EDIT: And I’ve replied to the 15 winners below — please email me at terribleminds at gmail dot com with subject header FIYAH SUBSCRIPTION, and I’ll get you set up in the next day or so.
FIYAH is a speculative fiction magazine by and about black voices. I confess, I’m a ding-dong who has kinda stopped paying attention to SFF fiction magazines — not because there’s not an astonishing amount of great storytelling going on, but because honestly my reading time is constantly in competition with itself in terms of doing research for my books and getting books to blurb and I sadly do very little reading for pleasure. (Also, the pandemic has eaten my time even worse than usual? How has that happened?) Falling asleep at the wheel here has meant I have not paid nearly enough attention to a magazine like FIYAH, which is waaaay the fuck my bad. As such, I’m gonna try to rectify that error for myself and for some of you, too —
I’m giving away five subscriptions to Fiyah.
All you gotta do is reply to this post in the comments. I’ll pick five tomorrow, and you’ll get a digital quarterly subscription. (And if you don’t win, don’t forget you can subscribe on your own, too.) I’ll also ask that if you win, you donate to Black Lives Matter, to a bailfund, or the ACLU — somewhere that impacts and renders aid to black voices.
That’s it. Comment up to 11:59PM tonight (6/8) and I’ll pick the five winners and then I’ll get your email addresses and you’ll be sorted with a FIYAH subscription.
UPDATE: Ryan Sohmer is gonna cover another five, so that’s ten total subs to give away!
UPDATE: And Ben LeRoy is tossing in another five!
Gemma says:
Thank you so much for this amazing and timely offer. Yes, please!
June 8, 2020 — 11:53 AM
Charlie says:
Awesome! Fingers crossed
June 8, 2020 — 11:54 AM
Jarom Norris says:
Thanks for doing this Chuck and Sohmer! I’d like an entry, please.
June 8, 2020 — 11:56 AM
Sadie Hartmann says:
I would love to try out this magazine and share it on my social media to give it a boost!!
June 8, 2020 — 12:04 PM
Justin Peniston says:
The existence of this magazine, and the fact that you are giving them oxygen, warms my heart. Would I love to win a free subscription? Sure. Will it MATTER if I win a free subscription? Nope, because I will be checking them out as soon as I finish typing this. (I am a proud monthly donor to the ACLU.)
June 8, 2020 — 12:08 PM
Jim Menard says:
I would love to expand my reading horizons. In times of stress I tend to fall back to re-reading “comfy books” that I’ve already enjoyed, but what better time to expose myself to different perspectives, especially more Black fiction.
June 8, 2020 — 12:09 PM
Sarah Reichert says:
Looks like a really good magazine and I can always use new and unique material to read. Not trying to butter your muffin, but I’m in the middle of “Wanderers” right now and the rest of my “adult” obligations have fallen to the wayside as a result. Damn you. And thank you. Most importantly, thank you for promoting the material and giving people ideas on how to take meaningful action.
June 8, 2020 — 12:12 PM
Sally Hunt says:
FIYAH is amazing. Toss my name in the ring, please & thank you.
June 8, 2020 — 12:14 PM
Susan Wood says:
I’d love to read it. I’d love to win it. Thanks for the heads up, Sue
June 8, 2020 — 12:16 PM
Ben says:
I’d love a chance at a subscription.
June 8, 2020 — 12:18 PM
terribleminds says:
AND YOU WON! Please email me at terribleminds at gmail dot com with subject header FIYAH SUBSCRIPTION, and I’ll get you set up in the next day or so.
June 9, 2020 — 8:48 AM
Susan Frank says:
Thanks for the tip, Chuck! I will definitely subscribe, because I never win anything. If I *do* win, I’ll send someone else a subscription.
June 8, 2020 — 12:25 PM
Tsara Shelton says:
I would love to win the giveaway and THANK YOU for bringing FIYAH Magazine to our attention! My youngest son loves speculative fiction and is himself a young black artist. I look forward to sharing the magazine with him. (I’m sending him a link to the FIYAH website now!)
June 8, 2020 — 12:29 PM
Milliebot says:
Thank you for sharing this!
June 8, 2020 — 12:36 PM
Vickie says:
You convinced me: I just subscribed.
June 8, 2020 — 12:43 PM
angeliquejamail says:
This is awesome, thank you! (And thank you also to the others contributing as well!) I intend to share this publication with my high school Creative Writing students at the unusually privileged private school where I teach. I will also gladly donate to Black Lives Matter; in fact my daughter (who is an artist) has created a painting in honor of the protests and will be selling prints to donate money to BLM as well. I’m also going to post a link to FIYAH on my blog, where I’m collecting resources for people who want to help be part of a long-term solution instead of part of the problem. Thanks again for promoting FIYAH! I didn’t know this magazine, either.
June 8, 2020 — 12:47 PM
Kris says:
How wonderful! Already checking out their book reviews. Already a proud member of the ACLU <3 Thanks for posting this!
June 8, 2020 — 12:49 PM
terribleminds says:
AND YOU WON! Please email me at terribleminds at gmail dot com with subject header FIYAH SUBSCRIPTION, and I’ll get you set up in the next day or so.
June 9, 2020 — 8:48 AM
Chelsea says:
Ooh! I’m way behind on short fiction, I bet this would help fix it! And I’d love more POC media to share around.
June 8, 2020 — 12:51 PM
Lou Webber says:
If I win, I’ll happily make a donation in the cost of the subscription to a worthy, Black-led organization. #BLM
June 8, 2020 — 12:56 PM
josephsidari says:
Black SciFi Matters, too. Thanks Chuck for putting it out there.
June 8, 2020 — 12:56 PM
RozM says:
Always a pleasure to be introduced to a new source of wonder!
June 8, 2020 — 12:57 PM
Leslie says:
Ooh, I’d love to check this out!
June 8, 2020 — 1:16 PM
Eric Guy says:
Chuck, this sounds like an incredible way to introduce people to the magazine.
I’ll be sure to check it out.
June 8, 2020 — 1:21 PM
chimerapoet says:
Yes please! thank you for the recommendation
June 8, 2020 — 1:21 PM
Ami says:
I love this.
June 8, 2020 — 1:23 PM
Karen Jeanne says:
I’d like to enter the giveaway; thanks for sharing! I feel like my small town library could use something like this.
June 8, 2020 — 1:29 PM
cchrisman says:
Wow so cool to see!
June 8, 2020 — 1:43 PM
Ben Coleman says:
Yes please!
June 8, 2020 — 1:58 PM
Penquillity says:
I just read FIYAH’s Mission statement and I thank you for bringing this long-established yet hardly unheard of publication.
P.S. Hubby finished reading “Wanderers” last night and wants to know when it’s going to be made into a movie.
June 8, 2020 — 2:27 PM
Nuhcole says:
Thank for for this giveaway, it would be amazing to win! Good luck all!
June 8, 2020 — 2:39 PM
terribleminds says:
AND YOU WON! Please email me at terribleminds at gmail dot com with subject header FIYAH SUBSCRIPTION, and I’ll get you set up in the next day or so.
June 9, 2020 — 8:48 AM
Peter Schaefer says:
Good going, y’all!
June 8, 2020 — 3:04 PM
Katherine Crighton says:
Yes, please! Thank you for doing this; stay safe and healthy.
June 8, 2020 — 3:30 PM
Ellie says:
Entering for a subscription! Thanks for bringing FIYAH to my attention!
June 8, 2020 — 3:36 PM
Eva T says:
Fingers crossed!
June 8, 2020 — 3:41 PM
Josh Neff says:
Pick me! Randomly! Or through Tarot cards! Whatever!
June 8, 2020 — 3:43 PM
David Archambault says:
I wouldn’t say no to free stories, especially if it’s something I can read within my lunch breaks.
June 8, 2020 — 3:48 PM
Nancy-Lou Polk says:
So many good voices from the West Coast. I wish the best for the magazine.
June 8, 2020 — 4:14 PM
Rachel Goldstein says:
Entering the giveaway!
June 8, 2020 — 4:29 PM
Aliyah says:
Thanks for telling us about this. Would love to win!
June 8, 2020 — 4:31 PM
Lindsey B. says:
I think this is great. I am glad to be learning about something new.
June 8, 2020 — 4:48 PM
A. E. Lowan says:
So awesome! Thank you.
June 8, 2020 — 4:52 PM
Willow Croft says:
Yeah, for some reason, I seem to be even more pressed for time without the (two) day jobs! And feeling even busier! So weird!
June 8, 2020 — 5:39 PM
Nick says:
That’s a great gesture, Chuck. Thanks for the chance to win something like this.
June 8, 2020 — 5:42 PM
terribleminds says:
AND YOU WON! Please email me at terribleminds at gmail dot com with subject header FIYAH SUBSCRIPTION, and I’ll get you set up in the next day or so.
June 9, 2020 — 8:49 AM
Emily N. says:
I’m always a sucker for fiction. Can’t wait to check it out
June 8, 2020 — 5:57 PM
Melissa Klinginsmith says:
I’m about to start electroconvulsive therapy amd could use some readinh material for the waiting room….pick me!
June 8, 2020 — 8:15 PM
Joe Houghtaling says:
I’d love a subscription. Thanks for putting the magazine in the spotlight!
June 8, 2020 — 8:41 PM
Sarah Davin says:
Thank for spreading the news Chuck!
June 8, 2020 — 9:16 PM
kfwils says:
FIYAH is a speculative fiction magazine by and about black voices.
June 8, 2020 — 9:28 PM
Bonnie says:
Fingers crossed.
June 8, 2020 — 10:12 PM
theskeletonjournal says:
This is awesome, please and thank you!
June 9, 2020 — 5:14 AM
erchristensen says:
Thank you for doing this.
June 9, 2020 — 9:17 AM