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AKRON PRIDE GUIDE

Your local source for all things in the LGBTQ+ community

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2025 Akron Pride Guide

Read our Pride Guide to check out all related to our PRIDE event. The APF Guide will also feature local LGBTQ+ contributors, ads from supportive businesses, news and announcements, spotlights on our sponsors, and so much more.

Akron Pride Festival will distribute 5,000 hard copies of the Pride Guide and circulate them leading up to the festival, in addition to being published online.

Creative Writing Submissions

We love seeing creative, inclusive works written by local LGBTQ writers! In order to supply relevant and engaging content for the Akron Pride Festival Guide, consult the steps below to craft your submission. Feel free to be creative with the theme! Short stories, articles, and poems are encouraged. Please abide within the rules below, we welcome your submission.

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We love seeing creative, inclusive works written by local LGBTQ writers! In order to supply relevant and engaging content for the Akron Pride Festival Guide, consult the steps below to craft your submission. Feel free to be creative with the theme! Short stories, articles, and poems are encouraged. Please abide within the rules below, we welcome your submission.

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    Deadline for Pride Guide creative submissions is July 1, 2025 by 5 PM EST.

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Advertiser Information

Deadline for Pride Guide advertisement submissions is, July 1, 2025 by 5 PM EST. Artwork must be submitted at the time of payment. Please submit by the deadline as later submissions are not guaranteed to be in the final Pride Guide.

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    Your advertisement must be in one of the following formats: PDF, PNG, JPG.

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    Please submit by the deadline as later submissions are not guaranteed to be in the final Pride Guide.

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    APF is happy to design an advertisement for you. If you would like this service, we will add a $100 design charge.

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    If you have a community event that is specific to the LGBTQ community, it may be eligible to be published in the Pride Guide for free. Events determined to be eligible will have their events listed on the Pride Events calendar in the Pride Guide, and must provide:

     

    • Event title
    • Event time and date
    • Location
    • Website for hosting business/organization, if applicable