OPEN SUBMISSIONS: Queer Fantasy Books Bracket
Submission guidelines: Must be queer Must be fiction in the fantasy genre Accepting all types of fantasy: secondary world, primary world, hi
Submissions will be open through next Sunday, August 16th at 11:59 PM ET.
You can submit as many times as you want. Books that were entered into the previous Queer Fantasy bracket may be submitted again. Only previous Queer Fantasy winners will not compete again: Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett.
Submission guidelines:
Must be queer
Must be fiction in the fantasy genre
Accepting all types of fantasy: secondary world, primary world, urban fantasy, romantasy, historical fantasy, etc etc
Accepting all age categories: adult, YA, middle-grade, etc
Can be a standalone work, a series, or a novella
For series: usually it'll make the most sense to submit either the series as a whole or the first book, not each book individually. There's exceptions of course where it makes more sense to submit individually (e.g., books that are marketed as a "series" but are primarily self-contained and don't have plot/character overlap, as with many romance series)
The google form will not collect any personal information such as email address
What “counts” as a queer book?
I’m not going to get overly prescriptive, but: For modern books, something that features queer characters/perspectives/themes in a significant or substantive way.
My guiding principle is: if someone is looking for queer books in a particular genre, would they be satisfied with this book as actually fulfilling that promise?
Ask box is open if you have any questions!
Submission reminder! Submissions will close at the end of this weekend
We have 164 unique submissions so far. Current submissions are below (title only, because copying from spreadsheet):
