Wonderbox Digital

Publishing speculative and digital/hybrid fiction. Pop over to to beta-test the new shop!

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Writers, developers, journalists - submit your born-digital work to the New Media Writing Prize.
https://t.co/bPXvFhJaJp

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Congratulations to Nivritti Khurana!

[NewMediaWritingPrize @NMWPrize]

And the winner of the #NewMediaWritingPrize #OpeningUp category is...

Manzil by Nivritti Khurana!!!
https://t.co/qSUgH4EFnx

Congrats, and well done!

[NewMediaWritingPrize @NMWPrize]

The shortlisted works for the #OpeningUp prize sponsored by @wonderboxpub are:

#NewMediaWritingPrize #AwardsEvening

[Wonderbox Digital @wonderboxpub]

A day with almost no distractions, so I can concentrate on my to-do list. What do I do instead? Start learning how to develop a web app.

This was NOT on my list.

[Mark Marino author @MCMarino_Kids]

Did you know the 2020 #IFComp is happening rt now with over 100 free games? The kids & I have a new Mrs. Wobbles story out called "The Land Down Under." J dreamed it up in 4th grade! Check out all the entries!

https://t.co/WCMzeEjwwa

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@Beau_Sorrell @MathBrush @AnnHugoWriter I loved being able to experience life through the protagonist. A great example of what IF can do.

[Mark C Marino markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino]

Got an idea for a code reading? Submit an abstract to our special Critical Code Studies issue of DHQ by Nov. 16. ed. with @jeremydouglass

https://t.co/fPMNQnos5r

#critcode

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

This is the earliest known text adventure for home computers in a language other than English. The link includes new interviews with two of the people involved.

[Raven Book Store @ravenbookstore]

Amazon doubled its profits this year.

Meanwhile, we’ve lost one bookstore for every week of the pandemic.

Jeff Bezos grows richer while small businesses struggle to make it.

So we’re taking part in today’s “Don’t Box Out Bookstores” event

Please #ShopIndie today

#BoxedOut

[Wonderbox Digital @wonderboxpub]

@leo_elo_ole Prolly because the vet has capacity to board them, while the groomer only has limited space (my parents are vets). 😼

[Bez: Interactive Fiction, Visual Novels, & Writing @NorbezJones]

It's #PortfolioDay! Hello, I'm Bez, an enby trans game designer and writer. I recently released a #Neopets tribute for the Interactive Fiction Competition.

Check it out here: https://t.co/xeKT7Kmagp

My games: https://t.co/5bQHi2PfjS

Portfolio: https://t.co/HAq1v2n22W

[Women Make SF @WomenMakeSF]

#WomenMakeSF https://t.co/XH8VoqsfEm

[The Short Game @_shortgame]

246: IFComp 2020 part 2 https://t.co/lvnD3IxgcW

[The Duchess of Science @broad_science]

Good news for a Monday🙌🏽

#WomenInSTEM #DiversityandInclusion

[Gretchen Whitmer @gretchenwhitmer]

Raise your hand and retweet if you have a personal stake in this election.

✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼

[Wonderbox Digital @wonderboxpub]

@Nnedi I'm really sorry. What a hit to your mental health. Rest assured, they are NOT the majority, and you are loved.

[Mathbrush @MathBrush]

This year's IFComp reviewers are doing an incredible job! 89 out of 104 games have public reviews now. These are the ones that still don't have reviews (that I know of):

At Night
The Copyright of Silence
Creatures
Dr Ego and the Egg of Man-Toomba
Entangled
Fight Forever

1/3

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@noahwf Scratch?

[Mark C Marino markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino]

CFP for a special issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly on Critical Code Studies ed. by @jeremydouglass and me #critcode
deadline Nov 15 for abstracts! https://t.co/fPMNQnos5r