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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our last submission window of 2026 is now open through October 14. Send us your solarpunk short stories, poems, essays, and art!! Sub guidelines and link at solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In addition to her published short pieces, Tonya continued expanding her body of work as an editor, guest-editing FIYAH issue No. 30. She's also a co-editor for the highly anticipated @tco-anthology.bsky.social and poetry editor with our friends @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social 🌻

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

They'll be the same as 2026! The first two weeks of January, April, July, and October.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Solarpunk Magazine Issue 29 is out now and features stories by Sayani De, M. Frost, and Uzma Kadri, poems by JM Kehoe and Jade Montoute, essays by Aya Al-Hattab, Michael J. DeLuca, Babs Clayton, and Geoffrey Hart, art by Anselmo J. Alliegro. Get a copy at solarpunkmagazine.com/product-cate...

Solarpunk Magazine Issue 29 cover art shows a close up of a large solar panel angled toward the sun.

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My essay "The Time Machine" came out yesterday in @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social! It's about late-Gen X nostalgia for a lost golden age as physically incarnated in a used mountain bike identical to one I bought in 1996 and spent 30 years riding into the ground: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...

My old ruined bike, with cranks, pedals, cargo rack and bar-ends removed, leaning by my garage

My new, old bike, looking just like the old old bike in every way except a shinier paint job, different seat, bar-ends, and cranks with purple composite pedals

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The latest Demand Utopia is about public housing as climate infrastructure. The Corviale public housing complex in Rome is over a kilometer long, houses some 5k people, and is becoming a test case for climate adaptation to deadly heatwaves. Listen on our website or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Is the Doomscroll getting you down? May I suggest taking some time and working your way through @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social's podcast "Demand Utopia". Instead of listening to the Doom and Gloom, consider ways to envision and proactively build a better way. solarpunkmagazine.com/demand-utopi...

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Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast

The official podcast of Solarpunk Magazine, Demand Utopia is a podcast about radical hope and resistance in the age of climate disaster.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A new episode of Demand Utopia drops tomororw, Monday 7/20. We continue our community disaster prep series by talking specifically about the disaster food pantry as a shared community resource rather than an individualist bunker fantasy. Listen on our website or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast

The official podcast of Solarpunk Magazine, Demand Utopia is a podcast about radical hope and resistance in the age of climate disaster.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

We hope it was as helpful as what you were looking for!

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Keep our ear to the ground for better ways. We ado what we can with current methods, which are all fallible and have ethical issues. The current best methodology, in our opinion, is ask for documentation + ask craft questions a "AI author" isn't likely to be able to answer.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It definitely sucks. We hate everything about this whole situation 😥

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Fair points. But we also aren't going to change our methods at this point. It's better than feeding your work into AI checkers, which are also AI! Our method isn't perfect. But if we don't do anything, authors will get mad at us. If we do something, a lot of authors apparently won't like it either 🤷‍♀️

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Okay folks, here's the update on the situation. You can read the full story on our blog. But the person behind two of the stories we published in March, Issue 26 of Solarpunk Magazine misrepresented themself and used AI to generate the stories. Thse two stories have been removed from Issue 26.

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We Unknowingly Published AI Slop, and We're Taking Accountability

Solarpunk Magazine has removed two stories due to strong evidence of AI use, in addition to other submission policy violaitons. We're taking accountability.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In addition, if we don't get documentaiton, we ask craft questions that someone who used AI is very likely to struggle to answer, whereas a human author who actually spent time and labor on their story would easily have answers for.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

There are no easy answers to any of this, and we're on the same team!!!!

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

3/3 At least we don't run your work through AI checkers without your permission like a lot of publishers do, considering the fact that AI checkers *are also AI*

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

2/3 Also, if for some reason an author can't provide that, then we ask craft questions that an author who uses AI is likely to struggle with answer. Either way, people will be mad at us if we do nothing, and people will complain if we do something. We stand by our methods.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

1/3 Word uses tracked changes. So it should be easy enough for you to provide an original copy that shows when the writing does and in what portions each day, and that you didn't just copy/paste the poem from an AI system.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

3/3 Also, pretty much every word processing app using tracked changes now. So at the very least, an author should be able to provide us with an origianl copy that shows tracked changes so we can see that they didn't just copy/paste.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

2/3 documentation, then we'll try to have a conversation with them about craft and their process. Between the two, it usually becomes clear quickly. An author who used AI generally struggles to anser in depth craft questions about the work.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

1/3 That's fair to some extent. Unfortunately there's no method of detecting AI writing that's problem free. We believe this method is less problematic than using AI checkers, which are also generative AI apps. I should clarify, documentation isn't the only thing we use. If they don't have...

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

2/2 If we don't get that documentation, their work will be removed from the issue, we will resend the updated issue to anyone who purchased it, and we'll update our store with the new version of the issue. Regardless of the outcome, we will update our community of readers and writers again tomorrow!

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

1/2 It's come to our attention that in an issue of Solarpunk Magazine published earlier this year, we may have unknowingly published work created by AI. We have given the person until tomorrow morning to provide us with documentation proving they wrote the story: early drafts, story notes, etc.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Solarpunk Magazine Issue 28, our annual all-BIPOC issue, is now available! Cover art by “Bring It On” by Alina Wahab, stories by T. Chiu-Chu, Anuoluwa Ngozi, & Jack Wolflink, poems by Pravy Jha & Khayelihle Benghu, essay by Aya Al-Hattab, and art by Ojo Moses & S. Erin Batiste. Get your copy!

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Solarpunk Magazine Issue #28 – Colorful Roots

Solarpunk Magazine Issue #28 is now available!

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

8/8 A bunker is private survival. A resilience hub is public care. Find one place. Invite three people. Build together.

A BUNKER IS PRIVATE SURVIVAL.
A RESILIENCE HUB IS PUBLIC CARE.

Every neighborhood deserves a place to gather, breathe, get information, charge up, find support, and help each other through whatever comes.

FIND ONE PLACE.
INVITE THREE PEOPLE.
BUILD TOGETHER.

We take care of each other.

Save this post. Share it. Start the conversation.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

7/8 During an emergency, a resilience hub becomes the neighborhood's nerve center.

DURING AN EMERGENCY

A hub becomes the neighborhood’s nerve center.

Share accurate information. Check on neighbors. Connect people to resources. Coordinate rides and transport. Channel volunteers. Track needs and report back.

Information + care + coordination = resilience

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

6/8 A starter supply is made up of simple supplies that have a big impact.

STARTER SUPPLY KIT.

Simple supplies. Big impact.

Water, masks (n95s), first aid kit, power strips & extension cords, charging banks, flashlights & batteries, radio, local maps & printed info, pens, paper, tapes, markers, hygiene supplies, snacks, pet supplies

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

5/8 How to start small. You don't have to be perfect. You need to begin.

HOW TO START SMALL

You don’t perfect. You need to begin.

Find a space people already trust. Make a clear agreement: keys, hours, roles, and responsibilities.Start with one hazard and one function. Set up a starter supply station. Create a communication plan (phone tree, texts, flyers, signs). Build a small, diverse team. Practice the plan before the crisis.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

3/8 The politics of access. A hub must be for everyone, not just some.

THE POLITICS OF ACCESS

A hub must be for everyone, not just some

Physically accessible, reachable without a car, multilingual & clear communication, pet friendly & aware, welcoming to unhoused neighbors, safety without policing people out.

Access is not a checklist. It’s the foundation.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

2/8 The places we already trust. Hubs can be many things.

THE PLACES WE ALREADY TRUST

Hubs can be many things.

Libraries, schools, faith spaces, union halls, food pantries & co-ops, apartment common rooms, park & rec buildings, tribal & cultural centers, local businesses, neighborhood associations & mutual-aid spaces.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

1/8 Our most recent episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast just dropped. Part 4 of our series on Disaster Prep as Community Care is all about local resilience hubs and how to start one! #solarpunk #demandutopia #podcast #solarpunkmagazine #resilience

WHAT IS A RESILIENCE HUB?

A trusted community space that supports people before, during, and after a disruption.

A familiar place people already know and trust that expands its role during emergencies to coordinate resources, information, and care. A resilience hub supports recovery long after the crisis passes.

It’s not just a building. It’s a relationship.

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Nicole Field 🧛‍♀️🏺🏳️‍🌈 @faerywhimsy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Bouncing up and down for this solarpunk horror call, which inspired my favourite piece I’ve so far written this year!!

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Adding some recent press to my website and struck, again, by this line from @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social's review ☀️ "the opposite of apocalypse isn't utopia or even optimism. Rather, it’s responsibility, relationship, and the long, messy, collective work of making a damaged world livable again."

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Thanks, we'll check these out for sure!

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Submissions are open through July 14. This is the last window we're accepting work for our solarpunk horror issue. We're also still accepting general solarpunk work, as always! Read our sub guideliness and submit at solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/

Submissions are open through July 14, 2026 for solarpunk and solarpunk horror.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today's episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast is about why the heat index has to be a labor standard, and we use the example of this year's World Cup matches as a template for the kind of protections all workers deserve. Listen on our website (linkinbio) or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Today on Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, we continue discussing wildfire and smoke. Monday was about community disaster prep, today we come at it from the angle of clean air as public infrastructure. Listen on our website (link in bio) or wherever you get your podcasts!

Image shows a wildfire with smoke billowingninto the sky.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

That sounds right up the alley for this issue!

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Sylvie Althoff @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

If you haven’t checked out “Radio Free Luna,” you can read it right now in Solarpunk #27 or listen to Justine’s fantastic narration on the Demand Utopia podcast!

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I think that would be really hard to make work because the whole point of grimdark is bleakness and violence. On the other hand, even when it's a horror story, solarpunk needs a foundation of hope.

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Today, Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast features the story "Radio Free Luna, Signing Off" by @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social. Listen on our website or wherever you get your podcasts, and you can read this story and others by picking up Solarpunk Magazine Issue 27. solarpunkmagazine.com/demand-utopi...

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

10/10 Step 7 Practice it! Test the phone tree. Walk thenroute. Print the list. Update the plan. This week, ask 3 people: What worries you most? What help would you need? What help could you provide?

Step 7 Practice it! Test the phone tree. Walk thenroute. Print the list. Update the plan. This week, ask 3 people: What worries you most? What help would you need? What help could you provide?

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