Our Fiction Contest judge, Greg Herren, spoke with Dan White on his podcast Out With Dan! Out with Dan is a podcast hosted by Dan White that highlights LGBTQ+ authors and allies. Check it out!

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Check out the LGBTLOL Queer Comedy Fest this weekend!

LGBTLOL is an annual event in New Orleans where queer-identifying comedians from around the country can come together and be hilarious.

Get tickets and learn more at lgbtlol.com

Deadlines Oct 1, Oct 15: 21st Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival; LGBTQ+ writers can win $500 & pub for unpublished short fiction & poetry; fee: $20; next festival is in New Orleans, March 28-30, 2025
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Saints + Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival with Submittable HT hopeclark

Are you curious about the team behind #TWFest and #SASFest ? Take a minute to get to know us a little better!

Looking for a rec? Paul is currently reading Tweakerworld: a Memoir by Jason Yamas - a Lambda Literary Award finalist in the category of Gay Memoir/Biography

#GiveOUTDay is 1 WEEK AWAY, but early giving is open now!

As we approach Pride Month, we hope you'll consider helping us reach our $5,000 goal to support our LGBTQ+ literary programming and offer travel scholarships to emerging queer writers.

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Our Fiction Contest is open - and we're so excited to announce that our fiction judge is author and editor Greg Herren!

The Fiction Contest deadline is October 1, 2024. Learn more at sasfest.org/#contests

Miss the Fest? So do we! But maybe some SASSY merch will cheer you up!

We've just launched our new merch site with journals, hats, mugs, and more, all with SAS and TWFest designs.

Click the link to shop 'till you drop!

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Our survey for 2024 attendees is linked below, and we appreciate everyone who takes a few minutes to fill it out. Your answers are helpful to our future planning, and the data you provide is needed for grant applications, grant reports, and planning.

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Our Poetry Contest is open - and we're so excited to announce that our 2025 Poetry Judge is New Orleans poet Nikki Ummel!

The Poetry Contest deadline is October 15, 2024. Contest winners receive cash prizes and publication. Learn more at sasfest.org/#contests

Two new poems in Bear Review✨These aren't in No Spare People, they're newer. Featured alongside some lovely poets whose work I've read before: Heidi Seaborn H.R. Webster Michael Robins Jose Hernandez Diaz Carolyn Hembree Nikki Ummel natalie tombasco (& _more_ poets I'm getting to know)

Are you passionate about LGBTQ+ Literature? Please help us continue to promote LGBTQ+ writers, publishers, and other literary professionals by donating to our #GiveOUTday campaign!
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Our 2025 Fiction and Poetry Contests are NOW OPEN! Submit your work now for the chance to win cash prizes and publication!⁠
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Our fiction judge is Greg Herren and our poetry judge is Nikki Ummel!

sasfest.org/#contests

#writingcontest #lgbtqwriting #queerwriters

That time I did an awesome interview with poet 兔兒神 for Saints + Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival...have a listen! youtu.be/JStkvvqs8ZQ?si… #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetrytwitter

Words: savoring Saints & Sinners (.Saints + Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival) : Gerard Cabrera on the LGBTQ literary festival ebar.com/story.php?ch=A…

Give OUT Day is an LGBTQ+ fundraising campaign that runs May 1 - May 30.

Early giving is open NOW, and every donation helps us continue to promote and support LGBTQ+ writers, publishers, and other literary professionals.⁠

You can donate at giveoutday.org/organization/S…

#giveOUTday

Here's another poem celebrating National Poetry Month! This poem, 'For Identification Purposes Only' is written and read by SASFest24 poet Daniel W.K. Lee.

Get his poetry collection, Anatomy of Want, at your local bookstore! rebelsatori.com/product/anatom…

Today's poet spotlight for National Poetry Month is on SASFest24 speaker Erin Hoover, who is sharing an excerpt of her poem 'Forms and Materials' with us!

You can order her newest book, No Spare People, at your local independent bookstore today! blacklawrencepress.com/books/no-spare…

Explicit language ahead ✨

Happy National Poetry Month! Today, we present 'Erecura in Exile' by SASFest24 speaker Jacob Budenz!

Order Jacob's book, Tea Leaves, here! bywaterbooks.com/product/tea-le…

Happy National Poetry Month! We're putting a spotlight on some of our #SASFest24 poets. This is New Orleans poet Nikki Ummel sharing her poem 'After the Flood.'

Order her book, Hush, from your indie bookstore today!

It's National Poetry Month, so we're putting a spotlight on our #SASFest24 poets. This sobering poem whose speaker adopts the voice of Matthew Shepard is 'Postcard from the Dead' by AE Hines.

You can order his book, Adam in the Garden, from your independent bookstore.