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stevewestenra.bsky.social
Helping to sort through the #SFINCS entries and wow are there some cool books. o.o
September 27, 2026 at 8:02 PM
ladzwriting.bsky.social
omg so many friends and faves made it into SFINCS
September 28, 2026 at 12:58 AM
sunflowerchancho.bsky.social
Yay! #booksky #indiebooks #sfincs
September 28, 2026 at 2:28 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
My #SFINCS review for J. P. Relph and Mathew Gostelow's Watcher is up on Before We Go Blog!

An excellent start to my reads. (: I'll thread my reviews here for ease of access.

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#SFINCS3
SFINCS Review: Watcher by J. P. Relph and Mathew Gostelow
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the t
beforewegoblog.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
bookspotlight.bsky.social
join meeeeeeeeeeee <3

www.sfincscompetition.com
The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship | SFINCS
The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community.
www.sfincscompetition.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
Last call for novella submissions! We have three spots left! Submissions will be closing tomorrow (September 26th) at 11am EST. #authors #writers #booksky

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September 26, 2026 at 1:25 AM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
And the #SFINCS 4 entry form is LIVE! If you've written a self-published or small press speculative (SFFH) novella, and would like to enter it, the form's here!: www.sfincscompetition.com
The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship | SFINCS
The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community.
www.sfincscompetition.com
September 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
New SFINCS review!
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
slashnburnett.bsky.social
Need even more to read? Check out the all the @thesfincs.bsky.social lists, past and present!
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September 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
kiraofthewind.com
We're now accepting entries into the SFINCS competition! Come enter your Spec-Fic novella!

I'm a judge and I WANT TO READ SOME NOVELLAS. FEED ME
September 19, 2026 at 9:32 PM
fantasticphil.bsky.social
Absolutely chuffed and delighted to announce Oksy, Come Home, my little known Blood Scouts novella, has reached the finals of SFINCS!
Cover for oksy come home Sfincs finalist badge
February 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
thesfincs.bsky.social
It has begun!
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September 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
angelaboord.bsky.social
My first #SFINCS review is up! IResiduum by DB Rook is a fun SF apocalyptic adventure that reminded me of an action movie.

www.angelaboord.com/post/sfincs-...

💙🪐📚 #SFF #indiebooks
SFINCS Review: Residuum by DB Rook
“The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community. W...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
My third #SFINCS review is up on Before We Go Blog! This time it's for Thomas J. Devens's Grimdark epic fantasy, The Dregs:

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SFINCS Review: The Dregs by Thomas J. Devens
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the t
beforewegoblog.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
Hello #SFINCS3!

Thanks to all the generous authors for submitting to this year's #SFINCS novella competition!

The blog below introduces our team, the WIPs (name courtesy of @helynalc.bsky.social !), & our Round 1 books!

@jamreads.com @angelaboord.bsky.social

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SFINCS 3 Round 1 Team WIPs: allocations
September 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
IT'S HERE!

Team WIPs have announced our #SFINCS3 semi-finalists: beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-3-tea...

This was a really hard choice, & there were several judge favourites that didn't make the cut, so if you're not moving forward, please take heart that it was a difficult call.

#SFINCS
SFINCS 3: Teams WIPs Semi-Finalist Announcement
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the t
beforewegoblog.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
timwolffauthor.bsky.social
Protocol of Valor is entered into SFINCS 3

GLORIOUS!
September 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
bookspotlight.bsky.social
SFINCS IS OPEN NOVELLA BESTIES GO GO

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#authors #writingcommunity
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September 2, 2023 at 8:10 PM
timwolffauthor.bsky.social
In celebration of reaching SFINCS semi finals, The Whisper that Replaced God is free for the week. Hooray 🪽 👁️ 🪽
December 12, 2024 at 2:10 PM
jpatriciaanderson.bsky.social
Savage Daughters of the Secret Isle is in SFINCS this year 🥰
thesfincs.bsky.social The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship @thesfincs.bsky.social · 16h
Congratulations to all of the authors who will be part of SFINCS4!!!!

We wish you all the best of luck! Next steps are for us to sort the novellas into teams for judging which we will announce later this week! #booksky #authors #writers #publishers
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Accepted SFINCS4 Submissions!
Here you can find the accepted SFINCS4 author submissions!
www.sfincscompetition.com
September 28, 2026 at 2:31 AM
belladunn.bsky.social
Very excited to have my novella, Of Sorrow and Ashes, amongst such a great list of titles for this year’s #SFINCS!

Congratulations to everyone selected! Best of luck to us all!

#fantasynovella #indieauthor #eileereansaga #booksky
September 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
theshaggyshepherd.bsky.social
Have a speculative fiction indie novella? Consider entering it into SFINCS this year then!
September 24, 2026 at 11:35 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
And it's time!!! Novella submissions are open!
#writers
#booksky💙📚🪐

www.sfincscompetition.com
The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship | SFINCS
The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community.
www.sfincscompetition.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
My fourth #SFINCS3 review, this time for J. D. Cadmon's sweet Sapphic romance, The Handyma'am and the Werewolves!: beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...

#SFINCS #indiefantasy #queerfantasy
SFINCS Review: The Handyma’am and the Werewolves by J. D. Cadmon
"The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the t
beforewegoblog.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
blog.readindiefantasy.com
The first round of SFINCS is drawing to a close, so this week, we'll be announcing the semi-finalists of Team TBR.

www.readindiefantasy.com/sfincs-semi-...

It's been tight, and we've got some stellar books to put forward. :D

#SFINCS #BookSky
Banner image for the SFINCS semi-finalist reveal. A colourful graffiti-style drawing of the words SEMI and FINALISTS
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM