dipity's 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards Nominations
here are our nominees for this awesome new event
The Monarch Queer Literary Awards states: “up to five poems of no more than 10 pages in total,” we didn’t have any art, fiction, hybrid, or non-fiction pieces selected this year that met the requirements. You’ll find these on our online tank and also on our Substack reshare archive.
Here are our nominees:
DIPITY’S 2026 MONARCH QUEER LITERARY AWARDS:
“prayer” by Victoria Brooks
“fallen” by Savannah S. Miller
“please offer these seats to the elderly and persons with disabilities” by Mal Virich
“Sweet-bitter / Without Remedy” by Kimberly Hall
“Gay Shotgun Wedding Vows, Idaho” by Jamie Manias
ABOUT THE NOMINATION EVENT:
Monarch Queer Literary Awards is a new annual anthology recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. Most awards for queer and LGBTQ+ writing are dedicated to honoring full-length books; while we honor the critical importance of these awards, we aim to create a complementary space for uplifting the groundbreaking and often under-celebrated poems, short stories, essays, and artwork that are published in magazines, chapbooks, zines, and other collections.
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