Literary Austin

Here is a link to all the literary organizations, businesses, and events that I know of in Austin, Texas. If I’ve missed something, just contact me :)

Freedom House Resources

How To Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair (memoir)
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer (short story collection)
For the Black kids in my 8th grade spanish class by Ariana Brown (poem)
How To Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon (essay collection)
original kink by Jubi Arriola Headley (poetry book)
If You Ever Find Yourself by Erika J. Simpson (essay)
You Don’t Know What Love Is by Kim Addonizio (poem)
The rise of the he/they: an investigation by Alex V. Green (essay)
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown (political education book)
Rememory by Roya Marsh (poem)
Love Poem That Ends at Popeyes by Destiny O. Birdsong (poem)
Dispatch from the Racial Mountain by Alison C. Rollins (essay)
blud by Rachel McKibbens (poetry book)
If God is a Virus by Seema Yasmin (poetry collection)
South Side by Taylor Byas (poem)

Jazz Bell - disability and LGBTQIA2+ justice consultant, visual artist, poet, care worker
Transgender Education Network of Texas - trans and BIPOC-led movement
Bri Jenkins - Black queer feminist consultant, podcaster
Alicia Roth Weigel - intersex policy, advocacy, and campaign strategist
Equality Texas - nonprofit that works to secure full equality for LGBTQIA+ Texans
Kayden X Coleman - Black trans advocate/educator
allgo - organization by and for queer and trans people of color in Texas
Faylita Hicks - Black queer artist, activist, and editor
Black Trans Leadership of Austin - Black and trans organizers in Austin, TX
PODER - People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources in Austin, TX
Six Square - Black-led org working to preserve Black culture in Austin, TX

Sins Invalid’s 10 Principles of Disability Justice
Chill Subs (a bank of literary magazines and presses you can submit to right now)
Poets & Writers’ Writing Contests, Grants, Awards