by Variant Lit Team | Jun 16, 2026 | press news, Variety Pack
We’re proud to share that It Was Never Supposed To Be by Ben Kline has won the 2026 Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry! The award was presented at the 38th Annual Lambda Literary Awards on June 12, 2026, in New York City. This was Kline’s first Lambda...
by Variant Lit Team | May 29, 2026 | press news, Variety Pack
Variant Literature is excited to announce the inaugural Variant Lit Poetry Prize. We welcome submissions from both emerging and established poets, with a focus on work that is voice-driven and singular to the author. Winners will receive a cash prize and be published...
by Variant Lit Team | May 19, 2026 | press news, Variety Pack
Variant Literature is excited to announce Write Weirder Fiction: On Leaning into Your Own Strangeness, a free fiction workshop led by Brandon Ahmad Haffner. Register here. Publishers and editors often ask for new and “surprising work they’ve “never seen before.” But...
by Variant Lit Team | May 12, 2026 | Interview, Variety Pack
In Terrestrial, Suzy Eynon renders the Arizona desert as both landscape and signal, a place where loneliness sits just beneath the surface and connection often feels out of reach. Set in the shadow of the Phoenix Lights, the novella follows Daisy, a teenage girl...
by Variant Lit Team | Apr 25, 2026 | press news, Variety Pack
Variant Literature is excited to announce Trusting the Image: List Poems, a free poetry workshop led by writer Ashley Kim. Register here. The list poem is a form built on uniquely trusting that images placed in sequence will create meaning. At heart, this is what all...
by Variant Lit Team | Mar 21, 2026 | press news, Variety Pack
We’re proud to share that It Was Never Supposed To Be by Ben Kline has been shortlisted for the 2026 Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry. Congratulations to all of this year’s incredible shortlisted titles. What an honor to be in such brilliant company:...
