May’s free (virtual) workshop: THE GENRE SELF with Isle McElroy Sunday, May 17 at 6 PM EST Virtual | Registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-genre-...

May 27, save the date DC!!! All the learned transsexuals will be there 🧐🍷 @submorstua.bsky.social

It’s the last day of the Trans Rights Readathon and we have hmmm mostly forgotten to post about it!!! You can pick up our newly re-issued first book, our second book (which most people think is our first lol), or pre-order our third! lilacperil.bigcartel.com/products

sheer spite is run by one (1) weary transsexual and most of the stuff we publish and distribute is by other trans people, not as a moral principle but just because i love trans people and i love the work we make. #tdov sheerspite.ca sheerspite.bigcartel.com

ICYMI last week: we had the singular pleasure of being in conversation with our peers about publishing! electricliterature.com/the-renaissa...

If you were looking for something for bsky.app/profile/beck... I can thoroughly recommend the 'Taboo' issue by Lilac Peril press. A wonderful varied compilation of trans expression both written and visual. Even if you're not doing the readathon you would enrich your life immeasurably by reading it.

Lilac Peril: your human puppy will love us!

OH MY GOD THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ARTICLE // this mag trend is so exciting and here they are all TALKING TO EACH OTHER // essssential reading // also then go buy the mags (if U can still get them slowpokes) // also then start your own #ReNaissance

what “renaissance” means here is it is now YOUR job to start a publication. i don’t make the rules electricliterature.com/the-renaissa...

It was such a pleasure to be in conversation with the editors of @lilacperil.bsky.social, the Trans Mag, @picnic-mag.bsky.social and @readeasel.bsky.social about the joy and hard work of publishing a trans magazine! Thanks @electricliterature.com for hosting us :)

April's workshop is coming up QUICK, and it's a good one... WRITING THE TRANS EROTIC with Lucie Fielding ( @sexbeyondbinaries.bsky.social ) Sunday, April 5 at 1 PM EST Rhizome DC | 6950 Maple St NW, Washington, DC 20012 *** 18 + ONLY ***

Well hello there, you wouldn't happen to be a...well, you know... a FRIEND OF THE PUSS? What's that you ask? Well, uh, it's when you, uh, it's like gay marriage, but for liking books too much!

TRANS RIGHTS READATHON is back! all kith eBooks are free until the 31st! free books are great but trans people are better. donate, fundraise, tell a friend, gift a book, thank an author, post your reads, spend a little money at your favourite trans press #TransRightsReadathon kithbooks.com/digital

If you’ve been on our webstore recently, you may have noticed something: our first book, Issue 00 is available again! lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...

Preordered! Yay! 🩷

Reminder - this is THIS SUNDAY 😛

Pre-orders for our next anthology IDOLS are open NOW!!! Cover art and contributor list TBA lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...

Here’s what I got at AWP, mostly by asking various presses what their least accessible book was

Oh baby, i love some @lilacperil.bsky.social

MARCH WORKSHOP! We’ll be writing IN-PERSON with Benny Peterson on Sunday, March 15 at Rhizome DC 🧠🧠🧠

AWP is TWO WEEKS AWAY and it’s our first time 😏🍒 see where you can find us ⬇️

Our friends at @neonhemlock.bsky.social need help with funding! They’ve been putting out queer sci-fi bangers for years, and WHAT ELEGANT STARS will be killer. Give it a pre-order or commit to a higher tier if you’re able!

THAT’S A WRAP!!! We are CLOSED for submissions! Thanks so much to everyone who submitted, we more than doubled our numbers from last year 😱

We at LP love “normal” literature

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE TOMORROW 2/7 AT 11:59 PM EST 📣📣📣

‼️Applications are open for the inaugural TJA Reporting Fellowship! Seven fellows will receive: 💰$5000 stipend over six months to offset reporting costs 👍🏾Dedicated mentorship and reporting guidance 🎯Targeted professional development Find out more info www.transjournalists.org/reporting-fe....

Loving Issue 01 of @lilacperil.bsky.social — “Taboo” 🔥

🕯️ ONE WEEK LEFT until submissions close for our next print anthology IDOLS 🕯️

four days left to get your applications in

WORKSHOPS ARE BACK, BABY 🫦 Writing For Trans Justice with KB Brookins Join us for a free, virtual workshop about how to write and pitch op-eds, and what op-eds can do for trans rights! Register here: Writing for Trans Justice with KB Brookins www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-fo...

Are you a trans writer of colour? Contribute to a new anthology of short stories dreamed up and written by trans people of colour. We will pay you a fee of £1000. Submissions are open now. https://form.jotform.com/253423694960060 Deadline: 8 Feb, 2026 Questions? Email: [email protected]

REMINDER! We are open for submissions until Feb. 7 for our next anthology, IDOLS. See our previous posts for more prompts, ideas, and manifestations about the theme 🥀

Thank you for the love for three of our TABOO contributors, @anemonebythesea.bsky.social @saoirsecl.bsky.social @asterolsen.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 email us [email protected] if you want PDFs of the stories

LET’S FUCKING GOOOO

🪽 @berenexia.website ❤️‍🔥

10. Pre-transition childhood is also the focus of Winona Meridian Marks’ hybrid poem-essay “Sackcloth Ashes Opals Pearls,” which explores how narrative opens possibilities and forecloses them. An urgent argument for trans lit & a strong closer for @lilacperil.bsky.social's first anth:

Submissions are OPEN for Issue 02: IDOLS! Send your best work on saints, celebrities, heroes, and fixations to [email protected] until February 7 Full details in original post (linked below)

kith crit: cohort one kithbooks.com/crit

Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

One of the best things about putting out an anthology is seeing how different people resonate with different pieces ❤️‍🔥

Been slowly working through this collection of trans art assembled by @lilacperil.bsky.social and it's So Moving. Everyone should pick it up lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...

Trans lit for the win! Yes, it's the first issue of LILAC PERIL, a new trans lit journal based in this nation's crooked capital, here's to more necessary trouble from @lilacperil.bsky.social🌺⚡🌠

Tonight!

Submissions have been open for a week and we’ve already got some cooooool stuff 😎 add yours to the pile!

ICYMI:

We’ll be at Dew Drop vending for Dyke the Halls next week! 🎁🎁🎁

SUBMIT HUMANS

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN, BABY Lilac Peril Issue 02: IDOLS Send work to [email protected] until February 7 Expected pub: late 2026

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN, BABY Lilac Peril Issue 02: IDOLS Send work to [email protected] until February 7 Expected pub: late 2026