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The queer publication of our dreams. Be a part of our digital illuminated manuscript, a luminous record of our times.

Opal Age Tribune is an international queer print & digital magazine publishing writers, artist, and poets. 

Opal Age encourages creative thought from both aspiring and established writers and artists. 

We seek promote global tolerance and adoration of the queer community through our collective visions. 

Everyone is welcomed in our realm.

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Opal Age Tribune

This theme channels everything that makes us who we are as individuals and as communities as a whole, and the stories, hopes, dreams we carry that make us alive and human. We’re exploring the interconnectedness of our experiences, both earth shattering and minuscule. 

Have you ever recognized yourself in the selfie of a stranger on your screen? Do you ever smell the scent of vanilla and get taken back to a certain day, in a certain place, where you can never return? What recipes do you have from your great-great-great grandmother, moth bitten and yellowing but worth more than gold? What piece of history crosses your mind and makes you feel like you can do anything? How do you feel when you catch eyes with a stranger? Whose hand do you want to hold the most?

We’re looking for your own interpretation of the theme. This one is broad! Specifically, we’d love to see: community histories (both non-fiction and fiction), short stories, photography, visual art, poetry, reflections on architecture, reflections on native flora/fauna, imagined futures, philosophies, interviews, mini-autobiographies and biographies.

For this one, we are truly looking for anything and everything that paints a picture of humanity as we are today: our present, our perception of the past, and our dreamed futures. 

Everyone from around the world is encouraged to apply. Opal Age dreams of you. 

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