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The Read For Pixels International Women’s Day Edition 2026 AMA Series

The Pixel Project is proud to present 5 AMAs sessions on r/Fantasy (for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror authors) throughout the second half of February 2026 as part of the 10th annual International Women’s Day Edition of the Read For Pixels campaign.


Notes:

  • Posting Time: The time when the author posts their AMA introduction/bio
  • Start Time: The time when the author begins answering AMA questions.
  • “24 hours”: The author will log in every few hours over the 24 hours following the posting time to answer questions in batches.

Taking Part in Read For Pixels AMA Sessions

It’s easy peasy once you have a Reddit account:

  1. Go to r/Fantasy (for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror AMAs) or r/RomanceBooks (for Romance AMAs). Log into your Reddit account there.
  2. Scroll down the list of forum topics until you see the AMA with the title that includes the author’s name and mentions The Pixel Project and/or Read For Pixels.
  3. Click to access the AMA, then type in your questions for the author. The author will answer your questions either during the designated start time starting 7pm CT/8pm ET (U.S. authors) or at intervals throughout the day (authors outside the U.S.).
  4. Due to the “just in time” nature of AMAs (which are posted the day of the event), please visit the sub-reddit (r/Fantasy or r/RomanceBooks) stated under the bios of participating Read For Pixels authors below after 10am U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the event to leave your questions for the author of the day.

Meet the Authors doing AMAs

Juliette Wade

JULIETTE WADE is the author of THE BROKEN TRUST series from DAW Books as well as many shorter works. Her work reflects her fascination with language and complex social systems. She is a linguist, anthropologist, and discourse analyst with a Ph.D. Education in Language, Literacy, and Culture.

Juliette will be doing an AMA session for the 10th annual International Women’s Day Edition of Read For Pixels on r/Fantasy on  February 24th 2026 (Tuesday).

Learn more about Juliette at https://juliettewade.com/. Follow her on Instagram at @juliettewadeauthor.

 

Kelsea Yu

KELSEA YU is the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of BOUND FEET, IT’S ONLY A GAME, and DEMON SONG. Dozens of her short stories and essays have been published in magazines such as Clarkesworld, Apex, Nightmare, PseudoPod, and Fantasy, and in various anthologies. Visit her website at www.kelseayu.com.

Kelsea will be doing an AMA session for the 10th annual International Women’s Day Edition of Read For Pixels on r/Fantasy on  February 19th 2026 (Thursday).

Learn more about Kelsea at https://www.kelseayu.com/. Follow her on Instagram at @anovelescape.

 

L. Penelope

LESLYE PENELOPE has been writing since she could hold a pen and loves getting lost in the worlds in her head. She is an award-winning author of fantasy and romance. Equally left and right-brained, she studied filmmaking and computer science at Howard University and sometimes dreams in HTML.

Leslye will be doing an AMA session for the 10th annual International Women’s Day Edition of Read For Pixels on r/Fantasy on  February 17th 2026 (Tuesday).

Learn more about Leslye at https://lpenelope.com/. Follow her n Instagram at @leslyepenelope.

 

Marie Brennan

MARIE BRENNAN is the Nebula and World Fantasy Award-nominated and Hugo Award-winning author of THE MEMOIRS OF LADY TRENT, other fantasy series, several poems, and over ninety short stories. As half of M.A. Carrick, she’s also written the Rook and Rose trilogy. You can find her on Patreon.

Leslye will be doing an AMA session for the 10th annual International Women’s Day Edition of Read For Pixels on r/Fantasy on  February 23rd 2026 (Monday).

Learn more about Marie at https://www.swantower.com/ .

 

Rae Wilde

RAE WILDE (she/her) is a queer woman and author of dark fiction who has published numerous works under the pen name Rae Knowles. Her available works include THE STRADIVARIUS, MERCILESS WATERS, I CAN FIX HER, and I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR MY POSITION ON MEN and she is represented by Carleen Geisler at PS Literary.

Rae will be doing an AMA session for the 10th annual International Women’s Day Edition of Read For Pixels on r/Fantasy on  February 18th 2026 (Wednesday).

Learn more about Rae at https://www.raewilde.com/. Follow her on Instagram at @_rae_wilde.