Deadline: 15 September 2026
The Rainbow Literature Festival and Yoda Press invite submissions for the first edition of Queer Intersections, an annual anthology series that seeks to bring together non-fiction writings exploring queerness and its intersections with other identities and lived realities.
The series aims to create greater space for diverse voices from queer and trans communities through storytelling, reflection, critique, and documentation of lived experiences. Each volume of Queer Intersections will focus on queerness alongside another axis of identity, community, or experience.
For the inaugural volume, Queer Intersections will focus on the intersection of queerness and disability.
We are seeking narrative non-fiction from residents of India that explores the complexities, intimacies, politics, joys, tensions, desires, exclusions, care, resistance, and everyday realities located at this intersection.
Submissions can include:
- Personal Essays
- Memoir
- Auto-fiction
- Speculative Non-fiction
- Political Commentary
- Cultural Criticism
- Academia-informed Creative Non-fiction
Submissions Guidelines
- Word Count: 2000–3000 words
- Submissions must be in the English language but we welcome translations from other Indian languages.
- Only previously unpublished work will be considered.
- Contributors should ensure that the submitted work is their original writing.
Accessibility Statement
We are committed to making this submission process as accessible and inclusive as possible for contributors with a range of disability experiences.
If you require any support during the submission process, including alternative submission formats or extended accessibility assistance, please feel free to reach out to us at submit.qi@gmail.com.
Honorarium
Selected contributors will receive an honorarium upon publication. Further details regarding the honorarium and publication process will be shared with shortlisted contributors.
Contributor Identity
Contributors are requested to submit using their preferred working name and accurate contact details.
Publication Note
The anthology will be published by Yoda Press and the editorial decision-making will lie with them and their appointed editor.
Please note that only shortlisted contributors will be contacted, between the months of August and September.