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05/28/2026

📢There’s only a few days left to support our 2026 Writers Retreat Fellows!📢

We have until the end of the month to raise $30,000 to provide robust financial support to this year’s Retreat Fellows.

Lambda Literary has committed to meeting 100% of the stated financial needs of Fellows, and we need your help to do so!

➡️Make a donation today here: bit.ly/lambdaretreat26.⬅️

Together, we can help writers from historically-marginalized backgrounds tell their stories on their own terms.

Step up today! And once you’ve given, please share this ask with your community.

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03/12/2026

🌸We need your help to defend the ecosystem of LGBTQ+ stories!

🌸The beauty and diversity of our garden is under attack right now as the powers that be try to remove q***r content from libraries, schools, and public life.

🌸Lambda Literary is fighting back by connecting LGBTQ+ authors to local classrooms, resourcing school libraries with q***r titles, providing emerging writers the tools they need to succeed, and advocating for our lives on a national level.

🌸Please join us today by donating to our Spring Fundraising Campaign!

🌸We are counting on our community support now more than ever to make sure our dedicated team can meet this moment.

🌸You can make a gift at bit.ly/givespring2026.

🌸Thank you for your time and generosity!

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01/08/2026

Deadline extension alert🚨

One more week! We're offering one more week to get your applications for the Writers Retreat in.

We can't wait to read your work. 💝

12/30/2025

⏰There’s still time to donate to Lambda Literary in 2025!⏰

We have a fabulous lineup of programming planned for the coming year, but we need your help to ensure our vision can become reality.

Join us as we connect authors to local classrooms, provide safe spaces for emerging writers to grow, and celebrate LGBTQ+ stories year-round.

Make a donation today at the link in our bio or at: bit.ly/givein2025

Thank you for supporting the future of LGBTQ+ self-expression!

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12/22/2025

You know what one of our favorite things to hear is? That well after the Retreat has wrapped, our fellows have continued meeting with their cohort, continued sharing their writing, and continued building the connections they began at the Writers Retreat.

You know what we’ve been hearing a lot of lately?
…Just that!

The work of the Writers Retreat doesn’t just end after our time together. It continues to grow and change and blossom. Just like the writers we welcome into this ever-growing family each year. Lambda is for LIFE. 🫶

'Spose the end of the year has us feeling a wee bit sentimental!! *dabs tears from eyes* 🥹 🤧

Applications for the 2026 Writers Retreat are open through January 8th. Thank you for sharing your work with us 💝 the best gift.

12/03/2025

📚Giving Tuesday may be over, but the spirit of stepping up to support community care is every day!

📚Thank you to the outpouring of support for Lambda Literary on . Your generosity ensures that more lives can be changed by the magic of LGBTQ+ literature.

📚You can still give to enrich our community of LGBTQ+ storytellers! bit.ly/givein2025

📚Let’s envision a better world together!

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12/02/2025

📢This , take a stand for LGBTQ+ storytellers with Lambda Literary!📢

❌Anti-trans and anti-q***r forces have been newly-emboldened in this political climate to erase LGBTQ+ voices from public life.❌

💪Lambda Literary is fighting back by uplifting LGBTQ+ writers, connecting authors to local classrooms, and creating spaces for the next generation of storytellers to learn and grow.💪

❤️Join us by making a donation today here: bit.ly/givein2025 ❤️

🗣️And once you’ve given, please share this message with your networks and communities!🗣️

🌷Together, we are building a future where LGBTQ+ people can tell our stories on our own terms.🌷

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11/18/2025

The wait is over. Welcome to the 2026 Virtual Writers Retreat Faculty! 🥳

duplan

mcquiston

& Anna-Marie McLemore

Notice anything different? 🧐 Thats right--we are introducing a brand new cohort in 2026 for romantic fiction writers!

And that's not all, folks. 😌 We've got a bunch of exciting updates for you. Check the 🔗 in our bio to read more about our faculty and the bright future of the Writers Retreat!

Applications will open Friday, November 21, 2025 through Thursday, January 8, 2026. 📚

Don't miss this one. Things may never be the same. 👀

10/08/2025

📚We need your help to build a world where LGBTQ+ stories can flourish and grow!

📚As attacks on our freedom of expression reach new terrifying heights, creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ voices is more important than ever.

📚In this national climate of austerity and fear, we are reaching out to our community to ensure our vital work can continue.

📚Make a monthly donation today and become part of our four-decade history of advocacy and empowerment.

📚If you make a donation of $25 or more per month, you'll receive a custom-designed bound leather Moleskine notebook to hold all your hopes and dreams as a special thank-you!

📚We’re in this fight for the long term and won’t back down. Can you join us?

📚Donate here: https://bit.ly/sustainlambda2025

📚Once you’ve given, be sure to share this campaign with your friends and family!

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10/03/2025

🎉 Congratulations to the winner of the J. Michael Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50, Amy Beth Sisson, and the Karla Jay Prize for Emerging Writers in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Nat Rivkin! 🎉

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Address

P. O. Box 20186
New York, NY
10014

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

Website

https://www.lambdaliterary.org/

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