Monarch Queer Literary Awards

MONARCH 2026 is out now! 🦋 Buy a print copy of the anthology: fifthwheelpress.shop/products/monarch-2026 Read it online: monarch.gay/monarch-2026/

Congratulations to our nominees ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

We're excited to reveal our seven nominations for this year’s Monarch Awards! We’re so proud to celebrate their amazing work. Congratulations to all of our nominees! 🤍 Read their pieces by purchasing Vol.6 or Vol.7 at: anodynemag.com/shop/ #MonarchAwards #WritingCommunity #LitMag @monarch.gay

Congrats to our nominees for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards! @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @monarch.gay Joshua Zeitler @thejayestofzees.bsky.social & Yuna Kang! Read their poems in our archive: engineidling.net/archive

A reminder: we also accept visual art nominations! Send us your faves. Here's "Unfinished Tree" by Kyrico from the 2026 anthology, first published by Artists From Maryland.

Can we interest you in some excellent queer writing on this fine Tuesday? Here's an excerpt from "I'll Be Waiting" by @aniking.bsky.social, first published in @psmokejournal.bsky.social 2027 nominations are open: monarch.gay/nominate

We're so proud to announce ALOCASIA's 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Award nominees! Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey Blue Đào Nguyễn Anangookwe Wolf June Beck Jake Salazar james achusiogu Morgan Swank nawa angel alviar horton Zoe Adrien Lapa Read them & more: ALOCASIA.org

Congratulations to beestung's nominees for the Monarch Literary Awards! Willow Sipling E.K. Bartlett KB Brookins Michal ‘MJ’ Jones Loren Maria Guay Lichen Birch Wiley Helen Robertson Yufan Lu Claire Star Finch tr. Sam Nartus-Fois Read them at www.beestungmag.com

Thinking of nominating for this year's award but not sure what to pick? Check out the 2026 anthology to see what we loved last year! Here's an excerpt from "girl, possessed" by Tara Labovich, first published by @dishsoapquart.bsky.social Read the rest at monarch.gay/monarch-2026

Editors, Monarch Queer Literary Award nominations are open until 11/30 🦋 head to our site to learn more about nominating your favorite queer writing and artwork! The 2027 anthology will be published in collaboration with @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social monarch.gay/nominate

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

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.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/

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!

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

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

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! @monarch.gay

More big news from Anodyne: our nominees for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards are here 🩷 @monarch.gay 🫀 “Animal Baby Mania” by Frances Cannon 💫 "Insides" by Alana Rosenbloom 🔗 Read their work through purchasing Vol.4: anodynemag.com/vol4 #AnodyneMagazine #FLINTA #MonarchAwards

We are proud to announce the stunners who comprise our 2026 @monarch.gay nomination slate. Read them all once again (or for the 1st time!) at doesithavepockets.com | #literarycommunity Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social

We are excited to announce our nominees for the @monarch.gay Monarch Queer Literary Awards! Best of luck to these incredible poets! The links to their work are included on our nominations page here: www.minyanmag.com/nominations....

The #WelkinWritingPrized is pleased to nominate @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social for the @monarch.gay literary awards 2025. Link to Jame's brilliant story below 👇

Fab new literary awards from @monarch.gay and we are thrilled to send our two nominations. Good luck @nomad-sw18.bsky.social and @mikepiero.org 💜💜

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We were so psyched when we heard about @monarch.gay & we are honored to share our nominees! Please join our internet clapping for Joey Gould, Katy Haas, & Jordan Alejandro Rivera! 👏👏👏

Announcing our nominations for the inaugural Monarch Queer Literary Awards! @monarch.gay @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @seaheye.bsky.social, Sam Mainz, @jjpena.bsky.social, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, and C Ray Borck

Ok, friends, we are DELIGHTED to announce our nominees for the inaugural Monarch Queer Literary Awards by @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @monarch.gay @awritingwall.bsky.social @odinmeadows.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social Jae Casella @lyfaulk.bsky.social Sama Bell

editors, have you fed the butterfly yet? bc it hungers

Nominate work, litmag editors!! We can't wait to start reading the definitely incredible subs <3

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:

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

So excited to be on the team for this beautiful award!!!! Please submit to us, editors, it'll be exciting and beautiful and fun!

i'm so excited to read for this you guys have no idea