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Contest

Every year, QSF holds a flash fiction contest to create an amazing new anthology of queer speculative fiction stories. We ask authors to do the nearly-impossible – to submit a sci fi, fantasy, paranormal or horror LGBTQ+ story that has no more than 300 words.

Our 2023 contest closed on May 1st. The theme for 2023 is “Rise. For full details and contest rules, see our 2023 page here.

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Previous Editions

We’ve now run the contest eight times, and put out books showcasing the best stories from years two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and nine: Discovery, Flight, Renewal, Impact, Migration, Innovation, Ink, and Clarity.

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Endings – 2014
Theme Chosen By: Scott
Entries: 16
Out of Print
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Discovery – 2015
Theme Chosen By: Mark
Entries: 115
Out of Print
Contest Winners

Flight – 2016
Theme Chosen By: Angel
Entries: 172
Out of Print (We have some print copies – contact scott@queerscifi.com)
Contest Winners

Renewal – 2017
Theme Chosen By: Ben
Entries: 207
Out of Print (We have some print copies – contact scott@queerscifi.com)
Contest Winners

Impact – 2018
Theme Chosen By: Scott
Entries: 182
Out of Print (We have some print copies – contact scott@queerscifi.com)
Contest Winners

Migration – 2019
Theme Chosen By: Mark
Entries: 275
Order Migration Here
Contest Winners

Innovation – 2020
Theme Chosen By: Angel
Entries: 235
Order Innovation Here
Contest Winners

Ink – 2021
Theme Chosen By: Ryane
Entries: 375
Order Ink Here
Contest Winners

Clarity – 2022
Theme Chosen By: Ben
Entries: 312
Order Clarity Here
Contest Winners

Rise – 2023
Theme Chosen By: Scott

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13 thoughts on “Contest”

  1. The angles call to us in a time along ago but for a time there where dragons a strong and powerful they where knowen as the dragons of flight but this is not a story that ends in a happy ended no it will not all but one dragon survived the Holocaust One who will shape the world that will be known as Elysium…..
    To be continue

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