Brian U. Garrison
@bugthewriter.bsky.social
poet
he/him
president sfpoetry.org
managing editor eyetothetelescope.com
not nearly as young as I look in my picture
www.bugthewriter.com
Elgin Winner (3rd Place): Micropoetry for Microplanets
bugthewriter.etsy.com
he/him
president sfpoetry.org
managing editor eyetothetelescope.com
not nearly as young as I look in my picture
www.bugthewriter.com
Elgin Winner (3rd Place): Micropoetry for Microplanets
bugthewriter.etsy.com
I’m thankful that I get to work with David. His commitment to speculative poetry and our fellow poets is a steady sunbeam on a solar panel!
We are absolutely delighted to share that the SFPA's Lifetime Service Award goes to David C. Kopaska-Merkel, which SFPA president @bugthewriter.bsky.social announced today.
We will host an online ceremony for the 2026 poetry award winners and David's Lifetime Service Award. Stay tuned for details!
We will host an online ceremony for the 2026 poetry award winners and David's Lifetime Service Award. Stay tuned for details!
December 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I’m thankful that I get to work with David. His commitment to speculative poetry and our fellow poets is a steady sunbeam on a solar panel!
At this point—should I assume that anything WITHOUT emdashes is AI generated?
December 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
At this point—should I assume that anything WITHOUT emdashes is AI generated?
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I'm slated to have another poem published by the end of the year, which will bring my count to 12.
You know what else there are twelve of? Days of Christmas!
So, starting tomorrow, I will be posting one poem a day until Twelfth Night! I invite other poets to join me . . . #sharepoetry
You know what else there are twelve of? Days of Christmas!
So, starting tomorrow, I will be posting one poem a day until Twelfth Night! I invite other poets to join me . . . #sharepoetry
December 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm slated to have another poem published by the end of the year, which will bring my count to 12.
You know what else there are twelve of? Days of Christmas!
So, starting tomorrow, I will be posting one poem a day until Twelfth Night! I invite other poets to join me . . . #sharepoetry
You know what else there are twelve of? Days of Christmas!
So, starting tomorrow, I will be posting one poem a day until Twelfth Night! I invite other poets to join me . . . #sharepoetry
I nominate ChatGPT for employee of the year.
December 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I nominate ChatGPT for employee of the year.
A long time ago, my older brother brought home a silly poster he got from his teacher. It was a price list in the spirit of Lucy's "Psychiatric Help" booth.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A long time ago, my older brother brought home a silly poster he got from his teacher. It was a price list in the spirit of Lucy's "Psychiatric Help" booth.
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Correct Answers: $4
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Correct Answers: $4
My 2026 resolution will be to remember to click SEND after I finish typing an email.
December 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My 2026 resolution will be to remember to click SEND after I finish typing an email.
Like what’s even the point of listening to music in December if it’s never going to show up on spotify wrapped?
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Like what’s even the point of listening to music in December if it’s never going to show up on spotify wrapped?
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The #PoetryHugo website has been updated with a list of news related to the award, as well as a Google Sheet where you can add your own award-eligible poems for any speculative poetry award: www.poetryhugo.com
Speculative Poetry Initiative
What Are the Hugo Awards and Who Can Participate?
www.poetryhugo.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The #PoetryHugo website has been updated with a list of news related to the award, as well as a Google Sheet where you can add your own award-eligible poems for any speculative poetry award: www.poetryhugo.com
The White House is looking for biased news articles. I wonder how they would react if they were flooded with a bunch of links from the right wing propaganda machines:
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Media Bias Offender Tipline
mailchi.mp
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The White House is looking for biased news articles. I wonder how they would react if they were flooded with a bunch of links from the right wing propaganda machines:
mailchi.mp/mail.whiteho...
mailchi.mp/mail.whiteho...
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As promised.
LAcon V is pleased to announce @teresempierre.bsky.social as a Special Guest.
She is an award-winning Canadian writer and editor whose work has appeared in Uncanny, Fantasy Magazine, & Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Her work has been shortlisted for the Ignite, the Elgin, & the Aurora.
She is an award-winning Canadian writer and editor whose work has appeared in Uncanny, Fantasy Magazine, & Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Her work has been shortlisted for the Ignite, the Elgin, & the Aurora.
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As promised.
me on the outside:
"This is well deserved recognition for the ongoing contributions poets make to literary canon"
on the inside:
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyayayayayayayayayayayyyyyyyyyyyyyyayayayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
"This is well deserved recognition for the ongoing contributions poets make to literary canon"
on the inside:
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyayayayayayayayayayayyyyyyyyyyyyyyayayayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
THE BEACONS ARE LIT! GONDOR WILL ANSWER!
This seems to be a good time to note that I'm still hoping that we will have a Special Hugo Award for Best Poem in 2026!
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
me on the outside:
"This is well deserved recognition for the ongoing contributions poets make to literary canon"
on the inside:
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyayayayayayayayayayayyyyyyyyyyyyyyayayayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
"This is well deserved recognition for the ongoing contributions poets make to literary canon"
on the inside:
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyayayayayayayayayayayyyyyyyyyyyyyyayayayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
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This is my first issue as poetry editor and it features poetry by Michael Butterworth, @andydibble.bsky.social, Robert Frazier, @bugthewriter.bsky.social, @cybergodwrites.bsky.social, @jennahanchey.bsky.social, Howard V. Hendrix, @aijiang.bsky.social, Lauren McBride, & John Reinhart + lots more
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This is my first issue as poetry editor and it features poetry by Michael Butterworth, @andydibble.bsky.social, Robert Frazier, @bugthewriter.bsky.social, @cybergodwrites.bsky.social, @jennahanchey.bsky.social, Howard V. Hendrix, @aijiang.bsky.social, Lauren McBride, & John Reinhart + lots more
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People are On Here begging for food. People are on the street begging for food. People are starving to death in the United States, in Sudan, in Palestine. And we're letting Elon Musk have A TRILLION FUCKING DOLLARS.
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
People are On Here begging for food. People are on the street begging for food. People are starving to death in the United States, in Sudan, in Palestine. And we're letting Elon Musk have A TRILLION FUCKING DOLLARS.
See you on Nov 12! So excited to read with this all star lineup!
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
See you on Nov 12! So excited to read with this all star lineup!
For a group of folks who claim that it’s their sacred duty to uphold the law, ICE agents sure break it a lot.
October 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
For a group of folks who claim that it’s their sacred duty to uphold the law, ICE agents sure break it a lot.
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All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!
The fatal flaw in 2nd amendment exceptionalism is that most laws broken by tyrannical governments do not call for a murderous response.
October 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The fatal flaw in 2nd amendment exceptionalism is that most laws broken by tyrannical governments do not call for a murderous response.
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Wondering what’s going on with National Guard in Oregon? Here’s a quick timeline of the legal developments over the past week.
NOTE: This information is current as of Monday morning, October 6. We’ll continue to share updates as the situation evolves.
NOTE: This information is current as of Monday morning, October 6. We’ll continue to share updates as the situation evolves.
October 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Wondering what’s going on with National Guard in Oregon? Here’s a quick timeline of the legal developments over the past week.
NOTE: This information is current as of Monday morning, October 6. We’ll continue to share updates as the situation evolves.
NOTE: This information is current as of Monday morning, October 6. We’ll continue to share updates as the situation evolves.
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As a retired US Navy vet, if you are ordered to invade US homes, break their doors, zip-tie kids? - and you do that? YOu should read up on Neuremberg because those are NOT lawful orders, and you should be fucking ashamed of yourselves. Your families shoulid be ashamed of you. Stand the fuck up.
October 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
As a retired US Navy vet, if you are ordered to invade US homes, break their doors, zip-tie kids? - and you do that? YOu should read up on Neuremberg because those are NOT lawful orders, and you should be fucking ashamed of yourselves. Your families shoulid be ashamed of you. Stand the fuck up.
stay out!
"Trump’s team has studied how to bypass district judges and court blocks. They are implementing a blueprint — the same blueprint I’ve been warning you about: Project 2025."
Breaking: Trump Defies Federal Judge — Federalizes California National Guard to Bypass Block in Portland
After a federal judge halted his Portland crackdown, Trump bypasses the courts and orders California’s Guard under federal control — a move insiders say is just the beginning.
levremembers.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
stay out!
The IRS does not recognize Portland as a combat zone. DO NOT SEND TROOPS.
www.irs.gov/individuals/...
www.irs.gov/individuals/...
Combat zones | Internal Revenue Service
Find combat zones recognized by the IRS for combat pay tax benefits.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The IRS does not recognize Portland as a combat zone. DO NOT SEND TROOPS.
www.irs.gov/individuals/...
www.irs.gov/individuals/...
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Chapbook Category
First Place: The Inca Weaver's Tales • Katherine Quevedo • (Sword & Kettle Press, 2024)
Second Place: Water-Kin • @mahailasmith.ca • (Metatron Press, 2024)
Third Place: Micropoetry for Microplanets • @bugthewriter.bsky.social • (Space Cowboy Books, 2024)
First Place: The Inca Weaver's Tales • Katherine Quevedo • (Sword & Kettle Press, 2024)
Second Place: Water-Kin • @mahailasmith.ca • (Metatron Press, 2024)
Third Place: Micropoetry for Microplanets • @bugthewriter.bsky.social • (Space Cowboy Books, 2024)
October 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Chapbook Category
First Place: The Inca Weaver's Tales • Katherine Quevedo • (Sword & Kettle Press, 2024)
Second Place: Water-Kin • @mahailasmith.ca • (Metatron Press, 2024)
Third Place: Micropoetry for Microplanets • @bugthewriter.bsky.social • (Space Cowboy Books, 2024)
First Place: The Inca Weaver's Tales • Katherine Quevedo • (Sword & Kettle Press, 2024)
Second Place: Water-Kin • @mahailasmith.ca • (Metatron Press, 2024)
Third Place: Micropoetry for Microplanets • @bugthewriter.bsky.social • (Space Cowboy Books, 2024)
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Congratulations! I just love this book.
We don't have a government, but I've got an award!
My chapbook scored 3rd for the 2025 Elgin Award.
I'm excited to be on the list with so many excellent writers.
My chapbook scored 3rd for the 2025 Elgin Award.
I'm excited to be on the list with so many excellent writers.
October 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Congratulations! I just love this book.
We don't have a government, but I've got an award!
My chapbook scored 3rd for the 2025 Elgin Award.
I'm excited to be on the list with so many excellent writers.
My chapbook scored 3rd for the 2025 Elgin Award.
I'm excited to be on the list with so many excellent writers.
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We don't have a government, but I've got an award!
My chapbook scored 3rd for the 2025 Elgin Award.
I'm excited to be on the list with so many excellent writers.
My chapbook scored 3rd for the 2025 Elgin Award.
I'm excited to be on the list with so many excellent writers.