We are delighted to invite you to meet contributing writers and get your copies of The Pearl Prize 2026: A Collection of International Queer Writing signed.

'Turning the names inside out'.

Queer name tags once thought of as prejudice are transformed by us into strength and might to empower. In 2026, The Pearl Prize asked writers to look into the world of linguistics and create a story that takes the former derogatory terms for LGBTQIA people and use it with your own words. So let's take them on: lemons, cherries, bananas, doughnuts, and fudge out of the cookie jar and fridge and take us on a journey.... may the words be with you. In 2026 The Pearl Prize went international with entries open to writers from Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan. The volume also includes the photographic series FORMOSA.

The Pearl Prize is presented by Osborne and Fawkner Publishing and is part of Midsumma Festival. A writing award where Queer writers have a platform of self-expression through the writing landscape and into publication.

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