If you’re reading this – we’ve made it! 2025’s butt has been, in Kate’s words, booted out the door, and now it’s time to collectively take yet another hopeful swing at our resolutions and ambitions.
The occasion also marks my formal assumption of the Guild’s presidency! Most of my good speech material went to last month’s newsletter – in which we announced the FWG’s new Member-Exclusive Audio Fiction Narration service, definitely one of our proudest achievements for 2025! – but I still want to take another moment to say thank you. To the entire FWG team, to the incredible Kate, and to the Guild as a whole. Your warmth, trust, and support have meant more than I can properly put into words.
We have so much to share with you in the near future, and my sincere hope is that 2026 will be the biggest year yet for furry writing by far. So – raise one last glass, give your friends and neighbors in the trade yet another virtual hug, and buckle up for the ride!
From the very bottoms of our hearts, the FWG team would like to wish the fandom’s writers – Guild members or otherwise – a fruitful, successful, and positive welcome into the new year. Take care of one another, feel the community behind you, and never stop creating!
Your new president,
Gabe Foxx
As usual, here are the current open markets for your short stories:
Plott Hound – Deadline December 15, 2025
Indecent Exposure – Deadline December 22, 2025
CLAW Vol. 2 – Deadline April 30, 2026
This Is Halloween – Deadline When Full
Children Of The Night – Deadline When Full
Please also check out the latest book releases from our members:
Dragon’s Soul, by J.F.R. Coates, Released June 7, 2025.
Two Strikes and I’m Out, by Michael H. Payne (poetry), Released June 16, 2025.
Lesser Gods: Reckoning, by Alex Frey, Released June 17, 2025.
Tales from the Guild: Blood and Water, Released June 30, 2025.
A Portrait for Tomorrow, by Raynarde, Released June 30, 2025.
Winterfall, by Lauren Rivers, Released July 15, 2025.
The Bones Behind the Glass, by Renard Avec-Histoire, Released August 18, 2025.
Gravitational Pull, by Ty Fox, Released August 19, 2025.
Tikadi’s Gift, by Moth Flutterby, Released October 17, 2025.
Legend of Ahya: A Divinity Decayed [Book 5], by Matthew Colvath, Released Nov. 30, 2025.
The Wideness of the World: An Early Modern Anthology, Released December 13, 2025.
The Analog Cat and Other Animals, by Alice Dryden, Releasing December 2025.
Original post written by Gabe Foxx