Speculatively Queer

Small press publishing stories about queer hope, joy, love, affirmation, and community. (Co-conspirators: @izzorizzo & @ohshitcircuit)

[Speculatively Queer @specqueer]

If anyone's still here, come find us on the blue butterfly site! Same handle, same avatar, same exceptionally queer vibes 🏳️‍🌈

[Jennifer Lee Rossman @JenLRossman]

For all of my new followers: my story "The Princess And The P. Sativum" is in this book that is up for an award next week!

[Speculatively Queer @specqueer]

Xenocultivars made the "Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy" longlist! "Folded Into Tendril and Leaf" by @bogiperson has been chosen as one of the Notable Stories of 2022: https://t.co/1O1dpzSDEe

[Speculatively Queer @specqueer]

@nocturnalxlight @writesloud @spillovermag @femmeanddandy @azejournal @warninglines @madness_press @tealightpress @queerlings @w_confetti @lavenderlimelit @WhaleRoadReview Thank you for the shoutout! Just a note—we publish books, not journals 🙂

[Laya 🌿🍄 @layahimalaya]

hadn't gotten around to tweeting about this bc busy weekend but my cover for Xenocultivars is nominated for a SJV!

[Speculatively Queer @specqueer]

Laya Rose (@layahimalaya) has just been nominated for a Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Artwork for her incredible work on the "Xenocultivars" cover! Congratulations and thank you for making our book so beautiful, Laya! https://t.co/hetMBJkZw0

[Speculatively Queer @specqueer]

"Xenocultivars is a particularly excellent compilation, expertly edited and curated [...] that celebrates the many facets of queer growth and expression, both personally and culturally." Thank you @QueerSciFi for the lovely review! https://t.co/I7ZWRG8kRr

[Speculatively Queer @specqueer]

Thank you @QueenOfRats for including Xenocultivars on this list of summer reading recommendations for 12th-graders! https://t.co/GGOkr6WjRe

[Atthis Arts @atthisarts]

Lovely post on small presses to the new website of Clara Ward, author of our 2024 speculative fiction novel, Be the Sea, with love to @specqueer and @ThinkNiche. Small presses really do need your love to thrive! 🥰 (So thank you for being here.) https://t.co/P669d6V0IL

[Speculatively Queer @specqueer]

Our Lammy finalist "Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth" currently has only 13 reviews on Goodreads, if anyone feels like dropping a note!

[Goodreads @goodreads]

The finalists for the 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced! Go check out the best of LGBTQ literature of the year. 😍

https://t.co/dFTObCRNeD

[Laya 🌿🍄 @layahimalaya]

hello friends I have restocked my rainbow fungi sticker design but this time it is HOLO! 🍄🌈

[P H Lee 🪬 @P_H_Lee]

anthology I'm in got nominated for a Lambda: https://t.co/rGGCiWqOI0

(scroll down to "anthology" we're the only fiction one.)

[Neon Hemlock Press @neonhemlock]

Twenty four more hours to go!!

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[🇵🇸 wren d🕯️ @awritingwren]

Guess whose anthology of plants and joy is a Lammy finalist this year!! Couldn't be more honored to share this with my co-contributors and our wonderful @specqueer editors 💕🌻🌷🌿

[Jennifer Lee Rossman @JenLRossman]

REMEMBER WHEN I HAD AN EXCITING GAY SECRET! THIS IS THE EXCITING GAY SECRET:

[Sonia Sulaiman Ignyte Award winner! @SoniaSulaiman]

The Mandrake Loves the Olive, my queerplatonic tale inspired by Palestinian herbal folklore, is in Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth which is a finalist for the #Lammys! Congrats to all of the finalists! 🥳

[Speculatively Queer @specqueer]

Major update: our anthology "Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth" is a Lambda Literary Awards finalist! Thank you so much @LambdaLiterary! 🏳️‍🌈💖

[Speculatively Queer @specqueer]

Apologies to anyone running into issues with our website—we've had a bit of downtime while sorting out our new hosting. Working on it!

[🇵🇸 wren d🕯️ @awritingwren]

Please consider giving XENOCULTIVARS a look as the nomination deadline approaches! My story Midnight Candy is eligible, as well as many other wonderful pieces