Space Authors has added a second writing sprint to the weekly calendar. Wednesdays at 6 pm EST. Click the calendar and join other sci-fi writers spending an hour working on their WIPs or something new like one of the Mostly Harmless Writing Challenges. See you there!

Under the Craft Tab... Why Cliffhangers Don't Work The Codex is free to all members until August 15, 2026. It will then be moved behind the paid membership tiers.

Hey everyone! Just joined the community and wanted to drop a quick note to say hello. The focus here on narrative architecture and worldbuilding is right up my alley, and I’m really looking forward to learning from the editors and authors in this space. Writing can be a wild solo journey, so I love finding communities like this where we can lift each other up. To kick things off, I’d love to know what everyone is working on right now! What is the core concept or sub-genre of your current sci-fi project? Are you currently drafting/worldbuilding, or do you already have books live on Amazon? Drop a comment below, I'd love to hear about the universes you're creating! 👇

Welcome, Sci-Fi Writers Please read the community guidelines in the Space Ranger Manual, accessible to all members. This is the place for science fiction writers, worldbuilders, space opera addicts, military sci-fi tacticians, hard sci-fi nerds, soft sci-fi philosophers, and anyone who has ever spent three hours researching orbital mechanics instead of writing Chapter One. Whether you write: - gritty military sci-fi, - weird cosmic horror, - cyberpunk, - time travel, - AI rebellion stories, - alien first contact, ... you’re among friends here. Introduce yourself and tell us: - what you write, - what you’re working on, - and your all-time favourite sci-fi franchise, movie, or book. (There are no wrong answers… unless you say the Star Wars Holiday Special.) Mine? Mass Effect owns my soul, Stargate deserved ten more seasons, and I firmly believe The Fifth Element is one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made. Also a huge fan Ruins of the Galaxy book series by Christopher Hopper, the Planetside series by Michael Mammay, and the I, Robot series by Asimov. Now grab a coffee, tea, or bottle of contraband space whiskey and jump into the conversation.

Although free to all members right now, the Codex will go behind the membership wall as of August 15, 2026. A new entry has been added: SPAM Alerts. A collection of emails from SPAM editors, publishers, marketers and book clubs. You can check out the ones sent out so you know what's coming when you publish your work.