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All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Various Authors
To get back into the swing of this blog, I’m tweeting about each short story in the amazing anthology ALL OUT as I read them! You can follow along over at my twitter if you like, or wait until I write the full review of the anthology as a whole.
It’s been a bit of a rough spring, but know what will help? Reading, and then sharing with y’all, some good queer stories.
Thanks for sticking around!
New Releases: June 7, 2022
New Releases: June 7, 2022
Middle Grade
Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino
Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity. They’re nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as well. Sam’s family is very cool with it… as long as Sam remembers that nonbinary kids are also required to clean their rooms, do their homework, and try not to antagonize their teachers too much.
The teacher-respect thing is hard when…
Fave Five: Queer YA About Prom
Fave Five: Queer YA About Prom
The Prom by Saundra Mitchell
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee
The Gay Girl’s Guide to Ruining Prom by Siera Maley
Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes
Saundra Mitchell is holding open submissions for the third and final OUT anthology, OUT THERE: Into the Queer New Yonder! Coming May 2022 from Inkyard Press.
OUT THERE will feature stories written by queer YA authors, about queer teen protagonists, and there are two slots to be filled through open submissions by any queer YA author.
If selected, your story will join stories by Leah Johnson, Kalynn Bayron, Alex London, Nita Tyndall, Abdi Nazemian, Alechia Dow, Kayla Ancrum, Naomi Kanakia, Adam Sass, Mason Deaver, Claire Kann, Zabé Ellor, Emma K. Ohland, Jim McCarthy and Z Brewer in this fantastic, futuristic collection!
Authors may be published or unpublished, agented or unagented.
Submissions will be considered by the review panel, featuring Saundra Mitchell, and and award-winning authors Tehlor Kay Mejia and Julian Winters. Mejia appeared in ALL OUT, and Winters appeared in OUT NOW. The two authors whose stories are selected will be paid $900 US, and a prorated share of any royalties.
Only a couple of weeks left to submit stories for OUT THERE! Writers have until March 1, 2021 to submit.
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