Every year, I have the honor of announcing the stories and authors that were chosen for our Queer Sci Fi flash fiction anthology.
Here’s our announcement schedule for this year:
- August 9th: Anthology selections
- August 23rd: Honorable Mentions
- September 13th: Cover reveal
- October 4th: Judges’ and Director’s Choices
- October 25th: Book release and top three winners
And now, without further ado, the anthology picks – congrats to all:
- Adrik Kemp – Devotion
- Aidee Ladnier – Getting the Proper Rise
- Aisling Alvarez – AI Amnesia
- Alex Silver – Minion
- Alexei Madeleine Reyner – Blue
- Allan Dyen-Shapiro – Rising Up the Charts With a (Non-Silver) Bullet
- Amanda Cherry – Recipe for a Prophecy
- Amanda Meuwissen – The Key
- Amy Lane – A New Day
- Andrea Speed – Best Served Cold
- Andrea Stanet – Late Night Riser
- Ani Fox – Blood of the Innocents
- Anna Rueden – A Bite-Sized Duel
- Annika Neukirch – discordant music continues
- Anusha Asim – The Experimental Witch
- Aradhya Saxena – The Weight of These Bones
- Athena Foster – The Heart of a Star
- Atlin Merrick – Lough Ree
- Avery Vanderlyle – The Queen of Birds
- B Wilkins – Air Mail
- Beáta Fülöp – Speaking Up
- Brenda Lee – Ectoplasm Is Fluid
- C.J. Scott – Even the Darkest Night Will End
- Caro – Revenant
- Carol Ryles – The Promise
- Chad Grayson – In the Shadow of Your Heart
- Chisto Healy – Where Does Magic Come From?
- Chloe Spencer – Ironheart
- Chris Panatier – Discovered
- CJ Aralore – Lucky Chance
- Claire Davon – Fairy Dust
- Clare London – Karma
- Curtis Rueden – Rise Again
- D.M. Rasch – Rise, in Space
- Dawn Spina Couper – Ursula
- Dawn Vogel – Sunrise
- Dean Wells – It Came from Atom City
- Devon Widmer – Dough Cat
- Drew Baker – You Fall
- Ef Deal – Liftoff
- Ellery Arden – Our True Selves Incarnate
- Eloreen Moon – Chrysalis
- Emerian Rich – 3x
- Erin Jamieson – Trust
- Evelyn Benvie – Dance of the Phoenix
- Eytan Bernstein – The Sundowning
- Francine DeCarey – Time Again To Try
- Gabbi Grey – We Are Arisen
- George Underwood – Artemis, Fractured
- Gordon Linzner – On the Roundabout
- Grace Hudson – From Stasis
- Holli Rebecca Williams – Instead of Falling
- Ilyas M. – Talk to Me, Moon
- J Piper – Overrides
- J.C. Lovero – Dueling Hearts
- Jaime Munn – Returned to Life
- Jamie Lackey – The First Hike on New Earth
- Jamie Sands – Rise of the Kaiju Fighters
- Jamie Zaccaria – My Persephone
- Jayne Lockwood – The Gift
- Jeff Baker – Do Paint the Meadows With Delight
- Jeff Jacobson – Three Stories Up
- Jendia Gammon – Falling Upward into Starlight
- Jennifer Caracappa – The Dragon Within
- Jess Nevins – “On Refusing to Say Goodbye”
- Joanna Michal Hoyt – Free At Last
- Jordan Abronson – Sharp Woman
- Joz Varlo – The Ship Who Loves Me
- K. Aten – The Ternary Choice
- K.L. Noone – Time to Rise
- Kaje Harper – Recovery
- Katrina Lemaire – Sweet Somber
- Kayleen Burdine – In Frost, Our Whispers
- Kazy Reed – Ghost Into Air
- Kellie Doherty – Ashes & Tulips
- Kelly Haworth – Lily
- Kim Fielding – Principle and Reality
- LR Braden – False Alarm
- L.S. Reinholt – Flood
- Lynden Daley – Windfire Kingdom
- M Edgette – Dionysus’ Garden
- Megan Hippler – The Collector
- Meghan Hyland – So High Up We’ll Never Hear Them Shouting
- Mere Rain – Ivy, Evergreen
- Milo Owen – We Rise
- Minerva Cerridwen – Ace-tral Projection
- Monique Cuillerier – From Nothing
- Narrelle M. Harris – Wolf Soup
- Nathan Alling Long – Rise Up
- Nathaniel Taff – The Duel
- Nia Quinn – Never Say Die
- Nicole Dennis – Golden-Eyed Dream
- O.E. Tearmann – And Still I Rise
- Oliver Nash – Deadname
- Olivia Kemper – Dinner for Two
- Patricia Loofbourrow – The Seven Million
- Paul Wilson – Daisy Courage
- Paula McGrath – Speed Date
- Rhian Waller – Darkrise
- Rie Sheridan Rose – Phoenix Rising
- RJ Mustafa – Rain.
- Robin Springer – With What Do We Light?
- Rodello Santos – Surrender to the Sky
- Rory Ni Coileain – And the Darkness Overcometh It
- Roxanne Skelly – It Started with a Brick
- Sarah Doebereiner – Keep Moving Forward
- Siri Caldwell – Molten
- Sonja Seren Calhoun – Commit
- Sorren Briarwood – Dead Name
- sparks – In the Bleak Mid-autumn
- Stacey Mahuna – Uploaded
- Storm Grant – Uprising
- Sumiko Saulson – Showdown at the Uncanny Valley Mall
- T. D. Carlson – Underground to the Stars
- Tom Folske – The Awakener
- Tori Thompson – Under the Cicada Moon
- Tris Lawrence – Annie
- W. Dale Jordan – Necromancing Bubba
- X.HoYen – Either-Or Answers After Sally Ride