lois 🫖

always crying, rarely writing, when it should be the exact opposite. pubs in @yuzupress, @gingerbreadmag, @chinchillalit, and @brothzine

[Soft Star Magazine @softstarmag]

☀️Mark your calendars: submissions for Issue Six: Solstice will open on Saturday, December 21, just in time for the solstice.
🌌 We will be open to submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Check our website for the full details!

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

It’s done.

Two years of @talesfeathers.bsky.social
The launch of Augur Press
Four books
&
The Fledgling SFF Award

We did it, Augurians.

More words coming soon. But for now:

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

We promise many worlds & futures, these next few years.

[lois 🫖 @loislkchan]

i'm featured in today's Kickstarter update!! go give it a read to see why we first readers value augur and its role in changing the landscape of CanSpec... and consider backing the KS too (only 2 more days to reach our last goals)!
https://t.co/9j9ckUt4Ud

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

Today’s Kickstarter update ✨ follows our first readers @ChidoMuchemwa, @loislkchan, and Perseus Rebelo as they talk about their first-reading experiences at Augur 📚

Read the full piece on our Kickstarter, LIVE now!

🧵

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

📲 We are $1,865 CAD/$1,342 USD from reaching our next goal of funding DOUBLE the novellas and opening up submissions in 2025!

Click the link in our bio to read today’s Kickstarter update 👀

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

Today’s Kickstarter update ✨ follows our first readers @ChidoMuchemwa, @loislkchan, and Perseus Rebelo as they talk about their first-reading experiences at Augur 📚

Read the full piece on our Kickstarter, LIVE now!

🧵

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

Today’s Kickstarter update ✨ follows our first readers @ChidoMuchemwa, @loislkchan, and Perseus Rebelo as they talk about their first-reading experiences at Augur 📚

Our submissions bring a plethora of creative pieces and reading them is SUCH a transformative experience 🧜‍♀️

🧵

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

MAYDAY: We have LESS than $2,000 CAD between us and opening to worldwide book submissions !!

That's...

$1,991 CAD...OR
$1,429 USD...OR
£1100 GPB...OR
S$1892 SGD

Away from DOUBLING Augur Press!

36 HOURS TO GO, AUGURIANS !!

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

Augurians !! 4 DAYS left on Kickstarter🙀🤯

Today starts @ $17.4k 💜

Here’s how close our goals are —

$92 CAD / $66 USD — Fund our podcast
$1.6k / $1.1k — Fund Augur Press BOOK 3 !!
$4.1k / $2.9k — Fund BOOK 4 + open to WORLDWIDE book subs !!!

Let’s make this HAPPEN !!😻

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

🤩 On Kickstarter NOW, we've got...

12+ SIGNED BOOKS & bundles! 🙏

From friends of Augur like:

@AiJiang_
@WriterJuneHur
@david_demchuk
@suyidavies
@ecwpress
@LittleGhostsBoo
@TheSuiWay
@tiffmorris
@manahilbanduk

& more!

+ they come w a 2-year Augur/T&F sub !

🧵

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

Happy weekend, Augurians! 🍂☕

Only 5 DAYS left on Kickstarter 🙀 Rn, we're @ $17.1k !

We're THIS far from funding...

$400 CAD / $288 USD — Our podcast
$1.9k / $1.4k — BOOK 3 from @tiffmorris
$4.4k / $3.2k — BOOK 4 + opening to WORLDWIDE novella/poetry book subs

SH-SH-SHARE!

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

Only ONE 1-year subscription between us & $17,000 CAD !!!

Or almost ANY other tier!

Who wants to push us over our next $1,000 mark?!

[lois 🫖 @loislkchan]

i find myself lucky to be a first reader for Augur, but also so lucky to know that it exists in the first place to create meaningful spaces for diverse + exciting + new voices in CanSpecFic... back Augur on Kickstarter now so they can continue to do that and so much more!

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

Hey Augurians! ✨ Only SIX days left to back! 🙀

Today starts @ $16,891

That’s:

$109 CAD / $79 USD from $17k
$609 / $440 from PODCAST
$2.1k / $1.5k from poetry book 2 + poetry book subs
$4.6 / $3.3 from novella 2 + NOVELLA SUBS

SO close to doubling our press titles! 🙈

LFG!!

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

Hey Augurians! ✨ Only SIX days left to back! 🙀

Today starts @ $16,891

That’s:

$109 CAD / $79 USD from $17k
$609 / $440 from PODCAST
$2.1k / $1.5k from poetry book 2 + poetry book subs
$4.6 / $3.3 from novella 2 + NOVELLA SUBS

SO close to doubling our press titles! 🙈

LFG!!

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

DID YOU KNOW!

If Augur Press opens to long form submissions, we'll take WORLDWIDE subs of:

✨ Novellas
✨ Novelettes
✨ Poetry Books

We're not JUST a Canadian press!

But we need:

💵 $19k CAD / $13.7k USD - Poetry subs
💵 $21.5k CAD / $15.5k - Fiction subs

We're at $16.1k !

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

✨ AUGURIANS!!

You funded Kickstarter goal 1 in 6 DAYS!! 🙀

NOW we want to FUND A PRESS for:

👾 Scifi
🐉 Fantasy (cozy&dark&epic)
😶‍🌫️ Dreamy realism

Novelettes, novellas & poetry by Canadian, Indigenous + international creators.

🔁 SHARE the campaign & HELP US OPEN!

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

Our themed call for Augur is: “A Natural Desire” and it’s STILL open for themed and unthemed submissions!! 🌿✨

We are looking for
🌟 Raw connection
🌟 Love and lust
🌟 Desperately important platonic relationships
🌟 Community in context

🔗 to submit ⬇️

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

We just hit $13k. Aka. We WILL solicit @manahilbanduk
for Augur’s FIRST poetry book!

That’s book 1/4 FUNDED—!!! 🎊🎉🍾 & a GUARANTEED AUGUR PRESS 📚📖👩‍🏫

Plus:

We’re 2.5k from a @thesuiway novella
+ 60% funded for long-form submissions

What an amazing day 11. Thank you.

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

So we want to launch a sci-fi fantasy press 📖🐉🛸

COOL. But like…how? 🤔

Read the interview w our Publisher @kercoby for ALL the deets, incl:

🌳 Genres we crave
👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 Breaking lit fic/SFF barriers
📈 The road to success
🤝 Resisting capitalist publishing

Scroll for 🔗 & 🧵

[inqilāb @tastefullysaucy]

It’s a 59 minute long video and the first 20 minutes are the names of children…