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So. The presenter at last night’s prestigious Hugo Awards mispronounced the name of @fiyahlitmag .
If you’re from the romance side of the family you may not be aware of the phenomenal work FIYAH does in the SFF community. FIYAH is the magazine of Black Speculative Fiction.
If you’re from the romance side of the family you may not be aware of the phenomenal work FIYAH does in the SFF community. FIYAH is the magazine of Black Speculative Fiction.
That means the slush readers are Black. The editors are Black. The writers are Black.
Non-SFF Black writers are you feeling jealous yet? Wait. There’s more. FIYAH pays. They pay on time and your stories are actually edited. In fact, the editors of FIYAH have snagged
Non-SFF Black writers are you feeling jealous yet? Wait. There’s more. FIYAH pays. They pay on time and your stories are actually edited. In fact, the editors of FIYAH have snagged
a World Fantasy Award.
At this point you may be asking, well what has this unpaid, all-volunteer Black staff been doing for the community besides using their precious creative energy to uplift others rather than working on their own stories?
They’ve run Twitter events during
At this point you may be asking, well what has this unpaid, all-volunteer Black staff been doing for the community besides using their precious creative energy to uplift others rather than working on their own stories?
They’ve run Twitter events during
NaNoWriMo to encourage folks to write. They’re currently working on a virtual con for BIPOC.
Okay. I need to stop here. I need you to understand that like, no other group would do something like that. The - I got mine, f you, you need to get yours - mentality is pretty
Okay. I need to stop here. I need you to understand that like, no other group would do something like that. The - I got mine, f you, you need to get yours - mentality is pretty
American. But it’s not the way Black Americans typically move. FIYAH is like - you Black? Write for us. We’re not gonna police your Blackness. We really don’t give af if you’re an immigrant or if you have one parent born in the U.S. or if you’re biracial. You Black?
Welcome home. Like. Where they do that at?
FIYAH is like - oh, we can help BIPOC, let’s put on a con. Using our own labor. To help POC, some of which have a history of anti-Blackness. Because that’s how we roll.
Y’all. Y’all.
FIYAH is like - oh, we can help BIPOC, let’s put on a con. Using our own labor. To help POC, some of which have a history of anti-Blackness. Because that’s how we roll.
Y’all. Y’all.
When I say the staff of FIYAH are better people than I can ever be, I mean it.
But I haven’t even gotten to the best part. FIYAH only gives out personal rejection letters. That means, if you’re a Black SFF writer, and you submit to FIYAH,
But I haven’t even gotten to the best part. FIYAH only gives out personal rejection letters. That means, if you’re a Black SFF writer, and you submit to FIYAH,
you get personal feedback on your story from a magazine whose editors have won a World Fantasy Award.
Sit on dat for a minute.
FIYAH is building a legacy.
Put some respect on their name. They’ve earned it.
Sit on dat for a minute.
FIYAH is building a legacy.
Put some respect on their name. They’ve earned it.
You can subscribe to FIYAH here: https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/shop/
Interested in attending or learning more about FIYAHCON? Here you go: https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com
