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πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Queer Literary Journal. Publishing LGBTQ+ writers since 2019. fruitjournal.co.uk

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Image shows blue text-box on a background of red berries. Text reads: Fruit queer literary journal. Submissions open for LGBTQ writers. 1st-31st December.

Image shows blue text-box on a background of red berries. Text reads: Fruit queer literary journal. Submissions open for LGBTQ writers. 1st-31st December.

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ QUEER WRITERS! We’re open for submissions until 31st December. 🍊 We’d love to read your most boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome. Check out our guidelines at fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/ πŸ₯

01.12.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Hello Fruitees! Our submissions period for Queer Writers or Colour is coming to an END this week. Get your pieces submitted by Sunday - we're keen to hear from you!! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

25.11.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi writing folks! We've just migrated to bluesky and thought we should introduce ourselves. We're an online queer literary journal, we've been going since 2019 and we love writing that is daring and innovative.

We're looking to be connected to the writing community here, so please follow and RT! πŸŽπŸ‡

04.11.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Excellent people to connect with here at this 6-year-old queer literary journal run by my friends Tawseef and Tom ❀️

05.11.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Text on a photographed background of mixed fruit. Text reads: Fruit queer literary journal. Submissions open for Writers of Colour, now until 30th November.

Text on a photographed background of mixed fruit. Text reads: Fruit queer literary journal. Submissions open for Writers of Colour, now until 30th November.

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ QUEER WRITERS OF COLOUR! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

We’re now open for submissions until 30th November.

We want to read your boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome!🍎

See our guidelines: fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/

30.10.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Submit Submissions open until 30th November 2025 Who Can Submit Any Writer of Colour who identifies as LGBTQ+ is welcome. What to Submit Creative Writing For us, β€˜queer writing’ is disruptive and boundary…

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆIf you like what you see, then please know that we are OPEN for SUBMISSIONS (!!), albeit to queer writers of colour ONLY for now.

We want to read your boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome!🍎

See our guidelines: fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/ 8/ ☺️☺️

04.11.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🍎🍊🍎What about a poem? @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social has a brilliant one in our second issue, full of spittle and gum and coral throats?! 😍

fruitjournal.co.uk/2020/06/21/w... 6/ 🍊🍎🍊

04.11.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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But/Also: Visuals for β€˜Grow a Pair’ [Joanna Walsh] So I haven’t done any visual work for a long time, long before I made the stories for these paintings. β€˜Made’, β€˜visual work’, those are words I wouldn&#…

🍍🍊We've also had some terrific artwork as part of our issues.

Why not check out @badaude.bsky.social's watercolours from our very first issue? They're gorgeous!

fruitjournal.co.uk/2019/12/30/a... 5/ 🍍🍊

04.11.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜the ways we come together and fail and flail’ Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the author, most recently, of Touching the Art, a finalist for a Washington State Book Award and a Pacific Northwest Book Award. Her previous title, The Freezer Door,…

πŸ‰πŸ“ We've also been lucky to publish authors and writing that we're ridiculously proud of.

Why not check out our interview with the inimitable @mbsycamore.bsky.social about their brilliant new book Terry Dactyl?

fruitjournal.co.uk/2025/05/03/t... 4/ πŸ‰πŸ“

04.11.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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(no title) Queer Literary Journal

πŸ‡πŸŽ You can read our past issues here:

fruitjournal.co.uk

We've published people from all over the world, from Costa Rica to Nigeria, to Australia. And we've covered topics as diverse as eggs, IUDs and Danny Dyer! πŸŽπŸ‡ 2/

04.11.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi writing folks! We've just migrated to bluesky and thought we should introduce ourselves. We're an online queer literary journal, we've been going since 2019 and we love writing that is daring and innovative.

We're looking to be connected to the writing community here, so please follow and RT! πŸŽπŸ‡

04.11.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Text on a photographed background of mixed fruit. Text reads: Fruit queer literary journal. Submissions open for Writers of Colour, now until 30th November.

Text on a photographed background of mixed fruit. Text reads: Fruit queer literary journal. Submissions open for Writers of Colour, now until 30th November.

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ QUEER WRITERS OF COLOUR! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

We’re now open for submissions until 30th November.

We want to read your boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome!🍎

See our guidelines: fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/

30.10.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2