Art Spot: Blending In, by -Lofi

Blending In, by -Lofi, via FurAffinity

Blending In, by -Lofi, c/o FurAffinity

Love the atmosphere and sense of mystery about this piece. Is this cat infiltrating some secret organization? Hiding from someone? They’ve got a mighty mischievous twinkle in their eye…

-The Gneech

The PTBAF Art Spot highlights some of the best in furry art, selected more-or-less at random by our staff. PTBAF supports the rights of artists and creators and our policy is to only post items by permission or otherwise consistent with applicable copyright laws. If your work has been used erroneously or you have any concerns, please contact us immediately.

Furry Community Calendar for February 2018

The Newspaper Journalist, by FangzahnBisclavret
The Newspaper Journalist, by FangzahnBisclavret

February Calendar Page

Creative/Literary

Conventions

Got a furry fandom event or deadline coming up soon? Drop us a line via submissions@proudtobeafurry.org with the event, date, location (if applicable), and any other pertinent information, and your event/deadline/whatever will go up on the list of events!

Art Spot: Steamcycle by Leo Magna

Steamcycle by Leo Magna, via FurAffinity

Steamcycle by Leo Magna, via FurAffinity

Originally a $10 sketch, this piece has a lot of personal meaning for me, as it inspired Fagin from Arclight Adventures, which led me to write Sky Pirates of Calypsitania, a novel which I love and am still determined to see published, dammit! 😉

-The Gneech

The PTBAF Art Spot highlights some of the best in furry art, selected more-or-less at random by our staff. PTBAF supports the rights of artists and creators and our policy is to only post items by permission or otherwise consistent with applicable copyright laws. If your work has been used erroneously or you have any concerns, please contact us immediately.

Furry Event Calendar Taking Submissions Now!

Anthrocon 2017 Fursuit Parade Photo, courtesy AnthroCon.org
Anthrocon 2017 Fursuit Parade Photo, courtesy AnthroCon.org

Starting this month, ProudToBeAFurry.org will be hosting a calendar of upcoming events in the furry community, and we would like your input! Conventions, local meets, registration or submission deadlines, whatever it may be, we’re interested! Drop us a line via submissions@proudtobeafurry.org with the event, date, location (if applicable), and any other pertinent information. We’ll also post summaries of upcoming events periodically, to help everyone keep on track.

Let’s have some fun!

-The Gneech

Roar 9 Furry Literature Anthology Submissions Due

Roar Volume 7 Cover, Courtesy of FurPlanet
Roar Volume 7 Cover, Courtesy of FurPlanet

FurPlanet’s ROAR anthology series of general audience furry stories will soon be closing submissions for Volume Nine, with the theme of “Resistance.” As editor Mary Lowd states in the submission call post:

We can be generous in how we interpret “resistance,” but all stories must be furry. That means an anthropomorphic animal figure should be significantly featured in your story — it could be anthropomorphic in body or only intelligence. We’ll consider any type of furry fiction from secret life of animals to fox in Starbucks — as long as it’s excellent. Though, the editor does have a preference for stories where the animal nature of the characters matters — if the reader can’t even remember the species of the characters by the end of the story, then that’s not a good sign.

We are interested in underrepresented voices. If you have personal experience relevant to your story, feel free to mention it in your cover letter. For instance, if your story is about a space unicorn and you are a space unicorn (or a research biologist who studies space unicorns), let us know. We are not interested in stories that involve rape in any way.

Details on the submission process and payment rates can be found at MaryLowd.com.

-The Gneech

Art Spot: Echo the Bat, by Myke Greywolf

Echo the Bat, by Myke Greywolf
Echo the Bat, by Myke Greywolf

Always love seeing the ways furry artists (including fursuit creators) solve anatomical “problems” in art, and bat wings are always a challenge. Clearly Echo here has it well in… hand?

-The Gneech

The PTBAF Art Spot highlights some of the best in furry art, selected more-or-less at random by our staff. PTBAF supports the rights of artists and creators and our policy is to only post items by permission or otherwise consistent with applicable copyright laws. If your work has been used erroneously or you have any concerns, please contact us immediately.