Nicole Munro (is writing; on hiatus)

Links to my current fiction and non-fiction here: linktr.ee/nmunro_writes I'm working on finishing various pieces, including a novel. I've actually been writing stories for over two decades in different places and now trying to get out there more with Indigenous/Indigenous-coded rep in fantasy.

Concluded our first all-editors CanCon! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat and hang out! It was so nice to meet @heartlines-spec.com writers and readers in the wild 🥰 Shout-out to @rhirschgarcia.bsky.social for being our famous author endorser!

Kaleidotrope reopens to fiction and poetry submissions for one week starting tomorrow, October 18.

One more day to go!!

We’re at Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social ALL WEEKEND! Join us in the vendor room at Brookstreet, or catch us at panels. Editors @rebecca-b.bsky.social @emilyyu.bsky.social and @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social will skulking about

Gang’s all here! Come visit us at @canconsffh.bsky.social Vendor room!

A second chance to submit!!!

Additionally! @heartlines-spec.com is briefly open to submissions again. We're looking for a few more Canadian/Turtle Island writers 🍁 for issue 12. We'll be open until the end of Can*Con, so don't self reject and send us that spec piece with an established relationship you've been sitting on!!

We have RE-OPENED for short story and poetry submissions from Canadian/Turtle Island writers 🍁🍁🍁 Our extended period will be open until October 18th. We'd love to see: ❣obvious Sci-Fi or Fantasy elements ❣ relationships shown on-the-page heartlinesspec.moksha.io/publication/...

Heads up! We have responded to all our submissions. If you haven’t heard back, check your spam and send us an email. We will be reopening soon for more Canadian short fiction and poetry—our hold list isn’t as mapley as it should be 🍁🍁🍁

Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Today is a time to raise awareness of the ongoing impacts of residential schools and remember the children who never came home. How are you honouring the day?

Time is ticking! We've got 1.5 days left until subs close, get your fantasy/sci-fi WITH a long-term relationship in before September is over!! We're reading and ready to keep reading until the end!

Two days until Plott Hound Magazine opens to submissions! (October 1st) We're very excited, and all of our categories will be open this quarter. We publish original and reprint short stories and flash fiction. We also publish poems and essays. Guidelines: plotthound.moksha.io/publication/...

Our Fall Reading Period starts October 1st! Schedule: October — Limited Demographic Window November — General Submissions Window December — Closed to Submissions We're nearly done with summer submissions, and we'll start on the holds soon! Full schedule: https://havenspec.com/submit/

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 in Canada honors the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. Given parallel assimilation policies, the U.S. has adopted the date as a National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools. #KidLit

Residential School denialism is done in the service of white supremacy and they are very, very clear about this link.

Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions three weeks from today, October 18. It will be open for just one week, closing after October 24, and won't re-open again until some as yet undetermined time, probably in 2027. kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

We are opening submissions for our fourth and final issue of the year in October! SOON! Issue 4 has a theme: EXPLORATION 🪐🗡️ Early opening for trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors: October 1-7 General submissions: October 8-21 Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

A white nationalist group gathered just outside the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve in British Columbia over the weekend wearing white masks and dressed in all black.

Submit your stories and poems to @heartlines-spec.com until the end of Sept. 30! ✍️ ‼️ Your story or poem MUST be SFF/spec WITH a long-term relationship (familial, platonic, romantic) at the core of the work. ‼️ Read the submission guidelines here ➡️ www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

Strange Horizons Fiction Submissions open on the 1st of October, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC! The max word count per story will be 5,000 words. There will be a 1,000 story cap. Once we reach that number of submissions, the window will close. Link to more information ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

✨ 10 more days left to submit your fantasy or sci-fi story/poem WITH a long-term relationship to @heartlines-spec.com until the end of the month! ✨ Don't be afraid to dive deep into that fantasy 🧚 or sci-fi 👽setting with characters 🫂 who have known each other for a long time already.

We're midway through our submission period! Send us your stories and poetry that feature characters/situations informed by established relationships. It's gotta be spec though! We're still getting a lot of submission with only the smallest smattering of Weird/Strange/Magic. www.heartlines-spec.com

Speaking of distant galaxies, extraordinary creatures, and magical worlds... @heartlines-spec.com is open all through September for submissions!! Send us your SFF stories and poems with a long-term relationship at the core! ✨ Guidelines here ➡️ www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

Today is the official release of Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism! It is an honour to be a part of this publication, joining the voices of those working toward sharing and defending the truths of residential schools and Survivors. (1/3)

Speaking of distant galaxies, extraordinary creatures, and magical worlds... @heartlines-spec.com is open all through September for submissions!! Send us your SFF stories and poems with a long-term relationship at the core! ✨ Guidelines here ➡️ www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

Submission inbox is fully OPEN! Let's goooooooooo ✨pure vamp from editors mildly stunned at the passage of time😅 ✨ www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

Dolly will be missed. ❤️

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

We are OPEN!!!!!

It's that time of the year again, and I'm ready to read!! 👀 Send us your stories and poems! ✨✨ ✍️

We are OPEN for early submissions from equity-deserving writers, looking for poetry and short fiction. Submissions fully open on Sept 1st: ❣500-3500 words ❣pre-existing relationships ❣Fantasy! Sci-Fi! Horror! www.heartlines-spec.com

We're one week out from re-opening for equity-deserving stories and poems for Issue 12! This is the perfect time to shuffle through your pieces or...GASP...write something new? Perchance even... read Issue 11 with new pieces releasing on Tues & Thurs www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

Maybe the real cake is the subscribers we made along the way 🎂 www.heartlines-spec.com

It's RELEASE DAY! Lower those shoulders, take a deep breath, and read some fantastic short fiction and poetry! www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-11/

Sad news. I really enjoyed his Detective Galileo mysteries.

For anyone asking how to help: Donate to True North Aid to assist Remote Indigenous Wildfire Evacuees - truenorthaid.ca/donate/ & Namaygoosisagagun First Nation Response: Donations an7gc.ca/donate/

It's tribal records, artifacts, art, regalia, ceremonial grounds, things that have been passed from generation to generation, hidden, protected and preserved, repatriated and restored.

I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.

Sad to hear about Sam Neill. 😢 Like many, I knew him best from Jurassic Park, a favourite film since childhood. He will be missed.

Read up on our statement about AI and the suspected works we published in Issue 8 and 9. The post has been sent out to all our subscribers but you can also read the highlights below. www.heartlines-spec.com/statement-on...

Hear ye, hear ye! It's time to OFFICIALLY announce our Table of Contents for Issue 11. Releasing on July 31 (iykyk), it's a summer special with stories and poetry from new and old friends!

BEHOLD! Our cover art for Issue 7 is an Aurora Award nominee for Best Cover Art/Interior Illustration! If you're a member of @csffa.bsky.social you can vote TODAY! We've been so lucky to work with Alice M -- Alice's work is consistently gorgeous and we'd love to see it rewarded.

Vote for us for Best Cover Art! www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...

Final two days of the month for submissions to @heartlines-spec.com -- send us your stories and poems! Take us to new fantasy or sci-fi worlds, show us unique creatures or magic, captivate us with fascinating plots -- WITH characters who have known each other a long time in the midst of it all.

*ahem* Cursed rubies are fresh blood red, Cyborg hearts glow blue, 3 days remain for submissions Submit! We're eager to read you! (why yes, I'm a poet, thanks for asking)