SLF

Interested in reading your speculative fiction in Chicago with the SLF? We’ve made a new form so we can keep better track of potential readers! We typically do readings with 1-2 folks with books coming out, who are featured and read for 10-15 minutes each, and then 6-8 rapid-fire readers who read for 3 minutes

Benjamin Rosenbaum and I are teaching a little weekend workshop in Chicagoland! Details below. Registration is now open for the SLF’s Summer 2026 Mini-Workshop! This 2-day, in-person only workshop is a series of talks, exercises, and seminars designed to inspire, dig deep, and kickstart your writing praxis. The deadline to register is August 1. Learn

Hey, SF/F peeps! Really appreciate the strong start to our membership drive — the first day brought us 13 new members! We’re aiming for 100 new members (at least — honestly, if we hit that number fast, we’re going to shoot for more!), so let’s keep it rolling. We also got three new donations yesterday,

Hey, folks. I have an ask for you. For over twenty years, I’ve been directing a non-profit, the Speculative Literature Foundation. In that time, we’ve given out over $100,000 in grants to writers (with no application fee!), run a Chicago reading series, offered a mostly-writing focused podcast (with me and Benjamin Rosenbaum), hosted free online

Nebula folks, we have some books for sale at the SLF table, just fyi.

Went to Nebulas, saw old friends and made new ones, finished things I’d committed to, came home at 6 pm, crawled into bed, ordered Indian food, and watched TV for four straight hours — too tired to do anything else. Now bath and bed.

If you’re at the Nebulas, stop by and check out the SLF table, right next to registration. Learn about our grants, reading series, podcast, and free online educational resources, and if you’d consider becoming a member, you’ll help us do more great stuff!