Welcome to the 6th Monthly Writing Contest of 2026! The theme is: HISTORICAL, GOTHIC, or PERIOD FICTION.
Please note: Fanfiction is NOT accepted. Please submit original work only.
Winners are featured on Underground Bookshelf!
https://www.underground-bookshelf.com/3190763_june-2026-contest-submissions
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Beyond the Shelf: 4 Subgenres Reshaping What We Read
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by Brian Andrews Genre fiction is always evolving, and sometimes change can be a beautiful thing! Today’s Career Author’s post highlights four hybrid sub-genres that are winning over readers, new and old. Publishing has always moved in waves. But something different is happening now. Readers aren’t just migrating between genres — they’re colonizing the spaces […]
Beyond the Shelf: 4 Subgenres Reshaping What We Read Brian Andrews…
https://careerauthors.com/beyond-the-shelf-4-subgenres-reshaping-what-we-read/
by Brian Andrews Genre fiction is always evolving, and sometimes change can be a beautiful thing! Today’s Career Author’s post highlights four hybrid sub-genres that are winning over readers, new and old. Publishing has always moved in waves. But something different is happening now. Readers aren’t just migrating between genres — they’re colonizing the spaces […]
On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 780), I discuss the books of #FrankTallis, the series #ViennaBlood, and the phenomenon of #SigmundFreud in #GenreFiction. #ScienceFiction #HistoryOfScience #Mystery #CrimeFiction #Gothic #Horror #HistoricalFiction #SFF #ForensicScience #Books #Bookstodon
Here is the link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-780-p-a-cornell/id166360307?i=1000770891894
Country Tides: Out Now
She swore she would never love again, but that one knock changed everything. Life is a normal routine for Jane Allman. She wakes up, feeds her animals, tends to her garden, and from time to time, she calls her sister. She isn’t a crazy partier, and she has no need for a relationship. She is happy being on her own. Nevertheless, things change when businesses are brought into her small community and she finds one of the owners, Hadley Grace, at her door asking for a favor. Jane is absolutely […]https://higginbothampublications.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/country-tides-out-now/
A definitive guide to the New Weird — the genre that ate the walls between science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Origins in Lovecraft and Machen, the 2003 naming debate, in-depth analysis of Perdido Street Station, Annihilation, Viriconium, and Who Fears Death, author quotes, political dimensions, and eight craft principles for writers entering the territory.
Our announcement post https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/announcing-the-2025-otherwise-award-winner now links to a PDF poster. Share with educators, librarians, bookstores, & other groups to celebrate the winner & Honor List that the Otherwise Award jury selected!
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In 2025, past Otherwise Award winners & fellows released many books, comics, short stories, poems, & more:
https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/eligible-2025-works-by-past-winners-fellows
Consider them as you read, and nominate and vote for awards.
#sff #genre #SpeculativeFiction #scifi #sciencefiction #horror #fantasy #LiteraryAwards #GenreFiction #books
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