About 'Write the Rainbow'
Write the Rainbow is a short story prize for the LGBTQ+ community, that aims to uplift and support queer writers by helping them get their work out into the world. Within my degree, I had the opportunity to start a community project, and I wanted to use it to create a space for LGBTQ+ writers to not only share their work, but be recognised for it. In order to make it as accessible as possible for this community, it was important to me that the short story prize is completely free to enter. Write the Rainbow is open to everyone who fits under the LGBTQ+ umbrella, especially those who often feel under-represented in writing and wish to change that.
Though, for now, Write the Rainbow is only a short story prize, I have hopes that in the future it can be more than that. It would be amazing to use this project as a way to show off LGBTQ+ writers in many other ways, including poetry prizes, anthologies and more.
- Emily
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Hi, I'm Emily, the creator of Write the Rainbow! As well as running this project I am also a writer of fantasy novels and short stories, and the occasional poem. I'm currently in my third year at Arts University Bournemouth studying Creative Writing, but besides writing I also love to bake, nap in the sun, and hang out with my cats. If you want to say hi, or just see what I'm up to, feel free to follow me on Twitter or Instagram @emilyjmauthor