Helping to end LGBTQ+ youth homelessness with Shades of Pride, now available in paperback and ebook!
TL;DR: Shades of Pride, our collection of short stories and poems with LGBTQIA+ voices, themes, and characters to benefit True Colors United, is now available in print and eBook! Buy your copy now for 20 authentic and powerful reads and to help end LGBTQ+ youth homelessness.
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Our heartfelt collection of human experience, diverse voices, and prideful characters is here! Below, we present the amazing lineup for our newest, LGBTQIA-themed collection, Shades of Pride.
How we got here
We began in March with a call for submissions to writers to help us create a collection of LGBTQIA+-themed stories to benefit True Colors United.
Our editorial team consisted of three curators and six additional editors, all of whom were integral to the success of the project. The curators include Camden M. Collins, Andi Curis and David Clark.
We had two goals with this project: To support True Colors United and their mission, with a story collection worthy of the cause, and to engage and support the LGBTQIA writers’ community.
From March until June, we worked with the authors (and each other) to mentor, edit, and judge. We were blown away by the quality of the submissions to this collection! In all, we received 50 stories by the end of the call for submissions.
We want to thank the #tldrwriters community for your stories and support while we curated a fantastic lineup of new voices. This collection is the work of hundreds of hours, and we can’t wait to share it with the world.
Thank you to our contributing writers for your short stories and poetry:
Cake and Ice Cream by Ellen Huang
My Secret Formula by David Rae
At Last by Jeff O’Reilly
The Secret Love of Life and Death by Kindra Serna
Wanting So Closely by Sossity Chiricuzio
Coffeehouse Romance by David Estringel
The Girl From Nothing by Emily Deibler
Honorable Men by Amy Drayer
Downgrowth by A. Z. Louise
But Instead by Luke Barclay
Words Will Never Hurt Me by Ellen Grace
Swinging Both Ways by Nikki Marrone
Conduit by Brian Zimmerman
Old Rosie by Fee Johnstone
Stan and I and Emily Dickinson Greet March by Kenneth Pobo
A Gifting Witch by Sarah Linders
Of Coffee and Awkward Conversations by Matt Richardson
Lungs by Tréa Lavery
Swell by R. H. Berry
Blue Vials by S. M. Maple
Thank you to our editors!
Laynie Bynum, Jenna Harvie, Richard Kriheli, Penfold, Callum Colback and Joe Butler
Thank you to our curators!
Camden M. Collins, Andi Curis, and David Clark
Thank you to our cover illustrator!
Becky Glendining
Thank you to our cover art director!
Joe Butler
Thank you to our production director!
Alex Hareland
How to support our release
1. Buy our collection in eBook and/or Paperback!
2. Retweet our big news and tag @TLDRpress!
3. Share with your friends, family, and followers in person, online, or via carrier pigeon.
4. Rate and review our collection on Amazon.
Watch out for more news in the coming weeks about our next call for submissions, as well as workshops, resources, Teal Deer Open Mic Nights, and more! Want to stay in the loop? Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our newsletter, and join our Slack writing group.
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