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thesfincs.bsky.social
Today you all have a chance to meet the team Grimoire Ink Reviews and the books they will be judging for round one of SFINCS4! #booksky #authors #writing #SFINCS
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SFINCS4 Meet the Team: Grimoire Ink Reviews
Meet the SFINCS 4 Team Grimoire Ink Reviews and what they will be reading in round 1!
www.sfincscompetition.com
October 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
Today you all have a chance to meet the team Bookish Dimensions and the books they will be judging for round one of SFINCS4! #booksky #authors #writing #SFINCS
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SFINCS4 Meet the Team: Bookish Dimensions
Meet the SFINCS 4 Bookish Dimensions and what they will be reading in round 1!
www.sfincscompetition.com
October 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
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
www.sfincscompetition.com/post/accepte...
Accepted SFINCS4 Submissions!
Here you can find the accepted SFINCS4 author submissions!
www.sfincscompetition.com
September 27, 2026 at 11:56 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
Today is our last team announcement! Meet the team KRACKenS and the books they will be judging for round one of SFINCS4! #booksky #authors #writing #SFINCS
www.sfincscompetition.com/post/sfincs4...
SFINCS4 Meet the Team: KRACKenS
Meet the SFINCS 4 KRACKenS and what they will be reading in round 1!
www.sfincscompetition.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
Today you all have a chance to meet the team Readers of the Lost ARC and the books they will be judging for round one of SFINCS4! #booksky #authors #writing #SFINCS
www.sfincscompetition.com/post/sfincs4...
SFINCS4 Meet the Team: Readers of the Lost ARC
Meet the SFINCS 4 Team Readers of the Lost ARC and what they will be reading in round 1!
www.sfincscompetition.com
October 2, 2026 at 11:47 AM
slashnburnett.bsky.social
Aww, look, Ex Partum is on the SFINCS read list! So is @andrewintheclouds.bsky.social’s Hornytown Chutzpah @ @authorizedmusings.bsky.social’s Between the Blood and the Sun.
Fly, my pretties, fly!

www.sfincscompetition.com/post/accepte...
Accepted SFINCS4 Submissions!
Here you can find the accepted SFINCS4 author submissions!
www.sfincscompetition.com
September 28, 2026 at 1:10 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
This year we will be introducing the teams and what they will be reading in our blog! Once all the posts have been released we will update our round one page! #booksky #authors #writing #SFINCS
www.sfincscompetition.com/post/sfincs4...
SFINCS4 Meet the Team: TBR Strikes Back
Meet the SFINCS 4 Team TBR Strikes Back and what they will be reading in round 1!
www.sfincscompetition.com
October 1, 2026 at 11:28 AM
lastgoblinqueen.bsky.social
The Kingdoms Gada and Eleanor novella, "The Last Goblin Queen: Harmony and Resonance", is in SFINCS4!

#BookSky #RomanticFantasyFiction #TheLastGoblinQueen
October 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
leeburton.bsky.social
Ah, this slipped past me. Here be I, competed.

Looks like some stiff competition in this gang.

#amreading #SFINCS4 #booksky #books #GLHF
October 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
ashtardeza.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
My novella got accepted into SFINCS4!

https://www.sfincscompetition.com/post/accepted-sfincs4-submissions

Keep your fingers crossed for me!

#author
Accepted SFINCS4 Submissions!
Here you can find the accepted SFINCS4 author submissions!
www.sfincscompetition.com
September 28, 2026 at 5:37 AM
behindthepages.bsky.social
@thesfincs.bsky.social is working on some updates and are aiming to post this year's competition timeline in early August! Looking forward to SFINCS4 ☺️
#booksky💙📚🪐
July 19, 2026 at 11:24 AM
thesfincs.bsky.social
SFINCs4 will be opening for author submissions September 19th! Are you eligible to enter your speculative fiction novella? If so, saved the date! #booksky💙📚🪐

www.sfincscompetition.com/eligibility-...
Eligibility Requirements | The Speculative Fiction
Eligibility requirements for novellas entering The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”).
www.sfincscompetition.com
August 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
also, I've decided to set the price for Between the Blood and the Sun at a special $2.99 for the first round of #SFINCS4 (so until December 5)

if I make it to round 2 again, I'll continue the sale (or make it lower? hmmm?)

GET IT WHILE IT'S HOT
authorizedmusings.bsky.social Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 8d
I had so much fun in last years' SFINCS that this year, I entered Between the Blood and the Sun!

it's a novella about vampires, and terminal illness, and the choices you make at the end of things.

books2read.com/BetweentheBl...

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September 29, 2026 at 1:58 AM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
#SFINCS4 is still open for submissions! If you're worried about your book's length but are very close to the cut-off (e.g. you're 100 words over or under, you're good to enter).

#SFINCS #Indiebooks #novellas #fantasybooks #horrorbooks #scifibooks
September 20, 2026 at 11:16 AM
helynalc.bsky.social
The time is here! We are looking for cool indie novellas for #SFINCS4!

Submit now!! 💙📚
September 19, 2026 at 8:14 PM
behindthepages.bsky.social
#booksky #writingcommunity
Judging teams for SFINCS4 are being assembled! Would you like to be part of one?
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SFINCS4 Judge Interest Form
Thank you for wanting to judge for the fourth year of SFINCS! Please know that as a judge you will be reading books from all speculative fiction genres. Authors who are submitting a novella cannot be ...
docs.google.com
September 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
helynalc.bsky.social
Submit yar indie novellas, folks!

Let me read them all 👀 (I'm gonna judge this year too 👀)

#SFINCS #SFINCS4 💙📚
September 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
Submissions are being verified for qualification! Stay tuned for the announcement of our SFINCS4 novellas this evening! Those who have submitted will receive an email for qualification/disqualification notification!
#booksky #authors #writers #publishers
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September 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
behindthepages.bsky.social
What better way to start my mini vacation then by listening to an audiobook and working on the announcement for SFINCS4 judging teams. 😊 What are I listening to? What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher! #booksky
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October 1, 2026 at 10:49 AM
stevewestenra.bsky.social
Last chance to apply to judge for the SFINCS indie novella contest!:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SFINCS4 Judge Interest Form
Thank you for wanting to judge for the fourth year of SFINCS! Please know that as a judge you will be reading books from all speculative fiction genres. Authors who are submitting a novella cannot be ...
docs.google.com
September 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community. If you are an indie author with a novella, our free competition is open now! #booksky💙📚🪐#writing

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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September 19, 2026 at 11:44 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
Who's ready for SFINCS4 this year? 👀👀 Do you have a novella published as of September 1st of this year? You might be eligible! Novella submissions open September 19th at 4pm EST! #booksky #writingcommunity
www.sfincscompetition.com/eligibility-...
Eligibility Requirements | The Speculative Fiction
Eligibility requirements for novellas entering The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”).
www.sfincscompetition.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM
thesfincs.bsky.social
Have you submitted to SFINCS4 yet? Do you have a speculative fiction novella at 15,000 to 40,000 words? Submit it now! #writers #authors #publishers
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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September 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
behindthepages.bsky.social
No new reviews this week! I'm focusing instead on working with the @thesfincs.bsky.social team to get SFINCS4 ready. #booksky💙📚🪐
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September 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM
thesfincs.bsky.social
Would you like to be a judge for SFINCS4? Fill out the interest form! Please note you will need to also be a part of the discord server, as judge communications are through a channel set up for teams and general team chat. #booksky

docs.google.com/forms/d/1_v-...
SFINCS4 Judge Interest Form
Thank you for wanting to judge for the fourth year of SFINCS! Please know that as a judge you will be reading books from all speculative fiction genres. Authors who are submitting a novella cannot be ...
docs.google.com
August 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM