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My name’s Max (they/them). I write books and draw cute art. My stories are full queer characters, fantastical settings, and bizarre powers!
My latest book: mkirin-author.com/#fab1links
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Snowsisters is a year old today! It’s won a couple of awards (A Bronze Feathered Quill and the NYC Big Book Award), met our sales goals and, most importantly, introduced us to many young readers who told us how important Soph and Tess’s story was. Thanks to @interludepress, our always-supportive publishers, and to the friends, family, librarians, teachers, parents and grandparents who showed so much support!️
Hi! Thanks for taking the time to read this post. If this is your first time seeing a post from us, here’s a little bit about us: YAPride.org is a website dedicated to supporting LGBTQIAP+ YA literature. We were started in 2011 by two teenagers who were passionate about representation. We are now run primarily by a team of college students and young adults!
We have always believed that books can touch readers and change lives, often in unseen ways. For this Pride month, we want to make those experiences seen. We want to hear from teens like you about the LGBTQIAP+ YA books and authors that have touched your life. Our hope is to round-up some of these stories and feature them on our site during our month-long blogathon!
Interested in participating? Here’s some more information!
You can submit your story via this Google Form. We’ll ask you for an email as a way we can reach out to you if your story is selected! We’ll also ask you for “personal information,” which you can include as much or as little of as you would like. Some things you may choose to include are: first name (or whatever you would like to be called/identified by), last initial, age, State/Province/etc where you live. If you’d prefer to have your entry be completely anonymous, you can simply put N/A into the form. If you or a parent/guardian have further questions, feel free to email us at [email protected].
If you’re stuck on something to write about, here are some potential topics/questions to think about!
- A book that changed your life– How did it help you see the world in a new way? What possibilities did it open up for you that had not been opened before? What would you tell the author if you could?
- Seeing yourself on the page for the first time– What book was it? What was the experience of reading it like?
How has the experience stuck with you since finishing it? - The first time you read a LGBTQIAP+ YA book– What book was it? What was the experience of reading it like?
Where did you find it/get it from? Did someone recommend it to you? - Having a librarian or teacher who helps you find LGBTQIAP+ YA
- Seeing LGBTQIAP+ YA in bookstores, libraries, and classrooms
- A book you would recommend to other teens
- Meeting your favorite author
Submit your story here or email it to [email protected]. You can also send any questions you have to that email, or tweet us at @YA_Pride.
Oct. 2021!!!!!
There are two things Mark Oshiro is great at: (a) brilliant writing – their debut YA novel, Anger Is a Gift is a heartwrenching, powerful, must-read and (b) finding new ways to make me cry. Their blurb for How To Be Remy Cameron confirms both. I’m so grateful for this award-winning author’s kindness and utter love for Remy and his story.