A new annual anthology by @fifthwheelpress recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. 🦋
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ALT the upside-down, tie-dyed MONARCH butterfly is placed above black text which reads, "attention editors: nominations are open! read full guidelines and send work at monarch.gay/nominate"
ALT "Transgender Stat Block" by William Roberds-King, a hybrid work which uses the form of a D&D stat block to impart the experience of being transgender
ALT a promotional slide featuring "Unfinished Tree" by Kyrico, a dark and foreboding illustration of a tree in the dark with red eyes emerging from the darkness
ALT I’ll Be Waiting Ani King from Monarch 2026, first published by Peatsmoke Journal "Because you invited me in after I drove you home, and I wanted to touch your hand that was touching your collar, I wanted to touch your collar that was touching your neck, I wanted to touch your neck."
ALT an excerpt from "girl, possessed!" by Tara Labovich from Monarch 2026 first published by Dishsoap Quarterly "lovehunger, touchache, the singsong / from the cloister of want. / i had forgotten the way it hurts."
ALT A screenshot of the Monarch Queer Literary Awards website. Text superimposed on top reads, Monarch 2026 now available to read. Beneath it is the cover of the anthology, a photo of a person lying on their back in a field of tall grass with their left arm covering their face. Cover text reads Monarch 2026, a queer literary awards anthology published by fifth wheel press.
ALT A screenshot of the Monarch Queer Literary Awards website. Text superimposed on top reads, Monarch 2026 now available to read. Beneath it is the cover of the anthology, a photo of a person lying on their back in a field of tall grass with their left arm covering their face. Cover text reads Monarch 2026, a queer literary awards anthology published by fifth wheel press.
ALT A screenshot of the Monarch Queer Literary Awards website. Text superimposed on top reads, Monarch 2026 now available to read. Beneath it is the cover of the anthology, a photo of a person lying on their back in a field of tall grass with their left arm covering their face. Cover text reads Monarch 2026, a queer literary awards anthology published by fifth wheel press.
ALT A screenshot of the Monarch Queer Literary Awards website. Text superimposed on top reads, Monarch 2026 now available to read. Beneath it is the cover of the anthology, a photo of a person lying on their back in a field of tall grass with their left arm covering their face. Cover text reads Monarch 2026, a queer literary awards anthology published by fifth wheel press.
ALT 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.
ALT Awardees. Michael Agunbiade, Maddox Emory Arnold, J. L. Bermúdez, C. Ray Borck, Finnian Burnett, Connor, a.d., Gion Davis, Erin Dorney, Dante Fuoco, Ranudi Gunawardena, Katy Haas, Annalisa Hansford, K.M. Hanslik, KT Herr, Jennessa Hester, Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Jules Kennedy, Ani King, Kyrico, Tara Labovich, Olivia Lehman, Jackson D. Moorman, Chi Pham, William Roberds-King, Cristina Sanchez, Steven Sanchez, January Santoso, Elena Sichrovsky, Mark Spero, Ashley Steineger, Liam Strong, Gordon Taylor, Holly Lyn Walrath, Cela Xié.
ALT Finalists. Hayden Berry, Alex Bortell, Isabella Boyd, Jordan Byrum, J. J. Carey, James Diaz, Emily Franklin, Isaiah Gardner, Michael Getty, Finnley Greet, Kimberly Hall, Calvin Jones, E.G.N. Lafleur, Angel Leal, Parker Logan, Abby E. Murray, Karol Olesiak, Bleah Patterson, Rowan Procter, Eli V. Rahm, Luke Rudman, Mk Smith Despres, Meghan Sterling, Liam Strong, Wendy Vardaman, Alicia Wright, Steven C Wright.
ALT 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.
ALT Awardees. Michael Agunbiade, Maddox Emory Arnold, J. L. Bermúdez, C. Ray Borck, Finnian Burnett, Connor, a.d., Gion Davis, Erin Dorney, Dante Fuoco, Ranudi Gunawardena, Katy Haas, Annalisa Hansford, K.M. Hanslik, KT Herr, Jennessa Hester, Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Jules Kennedy, Ani King, Kyrico, Tara Labovich, Olivia Lehman, Jackson D. Moorman, Chi Pham, William Roberds-King, Cristina Sanchez, Steven Sanchez, January Santoso, Elena Sichrovsky, Mark Spero, Ashley Steineger, Liam Strong, Gordon Taylor, Holly Lyn Walrath, Cela Xié.
ALT Finalists. Hayden Berry, Alex Bortell, Isabella Boyd, Jordan Byrum, J. J. Carey, James Diaz, Emily Franklin, Isaiah Gardner, Michael Getty, Finnley Greet, Kimberly Hall, Calvin Jones, E.G.N. Lafleur, Angel Leal, Parker Logan, Abby E. Murray, Karol Olesiak, Bleah Patterson, Rowan Procter, Eli V. Rahm, Luke Rudman, Mk Smith Despres, Meghan Sterling, Liam Strong, Wendy Vardaman, Alicia Wright, Steven C Wright.
ALT 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.
ALT Awardees. Michael Agunbiade, Maddox Emory Arnold, J. L. Bermúdez, C. Ray Borck, Finnian Burnett, Connor, a.d., Gion Davis, Erin Dorney, Dante Fuoco, Ranudi Gunawardena, Katy Haas, Annalisa Hansford, K.M. Hanslik, KT Herr, Jennessa Hester, Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Jules Kennedy, Ani King, Kyrico, Tara Labovich, Olivia Lehman, Jackson D. Moorman, Chi Pham, William Roberds-King, Cristina Sanchez, Steven Sanchez, January Santoso, Elena Sichrovsky, Mark Spero, Ashley Steineger, Liam Strong, Gordon Taylor, Holly Lyn Walrath, Cela Xié.
ALT Finalists. Hayden Berry, Alex Bortell, Isabella Boyd, Jordan Byrum, J. J. Carey, James Diaz, Emily Franklin, Isaiah Gardner, Michael Getty, Finnley Greet, Kimberly Hall, Calvin Jones, E.G.N. Lafleur, Angel Leal, Parker Logan, Abby E. Murray, Karol Olesiak, Bleah Patterson, Rowan Procter, Eli V. Rahm, Luke Rudman, Mk Smith Despres, Meghan Sterling, Liam Strong, Wendy Vardaman, Alicia Wright, Steven C Wright.