Soft Publishing is a publishing branch that serves Trans and Disabled creatives. They are dedicated to creating something specifically for trans & disabled creatives to share their work, build community, and thrive together. Soft Publishing publishes trans & disabled creative work and produces projects like our trans & disabled bi-annual anthology.

Call for Submissions: Trans & Disabled Grief and Rage Anthology

Soft Publishing is seeking submissions for our third anthology. Our first two anthologies have centered rest and then love. Now, we go deeper into the bodyminds of those sick and tired of being told that Trans and Disabled people simply don't exist. WE ARE HERE. WE EXIST. WE ARE PROOF.

We’re looking for art and writing that explores the emotions of GRIEF and RAGE as it relates to being Disabled/Neurodivergent and Trans*.

There is so much grief and rage in the Trans* and Disabled experience. We are misunderstood, dismissed, and unloved by the very people who are supposed to hold us. Doctors, governments, specialists, friends, and family disappoint us. 

We invite you to rage at the systems, grieve our loses, and tell us how you go on to fight another day. 

Questions to consider:

- What do you do when the world seems against you? 

- Who holds you up when everything's got you down? 

- How do you express grief and rage? Are you allowed to express it?

Send us your poems, essays, short stories, comics, photography, visual art, or hybrid work that speaks to what GRIEF and RAGE means to you as a Trans* and Disabled creative. 

Please look at our other anthologies and publishings to get an idea of what we are looking for at https://softboysclub.shop/collections/soft-publishing 

Submit:

Poetry (up to 3 pages)
Short fiction & essays (max 1,250 words)
Comics (3 pages max)
Illustrations & photography (300 DPI, PNG/JPEG)
Any other works on the page that are less than 3 pages!

Who can submit:
In the past we have asked your identity in the submission form. However, in this edition, we just ask that you self-identify with Disability/Neurodivergence AND Trans* in some way. (When we use the word Trans* we are using it as an inclusive, umbrella shorthand used to encompass the wide and diverse spectrum of gender identities outside of the traditional gender binary.)

We are not here to gatekeep and if you feel you have a relationship with and to these identities that warrants your inclusion in this anthology, you are welcome here.

No prior publishing experience is necessary!

Compensation:
Our contributors will receive a free digital copy of the zine and a discount code for a physical copy. 

How to submit:
Fill out this google form!

Deadline: July 19th, 2026, at 11:59 PM PT.

Rights & Publishing Info:
Contributors retain full rights to their work. The anthology will be printed and sold through SoftBoysClub.shop, with all proceeds going toward future Trans & Disabled publishing projects. There will be a short editing/formatting process with contributors getting the chance to approve the final iteration of their contribution.

Please if previously published make sure you have the right to publish elsewhere and note where previously published.

Note:
If you need or want assistance submitting your application, please reach out to us. We are happy to hop on a call with you or anything else that will help accommodate you in submitting your application!