OneReadingNurse has Sunday brunch with Drew Melbourne, author of the #SPSFC 2 finalist Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days.

https://onereadingnurse.com/2023/08/27/sunday-brunch-author-interview-series-featuring-drew-melbourne/

"I finished seventh out of seven finalists, which is a good mix of gratifying and humbling."

#SPSFC fun fact: When two teams are accidentally assigned the same book, the dispute is resolved using bat'leth.

In related news, Team ScienceFiction.news has lost to Team Edpool the rights to judge C.D. Gallant-King's Psycho Hose Beast from Outer Space.

Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam @bookstodon

Meet the Peripheral Prospectors, one of nine teams of judges for the #SPSFC 3 contest that just began today.

https://onereadingnurse.com/2023/08/26/spsfc3-meet-the-peripheral-prospectors-team/

To all the judges in #SPSFC and everyone else who celebrates, Happy Book Allocation Eve!

There's just one day left for authors to enter their books in the third Self-Published Science Fiction Competition #SPSFC

Rules here:

https://thespsfc.org/the-competition/

Entry form here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfO2Yt-wrb3HV5tN6gnVH7smSHFCG-pIRLhB7ZmobFVVydD8w/viewform

Begging here:

PLEASE ENTER WE WANT TO CONSUME YOUR DELICIOUS SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS WITH OUR MINDS NOM NOM NOM. @bookstodon

The number of self-published science fiction books entered in the third #SPSFC just passed 200, but there's still time for more entrants. Judges are standing by. @bookstodon

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfO2Yt-wrb3HV5tN6gnVH7smSHFCG-pIRLhB7ZmobFVVydD8w/viewform

Does anyone know if there's a list (preferably as a spreadsheet) of #SPSFC2 entries? I want to make sure they're all on IndieStoryGeek.com (like I did for the first #SPSFC ) but the listing on the website, while gorgeous, is a bit cumbersome.

Self-published authors: Submissions are now open for the third Self-Published Science Fiction Competition! #SPSFC.

Entry form link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfO2Yt-wrb3HV5tN6gnVH7smSHFCG-pIRLhB7ZmobFVVydD8w/viewform

@bookstodon

Applications are open to become a judge for the third #SPSFC, a contest to choose the best self-published science fiction novel. @bookstodon

Use this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScg8beCIvldSggvuH61Y98LaFgSX1UT1oTtCgNhXFJfAN2SNw/viewform

Rory's response: "I have just the spot for this on my shelf! Thank you so much Hugh Howey and all the amazing humans who run the #SPSFC! This will be my first-ever writing award I get to display, and I'm so honored that it gets to be this one. I will cherish it always. Pew pew! 🔫"

The trophy for the winner of the second #SPSFC will be headed soon to The Last Gifts of the Universe author Rory August!

@bookstodon I've only read Aestus myself (I loved it so much I wrote my own *very* spoilery review: https://fediverse.blog/~/TheBeastAtTanagra/Book%20review:%20Aestus,%20by%20S.%20Z.%20Attwell - I've got spoiler-free reviews on my Bookwyrm too if anyone hasn't read but is curious, link in my profile) so I have no comments on the others - please add yours if you've read any of the finalists!

I feel it's really important to promote this kind of stuff in the fediverse.

https://thespsfc.org

#SPSFC #SPSFC2 #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Bookstodon #Aestus

The results of the SPSFC final are out - congratulations to all!

I don't know how many of the authors are on Mastodon, but I felt it was important to promote the results.

If any read this: well done! Getting to the final is a huge achievement and really shows the quality of your work.

Though reviews in a contest may by nature seem clinical, remember: your books always evoke a strong emotional response of joy in your readers too 😊

@bookstodon

#SPSFC #SPSFC2 #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Bookstodon

Felt like writing some of my thoughts about Aestus, by S. Z. Attwell. This is basically all spoilers - I have spoiler-free reviews on my Bookwyrm.

As Aestus Book 1 is a finalist in the SPSFC competition this weekend, I felt it was a good time to write something more detailed about why I love these books.

https://fediverse.blog/~/TheBeastAtTanagra/Book%20review:%20Aestus,%20by%20S.%20Z.%20Attwell

@bookstodon @bookreviews

#Aestus #SZAttwell #SPSFC #SPSFC2 #AmReading #Books #ScienceFiction #SciFi #ClimateFiction #Bookstodon #BookReview

A reminder that our Self-Published SF Contest Semifinalist Sale runs until TOMORROW! Grab your bargains and freebies at https://escapistbookcompany.com/2023/02/20/second-annual-self-published-science-fiction-competition-semi-finalist-kindle-sale/ #BookDeals #SPSFC

There are 30 books left in the running for the Self Published Science Fiction Competition and a good number of them are on sale, including my entry, A Space Girl From Earth. If you love scifi, check out these titles!
https://escapistbookcompany.com/2023/02/20/second-annual-self-published-science-fiction-competition-semi-finalist-kindle-sale/
#BookGiveaway #KindleSale #FreeBooks #spsfc #scifi #SpecFic

Hey all! You should really back this #Kickstarter!
Deston writes awesome books and was a finalist in last year's #SPSFC!
I just backed Dargath Chronicles and Dusk Orbit Blues on @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/destonjmunden/dargath-chronicles-and-dusk-mountain-blues?ref=thanks-tweet

My friend Holly Ash's pre-dystopian eco terrorism novel Cleansing Rain has sadly been cut from the #spsfc.

But, it's on sale!

From the author: "I’m still thrilled to have made it to the quarter finals so I’m putting both ebooks in the duology on sale this weekend!"

Cleansing Rain is at: https://amazon.com/dp/B09BWXR8TG

#dystopian #scifi #ScienceFiction #IndieAuthor #Bookstodon #BookSale @bookstodon

Eep! EXIN EX MACHINA has been named an #SPSFC semifinalist! 🥰🥳

Thanks to everyone at @tarvolon@twitter.com for the wonderful reviews. 😊

RT @tarvolon@twitter.com

Check out our thoughts on Exin Ex Machina by G. S. Jennsen #SPSFC https://www.tarvolon.com/2023/01/30/spsfc-semifinalist-review-exin-ex-machina-by-g-s-jennsen/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tarvolon/status/1620148966250905600

#sciFi/#SFF readers of Mastodon, if you're after something new, there's a giveaway for my #spaceOpera novel The Empyrean (and a gift card) going on on Instagram right now.

The Empyrean is currently a quarterfinalist in this year's Self-Published Science-Fiction Competition (#SPSFC), and thrusts its main characters through a galaxy where their own emotions can be turned into weapons against them. I'm due to publish its sequel this April.

For more details: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnmuF95LBvq/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet