J. Y. Zhang @jyzh.bsky.social · 1hKarma is me salting my gmail 20+ times in 2020 to try to pull a genshin 5 star (WHICH DIDNT EVEN HAPPEN) and now having my gmail spammed 20+ times every update happens 010
J. Y. Zhang @jyzh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Godotmaxxing (this is my third black coffee this morning someone break me out of the office—) 020
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangThomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko. 1762442381
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangNicole Munro (is writing; on hiatus) @nmunrowrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Submit your stories and poems to @heartlines-spec.com until the end of Sept. 30! ✍️ ‼️ Your story or poem MUST be SFF/spec WITH a long-term relationship (familial, platonic, romantic) at the core of the work. ‼️ Read the submission guidelines here ➡️ www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...heartlines-spec.comSubmission GuidelinesLearn all about our submissions guidelines, what we're looking for, and our payment details 056
J. Y. Zhang @jyzh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026in 2023 i went to when worlds collide in calgary as some rando cs major who can't finish a novel and now in the year 2026 im gonna go to can con in ottawa as some rando cs wagie who can't finish a novel (but toss in a few short story pubs in the meanwhile lol) 140
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangCaleb Draper - Slash-Out out now! @caleb-draper-games.bsky.social · 17/09/2026ITS OUT! ⚔️ Slash-Out: Fantasy Dueling ⚔ OUT NOW ⚔️ Battle 10 Unique Bosses KICK THEIR ASS, OR THEYLL KICK YOURS 🛡️ Journey across a diverse landscape on a quest to defeat an ancient evil Fight a DJ Wizard, get eaten by a whale, all this and more! 🥩 FUCK AI, THIS IS MADE BY FLESH AND BLOOD 43423
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangNight Shades ⏾ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🛸 jump scare, night shades is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS 🛸 gotta keep yall on your toes 🛸 send me your stories! 🛸 closing october 11 www.nightshadesmag.comnightshadesmag.comNight ShadesNight Shades is a short speculative fiction magazine. 14333
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangStrange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Strange Horizons Fiction Submissions open on the 1st of October, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC! The max word count per story will be 5,000 words. There will be a 1,000 story cap. Once we reach that number of submissions, the window will close. Link to more information ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no... 09463
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangSolaire 🔜 GATEway FATE 🐏 @solairelunaire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026i must not fear The Project 1226511319
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangSarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My @clarionucsd.bsky.social student @hellotherexu.bsky.social has a story out in @analogsf.bsky.social ! analogsf.com/wp-content/u...analogsf.com 183
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangSarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026And it looks like my @clarionucsd.bsky.social student Micah Giddens has a story in @strangehorizons.bsky.social ! 0153
J. Y. Zhang @jyzh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"You want to be a universal language. You want to be the scent of a dream slipping through cracks in the stars." This story has me in a chokehold!! Everyone read MR_MR_CENTICORE 094
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangAir and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 09/08/2026With the KS campaign reaching its base funding goal, a reminder that open calls are now posted for "Are You Everything Alright" and "Endings" - info here: aanpress.com/submissions.... These books will be a go, so please consider sending something when the submission period begins September 1, 2026. 11712
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangOrion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Orion’s Belt is now open for submissions until October 31!🎃 We are accepting flash fiction, micro fiction, poetry, translations, and reviews! For more information on submitting, please see the link below! We can't wait to read your work! 🔅 www.orions-belt.net/submissionsorions-belt.netSubmissions — Orion's Belt 25937
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangEscape Pod @escapepod.org · 01/09/2026Good news, sophonts: Escape Pod is once more open to submissions! {{}}< And as soon as we deal with >{{}} all these trilobites, the website will say as much. For now, the submission link to Moksha does work!escapepod.orgShort Fiction | Escape PodEscape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31. 14119
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangCislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Time for submission tetris, friends! (We allow sim-subs, btw, so take that into consideration with your spreadsheets) 03514
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangSmall Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 26/08/2026Guess who's opening to Original Flash Fiction on September 1st?! This magazine! We'll be open for the month of September, and once the portals to slushlandia have opened, you'll be able to submit here: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/smallwondersmag.comSubmission Guidelines - Small WondersSmall Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art. 48359
Reposted by J. Y. Zhangclaire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026so delighted to be in this, still wrapping my head around it :^) 12387
J. Y. Zhang @jyzh.bsky.social · 25/08/20265am. Using my Aurora award as a bulwark against the 2 inch spider that has crawled into my room. I am so sorry science fiction 😭 180
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangNeon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Looks like we are about $1.5k away from meeting our second stretch goal, and the crowdfund ends tomorrow! If you would like for us to publish two novelettes instead of just one, consider backing now 💸 13646
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangMerc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Hey pals, come follow my next BackerKit campaign and help me bring a TIME LOOP ANTHOLOGY to life next month!! (It will have an open submission period for writers in October.) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... 48680
J. Y. Zhang @jyzh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026sometimes its just u, your matcha powder, and a parasitic worm inside your head that whispers to you to keep going vs. the world 040
Reposted by J. Y. Zhangbee hyland @wellsforboys.bsky.social · 22/08/2026hi! fundraising for my web fiction project! it's good i promise! ko-fi.com/beecils! 031
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangNightmare Magazine @nightmare-magazine.com · 21/08/2026Hey, guess who's got two thumbs and is opening to submissions on Aug 24? It's THIS MAG. Actually, I guess the magazine doesn't have any thumbs, but I—JJA—do, and I'm eager to get them all over dem horror stories after 6 years out of the editorial chair. I guess it will mostly be my other fingers. 718399
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangAudrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social · 21/08/2026My first sci-fi pub! I wasn’t very good at the material in my models of language and computation class until it occurred to me that an NFA was like a built-in multiverse story (I was still kind of bad after but I could at least also think about vending machines, soulmates, + space) 0194
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangCaleb Draper - Slash-Out out now! @caleb-draper-games.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Thank you so much to everyone who's wishlisted Slash-Out! If you haven't yet, please do! It's free, and helps support the game! We're so, so close to 1000!!! 052
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangNeon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...neonhemlock.submittable.comNeon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/NoveletteNeon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre... 3164148
Reposted by J. Y. Zhangbee hyland @wellsforboys.bsky.social · 17/08/2026am so so so grateful and honored to have "the long, weeping arms of the parasitic horde" recommended by @locusmag.bsky.social and @mariahaskins.com! my fun fact about that story is that it contains my favorite paragraph i've ever written. but you have to guess which one! locusmag.com/review/gigan...locusmag.comGigaNotoSaurus, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Lightspeed: Review by Maria Haskins - LocusGigaNotoSaurus 4/1/26 Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/16/26 Lightspeed 4/26 The April story in GigaNotoSaurus is House of Honeyed Soil by Natalie Wollenweber. Amelia lives on a farm full of beehives, bees, ... 2114
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangBetsy Aoki (she/her) @betsyaoki.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Opening tomorrow! Please read the guidelines & submit one poem at a time. ( I know literary journals do the opposite, but our way actually forces a closer read of each poem)... see link in skeet for other guidelines. 02118
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangUncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 15/08/2026PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR AMAZING, HUMAN-WRITTEN STORIES! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/ 5309275
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangThe Rumpus @therumpus.net · 14/08/2026⚡️ COMING SOON! ⚡️ The Rumpus is pleased to announce a new category for submissions, Flash Fridays. We will be accepting fiction and nonfiction, up to 1,000 words, to be included in our weekly newsletter on Fridays. Payment for this work is $200. Keep an eye our for when subs open: buff.ly/l4g69vI 06527
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangOTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Seeing lots of talk today about the importance of paying for creative work. It’s true! You have to support the things you love, or they vanish. It’s that simple. If you love queer SFF, consider joining us before our next issue drops in September! Find all the ways to subscribe or buy copies here:othersidespec.comSupport OTHERSIDE - OTHERSIDEOTHERSIDE is a queer-led, volunteer-run nonprofit publishing speculative literature by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. Your support keeps us going. 14727
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangOTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Our Issue 3 TOC is HERE and it is AMAZING 🪐 🗡️ Seven pieces of original fiction, four poems, two reprints, and a special guest essay come together in an issue full of desperation and longing. We can't wait for you to read it in September! More details in the 🧵(1/7) 24525
J. Y. Zhang @jyzh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026"Your first swim starts like this: your mother, checking the seal of your rebreather and the cables attached to the port at the base of your skull before lowering you tenderly into the luminous white liquid of the diving chamber." What a beautiful story 🌊 130
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangSmall Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 11/08/2026It's TRUE! And you can read the poem right here: smallwondersmag.com/piece/from-d... Congratulations, J.Y.!!! We're so happy to have given this poem a home!smallwondersmag.comFrom Dust - Small Wondersthe difference between piano keys and kindling / is the hands / / so from dust, we begin again: 1213
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangKelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 10/08/2026The daughters of Asimov's editor Sheila Williams are asking for help funding care for their parents: www.gofundme.com/f/help-irene...?gofundme.comDonate to Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care, organized by Irene BruceHi - This is Irene and Juliet, the daughters of Sheila and David. As many of… Irene Bruce needs your support for Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care 06463
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangOTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Congratulations to all the Aurora winners, including OTHERSIDE author J. Y. Zhang! 💜 Start your day with this excellent (Aurora-winning!) poem at @smallwondersmag.com:smallwondersmag.comFrom Dust - Small Wondersthe difference between piano keys and kindling / is the hands / / so from dust, we begin again: 1164
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangFusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Congrats to FFer @jyzh.bsky.social on taking home the Aurora Award for Best Poem! 142
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangFonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Breaking out of social media quietude just to scream about how I JUST WON AN AURORA AWARD 7059841
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangCanadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Announced this evening, the 2026 Aurora Award Winners: BEST NOVEL: The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine, Robert J. Sawyer, Audible Originals/Shadowpaw Press BEST YA NOVEL: Breath of the Dragon, Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee, Wednesday Books 1167
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangRavn J. Silver @ravn-j-silver.bsky.social · 01/08/2026My newest story, "As the Tide Loves the Diver, as the Diver Loves the Tide," is out now in Clarkesworld! It was also one of my application stories to thee Clarion Writing Workshop! @clarkesworldmagazine.com clarkesworldmagazine.comclarkesworldmagazine.comIssue 239Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 72211
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangY.M. Pang @ympang.bsky.social · 04/08/2026New publication! My science fiction story "The Universal Human Happiness Program" (ft. a "benevolent" Matrix-esque virtual reality) is available in @clarkesworldmagazine.com! clarkesworldmagazine.com/pang_08_26/ #sciencefictionstories #shortstory #sciencefiction #amwriting #SFFWritersclarkesworldmagazine.comThe Universal Human Happiness Program by Y.M. PangClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 13011
Reposted by J. Y. ZhangNeon Genesis Xu-vangelion 🤖 @hellotherexu.bsky.social · 08/08/2026My first short story is out now in Analog. I am having so many feelings and thoughts so idk it’s about SPACE 6359
