Shade Literary Arts is literary organization for queer writers of color.

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Publisher of The Shade Journal, started in July 2016, Shade Literary Arts, believes there is something divine about being a queer person of color in a world designed to destroy these bodies. Shade seeks work that challenges forms and upsets the canon, while understanding literature’s rigorous and traditional roots. The Shade Journal has published many writers who have published and featured in the New Yorker, The New York Times, POETRY, American Poetry Review, The Rumpus, Academy of American Poets, The Paris Review, Granta, Tin House, and more, as well have been awarded and honored from places, such as, National Book Award, National Poetry Society, Pushcart Prize, Kate Tufts Discovery Award, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Best American Poetry, Bettering American Poetry, and others. 

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Shade Literary Arts defines “shade” as a place to feel comfortable and at home.

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The Shade Journal started as a blog in May 2014.

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Logo design by Don Whisler.

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To contact us, please email us at info@shadeliteraryarts.org.