Queer History, Queer Now

And we know, we have always known, that no place is safe—we are queer people of color, no place is ever safe for us, not even the gay club—but it’s one of the few spaces where, at least for the duration of a song, we can imagine a complete surrender to the music that transports us into the sheer enjoyment of a moment. Rigoberto González

ISSUE 08 Reading Period Open!

Apogee Journal’s reading period is now open! We are seeking fiction and nonfiction for Issue 08, to be published in Fall/Winter 2016. Our reading period opens June 22 and closes August 15. We are not reading poetry for our print issue at this time. Perigee, our blog, is open for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry year-round.

AAWW PubCon!

Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s third Publishing Conference is a special one-day session to hear from veteran authors, agents and editors. Past conferences featured speakers from The New Yorker, The New York Times, Penguin Random House, W.W. Norton, and more. Open to writers of all ages, races, and genres!