Author Description

Celebrate with Harmony Ink Press as we recognize the talented winners of our second annual Young Author Challenge. This anthology showcases the LGBTQ genre's best up-and-coming-authors between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one. The road from childhood to adulthood can be a bumpy one, especially for LGBTQ youth. Travel beside characters of all identities, orientations, and expressions as they search for a place to belong and people to love and support them just the way they are. From cities to the countryside, across diverse nations, and in fantastical realms of imagination, these young people struggle against society's expectations, judgment from friends and family, and their own confusion—all while trying to enjoy their teenage years. Join them as they find the strength to be the people they're meant to be and the courage to show their beauty to the world. Angelicque Bautista— Hummingbird Heart Alice Blank— I Wouldn't Let You Drown Erica Engelin— My Friend, My Sister Melissa Dollison— Home Before the Moon Turns Shaye Evans— Boarding Discovery Danielle Eyer— The Love Song of Amalia Savage Jordan Gillespie— Love in the Time of Figure Skating Juli Philippo— Ceilings Zig— The Three Poly Teens Hannah Irene— Black Rose CJ— The Pirate and the Princess Sheila McIntosh— Leucippa Gabriella Reeb— Just a Little Bit Late S. A. Star— Chance Encounters Sara Stark— Stardust Laura Swogger— This Photograph Imani J. Walton— Three Stages of Agony