Harmonious Hearts 2015 - Stories from the Young Author Challenge (2)

Celebrate with Harmony Ink Press as we recognize the talented winners of our second annual Young Author Challenge. This anthology showcases the LGBTQ genre s best up-and-coming-authors between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one.

The road from childhood to adulthood can be a bumpy one, especially for LGBTQ youth. Travel beside characters of all identities, orientations, and expressions as they search for a place to belong and people to love and support them just the way they are. From cities to the countryside, across diverse nations, and in fantastical realms of imagination, these young people struggle against society s expectations, judgment from friends and family, and their own confusion all while trying to enjoy their teenage years. Join them as they find the strength to be the people they re meant to be and the courage to show their beauty to the world.

"Hummingbird Heart "by Angelicque Bautista

"I Wouldn't Let You Drown "by Alice Blank

"My Friend, My Sister "by Erica Engelin

"Home Before the Moon Turns "by Melissa Dollison

"Boarding Discovery "by Shaye Evans

"The Love Song of Amalia Savage "by Danielle Eyer

"Love in the Time of Figure Skating "by Jordan Gillespie

"Ceilings "by Juli Philippo

"The Three Poly Teens "by Zig

"Black Rose "by Hannah Irene

"The Pirate and the Princess "by CJ

"Leucippa "by Sheila McIntosh

"Just a Little Bit Late "by Gabriella Reeb

"Chance Encounters "by S. A. Star

"Stardust "by Sara Stark

"This Photograph "by Laura Swogger

"Three Stages of Agony "by Imani J. Walton "