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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Well, this looks amazing! Scriptwriting builds excellent skills, including for those of us who mainly work in prose. Check it out! 👇👇👇 #writingcommunity #bcwriters #fbcw #screenwriting

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bcwriters.bsky.social @bcwriters.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Join us on July 15 at 7PM as we talk to literary agent Jennifer Chevais. Jennifer is a generalist with a strong interest in commercial horror, speculative fiction, as well as children’s fiction and “just the right fit” nonfiction projects. Register and find out more here: bcwriters.ca/event-6...

A promotional image for an upcoming FBCW's Writer Talk event. In the middle are the event details as mentioned in the post, plus a photograph of literary agent, Jennifer Chevais. At the bottom are logos for the BC Arts Council and the Province of British Columbia.

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Are you stuck between drafts? Join me next Wednesday to learn a flexible, guided revision process that can help you move forward. Part of @bcwriters.bsky.social's 5-day Edit Trek writing intensive. 💚 Register here: bcwriters.ca/event-6694048 #writing #editing #writingcommunity #bcwriters

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Writers, ready to develop your self-editing skills? Join @bcwriters.bsky.social for EDIT TREK: THE NEXT ITERATION, June 22-26. It's a weeklong online editing intensive focused on the messy, necessary, deeply transformative work of revision. Learn more & register here: bcwriters.ca/event-6694048

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Excellent lineup! From structure and content to exploration and ethics, lots to dig into for memoir writers. 💚 #writingcommunity #FBCW #memoir #writingworkshops #bcwriters

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Tales & Feathers is wonderful. 💚 Check out their Kickstarter to help fund future issues of lingering, slice-of-life fantasy. 👇👇👇 #writingcommunity #litmag #SpecFic #sff

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Looking for friends to write with? @bcwriters.bsky.social hosts writing & editing sprints throughout the week—mornings, noon hours, evenings, and weekends. Free for members; guests are welcome. Join us! ✒️ Sign up here: bcwriters.ca/page-18349 #FBCW #writingcommunity #writingsprints #editing

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Curious about publishing etiquette? Join @pulpliterature.bsky.social's Jennifer Landels this Thursday to learn the dos and don’ts! Register here: bcwriters.ca/event-6617320 #writingcommunity #FBCW #bcwriters #publishing

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Great suite of classes coming up from the amazing @abuckleyauthor.bsky.social & @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social! I'm excited to join the screenwriting class coming up in May. 💚 #writingcommunity #writerscommunity

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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Awards Nomination Season ✨ The 2025 round up is now available on the Pulp Lit blog. Help us to nominate your favourite stories from Pulp Literature Press for awards this year! pulpliterature.com/awards-nomin...

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Awards Nomination Season: the 2025 Round Up! - PULP Literature

Here's your guide to Pulp LIterature's 2025 publications to help you navigate your fan award ballots! Vote soon, vote often!

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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Join us at Café Duello (426 W Hastings St) in Vancouver on Sunday, February 22nd from 1:30-3:30pm to launch Pulp Literature Issue 49, and to celebrate past and future stories! pulpliterature.com/the-pulp-lit...

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Join me for Story Generator Fun Time on Feb. 17! Register here: bcwriters.ca/event-6544938 #writingcommunity #writingworkshop #shortfiction #creativeprocess #bcwriters #FBCW

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Gail Anderson-Dargatz @anderson-dargatz.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Another great event from the Federation of BC Writers. For details go to: www.bcwriters.ca/event-6474346

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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Winning Stories ✨ - mailchi.mp/07dcc682ed58... Pulp Lit prize-winning stories and award nominations in this Pulp Spec newsletter! #sff #fantasystories #scifistories #literarymagazine #litmag #writingcontest #writingaward #awardnominations #awardnominees

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

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

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Fall Writing Challenge

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

✨ Press Update ✨ Novella & novelette submissions will remain open until September 15 !! Get polishing, Augurians 👏👏

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

@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 · 24/08/2025

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 · 04/08/2025

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 · 14/07/2025

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

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Amazing opportunity for novella/novelette-length spec fic, deadline Aug. 30. 💚💚💚 Thank you @augursociety.bsky.social for making this happen!

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Augur Press submissions for novellas & novelettes open tomorrow. 🫡 Stay tuned !!!

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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

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 · 30/06/2025

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 · 28/06/2025

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

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

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 · 04/05/2025

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 · 02/05/2025

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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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

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...

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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 · 15/04/2025

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...

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Sing Like Fish

How Sound Rules Life Under Water

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Are you a BC/Yukon-based emerging writer from an equity-seeking group? Apply for @bcwriters.bsky.social's Emerging Writer Mentorship Program by April 15: bcwriters.ca/emerging #FBCW #bcwriters #yukonwriters #bcmags #writingcommunity

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FBCW - TD Emerging Writers

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Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

This Thursday, 7pm PDT: join @allancho.bsky.social, Jessica Key, and me as we discuss what it takes to make a successful pitch to a magazine editor. Hosted by Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho. www.bcwriters.ca/event-6090116 #FBCW #bcwriters #writingcommunity #bcmag #editing

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Our ✨March 2025 Issue✨ is now free to read online 🥳🥳🥳! Read it all here: www.havenspec.com/issue-nineteen

Haven Spec Magazine, Issue Nineteen, March 2025. Cover and table of contents.

The issue is now free to read, and its contents are as follows:

Cover Art by Abi Stevens Art.

Fiction:
Handsomest Gentlest by M. R. Robinson.
A True Account of a Pre-Teen Blob by Marie Vibbert.
Coming Home to Leviathan by Sagan Yee.
Host by Catherine McCarthy.

Poetry:
Bandits of Dream City by Sharang Biswas.
What Does Your Revolution Look Like? by Ewen Ma.
Dawn Witching with Crows by Devin Miller.
Hermit of the Crossroads by Marie Brennan.

Nonfiction:
Letter from the Editor, Ya Herd? By Leon Perniciaro.
Short Fiction Reviews By Danai Christopoulou.

Interviews with Lindz McLeod and Terese Mason Pierre.

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

There I was minding my business when this story in @fivesouth.bsky.social by @cadencewrites.bsky.social Absolute 🔥 "Nubs of plaster press through her nightgown as she smothers her tears and waits for the argument to end." fivesouth.net/rising-vs-na...

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Rising vs. Nadia by Cadence Mandybura

When she isn’t careful, Nadia’s feet unhinge from the ground.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.

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Roxane Gay Books & The Audacity Submission Manager

THE AUDACITY, my newsletter, features an emerging writer twice a month. I define emerging writer as someone with fewer than three article/essay/short story publications and no published books or book ...

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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Calling All Writers of Colour! Short fiction submissions are open for BIPOC writers for the month of February. General submissions open March 1st. mailchi.mp/198011f5e2cb...

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Can I just say how much I enjoy @beckyltuch.bsky.social ‘s Lit Mag News. Love this take on Narrative… litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-can-we-t...

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Q: Can we talk about Narrative Magazine?

"I know this magazine has taken a lot of heat over the years."

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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Last chance to enter! 🐝 - mailchi.mp/24b50588b65a... The Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest closes Saturday! Plus, save the date for our winter launch. #contest #writingcontest #flashfiction #flashfictioncontest

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Save the date for the next #TWSOchat on Sunday, March 9th at 10:30am (PDT). We will discuss the Editing Process. Join in with TWS alumni + mentors to ask q's and share your knowledge. #writerschat #WritingCommnunity

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