The Lavender Hour Issue #1: Pride is Every Day
The Lavender Hour review is looking to explore the ways in which pride can be found in every day life. In the face of personal & legislative hate and the rise of fascism we stand firm in the pursuit of radical joy. We take an active stance on facilitating change by amplifying the voices of marginalized artists and writers. Though Pride is only recognized one month a year, we find pride in our lives every single day.
What does radical joy and finding pride in your every life look like for you? We are looking for submissions of prose, poetry, and visual art. Submissions will be open from April 1st- May 1st 2026. Please contact us via email and review the guidelines below.
Submission Guidelines
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General Submission Guidelines:
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1. We as a magazine focus on the promotion of marginalized voices and will not be accepting work from cis men at this time. We recognize that everyone has unique struggles, however, spaces for the creative expression of marginalized genders and sexual identities are underrepresented. We value amplifying voices that may not have the same opportunities in other spaces, and recognize that in doing so it is not a reflection of the quality of your work.
2. We will NOT tolerate any form of hate or bigotry. The use of slurs is only permitted within the context of your lived experience dealing with bigotry directed at you. Any submissions that include hate speech will be immediately rejected and the sender will no longer be permitted to submit in the future.
3. Revolutions are fought on many fronts, and this publication seeks to focus on community building and radical joy. Please do your best to submit work that aligns with these goals.
4. Initial submissions are anonymous!! Please do not include any personal identifying information in your submission. However, please include your email in your submission for us to contact you.
5. We will reach out for your bio and additional information upon acceptance of your work. All rejections will receive a personalized response upon final decision.
6. All written submissions must be in .doc or .docx format to be considered. All visual submissions must be attached to the body of the email in .jpeg format.
7. We are open to submissions that include profanity, nudity, or kink as long as all parties involved are consenting adults. We ask that if it is sexually explicit to include a trigger warning in your submission and please keep it tasteful.
8. The use of any AI is prohibited and will result in a permanent ban from future submissions. We ask that you only submit your own work, any work found to be plagiarized will result in a permanent ban from future submissions as well.
9. We will accept secondary publications, however, we ask that you specify and credit the original publication in the body of your email.
10. We reserve the right to rescind any publication offers if needed.
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***Submissions will only be accepted for issue #1 between April 1st and May 1st of 2026. Any submissions outside of this window will not be considered.
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