For 2025, the Secret Author Contest theme is going to be "Reveal the Truth". Now... the only one you can reveal the truth to in real life is your beta/editor, but in the story there should be some link to the theme of revealing the truth in some way. A juicy secret that comes out, a bitter reveal that one doesn't want to believe, best friends that finally end up doing the horizontal tango and the betting pool reveals who won on how long it took them to get there? Authors, you decide how it plays out! 

Deadline: July 15th, 2025

General Process:

1. Write the story in Word or Docs.
2. EDIT it first!
3. Then send via email to Cia (cia@gayauthors.org) or PM (please PM Cia if you email or share via Docs to make sure she got it). 
4. Stories will be posted via our Secret Author account. 
5. Games will be played! Guess the Author is always fun. We will also do "Favorite Use of Theme" this year. Do NOT reveal the truth! 
6. Stories will be returned to the authors and the winners of the Guess the Author (reader winner) & Favorite Use of Theme (Author winner) game will be revealed. 

Author Info:

• Stories must be between 1k - 30k in length.
• Stories will be posted as 1 chapter but can be separated with double space breaks/timeline jumps. 
• Stories must adhere to all of GA's content & editing guidelines. 
• Stories must have some use, even tangentially, of the theme "Reveal the Truth". 

Metadata needed

Title: 

Description:

Story Note: 

Chapter Note: 

Genre(s) (3 Max):

Audience Rating: 

Tags (6 Max):