Queer and here!
The new PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2022 has categories for LGBTQIA+ adult, young adult and children’s fiction.
Launched by literary agency PFD, the prize for new writers is intended to discover emerging talent. The competition is for unagented writers working on fiction who have not previously published a full-length novel or picture book. Manuscripts don’t need to be completed at the time of entry. Works don’t need to address the LGBTQIA+ experience (although the judges are particularly interested in entries with LGBTQIA+ characters and themes) but must be written by writers who identify as LGBTQIA+.