Hinse Mutter

Hinse Mutter

@hinsemutter.bsky.social

Sci-fi/fantasy author. SFPA contest winner. Words in: Eye to the Telescope, Ganymedes, RAEHorrors. BMus classical double bass. Compositions published with UMMP. Professional cultural organizer. Active community volunteer. He/him.

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Ann Leckie
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Something benefiting you personally is not necessarily a good thing. Something that inconveniences you personally is not necessarily a bad thing.

Hinse Mutter
@hinsemutter.bsky.social

Reminds me of what the editor of the Dutch anthology 'Ganymedes 26' said at his book launch: "Rest assured that if your submission was not included, it was probably because it was too good, too advanced for our readers. Who live across 14 star systems and thus we have to keep things a bit easy." 😂

Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social

Please rest assured that if I do reject your story or poem, it's almost certainly because I'm the idiot who didn't get it.

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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚
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Eriss has four arms and an extra brain, making her the only starship pilot who is her own copilot. She also has chronic anxiety. That’s not as helpful. Her most recent worry? It looks like her brain has been hacked. (Cover by Miblart) mybook.to/starhusks www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨@cometkins.bsky.social

How about a promo day today? Share the cover (with credits!) of your most recent release, what it's about, and where to find it! #WritingPrompt

Hinse Mutter
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I get one follower per month on average, who is a beginning writer that uses AI for their covers. Here or on other other platforms. These days I just block them immediately. It always makes me feel bad somehow. But I don't have a lot of hope for change from a person that still uses it. #writing

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Ending with the second and third categories of the yearly contest, and the honorable mentions. Congratulations again to all of the winners! So many lovely poems this year! Om a personal note: I am still honored to have won first prize in the Short Form category of the yearly contest.

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And finally the SFPA's annual contest. The contest celebrates original poetry. There are three categories: Dwarf Form (1 to 10 lines), Short Form (11 to 49 lines), and long form (50 lines and above).

Hinse Mutter
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Onto the Rhysling awards. The Rhysling Award celebrates individual poems published in the previous calendar year. There are two categories: short form (11 to 49 lines) and long form (50 to 299 lines).

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Noelle
@finallynoelle.bsky.social

So we fly a pride flag in our front yard in a very conservative neighborhood and it’s been there for the last few years. Someone put this in our mailbox and my goodness…

Hinse Mutter
@hinsemutter.bsky.social

Finished a piece of flash fiction and started a second one. Really happy with these two! 🚀🧟 Trying to get them both shipped of before going on holiday!

Hinse Mutter
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It was a busy weekend for fantasy and SF lovers in the Netherlands and Belgium. I wrote a short report for @file770.bsky.social. @leeuwenhart.bsky.social @hsfcon.bsky.social #HSFcon2026 file770.com/hinse-mutter...

file770.comHinse Mutter Reports on Four Dutch ConventionsBy Hinse Mutter: The weekend of the 10th and 11th of October was filled with options for the Dutch-speaking SFF fan. Some of the events saw an overlap of attendees, with a few authors, vendors and …

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Heidi 🌊 🌱🍉⚡️🌍🛸
@heidivdv.bsky.social

Behalve organisator was ik dit jaar ook sprekers op HSFCon. Mijn lezing "Solarpunk: slap some shrubbery on it, or put the punk back into sciencefiction" ging over het belang van hoopvolle verhalen over de (klimaat-)toekomst waarin de menselijke samenwerking en veerkracht centraal staat.

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John Picacio
@johnpicacio.bsky.social

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

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John Wiswell
@wiswell.bsky.social

In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!

Hinse Mutter
@hinsemutter.bsky.social

I wanna be modest but you know what: I'm really glad and happy and honored and amazed and grateful and proud that I won 1st prize in the 'short poem' category of this year's SFPA Contest! 🤩🎉💃💣 Go read all poems including mine on their website right now! #SFF #SFpoetry #poetry 🌳

SF & F Poetry Assn@sfpoetry.bsky.social

The winners of the 2026 SFPA Contest have now been announced! CONGRATULATIONS to all! Find all the winners and their work here: sfpoetry.org/wp/annual-co...

sfpoetry.org2026 SFPA Poetry Contest – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
Hinse Mutter
@hinsemutter.bsky.social

Dat gevoel wanneer je goed schrijfnieuws ontvangen hebt maar het nog niet mag delen 🤐 En dan zie je ineens andere mensen er al over praten 😅 Ik blijf netjes nog even mysterieus ☺️