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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
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Sarungano. Author of Drinking from Graveyard Wells. Tin House Scholar. CW ‘22 Voodoonauts Cofounder https://linktr.ee/YvetteL
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · 1d
I’ll be judging this year’s Afritondo’s Short Story Prize! The theme is “Transition.” Open to African & Black writers. Cash prize $1,000. Deadline Dec 24. Guidelines below👇🏾

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Afritondo Short Story Prize 2026 - Theme, Judges, Guidelines — Afritondo
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · 9d
Oo will follow the conversation!
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · 9d
This is such a great resource, thanks!!!
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · 17d
Anyone know of any good craft essays or lectures or even video breakdowns on Crafting a Space Opera, Writing a Novella,the Structure of a Novella etc have a brilliant student this semester whose working on an independent project & would love to send them some space opera & novella resources.thanks!
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Slice of SciFi / Writers, After Dark @sliceofscifi.com · Aug 29
Podcast: Slice of SciFi 1138

Publisher @rosariumbill.bsky.social on THE ADVENTURES OF LION MAN, pulling the only issue from history, and writing new stories w/ @jijennings.bsky.social , @yvettel.bsky.social, @amazingdavidbrame.bsky.social #comics #afrofuturism

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“The Adventures of Lion Man”: Bill Campbell on recovering history | Slice of SciFi
Publisher Bill Campbell talks about Rosarium Publishing’s new graphic novel compilation The Adventures of Lion Man, reprinting the lone 1947 comic featuring Lion Man, plus 3 new stories by John…
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Aug 19
It’s Miles MorlandFoundation fellowship app season!I’ve received lots of DMs for feedback on proposals which I’m always happy to do but I’ve gotten so many now that I unfortunately have to decline the rest.This guide is on how I structured my book proposal
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The Book Proposal that Landed me a $18,000 Writing Fellowship
How I structured the Book Proposal for the Miles Morland Fellowship
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Aug 11
Thanks for sharing💙
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Aug 11
🌀APPLICATIONS OPEN🌀overjoyed to share that I will be co-facilitating a writing residency at Oxbow School of Arts for emerging BIPOC writers. Shout to @ageedubb.bsky.social & Jazz for bringing this space together. Come join us among the beaches of Lake Michigan🌊
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Aug 5
New Substack post on the making of the comic book Lion Man & the Afrofuturism of reaching out across time to honor an ancestor’s buried legacy. So honored to have been involved in Lion Man
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New Substack post on the making of the comic book Lion Man & the Afrofuturism of reaching out across time to honor an ancestor’s buried legacy.
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Aug 5
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · Aug 4
Just arrived! Adventures of Lion Man (@rosariumbill.bsky.social), with @jijennings.bsky.social, @drdamianduffy.bsky.social, @yvettel.bsky.social, @amazingdavidbrame.bsky.social, @mbdando.bsky.social!
The Adventures of Lion Man and a great David Brame print!
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Jul 31
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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · Jul 30
“Dinosaurs Once Lived Here” by @yvettel.bsky.social is a haunting reflection on the end of the world, told in seven parts by the god of drunkenness.

As the earth grows mouths and swallows its cities, starting with Lagos, the rest of the world barely notices...
Excerpt from "Dinosaurs Once Lived Here" by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu from Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a teal background with abstract circular accents and the WTBAP logo. The excerpt reads: Gods love a good party, and it is the scribe spirit’s duty to record everything heavenly decrees, the songs of the angels, and even the gossip the harmattan spirits and sandstorm whisper to each other as they kiss. Anansi’s cousin, the spirit of drunkenness, who once lived on the earth as a human, tells the best stories at parties. But he has a hard time minding his cups, forgetting details and changing names and the order of events. What he doesn’t remember, he invents. The scribe spirit writes everything down as told. Anansi’s cousin recalls from wine-sloshed memory what unfolded when a planet called earth met its demise. Foreword by Olivia Kidula for "Dinosaurs Once Lived Here" by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V. Displayed on a teal background with orange and turquoise accents, the WTBAP logo and stylised quote marks. The text reads: This theme that reality lies in the telling echoes in Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s “Dinosaurs Once Lived Here”. Anansi’s cousin, the spirit of drunkenness, who once lived on the earth as a human, tells the best stories at parties. But he has a hard time minding his cups, forgetting details and changing names and the order of events. What he doesn’t remember, he invents. The scribe spirit writes everything down as told. The will of the storyteller blurs the line between fact and fiction
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Jul 31
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Jul 11
Congrats!!!!!!!!! So well deserved🎉
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Jul 1
It’s here!!!!! Me & @shingai-be-like.bsky.social are so excited to share the @strangehorizons.bsky.social AfroSurreal Special Issue. We had such a tough time selecting the final ToC, so many brilliant pieces! Will be sharing my favorites throughout the week

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Strange Horizons
A Magazine of Speculative Fiction
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Jun 25
Happening in 10 mins!
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Jason A. Bartles @jabartlesauthor.bsky.social · Jun 6
Come see some wonderful people, and myself, at the Clarion West '25 Alumni Reading!

I've got a fun story about a disco light who is feeling her age. 🪩😱☠️

June 25, 8:00 p.m. Eastern

@yvettel.bsky.social
F.E. Choe
& Chris Yin
@clarionwest.bsky.social

RSVP:
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Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy: Alumni Reading June 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm (Pacific Time / (8:00 pm Eastern) The Clarion West Summer Reading Series will be held virtually and streamed live over Zoom during the Six-Week Workshop. Join us for our first event, a reading featuring recent Six-Week Workshop alumni Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (CW ’22), F.E. Choe (CW ’23), Jason A. Bartles (CW ’23), and Chris Yin (CW ’24). There will be time for audience Q&A following the reading. You will be able to submit questions in the webinar.
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Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · Jun 25
Today's the first of our annual Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy Reading Series! We're thrilled to present tonight's reading featuring several Clarion West alumni, including @yvettel.bsky.social (CW ’22), F.E. Choe (CW ’23), @jabartlesauthor.bsky.social (CW ’23), and Chris Yin (CW ’24).
Graphic has blue background and abstract lines with text: Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy: Alumni Reading. June 25, 5-6:30 PM PDT Featuring: Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (CW '22), Jason A. Bartles (CW '23), F.E. Choe (CW '23), and Chris Yin (CW '24). Images of all four authors looking fabulous are overlayed in circles.
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · May 20
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · May 20
Talking Sinners with the awesome folks @justkeepwriting.bsky.social
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Just Keep Writing Podcast @justkeepwriting.bsky.social · May 19
New Episode has dropped🎉🎉 Join: @marshallcarrjr.bsky.social @lpkindred.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @shingai-be-like.bsky.social @wilralston.bsky.social #yvettelisandlovu as we discuss @sinnersmovie.bsky.social #sinnersmovie
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · May 14
Congrats, that’s amazing!!!!!!!
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · May 12
Thank you!! Such stellar company💙
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · May 12
Honored to be a finalist for the DAG Prize for prose writers “whose work expands the possibilities for American writing.” Thank you to the DAG Foundation & congrats to all the finalists!

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Here are the finalists for the $20,000 DAG Prize for Literature.
Today, the DAG Foundation announced the five finalists for the DAG Prize for Literature, a new annual award that grants $20,000 to “an early-career prose writer whose work expands the possibi…
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Apr 30
Last day to submit to the @strangehorizons.bsky.social AfroSurrealist Special Issue! Poems, stories & essays welcome🖤 if you loved watching Sinners, this is the issue for you!

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Last day to submit to the AfroSurrealist Special Issue
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · Apr 23
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