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Queer fantasy belongs on bigger shelves 💜✨

Meet B.R. Michaels at Booth #511 during Anime Central (May 15–17) with Crowded Shelf 📚⚔️

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May 16, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Queer fantasy deserves to take up space too 🌈

Catch award-winning indie author B.R. Michaels at the convention happening now ✨

Come find us in the Vendor Hall 💜
Follow @lavanderrisingmag for more queer creatives + stories.

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May 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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To every queer creator still finding their voice: your stories already matter. 💜

Follow @lavanderrisingmag for more creator tips & queer storytelling inspiration ✨#OnceUponAQueer #OnceUponAQueer #QueerWriters #writesky #queer #lgbt #Art #digitalart #queercreatives #queer #queerauthor
May 24, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Queer stories matter.
Queer art matters.
Queer creators matter.

@lavenderrisingmag celebrates LGBTQ+ creativity through stories, poetry, essays, and artwork from queer voices around the world 🌈✨

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May 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Monday check-in 🌈
who’s a queer creative you think more people should know about?

drop their name (or your own 👀) — let’s build a thread of talent, softness, and brilliance ✨

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April 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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This is your sign to discover a queer indie author 👀💜

B.R. Michaels @ Anime Central 2026
with Crowded Shelf ✨

queer fantasy. indie stories. real connection.
📍 Booth #511

follow @lavenderrisingmag 💜

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May 5, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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share a line you wrote that still feels a little too honest.

no context needed—just the line 👇

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#LookAndSee385 #bluesky #queer #queercreatives #LGBTQ+ #artsky #booksy #artists
April 27, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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Once upon a queer is a platform for queer creators 💜
you don’t need to be perfect just honest
first-time creators welcome

submit: onceuponaqueer.com/contest

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May 1, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Not as a version of you—
but as you are.

we’re building space
for queer voices
to exist out loud 💜

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May 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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QUEER-ATIVE OF THE WEEK: Clayton Eccard

not all art is loud.
some of it whispers… and still hits.

go discover. go connect.
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May 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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ARCHIVED PUBLISHED — 4TH SERIES 💬
a line from one of our winners—
and it lingers.

next one could be yours.
submit your story + tell us
which line stayed with you.

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May 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Submitting to Once Upon a Queer? 🏳️‍🌈✨

Create your story → follow the rules → polish it → submit → share the magic 💌

Your voice. Your story. Your moment 🌈
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April 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Award-winning indie author B.R. Michaels continues the journey with queer fantasy filled with magic, destiny, and hope 💜

The queer magic continues 🪄💜

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May 20, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Have you ever heard of the river of creativity?

Have you ever dipped your hands into it?

put your ideas on the page.

Submit your piece.

Maybe someone is waiting for your words 

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May 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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QUEER-IOUSLY SPEAKING 💜
Once Upon a Queer started as a space for queer creators who were tired of feeling “too queer,” “too niche,” or “too much” for traditional creative spaces.
so instead of waiting to be accepted —
we built our own archive ✨
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May 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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The details you think are “too specific” are often the parts that make people feel seen most 💜📖

queer storytelling lives in honesty, memory, softness, and truth — flowing from the river of creativity into connection ✨

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May 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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From the river of creativity come stories that let queer readers feel seen 💜📚

Meet B.R. Michaels at Anime Central 2026 with Crowded Shelf ✨
📍 Booth #511 • Chicago, IL
📅 May 15–17, 2026

#BookSky #QueerBooks #LGBTBooks #AnimeCentral #QueerFantasy #WLWBooks #OnceUponAQueer #Bluesky
May 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Q.A. #01: Meet our founder Nikita 💜
Once Upon a Queer + Lavender Rising

turned “maybe someday” into *post it now*

your story isn’t too much.
it’s the point.

tag yourself 👀
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April 29, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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This is your sign to read more queer books 👀💜
B.R. Michaels @ Booth #511 ✨
Anime Central • May 15–17, 2026
with Crowded Shelf
you coming?
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May 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Queer creativity feels like a river 🌊

A river full of creativity

maybe your art is meant to reach someone beyond yourself.

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Tiktok & IG: @lavanderrisingmag🤍

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May 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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✨ What if the queer story you're afraid to share is the one someone needs to read?

Submit to Once Upon a Queer and let your words find their readers.

Follow @lavenderrisingmag for more queer creative opportunities.

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June 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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QUEER TO PUBLISHED ✨
4 steps closer to sharing your story with the world 💜📚

1.create from the heart
2.refine your piece
3.submit your work
4.join the river of creativity 💜

your voice deserves to be seen, heard, and celebrated 🌈

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May 14, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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✨ Uncloseted Lines of the Week — Week 1 ✨🌈

📝 Submit your piece to the Once Upon a Queer Contest—you could be our next featured voice.

Click here: onceuponaqueer.com/contest

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April 22, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Archived Published ✨

Revisiting queer stories that continue to resonate long after publication. Because queer creativity isn’t disposable — it’s living proof that we were here, creating, dreaming, and surviving together. 🌈

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May 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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if this hit a little too hard, this story might be yours too. 🌈

submit your art, poetry, essays, photography, and stories to onceuponaqueer.com and tell the version of you that deserved to exist loudly.

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May 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM