ABOUT ME
Diamond Braxton “MANTÉ” (they/she) is a queer, mixed-race Black and Mexican American writer, editor, and educator based in Texas. They have work published in Foglifter, Sundress Publication’s Best of the Net anthology, Best Microfiction 2023, The Forge, Stanchion, Hellebore Press, ANMLY, and the forthcoming “I Love Us: Queer on the Borderlands” anthology (Flowersong Press, 2026). She is a Lambda Literary and Tin House workshop Alum and attended Hedgebrook in 2025 where she was named the 2025 Fellow for The Carol Shields Prize Foundation Residency. In 2026, she will be a writer-in-residence at the Vermont Studio Center. She has a microchap with Belle Point Press (Series #9) and is the Founder of Abode Press, a 501(c)3 publishing press dedicated to uplifting underrepresented voices. They hold an MFA in Fiction Creative Writing from Texas State University. She is currently working on her first genre-bending collection of short stories and novel. Find them on the inter webs @DiamondGBraxton.
I offer affordable editing and book design services for self-publishing writers, nonprofits, and small presses.
Recent News/Work
Best of Net & Best Microfiction Awards!!
3/15/2023
Diamond Braxton’s two award-winning pieces are being published with Belle Point Press in their microchap series. Find her short story “Sugar Rush” (selected for Sundress Publication’s Best of the Net anthology) and her microfiction piece “A Piece of You” (selected for Best Microfiction 2023) in Belle Point Press’s Microchap series here.
Porter House Pod: A Talk on Book Bans
11/6/2022
Join Derrick as he interviews Texas State MFA candidate Diamond Braxton about the growing trend of book bans across the country. They discuss how censorship impacts marginalized writers and students, as well as the importance of storytelling for these communities. Listen to the episode here.
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