorrow! - PULP Literature

Back in a Flash The 2025 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize, judged by master of short forms, Finnian Burnett, returns tomorrow, May 1st, 2025! Send us [...]

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · Apr 23

17 days and some change to enter The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction—in its 5th year! Be sure to read former winners (in thread), and make sure your name appears ONLY in your cover letter. We read anonymously. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly

The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey) is now an annual competition that celebrates and compensates excellence in flash. Our first grand prize winner in 2018 was “Whale Fall” by ...

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Apr 15

Support #BCBooks and #BCWriters, #BuyLocal and #ReadLocalBC!

Learn more via @readlocalbc.bsky.social & @booksbc.bsky.social

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · Apr 15

Today is #BCBookDay!

What are some of your favourite #BCBooks? One of mine is Sing Like Fish by @amorinakingdon.bsky.social: munrobooks.com/item/ymASTSS...

Sing Like Fish

How Sound Rules Life Under Water

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