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Gay Agenda Lit
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From August 1-August 31, Gay Agenda Literary, co-edited by nat raum and Ren Koppel Torres, will be accepting submissions! Gay Agenda Lit will be published as a yearly planner featuring poetry and art by LGBTQ+ creators.Please submit up to 2 pieces per category. Each person may submit to both visual and poetic categories. Please also ensure to submit your written work as a DOCX, PDF, or RTF file, and your visual work as a print-resolution JPEG that's 1800 px on the vertical side.Since this is a yearly planner, we'd love to see some pieces that are seasonal in some way, however we're excited to see art and writing on any themes. We have no tolerance for pieces in favor of racist, antisemetic, homo/transphobic, ableist, or any other bigoted ideology.We don't accept previously published work. By submitting, you confirm that the work you submit is your own, and grant us the non-exclusive right to publish your piece in-print and promote it on social media. After publication, all rights revert back to you as the author/artist!Simultaneous submissions are totally cool. However, please make sure to email us at [email protected] if your piece(s) get accepted somewhere else first.Thank you for your interest in our Gay Agenda!
In case you'd like to get a feel for the editors' tastes, we've included below some of the pieces we love.Ren Koppel Torres:
"La Santa Muerte Floats Between Bones And Flowers In Saturn's Rings" by Alondra Adame, Alebrijes Review: Día de los Muertos.
"Poesía al Pastor" by M. David Lopez, Alebrijes Review: Fever Dream
"Altarpiece" by Rebecca Herrera, Alebrijes Review: Día de los Muertos.
"FLEETING THOUGHTS ON A DEADNAME THAT’S NOT QUITE DEAD" by KB, Poetry Online.
"Las Dos Fridas / The Two Fridas" by Sofía Aguilar, The Vital Sparks.
"A gay man walks into a bar" by James McDermott, Powders Press.
"I only believe in God every second Saturday" by Leela Raj-Sankar, Overtly Lit.
"The Clapping Lights" by Reuben Gelley Newman, diode poetry.
"Sonnet in Which the Poet’s Heart Wants Out" by SG Huerta, Neologism Poetry Journal.nat raum:
“bottom of the ocean” by Matt Hsu fifth wheel press flux anthology.
“Western Lariat” by Clem Flowers, fifth wheel press flux anthology.
“common blue violet” by luna rey hall, fifth wheel press flux anthology.
“Healer” by Yael Veitz, Wilder Centuries; originally published as “Sara” by Formidable Women Sanctuary.
“holy matrimony” by Lemmy Ya’akova, Brave Voices Magazine.
“Hauntology as MyScene Room Makeover” by Rachael Crosbie, with confetti.
“My God Does Not Blush Red” by Clementine Williams, the gamut mag, issue 1: white.
“Clyties and I” by Kayla Renee, celestite poetry, issue 4.
“we blossom still” by Charlie D’Aniello Trigueros Queerlings, Issue 4.
About
Gay Agenda was born from the editors' shared love of puns, pride, and art & literature. They sought to create a way for creatives to stay organized without dreading the infamous daily planner.Ren Koppel Torres, co-editor is a Jewish Chicano teen who serves as the Editor in Chief of Alebrijes Review, a Community Events Organizer for the winnow, and a Poetry Editor for both INKSOUNDS and Tyrian Ink. Ren was also a member of the inaugural Austin Youth Poet Laureate Cohort (2021-2022). Find him online: renkoppeltorres.carrd.co.nat raum, co-editor (b. 1996) is a disabled artist, writer, and genderless disaster from Baltimore, MD. They’re a current MFA candidate, and also the editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press. Past and upcoming publishers of their writing include Olney Magazine, perhappened, CLOVES, and trampset. Find them online: natraum.com/links.
Contact
Please don't hestitate to reach out to us at any time!Email us at [email protected]. Find co-editors nat raum at @gr8earlofhell (Twitter and Instagram) and Ren Koppel Torres at @KoppelTorres (Twitter & Instagram).