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Tricon Conference for Speculative Fiction, Kjipuktuk | Halifax
May 15th to 17th, 2026

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QUEER FAMILIES ARE BEAUTIFUL. CELEBRATE OUR GAY AND TRANS SIBLINGS. OUR EXISTENCE IS RESISTANCE AND OUR JOY IS A FORCE OF NATURE. LOVE IS LOVE.

Going to re-up our call to nominate On Spec for Best Semiprozine at the Hugos

With Canadian identity under attack by USA-based alt-right political forces, it's an important moment to celebrate things that are weirdly Canadian

This is also their last year of eligibility. Throw them a vote, please.

Trump, Extreme Wealth Concentration, and Our Societal Crisis | Common Dreams The US government simply has not done enough to ensure that the livelihoods of all Americans are protected or improved in this new Gilded Age. What it has done is made sure the rich get richer by the ...

"Since 1975, $79 trillion in wealth had been transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%"

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Stay safe east coast family and friends.

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Ontario residents, tell Ford and his Conservatives to restore OSAP funding and INVEST in education. Their proposed changes will take away grants, causing students to rely on loans and then graduate with huge debts.

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White text that says "FIRST READER APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!" on a blurred purple image of our website banner.

OTHERSIDE is looking for 1-2 first readers! We got SO many amazing submissions that it's time to expand our team!

Interested? This is a great opportunity to learn about the editorial process 👀 We offer an honorarium and first readers can still submit to us!

📝Apply here: forms.gle/QcYLzXFn6AEn...

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TriCon conference for speculative fiction takes place May 15 to 17, 2026, in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hosted by the wonderful Trident Booksellers & Cafe, TriCon is geared to writers, publishers, and editors.

For info visit: tricon-halifax.com

A poster with a green and white background (art by Calcifer Poolar) reads "Fabulist Art Wanted" with the call for applications in black text.

Artist wanted! In conjunction with @tricon-hfx.bsky.social this May, we're looking to exhibit a Nova Scotia artist who works with fabulist, speculative, or otherwise fanciful themes!

If you are interested, please email tridenthalifax@eastlink.ca with an introduction & link to your work.

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

The darkness descends. 👇

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office www.science.org/content/arti...

"...10,109 doctoral-trained experts in science and related fields left their jobs last year..."

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Northern Writing Prize We’re accepting pitches for stories about the land, culture, and communities of Canada’s North. The winner will receive $600 and will be published in our Summer 2026 issue.

Our Northern Writing Prize is launching again in collaboration with NJTI to help writers, photographers, and artists tell stories about the North. Submit your pitch for a chance to win $600 and publication in Briarpatch.

More details here: briarpatchmagazine.com/northernwrit...

The poster for TriCon features our logo in white on a blue background, with three cameo images of our guests of honour in the middle, and various logos on the bottom.

New pinned post!

We're ramping up for a tonne of TriCon programming and sign-up announcements! First thing is first, dear readers: make sure you've got your tickets!

tricon-halifax.com

Submission Calls OPEN Zine call (February 1st through 7th) Zine PromptsFor this zine bundle, I’m looking for written pieces about these five prompts: -Cunty Horrors (cunty horror microfiction and mini-essays …

Less than two weeks before we open for horror/Weird fic zine submissions. Get your piece(s) ready! We pay 10 cents per word.
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Former UN ambassador Bob Rae says Trump administration is ‘out of control’ Canada’s former ambassador to the United Nations says recent U.S. military action in Venezuela shows that Greenland and Canada need to take threats to their sovereignty seriously.

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GREENLAND THREAT - IT'S TIME TO CALL TRUMP'S BLUFF !!! YouTube video by Charlie Angus

If Greenland falls, Canada is next. It is time for the people of Denmark to invoke Article IV of NATO and to call Trump's bluff.
Either Europe stands up to him or we descend into an era of global gangsters.

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6 January 2026 Joint Statement on Greenland Statement by President Macron of France, Chancellor Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Tusk of Poland, Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain, Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Frederiksen of Denmark on Greenland. Arctic security remains a key priority for Europe and it is critical for international and transatlantic security. NATO has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European Allies are stepping up. We and many other Allies have increased our presence, activities and investments, to keep the Arctic safe and to deter adversaries. The Kingdom of Denmark - including Greenland - is part of NATO. Security in the Arctic must therefore be achieved collectively, in conjunction with NATO allies including the United States, by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders. These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them. The United States is an essential partner in this endeavour, as a NATO ally and through the defence agreement between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States of 1951. Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.

This is where we are. Read this joint statement by France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Denmark on Greenland:

"Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."

First, they came for Venezuela We need to remember who we are dealing with. Donald Trump is a president who has already unilaterally renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, who claims the right to seize control of Greenland...

In a mealy-mouthed, three-paragraph, 190-word post on X, Prime Minister Mark Carney danced and dodged, avoiding any direct criticism of what most experts consider the United States’ flagrant violation of international law in Venezuela.

Donald Trump has made it clear that he is nothing more than a klepto-gangster.
The threat is clear. We know what is at stake. Canadians will defend our sovereignty.

Trump campaigned on an “America First” platform. Now he wants to "run" Venezuela?

60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable.

Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.

Submissions - Seize The Press Submissions Guidelines Submissions are open for fiction. We publish dark, unsettling, dislocating stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum, but genre is made up. If you ...

We're open for fiction submissions!

We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.

No closing date, open indefinitely.

White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "FICTION: We are looking for unpublished speculative fiction (up to 4000 words) by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror: we love it all! Simultaneous submissions are welcome! We pay 8 cents/word (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines"

White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "POETRY: We are looking for unpublished speculative poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. You can submit up to three poems at a time, and simultaneous submissions are always welcome. We pay $50 per poem (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines"

OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️

If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!

📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

We survived another trip around the sun.

Look after yourselves and take care of each other.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but opposing GenAI is not about opposing technology, it's about opposing capitalists.

GenAI is not a technology: it's a massive automation of theft, masquerading as an industry, run by grifters.

Don't hate computers, hate the capitalists behind the curtain.