C.H. Pearce - Canberra artist and author

Speculative fiction author and artist

C.H. Pearce is a writer of horror-tinged speculative fiction, and an illustrator. As a writer, she has won a Ditmar Award and been shortlisted in the Brave New Weird and Aurealis Awards, and her short fiction has been published in Never Say Die, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and The Off-Season: An Anthology of Coastal New Weird. As an illustrator, she has won a Ditmar Award for book cover art, and has artwork in Lost Souls, Midnight Echo, and Literature and Composition. She lives in Canberra, Australia with her family and three pet rats. Find her work and links to social media on chpearce.net

As a writer, she is represented by Carleen Geisler.

Awards Eligibility and 2025 Round-Up

Hello friends! It’s that time of year again... I don’t blog often but when I do I blog about the entire year in review (this is why I cannot have a newsletter) including awards eligibility/all spec fic and horror writing or art I’ve published in 2025. Author A.C. Wise maintains a fantastic list of awards eligibility posts ( “What have you done, what have you loved 2025” ) if you want a refresher! Short fiction I had one (1) short story published in 2025 and I’m really proud o

Awards Eligibility and 2024 Round-Up

*updated August 2025 to reflect Ditmar Award eligible work I admittedly forgot to include until a post by Kaaron Warren reminded me......

Querying your novel post-2020 - Resource list

Querying, it's the worst! Querying in a post-2020 publishing landscape, especially. Let's get that out of the way up front. However, cold...