Quill

Queer literature is often found in the side stacks, in the back of the bookstore, under “Gay and Lesbian.” These authors are put into a genre that barely fits them, excluded from mainstream funding, and alienated by submission questionnaires and praying questions about identity and the underlying, “What are you?” The contradiction is that though labels can be alienating, they can also be empowering and community-building. Red Hen Press seeks to work against the negative politics of labeling while honoring and empowering authors who identify as queer. Quill is edited by Tobi Harper Petrie, the Deputy Director of Red Hen Press. For submission guidelines, please click here, or refer to Quill’s Submittable page.

Current Quill titles include:

From the Longing Orchard

A Novel by Jessica Jopp
Publication Date: June 13, 2023
ISBN: 978-1-59709-929-5
Size: 6×9
Pages: 320
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $19.95
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Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love

A Novel by Carlos Allende
Publication Date: June 21, 2022
ISBN: 978-1-63628-035-6
Size: 6×9
Pages: 312
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $25.95
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Summer of the Cicadas

A Novel by Chelsea Catherine
Publication Date: August 18, 2020
ISBN: 978-1-59709-483-2
Size: 5×8
Pages: 160
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $14.95
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The Falls of the Wyona

A Novel by David Brendan Hopes
Publication Date: May 23, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-59709-893-9
Size: 5×8
Pages: 210
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $16.95
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Flannelwood

A Novel by Raymond Luczak
Publication Date: June 6, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-59709-897-7
Size: 6×9
Pages: 200
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $15.95
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Scissors, Paper, Stone

A Novel by Martha K. Davis
Publication Date: April 16, 2018
ISBN: 978-1-59709-046-9
Size: 6×9
Pages: 312
Binding: Tradepaper
Price: $16.95
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