OTHERSIDE is a quarterly queer-led literary magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists. Their Kickstarter, to fund their first year, lanuched the week before RSM 2025.
When Queerness Is Not a Plot Point
Queerness impacts the way we move through the world, and so many of our stories are about that. But what about those that aren’t?
Writing Queer Stories for MG and YA
How to approach writing queer stories for MG and YA readers.
- Antonia Aquilante
- Alyssa Askani
- Serena J. Bishop
- Gabriel Hargrave
- KL Noone
- Chloe Spencer
- Thomas Wrightson
Defining Genres: Do We Need To?
An exploration of genre definitions and the role they play.
Writing About the Past as a Way of Talking About the Present
The world is a lot right now, but setting our stories in other times and other worlds can make discussing all this a little bit easier.
How Do You Write When the World Is Falling Apart
A discussion about staying motivated in the face of writer’s block, imposter syndrome, and overall dread.
10:30-11:20am Pacific / 1:30-2:20pm Eastern
- SJ Groenewegen
- Em Haeger
- Jessica Lucci
- E.H. Lupton
- Gideon Marcus
- Rachel Rosen
- Lynne Sargent
- Laura Weyr
Queer Desire: Writing Intimacy, Consent, and Power Dynamics
A panel for people who get excited about supporting queer, nonmonogamous, and other non-cishet centered relationships in fantasy settings—whether tender, steamy, or dark.
Writing Trans Joy
A discussion about writing stories and scenes full of trans joy, what it means, and the impact it has.