#(queer) pride and prejudice

[duckprintspress]

Calling All Artists!

In celebration of January 1st, 2024, and Public Domain Day, Duck Prints Press is thrilled to announce that we are doing open recruitment for artists to contribute to our next fanfiction and fanart anthology A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”!

Are you an Austenite? Do you love Regency romance but lament how, well, straight most of it is? Do you wish Mary Bennett found a partner? Are you positive Charlotte Lucas deserved better? Do you pity Miss de Bourgh? Do you dream of Darcy and Bingley OT3s? Well you are NOT ALONE! We at Duck Prints Press are right there with you, and we’re here to say: this is your moment to shine! We want your wlw pairings, your new happy endings, your P&P ot3s and ot4s, your “but what if they’re trans,” your queer art and fanart inspired by this beloved story! This story has such a lovely main and supporting cast, the possibilities for taking Pride and Prejudice and MAKING IT QUEER are endless!

This is the third in our Queer Fanworks Inspired By… series, publishing legal fanfic and fanart inspired by popular works in the public domain. It builds on the success of our first two, And Seek (Not) to Alter Me (inspired by Much Ado About Nothing) and Aim For The Heart (inspired by The Three Musketeers). This is a paid arting opportunity; artists will be asked to complete one full-page (A4/210 mm x 297 mm), full-color piece, and we may have space for some artists to complete more than one page and/or short comics. Base pay is $50 per page, with the potential for raises up to $400 per page depending on our success during the eventual crowdfunding campaign.

Want to Learn More? OF COURSE YOU DO!

A Truth Universally Acknowledged Rules and Guidelines

A Truth Universally Acknowledged FAQ

A Truth Universally Acknowledged Schedule

Sample artist contract

Ready to apply? YAY! Follow this link to the sign up form! Applications close at midnight, January 15, 2024!

Interested in writing for this anthology? Unfortunately, author applications are only open to writers already involved with Duck Prints Press. Sorry! If you’re on our private Discord server, be on the lookout for the announcement with sign-up forms there.

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[apotheosphorus]

pride and prejudice but instead of mr darcy and elizabeth its ms bingley and elizabeth and its a lesbian slow burn enemies to lovers where theyre grappling with their unspoken gay feelings against all the odds while trying to deal with the marriage mart being foisted upon them

[orangechickenpillow]

Listening to the Queer P&P audio drama and I am actually going to cry I keep gasping. They/them pronouns for Jane and Lydia. Gender bends. Lesbians. I'm in heaven

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 2/5

Book Blurb: Equal parts witty and steamy, this debut rom-com brings a healthy dose of queerness and a whole lot of heart to a Pride and Prejudice-inspired enemies to lovers romance. The only thing worse than hating your boss? Being attracted to her. Liz Baker and her three roommates work at the Nether Fields, a queer magazine in New York that’s on the verge of shutting down—until it’s bought at the last minute by two wealthy lesbians. Liz knows she’s lucky to still have a paycheck but it’s hard to feel grateful with minority investor Daria Fitzgerald slashing budgets, cancelling bagel Fridays, and password protecting the color printer to prevent “frivolous use.” When Liz overhears Daria scoffing at her listicles, she knows that it’s only a matter of time before her impulsive mouth gets herself fired. But as Liz and Daria wind up having to spend more and more time together, Liz starts to see a softer side to Daria—she’s funny, thoughtful, and likes the way Liz’s gender presentation varies between butch and femme. Despite the evidence that Liz can’t trust her, it’s hard to keep hating Daria—and even harder to resist the chemistry between them. This page-turning, sexy, and delightfully funny rom-com celebrates queer culture, chosen family, and falling in love against your better judgment.

Review:

A modern day queer retelling of Pride and Prejudice? Don’t mind if I do! The story follows Liz Baker and her three roommates who work at the Nether Fields, a queer magazine in New York is on the verge of shutting down... until it is bought by two wealthy lesbians: Bailey and Daria. Liz is has been in a rut: she isn’t really into any of the stuff she writes for her magazine while thinking her own queer blog writing isn’t good enough, she wants to do something more, write something real. But after a not so great meeting with Daria Fitzgerald in which Liz learns that Daria is slashing all the budgets, cancelling bagel fridays, and thinks that all Liz writes is useless fluff pieces that are asinine.... Liz loathes Daria. It doesn’t help that Liz meets Weston, someone who has a terrible past with Daria. While Liz’s roommate and best friend Jane is falling for Bailey... Liz and Daria are forced to spend more time together and soon discover that there might be more... but after a misunderstanding, mixed signals, and a series of unfortunate events, things get complicated and so does their relationship. Unfortunately for me this retelling and inspired story just didn’t really hit the mark for me, despite being a queer Pride and Prejudice retelling (something I am 100% on board) I just didn’t really enjoy Liz and Daria’s relationship all that much and all the toxic drama around them. I was hoping for something more and I guess it just didn’t meet my expectations. I adored the classic story, and I adore a good retelling, but unfortunately this one just didn’t hook me or ever made me actually want to invest in the characters or their relationship. While this one didn’t work out for me, definitely give it a go if you are a fan of Pride and Prejudice or queer romances!

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Random House, Dial Press Trade Paperback for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[queerism1969]

[hannahbluish]

Aziraphale and Crowley but make it Pride and Prejudice.

[sunny-rants]

the unspeakable crimes I would commit for a funny lighthearted spicy lesbian regency romance with at least somewhat of a happy ending…

edit: everyone recommending books, you have my eternal love and gratitude, and please keep recommending them, but I meant on screen

[girlgerard]

i love pride and prejudice. like most good art, it’s an autistic woman projecting onto all of her autistic women characters she writes about to cope with the fact that she can’t do much but think. darcy is included as one of the women.

[florencewelchsgrapejuice]

queer classic lit relationships according to me and me alone

Romeo and Juliet- he/him lesbian and his soft femme gf

Mercutio and Benvolio- the other tragic love story in R&J 

Hamlet and Horatio- no explanation needed

Beatrice and Benedick- the B’s in their names stand for bi 

Viola/Cesario, Orsino, Olivia, Sebastian, and Antonio- Shakespeare invented the chaotic polycule 

Helena and Hermia- who the hell are Demetrius and Lysander i only know these two sapphics 

Oberon, Titania, and Puck- they’re a triad your honor 

Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy- he’s bi, she’s demi, they’re iconic 

Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth- only demisexuals could have the patience these two do 

Fanny Price and Mary Crawford- get fucking WRECKED Edmund no one even likes you

Emma Woodhouse, Harriet Smith, and Mr. Knightley- Emma has two hands etc etc

Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester- little bi freaks 

Jo March and Friedrich Bhaer- two ace dark academia nerds managed to find each other wow love is real 

[k-wame]

Pride & Prejudice | 2005 Napola - Elite für den Führer | 2004

[sasakisniko]

No offense Jane, but that sounds like some hetero nonsense.

@wlwgif‘s pride week - day 2 - movie: Fire Island

[queerasfact]

The first known Mr Darcy on stage was a woman. In 1899 Miss Willis as Mr Darcy performed alongside Miss Childs as Elizabeth Bennet, as part of an all-female production of Pride and Prejudice at Wellesley College, Massachusetts.

Learn more about queerness in adaptations of Jane Austen!

[Image: Photo captioned "A scene from "Pride and Prejudice" as dramatised and performed at Wellesley. From a photograph by Partridge, Boston." The photo shows a group of young women dressed as the cast of "Pride and Prejudice", inluding four dressed as men, with two posing as part of "heterosexual" couples. Source.]

[queerism1969]

[afusionoffandoms]

Still waiting for any sort of transmasculine representation to show up in popular media.

[instantsweetsnacho]

The summer body 😇💦

[duckprintspress]

Announcing: The Contributors to Our Anthology “A Truth Universally Acknowledged”

Have you been wondering what Duck Prints Press has in the works? Well, our next anthology is third in our Queer Fanworks Inspired By… series! We’re following up our anthologies of queer fanworks inspired by Much Ado About Nothing and The Three Musketeers with this project: A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” We’re on track for a mid-fall crowdfunding campaign for this fun, exciting collection. Before then, why not take a moment to get to know our awesome 22 contributing authors and 17 contributing artists?

Artists:

Aceriee (Linktree). Aceriee is also the cover artist for “A Truth Universally Acknowledged.”

Cris Alborja (Instagram | ko-fi)

Zel Howland (Tumblr). Zel is also a merchandise artist for the campaign.

May (Archive of Our Own | Artstation | ko-fi | Personal Website | Tumblr)

Max Jason Peterson (Archive of Our Own | Instagram | Linktree | Tumblr | Twitter | WordPress)

Flore Picard (Instagram)

Kendall Pletcher (Instagram). Kendall is also a merchandise artist for the campaign.

Jared Powell

radicalhoodie (itch.io | Tumblr). radicalhoodie is also a merchandise artist for the campaign.

J. Radin

Elizabeth Rose (Bluesky | Instagram | Tumblr | Twitter)

Xanthe P. Russell (Behance | Facebook | Instagram | Tumblr)

Saro /Legendaerie (Archive of Our Own | Tumblr)

Tomowowo (Twitter)

A. A. Weston (Archive of Our Own | Instagram | Tumblr). A. is also a merchandise artist for the campaign.

Amalia Zeichneren (Linktree)

Jagoda Zirebiec (Tumblr | Twitter)

Author:

Téa Belog (Personal Website | Twitter)

E. V. Dean (Instagram | Tumblr)

J. D. Harlock (Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter)

Rascal Hartley (Archive of Our Own)

A. L. Heard (Bluesky | Instagram | Twitter | Tumblr)

O. E. Hendrickson

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Lucy K. R. (Archive of Our Own | Personal Website | Twitter)

Lyonel Loy

Mikki Madison (Personal Website | Tumblr | Storygraph)

Genevieve Maxwell (Tumblr)

Sage Mooreland

nottesilhouette (Archive of Our Own | Tumblr)

Taliesin Owens (Tumblr)

Linnea Peterson (Bluesky | Personal Website)

Em Rowntree (Twitter)

Vee Sloane (Archive of Our Own | Tumblr)

Shea Sullivan (Personal Website)

Dei Walker (Discord: .dei. | BlueSky | Tumblr | Twitter)

Terra P. Waters (Archive of Our Own | Instagram | Patreon | Ream | Tumblr)

A. D. Williams

Xianyu Zhou

Read their full biographies here!

Curious about this series? Check out And Seek (Not) to Alter Me: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” and Aim For The Heart: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Alexandre Dumas’s “The Three Musketeers.”