We are super excited to announce that you can now pre-order issue 2 of Matter of the Imagination! Just click the link in our bio or the button on our website to find it and our new merchandise!
Merchandise 📸: @e.k.drizzle
We have a new public discord server! Join if you are a writer, artist, reader, SFF fan, or a fan of Montana arts and artists.
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OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE: June 5th
Find MoTI at bookstores around Montana starting Friday June 5th!
If you want to secure your copy now, you can still preorder until June 1st at the link in our bio!
📸: @e.k.drizzle
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First fundraiser class is officially in the books (pun absolutely intended). 8 people walked in with no bookbinding experience and walked out with a hand-bound copy of The Left Hand of Darkness, some seriously good pour-over coffee, and a skill they didn't have three hours ago. So grateful to @matteroftheimagination for partnering with me on this. More of these, please! ✨
Swipe to see our collection of Matt doodles from First Contact Convention this past weekend! Congratulations to our doodle winner!
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Thank you all so much for an incredible First Contact Con 2026! From near and far, a community coalesced in Bozeman, Montana to celebrate cultures real and imagined this weekend, and there are more stars in our eyes about the future of this event than you can see in a clear night sky.
Thank you to our generous sponsors at @zootenterprises@bwpbozeman@the_club_tavern_and_grill for mobilizing resources to make this event come together. We are also eternally grateful to the Gallatin Valley Tourism Business Improvement District @visit_bozeman@visitbelgrademt for early grant support to get us into orbit.
So many vendors and programming luminaries from the arts, literature, sciences, and more made our spaces come to life in a wonderful way. We want to make sure each of their contributions gets a special spotlight outside this general post, so for now we'll just say "thank you so much, and please come back again for the next 40 years".
First Contact Con will return in 2027.
Things are picking up at the GranTree Convention Center! Don't miss the opening ceremony at 11AM, and go to /attendee-info to the most up-to-date info!
Find us at @firstcontactcon this weekend! We will be hosting a panel, making big announcements, and selling brand new merchandise!
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Bind the book that started it all. Join JesterCat Binding Co. and Matter of the Imagination for a hands-on bookbinding class where we'll be binding Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness — the novel that inspired the magazine's name. April 18th, 2:00–5:00pm in the Alumni Lounge at MSU's SUB.
Pour over coffee by founder and editor Owen Gibbs.
Registration now open! Click the link in my bio to register 🔗
Welcome to the first annual MoTI science fiction and fantasy March Madness! Vote on our story each day to crown the winner!
Who do you want to take home the crown?
