(For general questions on the site, please check the FAQ.)
First and foremost, this is not a review site. Please do not request book reviews because that is not going to change. Review requests will be ignored. I am also not doing author interviews at this time; see Authors in Conversation option below as an alternative.
LGBTQReads is open to the following contributions, bearing in mind that for fiction we cover only books with POV characters under the LGBTQIAP+ umbrella:
- Exclusive cover reveals* (Please note we will not reveal covers made with generative AI)
- “The Colorful Catalog” posts if you have at least five LGBTQIAP+ works published that are not all the same gender and orientation (e.g. all gay cis men). Sequential series count as a single work.
- Authors in Conversation posts (please pitch both authors)
- Inside an Anthology – please pitch for this feature only if the collection has at least three stories/essays with main characters under the LGBTQIAP+ umbrella. Posts are to contain commentary from those authors/illustrators only and must contain at least three blurbs.
*A maximum of three reveals per author will be done gratis. If you exceed three reveals, a fee of $25 per reveal will be required.
Please send any pitches to me (Dahlia) at LGBTQReads@gmail.com, and include the following:
- Title, author, and pub date
- Book blurb
- Category and genre
- Representation and/or pairing (you do not need to tell me whether the book is #ownvoices)
If your post is approved, please send it at least a week in advance of the agreed-upon post date with:
- Cover in jpg, png, or tif format (mandatory)
- Cover artist/designer info (mandatory)
- Any buy links you’d like used beyond Bookshop and Amazon (please note that LGBTQReads affiliate links will be used for those sites) (optional)
- Author bio (optional)
- Author photo (optional) – please feel free to include a credit for the photographer/illustrator
- Alt text for the cover (optional, but strongly encouraged)
Note: Cover reveals will feed automatically to the site (including email subscribers), Tumblr and BlueSky. They will be manually shared to Threads and, time permitting, Instagram. If you would like to guarantee a post on Instagram, please either provide both the graphic and text or make your own post and link LGBTQReads as a collaborator. If doing the latter, please let me know in advance so I can make sure you are able to do so.
If you’re submitting a guest post or excerpt, please put the text in a Word or Google doc, not in the body of the email.
If you do not send your materials and information at least a week in advance, your date cannot be guaranteed.
