Fabulist News

Each year The Fabulist makes nominations to the Pushcart Prize, which publishes an annual “best of the small presses” anthology. We’re limited to six, so, tough choices …  This year’s batch of fables, yarns and ...

The Fabulist congratulates artist Roger Leege for winning the 2022 Utopia Award in the "Utopian Art" category. Leege's gallery "Erewhon and Other Strange Utopias," published in The Fabulist in April 2021, uses collage and transformation ...

CALL FOR APPLICANTS UPDATE: The submissions deadline has been extended to September 10. The family of Rin Kelly is offering up to three $350 scholarships to emerging fiction writers for use in enrolling in San ...

VOTING is now open through Aug. 21 for the 1st Annual Utopia Awards! The Fabulist is a finalist in two-count-em-two categories — Roger Leege's "Erewhon and Other Strange Utopias" in the Utopian Art category, and Fabulist ...

We're chuffed to share that we've had two pieces shortlisted for the first annual Utopia Awards, established by the good folks over at Solar Punk Magazine. Check out the shortlist — we're in amazing(!) company, ...

The world so full of dire turns, and here we are telling stories. It's not just idle escapism. We turn to imaginative and fantastical tales because they keep us alive. Give us hope, inspiration, meaning, ...

We're thrilled to announce our initial short-fiction lineup for 2022. We will be adding new material — fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art — to our schedule throughout the year, but we're very pleased to be ...

Just a quick note to let you know that our first independently produced event is now booked. The First ConFabulist ConVergence — working title! — will be coming to Adobe Books (3130-24th Street, San Francisco), ...

Each year, The Fabulist submits a selection of stories to the Pushcart Prize nominating committee for inclusion in their annual Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Press anthology. This year marks a first for us, ...

We have about 90 manuscripts left in the slush pile, out of the 350 we received during our last open call. We've accepted 10 stories so far, and have about 60 more on the longlist ...

We are at present a bit less than halfway through the slush pile from our 2021 open call for short fiction. We received 350 manuscripts, and have 174 to go. We've accepted five so far, ...

Each year The Fabulist makes nominations to the Pushcart Prize, which publishes an annual "best of the small press" anthology. We're limited to six, so, tough choices ...  These stories tend to be a bit ...

Here we are, it’s the future now, and it kinda reads like a science-fiction novel: Global pandemic, fascistic kleptocracy on the rise in the U.S. along with a burgeoning militia movement, surveillance states, border-crossing impacts ...

Attention writers: We've raised the maximum word count for our submissions window closing Nov. 12. We prefer stories up to 3,000 words, but will consider up to 5,000. The main reason for the lower limit ...

Hey, we launched a Patreon page for The Fabulist. Check it out, and why not sign up? Our website is and always will be free, free, free — but as a Patreon subscriber you'll also ...

Here's an interesting writing opportunity and prompt for Black speculative-fiction authors coming from NaBeela Washington, founder and editor of Lucky Jefferson Magazine — a beautifully illustrated and well-curated digital 'zine that regularly runs theme issues. ...