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Monarch Queer Literary Awards

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A new annual anthology by @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. Learn more: https://monarch.gay/ 🦋

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Glass Poetry Press@glasspoetry.bsky.social · 6mo ago

psst -- did we mention we have 2 (TWO!!) poems in this amazing anthology? Huge congrats to all the poets, including Glass' Steven Sanchez (@icarus-flies.bsky.social) and Olivia Lehman (@oliviakaypoems.bsky.social)!!!

Monarch Queer Literary Awards@monarch.gay · 7mo ago

We are elated to announce the awardees and finalists for MONARCH 2026. Thank you to all of the organizations who nominated work for making our first anthology so stunning 🦋 and a special shoutout to @esichr.bsky.social and @bleatingthing.bsky.social for the beautiful cover photograph!

The cover of Monarch 2026. A photo of a person lying on their back in a field of tall grass with their left arm covering their face. Text reads Monarch 2026, a queer literary awards anthology published by fifth wheel press.
K.M. Hanslik@kmhanslik.bsky.social · 6mo ago

@monarch.gay inaugural issue is now live! Read my piece “sanctimonious,” originally published by @bleatingthing.bsky.social , in this issue! So honored & elated to be a part of this! 🦋 monarch.gay/sanctimonious/

sanctimonious - Monarch Queer Literary Awards

by K.M. HanslikBleating Thing Magazine Behind the junkyard where I usedto wish myself away—the child’s heart you kept buriedbeneath steel, & me calling it stupid, saying thisis where things go to forg...

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Eleanor Ball@eleanorball.bsky.social · 5mo ago

IT’S HERE 🌈💕 the inaugural Monarch Queer Literary Awards Anthology! Working on this last year with the rest of the @monarch.gay team was one of the most fun editorial experiences of my life. Thank you to all the editors who nommed work in our first year. Cheers to more queer art in 2026!

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Ani King (they/them)@aniking.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This one feels extra special and thanks so much to @psmokejournal.bsky.social for publishing and nominating “I’ll Be Waiting” 🫶🫶🫶

Monarch Queer Literary Awards@monarch.gay · 7mo ago

We are elated to announce the awardees and finalists for MONARCH 2026. Thank you to all of the organizations who nominated work for making our first anthology so stunning 🦋 and a special shoutout to @esichr.bsky.social and @bleatingthing.bsky.social for the beautiful cover photograph!

The cover of Monarch 2026. A photo of a person lying on their back in a field of tall grass with their left arm covering their face. Text reads Monarch 2026, a queer literary awards anthology published by fifth wheel press.
The Broadkill Review@thebroadkillreview.bsky.social · 9mo ago

4/5 Monarch Queer Lit Awards, poetry "Drowned Man" Mrityunjay Mohan "my lover asked me to write a contrapuntal and i said how did you get..." ‪@nulviya.bsky.social‬ Short fiction "1934: The Children's Hour" DC Diamondopolous Non fiction "Fair Haven" Melissa Onstad "Arabic in America" Jake Zuppa

Monarch Queer Literary Awards@monarch.gay · last yr.

Lit mag editors, would you like to submit work for consideration for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards? Check out our submission guidelines so you know what's eligible (and what isn't). Submissions open September 1:

Submission Guidelines - Monarch Queer Literary Awards

When to submit We will accept submissions from September 1, 2025 through November 30, 2025. All decisions will be sent within a month after the reading period closes. We aim to publish an anthology of...

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Haley (they/them)@talkinghyphae.bsky.social · last yr.

So excited to be a part of this team and to read so much amazing queer writing. Editors, get ready to submit!

Monarch Queer Literary Awards@monarch.gay · last yr.

Hello, friends! We're Monarch Queer Literary Awards, a project of @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social. Monarch is a new anthology recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. 🦋 Submissions open September 1. Until then, get to know us: monarch.gay

Hi, we’re Monarch. Monarch Queer Literary Awards is a new anthology recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. We aim to uplift the groundbreaking and often under-celebrated poems, short stories, essays, and artwork that are published in magazines, chapbooks, zines, and other collections.