Tara Campbell

Writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, fiction co-ed w/Barrelhouse, graduate of American University's MFA in Creative Writing.

Awards from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities: the Larry Neal Writers' Award, Mayor's Arts Award for Outstanding New Artist, Arts & Humanities Fellowships 2018 - 2022

Books:
Novel: www.thetreevolution.net
Collections: CabinetOfWrath.com, PoliticalAF.net, Organporium.com, CircesBicycle.com

2025-05-27

Starting Monday:

#onlineclass #writing #inspiration

Launch your writing into new worlds with speculative stories, prompts, and feedback

writer.org/event/four-weeks-fo

2024-09-06

@raimalarter And I'm looking forward to seeing YOU in October!

2024-09-05

@pronouncedlahra @spacecowboybooks
Thank you so much for having me back to read alongside one of my favorite people! :)

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2024-09-05

In this Story Hour, the fog rolled in with stories from Tara Campbell and Jean-Paul L. Garnier. Come see! Come hear! #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #ScienceFiction #Fantasy @TaraCampbell @spacecowboybooks facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=w

2024-09-03

Happy CITY OF DANCING GARGOYLES day to all who celebrate

Now available everywhere #books are sold

More info at www.CityOfDancingGargoyles.com

#pubday #fantasy #novel #scifi #specfic #gargoyles

Man and woman wearing black T-shirts with blue, orange, and yellow book cover of CITY OF DANCING GARGOYLES
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2024-09-03

This week, Story Hour welcomes back favorites Tara Campbell and Jean-Paul Garnier! Join us for SFF stories on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #SFF #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #OnlineEvent @TaraCampbell @spacecowboybooks storyhour2020.com/

Story Hour Livestream Speculative Fiction Readings
Hosted by Daniel Marcus and Laura Blackwell
Wednesday, September 4 7:00 p.m. PDT
Guests: Tara Campbell and Jean-Paul Garnier
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/102109784794285/live/
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/540170760


Includes two author photos as described below.

Color photo of author Tara Campbell, a Black woman with blue-green eyes, fair skin, and dark brown hair streaked with silver. She wears a red blouse and chunky silver jewelry. She sits at an outdoor table painted teal, in front of a café window. She rests her chin on one hand as she looks up and to the side, smiling. Photo by Hillary Deane.

Color photo of author Jean-Paul Garnier, a fair-skinned man with short, dark hair and dark eyes. He wears a black button-up and a black felt fedora. He looks into the camera and smiles as he squints in the bright sun. Photo by Kim Martin.
2024-05-25

Wow, I love this story by Taylor Jones in @ReckoningMag

Thanks, Ruth Joffre for introducing me to it

I mean, mycelia in the 22nd century is my jam!

reckoning.press/possession/

2024-05-01

I spent an unconscionable amount of time creating this trailer for my upcoming book City of Dancing Gargoyles, so I'm being shameless in sharing it around. 🙂

youtube.com/watch?v=8DOD3P2k3K

Available for preorder now at CityOfDancingGargoyles.com

2024-04-12

Baby's first PM Deal Report:

City of Dancing Gargoyles coming out from Santa Fe Writers Project Sept 2024, available for preorder now!

Invisible Cities meets sentient #gargoyles in a world where #wolves float, bonfires sing, and devils gather to pray

www.CityOfDancingGargoyles.com

#scifi #fantasy #novel

Publishers Weekly Deal Report: 

City of Dancing Gargoyles 

By Tara Campbell 

Imprint: Santa Fe Writers Project

Barrelhouse fiction editor Tara Campbell's CITY OF DANCING GARGOYLES, pitched as INVISIBLE CITIES meets sentient gargoyles, taking readers on a journey through a Western U.S. of the 22nd century where wolves float, bonfires sing, and devils gather to pray, to Andrew Gifford at Santa Fe Writers Project, with Adam al-Sirgany editing, in a nice deal, for publication in September 2024.
2024-02-14

@FoxesandRoses @SCKA

It's always a good sign to be on the same list as you!

2024-02-11

@SCKA @FoxesandRoses

What a wonderful and amazing surprise to be nominated alongside these luminaries! And thank you for seeking out #anthology #stories, as they can often be overlooked. I appreciate that!

My #story is one of a bunch of fabulous stories in Adventures in Bodily Autonomy edited by Raven Belasco and pubbed by @aqueductpress

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2024-02-11

The 2024 SCKA shortlisted works in the shorts category are:
- Jeannette Ng, The girl with a City Inside of Her
- Kristina Ten, Approved Methods of Love Divination in the First-Rate City of Dushagorod
- @TaraCampbell, Welcome to Your Lifting
- @FoxesandRoses, Always Be Returning
#SCKA #SCKA2024 #subjectivechaos

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2024-01-28

The King of Elkport draws the reader in with a simple question: is there really a cure for loneliness? Tech billionaire David Walker is certain he's found the answer. Ebook available now! tyrtle.com/the-king-of-elkport

#WritingCommunity #SpeculativeFiction #Fiction #SciFi #Writing #Writers #Writer #Ebook

Book cover featuring a figurine of a business person with a hand holding a paper crown above the head. Arrows point to facets of the book - it's always 1987, wish granted, the cure for loneliness, not NOT a cult, near future, and arcade games.
2023-04-13

Save the date: next Virtual Studio #writing class w/the National Gallery of Art, April 27, 28 & 29

#worldbuilding w/prompts inspired by work from Afro-Brazilian #artist Sonia Gomes & American #sculptor Chakaia Booker.

Signups soon at Events/Classes www.taracampbell.com

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2023-04-13

The term 'microaggressions' has been around since 1970. Many have heard the term, but do we know what it means? And if we know what it means, do we understand the impact these slights and biases have on the affected communities?

Microaggressions are pebbles in the pond of society. The initial impact may be minor, but it does have a ripple effect. How can we identify microaggressions and counteract them? Read more at #TheBigPicture: thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p

2023-03-15

For my #writers: #submissions open for collaboration with The Phillips Collection

#ekphrastic #writing submissions due April 4

fullbleed.submittable.com/subm

2023-03-10

Hey, folks, I've got some #speculativefiction #classes starting in April--check 'em out!

April 6, 13, AND 20 (3-session-class):
Introduction to Speculative Fiction
charlottelit.configio.com/pd/5

April 8 OR April 22 (one session, your choice of date):
2 X 3: Two Hours, Three Speculative Stories with @sagetyrtle Crow Collective
crowcollectiveworkshops.com/20

April 16, 23, AND 30 (3-session-class)
Exploring New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
politics-prose.com/class/onlin

#scifi #fantasy

2023-01-28

"Within weeks Elmo and I would find ourselves sitting at a candlelit table for two in the basement of the Canary Club, drinking sidecars and laughing about Oscar’s nasally little whine. I told myself I was really doing it for him; that when word got back to Oscar, the rage would be good for his career."

Excerpt from my new story up at trampset: "The Three Times Oscar Left Me"

trampset.org/the-three-times-o

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2023-01-13

Hurrah! Yu Jie has shared the pattern for their 'Fine Sweater' on Ravelry.: ravelry.com/patterns/library/a
#knitting

A sweater that consists of the 'it's fine' meme (a room on fire with a dog sitting unperturbed with a cup of coffee)

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