You’ll find lots of fantastic work here, including “Flighty” by @ianli.bsky.social (Spring ‘25) and “I have been to the market” by @shanaross.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25), both in the Best Poem/Song category!
The nomination period for the 2026 Aurora Awards is officially open! All CSFFA members can log into the website at www.csffa.ca and submit up to five works in each our ten categories. Please only nominate what you're familiar with. Nominations close 11:59pm EST on April 4th, 2026. #AuroraAwards2026
A birth announcement for a book! Including the book cover, the size of the book (14 by 12) and weight of book (567 grams). There are faint, blue starts surrounding the book which is displayed against a light blue, watercolour background.
A.D. Sui (caucasian person with short, brown hair) is wearing a grey top coat and jeans, pointing to The Iron Garden Sutra on a bookstore bookshelf and smiling.
and we're live, folks!
THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now out everywhere books are sold! if you pre-ordered a copy, you should be receiving it soon (or already have) and if not, it's not too late to purchase the yellowest book in all of history!
aaah! new poem!
“A Cup to Carry Memory” is out in 7th-Circle Pyrite.
about a quiet burial ritual, and an empty cup now filled to the brim.
www.7thcirclepyrite.com/post/a-cup-t...
I was luck enough to read this one during ViV, and it's as gorgeous as I remember!
Are you staying hydrated? "A Taste of Clean Water" by Ian Li is a reflection on something precious that we all too often take for granted:
Yay congrats!
That's very kind, thank you!
I was on the SFWA committee to create the first-ever Nebula Award for poetry and it is live for nominations. Deadline 3/1. Please nominate at least one poem! www.sfwa.org/2025-ne...
Table of contents for the February 2026 issue of Penumbric, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/ToC.html
Thank you to all the contributors in February's #Penumbric! Kathryn Ptacek, Vekhan Sametyaza, @nershwood.bsky.social, Carl Scharwath, @kaidelmas.bsky.social, Viviana De Cecco, @ianli.bsky.social ...
www.penumbric.com/currentissue...
#reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine
A view of the lunar landscape above which reads "Have you submitted your Rhysling nominations yet?"
SFPA members, there’s still time to nominate your favorite poems of 2025 for the Rhysling Awards! Nominations close February 15, so get yours in today!
Gentle reminder that at Orion's Belt, we are still looking for enthusiastic first readers to join us in March! If you love speculative literature, consider joining our starship!! 🚀🪐
Send us a brief cover letter and CV at orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com ☺️
www.orions-belt.net/volunteer
Thanks so much!
Thank you, Suzan!
Oh, and you can read "The Memory Technician" at Small Wonders here: smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-me...
A bit late to the party, but I can't believe that my little flash story "The Memory Technician" made onto the Locus Recommended List alongside all these incredible stories I've had the joy of reading this past year!
Small wooden circular table sits on a colorful striped rug. On the table is a copy of P.A. Cornell’s retrofuturistic noir love story SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL. The book is surrounded by a cup of tea, a bookmark, and a pair of reading glasses.
It’s my book birthday!
#Booksky
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
✨ I’m excited to share that Orion’s Belt will reopen for submissions from March 1 to May 15! We’ll be seeking spec flash, micro, & poetry, as well as translations & reviews! Most importantly, our payment for poetry & art will increase. Follow us on this new adventure and for more exciting news! ✨
Friends!! Now that the fabulous @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social has taken the helm, @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social is on Bluesky!
We've got amazing plans for the year, including adding *reviews* and *a podcast*, both of which I'll be heading up!
We're so excited -- follow us and stay tuned!
New collaboration between The Submission Grinder and @dreamfoundry.bsky.social : The Dream Foundry Market Report, a monthly report of speculative fiction/poetry publication updates
dreamfoundry.org/2026/01/26/j...
This might be just what you need today: "what spirits need on lonely nights" by Issue 16 contributor @ianli.bsky.social in Abyss & Apex
www.abyssapexzine.com/2025/06/what...
I get to be in THIS ANTHOLOGY with my trans warrior-priest and his absolutely sick as hell mount, Fionna, who is a lorge and very soft and lovely spider and the best girl yes she is!! Also the MC is a Rope Guy. You gotta preorder to find out how though www.neonhemlock.com/shatter-the-...
5-min distraction incoming: my sci-fi comedy flash-fiction "A Troubleshooting Guide to Your Flat-Pack Planet" is now out in Nature Futures. media.nature.com/original/mag...
SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL takes place in an alternate, retrofuturistic Toronto, so it’s only right to have the book launch in our Toronto. If you’re in the general vicinity, you’re invited. Click the link to rsvp and reserve your book for signing.
www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/events/42502...
Thanks Malina!
Surely one of these is eligible for something... I appreciate you considering my work!
It's in the name! "lands"
I had 4 new short stories published this year but would be honored if you checked out these two for Nebula/Hugo/Locus consideration 🙏
1) “Barbershops of the Floating City” (fantasy)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/barb...
2) “Brainstem Disco, 2191” (sci-fi)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_05_25/
A picture of bioluminescent vein-like neon structures of fungi in soil with text of my awards elligible stories atop. Text reads (from top to bottom): Un-Pragmagic: A Tyler Moore Retrospective (fantasty; lightspeed magazine; 1500 words) In the Dream, He is Skinless and Beautiful (Horror; Weird Horror Magazine; 2300 words) The Eternal Life and Art of Maxwell Ardeen (Sci-fi; Asimov Press; 2000 words) How to See the Dead (Sci-fi; Asimov Press; 5000 words) Bird Burning (Horror; Adroit Journal; 5000 words Life on Earth (Sci-fi; Phano; 1700 words)
It is once again the season to make a poorly designed but earnest awards eligibility post for some of my fiction published in 2025! (links below).
And for a complete list of my 2025 eligible stories/poems, I wrote up a post on my website: ian-li.com/2025-awards-...
Thank you to the wonderful publications who took a chance on my pieces, and thank you to anyone who has read any of it!
