People have been asking me if I know of a resource like StandWithMinnesota for New Jersey, and I haven't found something comprehensive.
So, for the moment, I have put together all the links to NJ orgs, crowdfunding links, events, and stuck them on a page of SWM.
standwithminnesota.org/jersey
🥹🎉 I'm so grateful to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social for including me in SILK & SINEW. In addition to the enormous work she's done bringing this anthology and a community together, she does SO MUCH to support early-stage writers like me by opening doors that have changed the direction of my journey.
while i wait for full-time paychecks to catch up to me, i am opening commissions so i can buy GROCERIES!
$20 portraits
$20 simple color
$30 shaded color
$50 full-body color
AND $5 single color sketches!
reply or DM me if interested <3 LET ME DRAW YOU AND/OR YOUR BLORBOS SO I CAN HAVE BREAKFAST!
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So thrilled that my story “Mother’s Mother’s Daughter” is a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award!! huge congrats to the other finalists, and an extra shoutout to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and the other SILK & SINEW authors💗💗
Some people survive the apocalypse by fearing a touch that might save them.
In Ayida Shonibar’s We Decay in the Dark, a Nightdweller assassin is sent after an enemy she was taught would poison her.
Instead, something else starts to grow.
🌔🗡️🤝🍆🎃
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I am so proud to have this wonderful anthology in our line. Congratulations to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and all of the authors involved.
Read the full list of nominees: www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2026/05/28/n...
Still 💥💫💜 from our @wiscon.bsky.social panel on #Hope. Such wisdom fr @andreahairston.bsky.social @littlebadger.bsky.social @ayidashonibar.bsky.social &Kal Nenov. We went to church! (per Andrea)
Part of panel: our pitches to #WritingCommunity to write more hopeful stories!
#solarpunk #hopepunk
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - APRIL 2026🏳️🌈
I round up over 20 works by @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social @spacevalkyries.bsky.social @cindyphanauthor.com @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @mariness.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!!
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🐍 Cover Reveal 🐍
THE POISON PALACE retells the story of Alexander the Great's invasion of India from the point of view of a courtesan sent to assassinate him. Out with Dutton Books in Jan 2027, will link to pre-orders below.
#booksky #amwriting #debutnovel #books
