Speculative Sundays Celebrates Speculative Poetry Month November 2026Award-winning and acclaimed poets gather online for four Sunday evenings of speculative verse
November 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2026 • 7:00–8:15 PM Eastern
Online via Zoom and Facebook • Free Eventbrite tickets
Speculative Sundays Poetry Reading Series celebrates Speculative Poetry Month 2026 with four Sunday evening readings featuring eight acclaimed poets whose work explores science fiction, fantasy, myth, horror, technology, nature, history, identity, and the many possibilities of the imagination.
Now in its seventh year, Speculative Sundays was founded by poet Akua Lezli Hope to showcase both established and emerging voices in speculative poetry and to create a welcoming space for readers, writers, and curious listeners to encounter the breadth and vitality of the field.
The November series features:
Sunday, November 15
Brian U. Garrison & Clarabelle Miray Fields
Brian U. Garrison is President of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. His chapbook Micropoetry for Microplanets earned Third Place in the 2025 Elgin Awards. His poetry has appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s, Radon Journal, and other publications. He co-edited the 2022 and 2024 Rhysling anthologies and is Managing Editor of Eye to the Telescope. His poetry and visual work are informed by his interests in computer science, artificial intelligence, psychology, and neuroscience.
Clarabelle Miray Fields is a Rhysling-nominated, award-winning speculative writer from Boulder, Colorado. Her work explores feminism, science fiction, ancient myth, and the spaces between them. Her poetry has appeared in Arcane Magick, Afterworld, SpecPoVerse, Belladonna’s Garden Lit, Corvid Queen, and Circe’s Cauldron, among others. She is founder and editor-in-chief of Carmina Magazine, dedicated to modern mythmaking.
Sunday, November 22
Vivian Faith Prescott & Sara Youngblood Gregory
Vivian Faith Prescott was born and raised on the island of Kaachx̱ana.áakʼw, Wrangell, Alaska, in the Alexander Archipelago, and lives and writes in Lingít Aaní. She is the author of 13 books of poetry, short stories, and food writing. She has mentored writers through Alaskan writers’ groups including Blue Canoe Writers and the Drumlin Poets.
Sara Youngblood Gregory is an award-winning lesbian journalist, editor, and author whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, New York Magazine, Vice, Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and The Guardian, among others. Her speculative poetry collection DEAD BOYS IN SPACE won the 2023 Pamet River Prize from YesYes Books and was published in May 2026. She serves on the board of Sinister Wisdom and is currently editing its forthcoming Butch-Femme Renaissance issue.
About Speculative Poetry Month
Speculative Poetry Month is an initiative associated with the international Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA), founded in 1978 to bring together poets and readers interested in speculative poetry. SFPA supports and celebrates poetry incorporating science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other forms of the fantastic through publications, awards, contests, events, and community-building.
About Speculative Sundays
Founded by Akua Lezli Hope, the Speculative Sundays Poetry Reading Series has become a welcoming gathering place for poets and audiences interested in science fiction, fantasy, horror, Afrofuturism, mythic poetry, and other imaginative poetries. Through readings and special events, the series celebrates the transformative possibilities of speculative literature and the diverse voices shaping its future.
Event Information
Speculative Poetry Month 2026
Sundays, November 1, 8, 15 & 22
7:00–8:15 PM Eastern
Online via Zoom and Facebook
Free tickets through Eventbrite
November 15:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speculative...
November 22:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speculative...
Contact
Akua Lezli Hope
www.akualezlihope.com
www.speculativepoetry.com
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