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Welcome Valkyrie, GA's Newest Admin!

Yes, we've conscripted another one!  In honor of all the hard work Valkyrie has been doing for the Prompt Blog, coordinating the Anthologies, Writing Contests, and in general awesomeness volunteering her time on the site... we've tagged and bagged her officially. Please join us in thanking and congratulating Valkyrie in becoming GA's latest admin!  @Valkyrie Author * Prompt Promoter * Anthology Organizer
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Upcoming Tributes

The deadline to participate in our second tribute to Carlos Hazday is fast approaching.  I have created the threads for discussion and to paste the links to submissions.  They can be found in the Writer's Circle: Carlos' stories continue to inspire readers; even those who didn't have the pleasure of knowing him.  So, consider participating if Carlos' work has sparked inspiration, no matter how tangential.   I have updated Comicality's tribute blog and will create the threads for that
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Thank You To Our Review Team

Hi Everyone!!! The Admins here at GA are thankful for the groups that help us out throughout the year for the time and effort that they put into make GA the premiere gay stories sites on the internet!  After discussing, GA would like to extend an official public thank you to our Review Team. Month in and month out they take turns reading a story from scratch and doing up a review. This hopefully piques your interest in a story you may not have read or maybe an author you have not read.
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Thank You to Our Prompt Team!

Prompts have always been an integral part of GA and something to look forward to every Friday.  Starting with our dear Comicfan and now continuing with the Prompt Team, seeing how authors come up with different takes on the weekly prompts is always exciting.  Prompts have sparked some popular longer works and also some great short stories and character sketches.  I always look forward to seeing what my fellow Prompt Team members come up with every Friday.  So, the Admin Team is continuing our we
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Thank You to Our Moderation Team

Continuing on with our week of thanks, the Admin team wants to call out the amazing volunteers on our Moderation Team!! When most of us think of moderation they think it is all about discipline. We all try really hard to educate first. Then in limited cases, we do have to let some know what they are doing, how it is harming the site, and what we need to do to avoid it in the future. Due to the actions by our Mods, this is about always the only occurrence due to their willingness to help eve
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Thank You to Our Blog Contributor!

On the second day of Thanksgiving, my true love gave to meeeee....   Oh wait. Wrong holiday!     I think @wildone 's Weekly Wrap Up is influencing me Anyway, our week of Thanksgiving continues with extending our appreciation to our fearless, resident Coyote Cub, Aaron!  Aaron stepped up to the plate to bring us two of GA's most popular featured blogs: Ask an Author and Author Guess Who.  His blog posts are always humorous, interesting, and informative, and never fail to draw lots of comments!   
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Secret Author Story-Favorite Theme Use Vote!

It was brought to my attention I forgot to feature the poll topic in a blog this week.  Oops!! 🤯  Make sure you vote on your top 3 uses of the "Reveal the Truth" theme in the stories you read. I did have to split the titles across 2 questions, and you have to have at least one story picked in each, so if all 3 of your top choices are in 1 question/answer, please place your votes in a comment and I'll add them in at the end!   
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Secret Author Story Contest - Reveal The Authors!!

That's right, it's time to Reveal the Truth... of the Authors! You've all been waiting for this! I'll put the list here and in the guessing topic as well for comparison. I hope everyone has had fun with this year's Secret Author Story contest, and I appreciate all the patience with my absence and the short delays. I'll be assigning back the stories to the authors this week and doing the Random.org drawings for the participants & authors. Carpe Veritas by kbois What It Takes by Cass
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Secret Author Contest Updates...

Edit to add: My organizational skills failed and missed there were 2 unpublished stories, not one! But that just means you have one more to go on Wednesday!  Hey Secret Author Contest fans! I know you're eager for details, and there have been so many secret stories revealed. Guess what, there's just one more to come tomorrow! First off, let's check again for the stories that have been posted aren't secret. Tomorrow, you will get the last story. Then keep an eye on the Secret Author Story Ta
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Secret Author Contest "Reveal the Secret" - Guess the Author

What so many readers & authors have been waiting for! It's time to guess which story begins to which author! I'll provide 2 randomized lists of the story titles and author names below. You get to match them up! Yes, authors can play along. Yes, they MAY tell the truth about which story they wrote... or they may NOT reveal the secret. Muahahahahaha! Visit the topic to PLAY ALONG!        FYI, I won't be responding much today or tomorrow.  Why? Want to reveal tha
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Reader's Choice - 2023

Instead of an anthology blog this week, we're bringing you the revival of an old GA feature... the Reader's Choice Awards!  Myr opened up nominations for our first category - First Love stories - a few days ago, and there is already an impressive list of stories that have been nominated. It's not too late to nominate your favorite, but you'd better hurry since the thread closes tomorrow, February 10th at 8:00 AM EST.  Voting will open later that day and close on February 13th, with the results b
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Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Thanksgiving Day in the US, unlike some other countries who celebrate a month early...   On behalf of all site staff, I would like to extend a heartfelt "thank you" for being a part of the site.  The community is what makes GA special, and the interaction between site authors, readers, and members is part of what makes GA so unique.  Thank you to all who participate in site events by writing, reading, commenting, and reviewing.   If you're celebrating today, leave a comment with your p
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Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Thanksgiving Day in the US today, and the Admin Team here at GA would like to continue our week of thanks by thanking YOU for making GA the amazing, welcoming, supportive place it is.  GA Staff work behind the scenes to make sure everything runs as smoothly as possible, and we do it for the love of GA's community at large.  So, to all the readers, authors, poets, Premium subscribers, members, lurkers, commenters, and editors/beta readers, the Admin Team would like to say a heartfelt:
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Happy New Year!

Last week, Myr outlined some plans we have for 2026, and there are some exciting things on the horizon!  We had an outstanding response to our writing events in 2025, so I'm hoping we can equal or better it in 2026.  Stay tuned over the next few weeks for announcements regarding this year's anthologies.  Cheers to a great 2026! Let us know in the comments how you celebrated and if you stayed up till midnight.     
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Gay Authors 2026 - A Look Ahead

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S   ! ! ! As we wrap up 2025, I wanted to make a post looking ahead to 2026.  I'll cover the plans as we know them right now, and at the end, I'll ask for some engagement from you, our members. Site Software Update The largest project for 2025 will be our plan to upgrade to the newest version of the Invision Community, the forum software.  This is the largest software change in ten years and is a complete modernization of the software code.  It has been
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GAs Newest Promising Author: Jeff Burton

Please join myself and the Author Promotion Team in congratulating Jeff Burton as GA's newest Promising Author! @Jeff Burton has been a member here at GA for almost 20 years, but he's only been posting stories over the last few years. Despite his relative newness to writing, he has shown great skill in storytelling, and we look forward to reading more. He writes stories in a variety of genres, so I'm sure you'll find something that appeals. Encrypted, in particular, is strongly recommended.
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GA's Newest Signature Author: Mark Ponyboy Peters

Please join myself and the Author Promotion Team in congratulating Mark Ponyboy Peters as GA's newest Signature Author! @Mark Ponyboy Peters has only been a member for 13 months, but he's been posting stories on the Internet for over 20 years. I don't mind admitting he was one of the early authors whose stories I fell in love with when I first started exploring Nifty. I especially loved his Seachange series. He's still in the process of slowly posting his extensive backlog of stories, so th
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GA's Newest Signature Author: kbois

Please join myself and the Author Promotion Team in congratulating kbois as GA's newest Signature Author! @kbois has been a member for 7 years and in that time she's developed from a relatively new author through to one that's reached the level of Signature Author. Her recent short stories Hide and Seek and Depth Perception are of particular note and we hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Congratulation, kbois!
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GA's Newest Promising Author: WolfM

Please join myself and the Author Promotion Team in congratulating @WolfM  in becoming GA's newest Promising Author. They have been a member at GA for almost nine years, and in that time they have posted over 600,000 words across ten stories. Writing mainly shifter paranormal stories, they are the author of the popular Running with the Pack series. You can find all of they stories (and poetry) on their author page so please jump in and take a look.
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Carlos H Tribute Event - Deadline Approaching!

Our first writing event of the New Year is fast approaching!  The deadline to submit tributes to Carlos is December 27th at 12:00 pm EST.  Anyone is welcome to submit a tribute.  If you are not currently an author/poet, let me know if you need help navigating the process.  We've already received some entries, and I am looking forward to a lot more.  Let's show our love for Carlos!      
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2025 Secret Author Story Deadline-Coming Soon!

That's right, the deadline of July 15th is creeping up soon. 7 authors have taken up the challenge to reveal a secret... were you one of them? (DO NOT TELL NOW! On pain of retribution of the evil Cia 😈) Do readers know who likes to submit early and who might be an author who likes to push the timeline boundaries? Hmmm.... how about some clues? Some Title(s) Exposing... My.... Bust... .... It Takes ...Teen  Good luck with your guesses!    Want to take
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2025 Secret Author Story Contest Deadline!

That's it! Today's the day. Get your Secret Author Short Story in now!! Info on the contest is linked here. Readers, the games of picking who wrote a story, who wrote which story, and picking your favorite story are all coming! The first one, how many stories do you think were submitted, has resulted in a few guesses:  14, 10, ONE MILLION (HA!), 8, more than 7 (SOOO cheating!) Were any guesses right?  Feel free to keep guessing! Actual numbers  Cheater McCheater
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