🌈🎉 IT'S TIME! 🎉🌈
Submissions for the
#QIAwards
2023 season are OPEN from Dec 1st-31st!
See our website for the submission form, guidelines, and category specifications. 🥳
🌈💖 IT'S GO TIME! 💖🌈
Submissions for the
#QIAwards
are now open!
Submission guidelines, info, and form are available on our website at the 🔗 below & through the 🔗 in bio.
OPEN Dec 1-31st.
🌈 THE NEWS IS OUT! 🌈
The Queer Indie Awards will be hosting a bi-annual pitch event for queer indie authors!
✨✨ Join us for our first ever
#QIAPIT
on April 14th 🌈✨
SEE WEBSITE (🔗 in bio) for full details and guidelines.
Happening THIS FRIDAY!!
For the entire month of December
#QIAwards
submissions will be open. Please see our website and/or submissions form for all details and requirements.
Here we go again! 🥳🎉🌈
🌈🌟 ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟🌈
! Due to the global social media strike in support of Palestine, voting has been extended through February 2nd to allow everyone to participate !
🏆WINNER ANNOUNCEMENTS🏆
Winners will be announced one-by-one LIVE via Twitter at the starting time, and released in bulk post-announcements on Instagram and the website.
Winners will also be featured on the website via slideshow, listings & GoodReads lists.
SEE YOU THEN!
Hey everyone!
We’re the
#QueerIndieAwards
!
After our first successful awards season in ‘21, we’ve decided we haven’t had enough & will be back for ‘22 & beyond.
Keep an eye out here for updates, submission openings, nominee spotlights & more!
🌈 Hope you’ll join us 🌈
📚Happy
#QIAPIT
day everyone!
We will be monitoring the tag & pitches throughout the day so please feel free to comment with any questions and see our previous posts or website for guidelines!
🌈 REPOSTS/LIKES/QUOTES & COMMENTS on pitches are ALL ALLOWED! 🌈
📚Happy Pitching!
💥UPDATE!💥
Voting times have CHANGED!
With the huge growth of the
#QIAwards
this year, our team needs a little more time to get everything ready.
See you JAN 22-26th for VOTING! 🤩🌈
Happy
#Pride
everyone!
At the
#QueerIndieAwards
we’re all about awareness and sharing excellent
#lgbtq
+ work with a larger audience!
So here’s my challenge for you:
Drop your work below and tag a friend to share theirs as well! 👀
All will be RT’d.
🏳️🌈 Much love! 🏳️🌈
🌈Welcome to the first ever
#QIAPIT
!
We look forward to seeing everyone’s work.
Please check our website for full guidelines, and reach out if you have any questions.
Have fun! 🌈🤩
🌈 That’s a wrap!🌈
Huge thank you to everyone who turned out for
#QIApit
today. There are so many incredible stories & talented folks in the community.
As the
#QIAwards
we’re honored to be a part.
See you on Oct 13th for the next one! In the meantime may the words flow easy ✌🏼
🌈Welcome to the first ever
#QIAPIT
!
We look forward to seeing everyone’s work.
Please check our website for full guidelines, and reach out if you have any questions.
Have fun! 🌈🤩
🌈📚! WE’RE ONE MONTH AWAY !
Submissions for the
#QIAwards
are opening December 1st.
It’s a great time to peruse that library of 2022 indies & make your list of nominees! 📚🌈
Indie library photo cred:
@BElizabeth0
✨ ONE WEEK TILL
#QIAPIT
! ✨
Here's some helpful guidelines to assist you in creating your pitch!
Visit the website for full details and info, including genre tags. See you then!
The
#QIAwards
is aware of the tremendous growth this yr & its impact on voting. Trust we have been working hard & planning accordingly to manage such unanticipated growth for the future. Thank you for your patience as we begin to reach a wider audience & adapt our model to match.
A special thanks from me (
@juniper_lake
) to my amazing team (
@TLM_writes
&
@ritarubin9
) for all their hard work and help in making this second year of the
#QIAwards
possible!
Congratulations everyone! ✨🏆🌈🤩
UPDATE: The
#QIAwards
has a zero tolerance policy for A/I or machine learning books or covers.
An awarded book slipped past our awareness & shall be removed as a winner.
Keep an eye out for two newly appointed winners!
❌And we're finished! ❌
Submissions for the
#QIAwards
are now CLOSED!
Coming in at a mind-boggling 419 submissions, we're going to have our work cut out for us when preparing for Voting, opening JAN 15th!
Happy
#Pride
!!
To celebrate let’s share some book love - Drop your pride month promos or just let us know your favorite recent queer read!
🌈 Love to all! 🌈
We're so happy to see that the
#QIAwards
grew to such a size this year, and hope to continue to spread our reach for the next one.
See the website for listings of all winners and goodreads lists for winners AND all nominees!
Winners will also be posted & features via INSTA! 2/
The
#QIAwards
website is live!
This is the source for submission forms (Open Dec 1st), voting poll (Open Jan TBD), and other resources!
See the winners from last year, the mission statement, and more. ✨🌈
🔗🔗🔗 BELOW!! 🔗🔗🔗
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!
A huge thank you to everyone who participated and petitioned. Not a single title went without a vote.
We'll be back JANUARY 27th to announce the winners!
(and before then with more details!)
THAT'S A WRAP ON
#QIAPIT
! Thank you to everyone who joined in & participated. We're so grateful for this community of talented folks. 🌈
DON'T FORGET:
#QIAwards
2023 season is coming up QUICK, so start making those nomination lists! Stay tuned!
And that's a wrap! A huge thank you to everyone who participated, nominated, voted, and petitioned for their favorite 2022 queer indie reads.
Not a single title went without a vote & some won by only a count of one or two...1/
Happy Fall everyone (in the northern hemisphere) !
Who doesn’t love getting cozy with a good book?
So let’s take the opportunity to share the love:
🍂🌈 Tell us your most recent Queer Indie read! 🍂🌈
Fill up those TBR’s before submissions month! 💖
👇🏻👇🏽👇🏾👇🏿
🌈🌟 ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟🌈
! Due to the global social media strike in support of Palestine, voting has been extended through February 2nd to allow everyone to participate !
🤩🌈ONE WEEK TILL SUBMISSIONS!!🌈🤩
The
#QIAwards
season is nearly upon us! Soon the form will be open for you to submit your favorite queer indie reads from 2022!
All info will be posted DEC 1st, including instructions on how to submit. See ya there ✨
Hello
#QIAwards
folks! We're in the process of moving on over to the 🔵☁️ app.
Find us there under the same name!
Until it is out of beta we will continue to update on this platform as well, but hope to do a full move in the future.
Let's have another great awards year! 💕
🌈🌟 ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟🌈
! Due to the global social media strike in support of Palestine, voting has been extended through February 2nd to allow everyone to participate !
🏆WINNER ANNOUNCEMENTS🏆
Winners will be announced one-by-one LIVE via Twitter at the starting time, and released in bulk post-announcements on Instagram and the website.
Winners will also be featured on the website via slideshow, listings & GoodReads lists.
SEE YOU THEN!
🏆WINNER ANNOUNCEMENTS🏆
Winners will be announced one-by-one LIVE via Twitter at the starting time, and released in bulk post-announcements on Instagram and the website.
Winners will also be featured on the website via slideshow, listings & GoodReads lists.
SEE YOU THEN!
Update:
Moving forward the Queer Indie Awards will be under the hashtag
#QIAwards
The
#QIAwards
is it’s own independent awards platform not associated with other awards in a similar genre on Twitter or otherwise.
Thanks for your understanding! 💜✌🏼
Hey everyone!
We’re the
#QueerIndieAwards
!
After our first successful awards season in ‘21, we’ve decided we haven’t had enough & will be back for ‘22 & beyond.
Keep an eye out here for updates, submission openings, nominee spotlights & more!
🌈 Hope you’ll join us 🌈
Hey all, we had a bit of a mix-up with the winner for this category!
So, without further ado, the recipient of -
BEST POETRY - WHILE THE REST OF THE WORLD DANCES BY BRYONY ROSEHURST
@BryonyRosehurst
🎉 DON’T FORGET! THIS FRIDAY!🎉
You are welcome to participate if published, unpublished, drafting, or merely brainstorming and worldbuilding!
#QIAPit
happening here AND on IG!
✨ ONE WEEK TILL
#QIAPIT
! ✨
Here's some helpful guidelines to assist you in creating your pitch!
Visit the website for full details and info, including genre tags. See you then!
VOTING IS CLOSED!
Due to all the postponements and schedule changes this season, the team has had to move the
#QIAwards
ceremony to a date TBD.
Stay tuned as we tally up the winners and announce the ceremony date soon!
🌈🌟 ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟🌈
! Due to the global social media strike in support of Palestine, voting has been extended through February 2nd to allow everyone to participate !
🌈💖 IT'S GO TIME! 💖🌈
Submissions for the
#QIAwards
are now open!
Submission guidelines, info, and form are available on our website at the 🔗 below & through the 🔗 in bio.
OPEN Dec 1-31st.