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Guild News: October 2015

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New Members

Welcome to our newest members KJ Kabza, Shoji, and Camron Cuccu!

(Writers — if you were approved for membership before September 23 but aren’t listed in the member directory, it’s because I haven’t heard back from you about what name you want to be listed under. Drop me a line at furwritersguild (at) gmail.com and let me know!)

Member News

Lots of new books and anthologies featuring FWG members were released at this year’s RainFurrest. Here’s a possibly-not-complete list (and if I’ve missed yours, please comment and let me know):

A Menagerie of Heroes (RainFurrest charity anthology – general)
An Anthropomorphic Century – edited by Fred Patten
Dungeon Grind – edited by Kandrel and Rechan
Huntress – by Renee Carter Hall
Inhuman Acts: A Collection of Noir – edited by Ocean Tigrox
Koa of the Drowned Kingdom – by Ryan Campbell
Losing My Religion – by Kyell Gold
Naughty Sexy Furry Writing (RainFurrest charity anthology – adult)
The Necromouser and Other Magical Cats – by Mary E. Lowd
Will of the Alpha 2 – edited by Rechan and Lafitte

(Many of these titles are also available in ebook format from Bad Dog Books.)

Phil Geusz also has a new science fiction series at Amazon with the first books out now — check out Early Byrd, Fledgling, and Jail Byrd.

Check your What the Fur conbook from earlier this year for the story “Fleeting” by MikasiWolf. (What the Fur is also holding a writing contest for 2016, accepting entries in both English and French — details here.)

In addition, Laika Dosha (whose creative team includes Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort) had a successful demo at RF, and the Alpha 0.1 version is now available via Patreon.

In audio offerings, we have the audio edition of Huskyteer‘s story “A Blacker Dog” from Inhuman Acts, recorded by Savrin Drake, and you can also give a listen to an interview with Mary E. Lowd from last spring.

In nonfiction news from our members, George Squares had an article published over at [adjective][species], and Fred Patten presents an exhaustive list of What the Well-Read Furry Should Read.

And finally, congratulations to member Ryan Campbell, selected as the Writer Guest of Honor for RainFurrest 2016!

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines: The anthology WERE- is open to submissions until October 31, and the new quarterly furry zine A Glimpse of Anthropomorphic Literature is open for submissions until November 15. (We also have other anthologies with later deadlines listed on our Paying Markets page.)

In conbook news, Further Confusion is now open through November 30.

Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for all the latest news and openings!

Guild News

Thanks to all who made our Meet & Greet and Cóyotl Awards ceremony a success at RainFurrest! If you weren’t able to be there, check out the full list of Cóyotl Awards and nominees (plus the awesome song) at the Cóyotl Awards website. And now that 2014’s awards are complete, it’s time to start thinking about potential nominees for 2015. If you’ve read furry literature published this year that you think is worth recognizing, come tell us about it in the 2015 Recommended Works thread in our forums.

On Goodreads? Don’t forget we have a Goodreads group and a bookshelf featuring books by our members. Feel free to add any members’ books we’ve missed so far (see the instructions here on how to do that).

We’re always open for guest blog post submissions from members — good exposure and a great way to help out fellow writers. See our guidelines for details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us in the forum shoutbox for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern and Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern. More info on the Coffeehouse Chats is here.

Remember, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

Have a great October! If you have news, suggestions, or other feedback to share, send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com or leave a comment below.

Guild News: September 2015

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New Members

Welcome to our newest members Erin Quinn, BanWynn, and Dire Wolf!

(Writers — if you’ve been approved for membership recently but aren’t listed in the member directory, it’s because I haven’t heard back from you about what name you want to be listed under. Drop me a line at furwritersguild (at) gmail.com and let me know!)

Member News

Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort continues to reveal the world of Laika Dosha, and From Winter’s Ashes is now on Wattpad as well. Weasel’s documentary Poetry is Dead! has been completed. John Van Stry has two new books available on Amazon, Demigods and Deities (book five of the Portals of Infinity series) and Lost Souls, the first book of a YA series. M. C. A. Hogarth’s The Three Jaguars business comic is now available as a collection.

In crowdfunding news, Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things is seeking funding for their next year of publication. The Spring 2015 issue included Renee Carter Hall’s “The Frog Who Swallowed the Moon,” and Mary E. Lowd’s “Frankenstein’s Gryphon” will appear in Fall 2015. One of the perks of the campaign is a book of writing prompts from Ember contributors, including both of those members.

Congrats, everyone!

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines: Thanks to an extended deadline, there are still a few days to get your stories in to the furry anthology Fragments of Life’s Heart, now closing on September 7.

New markets: The new quarterly zine A Glimpse of Anthropomorphic Literature will open for its first submissions on September 15. Fred Patten’s next anthology, Gods With Fur, is now open until May 1 (see link for full guidelines). And if you like your were-creatures as something other than wolves, the anthology WERE- is open to submissions until October 31.

Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for all the latest news and openings!

Guild News

If you’re headed to RainFurrest this year, be sure to join us for our FWG Meet & Greet Thursday at 9 PM, followed immediately by the Cóyotl Awards ceremony at 10 PM. Come put some real-life faces to the online names!

On Goodreads? Don’t forget we have a Goodreads group and a bookshelf featuring books by our members. Feel free to add any members’ books we’ve missed so far (see the instructions here on how to do that).

We’re always open for guest blog post submissions from members — good exposure and a great way to help out fellow writers. See our guidelines for details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us in the forum shoutbox for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern and Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern. More info on the Coffeehouse Chats is here.

As always, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

That’s all for this month! Send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

Guild News: August 2015

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New Members

Welcome to our newest members Laura “Munchkin” Lewis, Joel Kreissman, and Baumarius!

(If you’ve been approved for membership recently but aren’t listed here or in the member directory, it’s because I haven’t heard back from you about what name you want to be listed under. Drop me a line at furwritersguild (at) gmail.com and let me know!)

Member News

Tristan Black Wolf’s The Laputan Factor is now available in print and ebook formats, Renee Carter Hall’s new enhanced ebook version of Huntress is available for pre-order in epub format, and Donald Jacob Uitvlugt has a poem in the anthology In the Trenches: The Psychological Impact of War and a space opera story over at Cast of Wonders.

Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort continues with both From Winter’s Ashes and Laika Dosha, Fred Patten and Kyell Gold have contributed essays to the collection Furries Among Us, and Weasel has some videos to check out on YouTube — reading for the Gulf Coast Poets at Barnes & Noble and this interview as part of his upcoming documentary Poetry is Dead!

Lastly, in crowdfunding news, be sure to check out Kevin “Rikoshi” Frane’s Patreon for Stargazer, the upcoming sequel to Summerhill.

Congrats, everyone!

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines: The furry anthology Fragments of Life’s Heart closes on August 15. (Check out the editor’s recent post to that thread with updates on what they’re looking for.)

New markets:  ROAR #7 is now open for submissions, and so are Heat (with a deadline of August 31) and the furry poetry anthology Civilized Beasts. The new quarterly zine A Glimpse of Anthropomorphic Literature will open for submissions on September 15 and is looking for flash fiction, reviews, articles, and more.

Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for all the latest news and openings!

Guild News

Members, there are just two weeks left to get your votes in for the Cóyotl Awards!  Voting closes August 15. If you need to get some last-minute reading in, there are links to all the nominated works in this thread.

If you missed our chat with senior production editor Jennifer Tait, you can find the chat log here. Thanks again to Jen for joining us!

The FWG now has a Goodreads group, and we also now have a bookshelf featuring books by our members. Feel free to add any members’ books we’ve missed so far (see the instructions here on how to do that).

We’re always open for guest blog post submissions from members — good exposure and a great way to help out fellow writers. See our guidelines for details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us in the forum shoutbox for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern and Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern. More info on the Coffeehouse Chats is here.

As always, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

That’s all for this month! Send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

Guild News: July 2015

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New Members

Welcome to our newest member George Squares!

Member News

In book release news: ROAR #6, edited by Mary E. Lowd and featuring many FWG members as contributors, as well as Mary’s new novel In a Dog’s World, are now available for pre-order from FurPlanet. Tempe “Tempo” O’Kun’s latest, Windfall, is also available for pre-order from FurPlanet, and Weasel Press’ first furry anthology, Typewriter Emergencies, is also up for pre-orders. Kris Schnee’s new novel Thousand Tales: How We Won the Game is available from Amazon, and M. C. A. Hogarth has released Either Side of the Strand and a new trilogy that begins with An Heir to Thorns and Steel.

In short fiction, Rechan’s story “TLC” appears in Heat #12, and “Into the Wind” is in ROAR #6. Huskyteer also has stories in both, with “Meena Mae” in Heat #12 and “Gerbil 07” in ROAR #6, and you can also check out Huskyteer’s nonfiction in this piece for Flayrah. Ocean Tigrox’s story from ROAR #6, “Food, Feuds and Fake Flora” has a teaser you can read here, and the same anthology also has a story from Altivo Overo called “Coyote’s Voice” and one from Mwalimu called “Brush and Sniff.” And in anthology news outside the fandom, Mary E. Lowd’s “Shreddy and the Dancing Dragon” appears in The Dragon’s Hoard.

In other news, Renee Carter Hall has launched a new mailing list for her readers (sign up and get a free ebook), Rebecca Mickley has a new website, Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort is on board with the new visual novel project Laika Dosha (as well as continuing From Winter’s Ashes), and Mwalimu has made a nifty little tool you can use to find your local furry conventions.

Congrats, everyone!

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines: Rocky Mountain Fur Con’s conbook closes on July 15, and the furry anthology Fragments of Life’s Heart closes on August 15.

New markets: Red Ferret Press (a new imprint from Weasel Press) is seeking submissions for Knotted, and ROAR #7 will open for submissions later this summer.

Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for all the latest news and openings!

Guild News

Voting is open for the Cóyotl Awards until August 15. If you haven’t read everything on the ballot, we have links to all the nominated works in this thread.

Good luck to all our members participating in Camp NaNoWriMo’s July session! Member George Squares has written about his Camp NaNo project on his blog.

On Goodreads? The FWG now has a Goodreads group, and we also now have a bookshelf featuring books by our members. Feel free to add any members’ books we’ve missed so far (see the instructions here on how to do that).

We’re always open for guest blog post submissions from members — good exposure and a great way to help out fellow writers. See our guidelines for details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us in the forum shoutbox for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern and Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern. (The Saturday chats have been discontinued until further notice.) More info on the Coffeehouse Chats is here.

As always, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

That’s all for this month! Send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

Guild News: June 2015

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New Members

Welcome to our newest members Rob Baird, Lawrence M. Schoen, John Lynne, Rebecca Mickley, and Amy Fontaine!

Member News

In book release news, you can now purchase J. F. R. Coates’ Reborn, the new deluxe edition of Phil Geusz’ Book of Lapism, the new hardcover edition of Paul Kidd’s A Whisper of Wings, Kidd’s latest novel GeneStorm: City in the Sky (in Kindle and print formats), and John Van Stry’s Interregnum (sequel to his Children of Steel). Online, Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort’s From Winter’s Ashes has published Chapter 2.2 and Chapter 2.3.

In short fiction news, Mary E. Lowd’s science fiction story “Panda-Mensional” has appeared in Neo-Opsis, and Weasel has furry fiction in Earth is Huge and We’re All On It. And in poetry news, Weasel’s collection The Hell Inside Us is now available.

In other news, Vixyy Fox’s children’s book Improbable… Never Impossible (illustrated by Cara Bevan and published by Rabbit Valley) won the 2015 Indie Excellence Award in the Children’s Fiction – Early Reader category, and our own M. C. A. Hogarth was elected to the office of Vice President of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.

Congrats, everyone!

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines:  The conbook for Maltese FurCon closes to submissions on June 15, and Rocky Mountain Fur Con’s conbook closes on July 15. The furry anthology Fragments of Life’s Heart closes on August 15.

In non-furry markets, the fantasy anthology Into the Mist seeks dragon stories, deadline July 1.

Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for all the latest news and openings!

Guild News

Nominations for the Cóyotl Awards close today! Last chance to recognize the best furry fiction from 2014. If you need a refresher on what’s eligible, check out our 2014 recommended works thread!

On Goodreads? The FWG now has a Goodreads group, and we also now have a bookshelf featuring books by our members. Feel free to add any members’ books we’ve missed so far (see the instructions here on how to do that).

We’re always open for guest blog post submissions from members — good exposure and a great way to help out fellow writers. See our guidelines for details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern, Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern, and Saturdays at 5 p.m. Eastern — all held right in the forum shoutbox. More info here.

As always, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

That’s all for this month! Send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

Guild News: May 2015

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New Members

Welcome to our newest members Sean Cleary/Gödel Fishbreath, John Van Stry, and Bill Kieffer!

Member News

The furry site [adjective][species] published their first poetry feature in April, including works from several of our members and forum friends. Well worth a read, even if you think you’re not into poetry — you just might be surprised. (We also have a new poetry section in our forums.)

Several of our members also have stories and poems up on QuarterReads, a site offering flash fiction and poetry for just 25 cents a read. See this thread for more info.

Eduardo Soliz recently released Super-Short Sci-Fi Stories 2.8, available for just 99 cents at Amazon and other fine digital bookstores, and Donald Jacob Uitvlugt‘s “To Sail the Winds of Song” is online at Another Dimension. Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort’s “From Winter’s Ashes” continued with Chapter 2.1.

In book news, Friday’s first book Learning to Go will be available very soon from Jaffa Books, Weasel’s Cigarette Burns is now available from Kool Kids Press, and Austen Crowder’s second novel The Painted Cat is available for pre-order from FurPlanet. Congrats, everyone!

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines:  Trick or Treat 3 closes to submissions on June 1. For conbook deadlines, Megaplex’s conbook closes on May 22 and Maltese FurCon’s on June 15.

Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for the latest news and openings!

Guild News

Nominations for the Cóyotl Awards are open through June 1. Members, now’s your chance to recognize the best furry fiction from 2014. If you need a refresher on what’s eligible, check out our 2014 recommended works thread and be sure to add your favorites!

The FWG now has a Goodreads group! (Thanks, Munchkin!) That means we also now have a bookshelf featuring books by our members. If you’re on Goodreads, feel free to add any members’ books we’ve missed so far (see the instructions here on how to do that).

We’re always open for guest blog post submissions from members — good exposure and a great way to help out fellow writers. See our guidelines for details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern, Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern, and Saturdays at 5 p.m. Eastern — all held right in the forum shoutbox. More info here.

As always, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

That’s all for this month! Send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

Guild News: April 2015

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New Members

We’ll have new members to report next month, as I’m still waiting on information to be able to add some new members to our directory. In the meantime, if you’re interested in joining (or know someone who is), find out how here!

Member News

Donald Jacob Uitvlugt’s story “From Hell’s Heart” has appeared at NewMyths.com, and  Mary E. Lowd’s story “Songs of Fish and Flowers” is online at Lakeside Circus. Jess E. Owen’s latest novel in the Summer King Chronicles, A Shard of Sun, is now available for Kindle. The stories of Vixyy Fox are being featured on the website of Dog Is My Co-Pilot, Inc, a nonprofit organization that helps find homes for shelter dogs at risk of euthanasia. And Eduardo Soliz has been busy — his Fuzzy Words: The Con Fluff Collection is now available on Amazon, his microfiction “Special Patient” appears on BigWorldNetwork.com, and his story “Epiphany” appeared in the Furry Fiesta 2015 conbook.

Our associate members have been busy, too. Jay was a guest on the Furballd podcast, and Weasel has a short story in the latest edition of Earth is Huge and We’re All On It, as well as three poems in Crazy Concrete.

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines:  Claw the Way to Victory has an extended deadline now of May 1, and submissions to Weasel Press’ Typewriter Emergencies close on May 1. See our Paying Markets page for more info, and get your stories in!

In conbook news, Anthrocon’s conbook closes to submissions on May 1, and Megaplex’s closes on May 22. (See our conbook page for info and links.)

Openings: The furry anthology Fragments of Life’s Heart is now open for submissions (deadline August 15).

Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for the latest news and openings!

Guild News

FWG election season has begun, and any members wishing to run for the office of president must announce their intent by the end of April.  Emails will be sent to members as crucial election deadlines approach, but please also keep an eye on the Guild Election subforum for election announcements, debate, and news!

Cóyotl Award nominations will also be opening soon! Watch their website and Twitter feed for updates.

In other award news, thank you to all those who nominated the FWG site in the Best Website category of the Ursa Major Awards. Some of our members’ works also received nominations; you can see the full list of the 2014 nominees on the front page of their website.

Check out Weasel‘s review of our first anthology, Tales From the Guild: Music to Your Ears.

We’re always open for guest blog post submissions! Good exposure and a great way to help out your fellow writers. See our guidelines for full details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern, Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern, and Saturdays at 5 p.m. Eastern (new time!) — all held right in the forum shoutbox. More info here.

Remember, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

That’s all for this month! As always, send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

Guild News: March 2015

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New Members

Welcome to our newest member Kris Schnee!

Member News

Mary E. Lowd has had stories published in Apex and Daily Science Fiction, Renee Carter Hall’s “The Frog Who Swallowed the Moon” appears in the latest volume of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort’s serial From Winter’s Ashes has posted chapter 1.3, and the latest novel by Rose LaCroix, The Vimana Incident, is now available from FurPlanet.

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines: Anthologies ROAR #6 and Claw the Way to Victory close to submissions on April 1, and submissions to Weasel Press’ Typewriter Emergencies close on May 1. See our Paying Markets page for more info, and get your stories in!

Openings: The third volume of Rabbit Valley’s Trick or Treat anthology series is now open for submissions (deadline June 1).

Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for the latest news and openings!

Guild News

Today’s the last day to get your responses in for the 2015 Member Feedback Survey! See this thread in the member forums for the links to the 2-part survey.

We’re still open for guest blog post submissions! Good exposure and a great way to help out your fellow writers. See our guidelines for the details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern, Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern, and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Eastern — all held right in the forum shoutbox. More info here. Remember, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

That’s all for this month! As always, send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

 

Guild News: February

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New Members

Welcome to our newest member MikasiWolf!

Member News

The latest anthology from editor Fred Patten, The Furry Future, features 19 furry-themed science fiction stories (or science-fiction-themed furry stories, your call), with at least 15 of those stories coming from FWG members.

FurPlanet’s anthology Five Fortunes (also edited by Fred Patten, and featuring novellas from several members) is now available as an ebook from Bad Dog Books, and you can read FWG member Dronon’s review of it here at Claw & Quill. In other review news, you can now find Fred Patten’s reviews posted at Dogpatch Press.

Eduardo Soliz has just released Con Fluff 3: Nine Charming Furry Short Stories, his third collection of “furry super-short conbook stories”.

Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort’s From Winter’s Ashes continues with Chapter 1.1 and Chapter 1.2 now posted.

Some of our associate members have been busy too — Jay launched a new blog, and Weasel has a new book review blog himself, along with another story in the literary magazine Earth Is Huge And We Are All On It.

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Just opened: From Weasel Press, a furry anthology called Typewriter Emergencies, looking for “dark and existential fiction focusing around the theme of ‘These Things Shall Pass/It’s a mad world out there.'” Deadline is May 1, and full details are here.

Other anthologies currently remain open with spring deadlines — check out our Paying Markets page for more info, and remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for the latest news and openings!

Guild News

The links to the 2015 Member Feedback Survey were sent out to all FWG members in an email dated January 30. If it’s not in your inbox (or your spam folder), please see this thread in the member forums for links to the 2-part survey. Both parts close on March 2, so please don’t wait to get your responses in.

We had a successful meet and greet at Further Confusion in January — you can check out the notes from that meet in this forum thread. (Thanks again to Daniel for taking all those notes, and to all those who hosted and attended, whether at the con or virtually via the shoutbox.)

There’s a quick update on the Cóyotl Awards here at the award blog.

Fred Patten has reviewed the FWG’s first anthology, Tales From the Guild: Music to Your Ears, over at Dogpatch Press.

A reminder to members: We’re open for guest blog post submissions! Good exposure and a great way to help out your fellow writers. See our guidelines for the details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern, Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern, and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Eastern — all held right in the forum shoutbox. More info here. Remember, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

That’s all for this month! As always, send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

 

Guild News: January

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New Members

Welcome to our newest member R. A. Meenan!

Member News

Gene Breshears’ story “The Luminous Pearl, or the Second Tail of Sora” was published in July in North American Fur and is now available online.

Renee Carter Hall released her holiday ebook Wishing Season (Amazon / Smashwords) and also has anthro-themed stories in the first issue of STRAEON and in Stories in Future Tense: The 2015 Word Branch Publishing Science Fiction Anthology.

Huskyteer’s ebook Learners, featuring two short stories, is now available from Bad Dog Books and Amazon (US / UK).

Rose LaCroix’s novel The Linen Butterfly (sequel to The Goldenlea) is scheduled to debut at Further Confusion this month. Check out the cover here!

Mary E. Lowd’s space opera fable “The Little Red Avian Alien” was published in Luna Station Quarterly.

Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort has launched his new web serial From Winter’s Ashes and will begin regular updates this July.

James L. Steele’s novel Huvek is now available as an ebook, and his short story “The Cable” appears in Abandoned Places.

And our associate member Weasel has two poems in the holiday anthology To Hold a Moment Still and also has a story in the latest issue of the literary magazine Earth Is Huge And We Are All On It.

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Several anthologies currently remain open with spring deadlines — check out our Paying Markets page for more info, and remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for the latest news and openings!

Guild News

Members — we’re open for guest blog post submissions for 2015! Good exposure and a great way to help out your fellow writers. See our guidelines for the details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Remember, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern, Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern (but no chat today because of the holiday), and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Eastern — all held right in the forum shoutbox. More info here.

That’s all for this month! As always, send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.