Today August 15th is the last day to cast your vote for the Ignyte Awards! Go here to vote: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote

Officially ON VACATION! I'll be offline/off phone completely! If you miss me, check out my #ondemand #webinars SeraRivers.com/shop. In the meantime, I'll be reading for pleasure like a fiend! @v-e-tirado.com #TrishaTobias @literarydesiree.bsky.social @sj-fennell.bsky.social @novarensuma.bsky.social

Finally reading @literarydesiree.bsky.social & @sj-fennell.bsky.social anthology The Black Girl Survives In This One. Really good! @tananarivedue.bsky.social

thank you so much!

Feeling so incredibly honored + grateful that THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE won the Locus Award for best anthology. Thank you to @locusmag.bsky.social + the voters! To all our readers who believed in this project! @sj-fennell.bsky.social + I appreciate you so much! locusmag.com/2025/06/2025...

Are you ready for the Locus Awards! Streaming starts at 5:45pm Pacific, awards start at 6:00pm Pacific!

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Join the celebration!

#SFF #Fantasy #books #Booksky

I am NOT going to stop screaming about injustice. I also need to celebrate wins, including @literarydesiree.bsky.social and @sj-fennell.bsky.social winning Locus Award for Anthology with "The Black Girl Survives in This One" and Locus Celebrating Excellence in Genre to @theignyteawards.bsky.social

Thank you Eva! It's a lot going on right now, but I am taking a moment to celebrate every beautiful thing we can hold onto. I appreciate you for your support and love!

South Louisiana join me this week at a couple amazing local indies to celebrate the paperback (see below for my stops!)

Happiest of paperback pub days to THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE edited by @literarydesiree.bsky.social and @sj-fennell.bsky.social! @flatironbooks.bsky.social

2025 Ignyte Awards Finalists locusmag.com/2025/06...

It's a big day for SFF Awards! The Ignyte Awards have announced their 2025 finalists. Congratulations!!

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thank you stina!

thank you Eva!!

You can be part of choosing this year's winners, public voting is open at: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/

So grateful to see THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE as a finalist for Outstanding Anthology in the amazing #IgnyteAwards! Thank you to our readers, those who nominated this book, and all who have supported it! And special shoutout to the amazing list of nominees we're so proud to be part of!

So excited to have THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE as a finalist for an Ignyte Award!

So grateful to be chosen to work with mentor ‪@nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social‬ on refining my dream PB project. This is a new genre for me, and I'm excited to learn + grow through this awesome program. Thank you to the PBRisingStars team for all the work you do to foster new stories & new writers!

Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social for including THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE in your Sinners rec list!

we *literally just now* got a huge shipment of rad shit in at the shop.. just in time for indie bookstore uhhh, evening!

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We’re thrilled that THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE is up for BEST ANTHOLOGY in this year’s LOCUS AWARDS. We’re so proud of this book, so if you have a chance to cast a vote for us (or any of your favorites from this past year), please do! Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag.com

Excited to be teaching a speculative fiction writing workshop for BIPOC writers with Third Space by RWW (Roots. Wounds. Words) this spring! For more info + to register as a participant, go here: tinyurl.com/3wr5bwxy