Little Key Press publisher and editor Elizabeth Mitchell’s Kickstarter for Clocks: a speculative and dark fiction anthology was a success! The anthology features stories from HWA Oregon members Katherine Quevedo, Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq, and Sarah Walker. The book is expected to ship this summer.

Poems by Larina Warnock, Katherine Quevedo, and Richard Leis are finalists for the 2026 Rhysling Award. Their poems will be reprinted in the 2026 Rhysling Anthology, arriving in July.

Elizabeth Beechwood signed a contract with Third Flatiron Publishing for her story “The Memory of Walnuts” for their SciFi to Go: Food for Thought anthology. The ebook will be available in June with a physical edition to follow.

Jacy Morris’s novel A Town Painted Red will be published by Tenebrous Press in spring 2027. He has also been invited to participate in an upcoming anthology.

Zachariah O’Keeffe is celebrating four years of blogging short stories twice a month, as well as the sixth season of his SCpod podcast.

Katherine Quevedo has a nature poem published in The Ranger’s Almanac, Vol. 1.

Katherine’s poem “Anubis at the Arcade” has been published in the “Paying Tribute” issue of Eye to the Telescope.

H. A. Spector has been taking comedy improv classes and will participate in a showcase on April 26, 2026.

Work on H. A.’s new literary magazine, Northern Shadows Magazine, is moving along quickly, with the first digital issue expected October 15, 2026. Submissions close August 15, 2026 or after 200 submissions.

Juleigh Howard-Hobson has two “mean-tempered” sonnets in The Alien Buddha’s Got Beef anthology.

Iris Harris arrives in Portland, Oregon this June and is looking forward to connecting with HWA Oregon members offline as well.