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 1st: Anthology selections
- August 22nd: Honorable Mentions
- September 5th: Judges’ and Director’s Choices
- September 21st: Cover reveal
- October 5th: Book release and top three winners
And now, without further ado, the anthology picks – congrats to all:
| A. B. Encarnacion – Arene, 27F Invisible |
| A.H. Lykke – Fresh |
| A.J. Clarke – Shinigami |
| Abbie Bernstein – Kids Know |
| Alden Loveshade – Clouds |
| Alex Blanc – Death by Siren |
| Alex Liddell – Telegram From the Netherland |
| Alex Silver – Smile |
| Alison J. McKenzie – Happy to Help |
| Allan Dyen-Shapiro – Oysters and Other Slimy Creatures |
| Alma Nilsson – Meet Me at the South Gate |
| Amanda Meuwissen – Willows |
| Andrea Stanet – Bathtub Gin |
| Angela Acosta – Stuck in the Space Stuck in the Space Elevator |
| Anne Smith – A Glimpse |
| Anton Kukal – Detonation |
| Antonia Aquilante – Through the Glass |
| Avery Vanderlyle – Taking the Plunge |
| Barbara Krasnoff – Age Cannot Wither Her |
| Beáta Fülöp – The Unicorn Handler |
| Belinda McBride – Thr Choice |
| Blaine D. Arden – No Crime Unseen |
| C.T. Phipps – The Chase Was Enough |
| Camryn Burke – Burden of the Blurred |
| Caro Soles – The Truth Sayer |
| Catherine Yeates – Outpouring |
| Chloe Schaefer – Matthias |
| Crysta Coburn – The Ghost Maid |
| D.M. Rasch – Crystal Clear |
| Daria Richter – Make Me Real |
| Darrell Z. Grizzle – The Vampire and the Werewolf Priest |
| David Viner – The Best Solution |
| Derwin Mak – Software Update |
| Devon Widmer – Post-Apocalyptic Goo |
| Drew Baker – The Only Question I Could Ask |
| E. W. Murks – Earth Day |
| Elizabeth Hawxhurst – Inflection Point |
| Emmy Eui – Sunset |
| Gina Storm Grant – Clearing the Heir |
| Ginger Streusel – Lover’s Letters |
| Gordon Bonnet – Refraction |
| Isa Reneman – The Furthest Horizon |
| Isabel McKeough – The Art of Not Blowing Up |
| Isobel Granby – Sea-Glass |
| Izzy Tyack – Magically Induced Clarity |
| J Sigel – Hindsight |
| J.S. Gariety – Bloom |
| Jaime Munn – Impulse |
| James Dunham – Brain of Theseus |
| Jamie Lackey – Jamie Lackey |
| Jamie Sands – Remote Working Gothic |
| Jana Denardo – Unexpected |
| Jane Suen – Bowls of Steaming Noodles |
| Jason Sárközi-Forfinski – ACAB |
| Jaymie Wagner – Harmony |
| Jendayi Brooks-Flemister – Heartsbeats |
| Jennifer Haskin – Cold Conviction |
| Jess Nevins – Stagecoach Mary Versus the Ghost of Cascade |
| Joe DeRouen – The World Around Her |
| Jordan Ulibarri – Franklin |
| Josie Kirkwood – The Blue Capsule Experience |
| Julie Bozza – Verity |
| K.L. Noone – The Unicorn’s Knight |
| K.S. Murphy – Looped |
| Kaje Harper – Beneath the Surface |
| Kayleigh Skye – Blue |
| Kim Fielding – Shared Language |
| Kiya Nicoll – The Satyr and the Wishing Pond |
| Kora Knight – Sunrise |
| Kris Jacen – Visus |
| Krystle Matar – My Poppy Fields Are Burning |
| Lloyd A. Meeker – Ruti’s Prayer |
| Lori Alden Holuta – Magic Mirror |
| M. X. Kelly – Muddy the Waters |
| Marie Victoria Robertson – As Foretold |
| Mary Kuna – Late Bloomer |
| Megan Baffoe – Ribbon Thread |
| Megan Diedericks – The Closet is Made of Mahogany |
| Megan Hippler – The Gift |
| Mere Rain – With Clear Eyes |
| Minerva Cerridwen – Secundum Artem |
| Monique Cuillerier – Through This Window |
| Nathan Alling Long – The Shadow of Doubt |
| Nathaniel Taff – The Gauntlet |
| Nicole Dennis – Orange Dust |
| Oskar Leonard – Murcorpio |
| Patricia Loofbourrow – There’s Somethung Weird About Joe |
| Phoebe Ching – The Killer Cupid |
| R.L. Merrill – The Sitter |
| Rainie Zenith – Crystal Clear |
| Raven Oak – Wrinkled |
| Rdp – Alice! |
| RE Andeen – Male Female Nonbinary Other |
| RE Carr – A Woman’s reward |
| Rie Sheridan Rose – The Night Witch |
| Rin Sparrow – Never Alone |
| RL Mosswood – A Trick of the Nerves |
| RoAnna Sylver – The Face in the Mirror |
| Rob Bliss – PSI Ecstasy |
| Rory Ni Coileain – One Night in Troy |
| Sacchi Green – The Star Beast |
| Sage HN – Impact |
| Scott Jenson – Cycles |
| Sheryl Hayes – A Smoking Hot Proposal |
| Shirley Meier – Upon Reflection |
| SI Clarke – If the Shoe Fits |
| Siri Paulson – Blood and Water |
| Stacy Noe – Demons Need Love Too |
| Stephen B. Pearl – Sad Reality |
| Stephen Dedman – Through a Glass Clearly |
| Steve Fuson – Translucent |
| Steve Rasnic Tem – The Man in the Mirror |
| T.J. Reed – New Memories |
| Terry Poole – A Grey Man |
| Tori Thompson – A Visage of Home |
| V. Astor Solomon – Blood Will Show Us Who We Are |
| W. Dale Jordan – Ascension |
| Warren Rochelle – Ghosts |
| William R. Eakin – Overcoming Entropy |
| Yoyoli – If Deliberate Avoidance Fulfills No Dream |