written by David Steffen It has been a very eventful year, both for Diabolical Plots and for me specifically. A Diabolical Plots story was a Nebula finalist for the second time: “For Lack of a Bed” by John Wiswell. In the longer list of Hugo Award nominations, Diabolical Plots was on the longer list of … Continue reading 2022 Retrospective and Award Eligibility
written by David Steffen Encanto has been very popular since it was released by Disney in November 2021, for its catchy toe-tapping songs, interesting characters, and its themes revolving around immigrant families. Everyone seems to think of Mirabel as the protagonist of the story, and that makes sense according to most classical conventions, but the … Continue reading The Fall of the House of Madrigal: An Encanto Science Fiction Headcanon
written by David Steffen Hello! I am here to announce the original stories that were chosen from the general submission window that ran in July 2022. First, some stats:Submissions received: 1126Disqualified: 5Withdrawn: 2Rejected First Round: 1025Rejected Final Round: 82Accepted: 12 In addition to the 12 stories selected from the general submission window, we also added … Continue reading Short Story Lineup Announcement!
written by David Steffen Hello! The fundraiser for The Long List Anthology Volume 8 ends on Monday! It is most of the way to the base goal, but it would be nice to get to that all-or-nothing goal and try to work on some of the stretch goals after that while there are still some … Continue reading Fundraiser For Long List Anthology Volume 8 Ends On Monday!
written by David Steffen The Submission Grinder won an Ignyte Award in the category Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre. If you haven’t heard about the Ignyte Award, they are run by FIYAH magazine with the mission “The Ignytes seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of … Continue reading Submission Grinder Won an Ignyte Award in the Community Category!
written by David Steffen The ebook for The Long List Anthology Volume 7: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List is up for preorder! You can find it on Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and others. Check out our Books page for more information!
written by David Steffen I am thrilled to announce The Submission Grinder is an Ignyte Award finalist for the Community Award: for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre. The Ignyte Awards are run by the excellent folks over at Fiyah; this is the third year of the award. It has … Continue reading The Submission Grinder is an Ignyte Award Finalist!
written by David Steffen The fundraiser for The Long List Anthology Volume 7 fundraiser is live! This time we’re running the fundraiser on Indiegogo for the first time. Go check it out! Every year the anthology celebrates more of the works from the Hugo Award nomination list beyond what was on the final ballot. This … Continue reading Long List Anthology 7 Fundraiser is Live!
written by David Steffen Hello! This is one of those posts where we look back at the year and all of the things we did to consider for award eligibility and hey just to look back at the year and what happened. This last year was the first year that anything from Diabolical Plots was … Continue reading Diabolical Plots 2021 Award Eligibility
written by David Steffen Not too long ago we announced the 4 stories accepted by guest editor Kel Coleman. If you missed it, you should check that out! On top of those stories which will be published together in a themed monthly issue, we also accepted 4 more stories, which we are announcing right here, … Continue reading Additional Accepted Food-Themed Stories From the “Diabolical Pots” Window
