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

Career Authors
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/

#Craft #cozymystery #DarkGrim #genrefiction #LitRPG

Beyond the Shelf: 4 Subgenres Reshaping What We Read • Career Authors

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 […]

Career Authors

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/

... well-moderated panels, readings of new work, and a curated #fanvid show. Info: wiscon.net/2026/05/21/h... #WisCon48 #WisCon2026 #SpeculativeFiction #GenreFiction

How to WisCon | WisCon
How to WisCon | WisCon

Classic adventure stories still influence modern fiction.
The “Discover Edgar Rice Burroughs, Master of Adventure Writing” panel explores how adventure storytelling shaped the genre we love today.
Join us May 9.
Register:
https://www.anthology.org/index.php/registration
#AdventureWriting #StoryCraft #GenreFiction
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2026 SWC Attendee Registration

Founded in 1994, Anthology is an Arizona based literary non profit promoting poetry, prose and art.

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Welcome to the Borderlands: A Definitive Guide to the New Weird
https://boldly.blue/new-weird-fiction-guide/
A definitive guide to the New Weird — the genre that ate the walls between #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and #horror.
#NewWeird #SpeculativeFiction #ChinaMieville #JeffVanderMeer #MJohnHarrison #NnediOkorafor #WeirdFiction #GenreFiction #HorrorFiction #FantasyFiction #LiteraryAnalysis
Welcome to the Borderlands: A Definitive Guide to the New Weird - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

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.

David Somerfleck

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!

#SpeculativeFiction #GenreFiction #ScienceFiction #fantasy #books #awards

One of the fun things about #writing, especially #genreFiction, is your search history is like "Names meaning 'mother' ... common Welsh names... anatomically modern human first evolved? ... why is the moon moving away? ... who said 'we are the universe perceiving itself?' ... word meaning opposite of transparent..."

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