{"id":1306,"date":"2025-09-15T07:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2025-09-28T20:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T20:05:18","slug":"nominated-for-2025-monarch-queer-literary-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/nominated-for-2025-monarch-queer-literary-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominated for 2025 Monarch Queer Literary Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monarch.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1308\" style=\"width:462px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monarch.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monarch.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monarch.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monarch.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikepiero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monarch.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No better way to start a Monday than with one&#8217;s fiction being nominated for a queer literary award! So very honored. Thanks, Trash Cat Lit (<a href=\"https:\/\/trashcatlit.com\/\">https:\/\/trashcatlit.com\/<\/a>) for nominating my story, <a href=\"https:\/\/trashcatlit.com\/the-year-of-dead-dads\/\">&#8220;The Year of Dead Dads,&#8221;<\/a> for a Monarch Queer Literary Award. \ud83e\ude77 \ud83d\udc9c \ud83d\udc99<br><br>More about the Monarch Queer Literary Awards: <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gjWkHXjf\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gjWkHXjf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congrats to fellow Trash Cat Lit sibling, Cole Beauchamp, as well as all the other excellent nominees! Wishing you all the very best wishes for this award!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My debut queer gaming-themed novel, ROGUE BURNOUT, endorsed by Ralph Pennel, Christine Benner Dixon, and Jacob Appel is still available to publishers! Interested editors can reach out to my agent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markgottliebliteraryagent\/\">Mark Gottlieb<\/a>, at Trident. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/mikepiero.org\/index.php\/rogue-burnout\/\">Rogue Burnout<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No better way to start a Monday than with one&#8217;s fiction being nominated for a queer literary award! 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