Monarch Queer Literary Awards @MonarchQLA
A new annual anthology by @fifthwheelpress recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. 🦋 monarch.gay Joined May 2025-
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Our site is currently down for maintenance, but we wanted to announce that our Ko-fi page is now live! We are collecting donations to offset the costs of maintaining the anthology website. Thanks in advance for supporting queer literature! ko-fi.com/monarchqla
So proud to be featured in this anthology. My “Quadriptych of an Open Relationship” is a piece written about a vulnerable time and I’m so proud and grateful to have gotten it published in @ChestnutReview and now in @MonarchQLA. If you haven’t read it already, please go read! 🙏🏽
MONARCH 2026 is out now! 🦋 Buy a print copy of the anthology: fifthwheelpress.shop/products/monar… Read it online: monarch.gay/monarch-2026/
Very grateful to be part of this anthology!
MONARCH 2026 is out now! 🦋 Buy a print copy of the anthology: fifthwheelpress.shop/products/monar… Read it online: monarch.gay/monarch-2026/
got an artwork in here 🩷
MONARCH 2026 is out now! 🦋 Buy a print copy of the anthology: fifthwheelpress.shop/products/monar… Read it online: monarch.gay/monarch-2026/
Congratulations to Variant contributor, Michael Agunbiade, for being an awardee! And to Isaiah Gardner and Parker Logan for being finalists!
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 and Bleating Thing for the beautiful cover photograph!
Thrilled to share that @diaz_james is a finalist in the MONARCH QUEER LITERARY AWARDS 2026 for "Ain’t No Use Overthinking It", part of James' series in our Issue 4, focusing on people living on the margins. Thank you, James, for trusting us, and @MonarchQLA, for the recognition.
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 and Bleating Thing for the beautiful cover photograph!
So honkin’ proud of our finalists 🫶🏻⭐️🪿
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 and Bleating Thing for the beautiful cover photograph!
unbelievably excited to reveal the latest additions to our catalog ❤️🔥 thank you to all who submitted and WELCOME to our new authors!
We're delighted to share with the world that Issue 9 author, Holly Lyn Walrath, won the inaugural Monarch Queer Literary Award for her prose-poem "Ghost in the shell" Issue 11 author, Angel Leal, is also recognized as an exceptional finalist for their poem "GPS Girl"
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 and Bleating Thing for the beautiful cover photograph!
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Congratulations to @esmepromise, @taralabovich, J. J. Carey, and Eli V. Rahm!!!
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 and Bleating Thing for the beautiful cover photograph!
MONARCH 2026 will be available to read online and purchased in print on March 3, 2026.
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 and Bleating Thing for the beautiful cover photograph!
Thank you for nominating works for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards! We publish in March — here's what we'll be up to until then. 🦋
Nominations close at the end of the day tomorrow, Sunday, November 30! monarch.gay/nominate
Nominations close on November 30 — that's one week away! 🦋 Check our our guidelines and FAQ: monarch.gay/nominate
Here are our nominees for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards @MonarchQLA
Here's a quick recap of our guidelines: x.com/MonarchQLA/sta…
We're thrilled to see so many nominations coming our way! 🦋 Here's a quick reminder of what's eligible to be considered for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards (and what's not):
One month left to nominate work for the inaugural Monarch Queer Literary Awards! Nominations close November 30. 🦋 Editors, visit monarch.gay/nominate to learn more about the anthology, what we're looking for, and how to nominate works from your publications.
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