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Jessica Junqua
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✍🏻 YA Author | 🎭 NJ/NY Actress
💖 Queer stories. Found Family. A Touch of Chaos.
✨ Author of Glitch (YA Speculative) #amquerying
💗💙💜 | 🐱x3
Excited to announce that Smile for the Camera received an Honorable Mention in the Mainstream/Literary category at the @writersdigest 94th Annual Writing Competition! 🎉

Thank you to the judges for reading & recognizing my story!
#writersdigest #writesky #shortstory #winner #competition #amwriting
October 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
THE DIVIDING SKY x HELL FOLLOWED WITH US

A glitching world, a grieving family, and a queer 16-year-old girl fighting off the voice in her head—before she becomes the prototype for a disgraced inventor’s next evolution of control. ✨⚡️

#PosterPit #Q #YA #SPF #T
August 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A glitching world, a grieving family, and a queer 16-year-old girl fighting off the voice in her head—before she becomes the prototype for a disgraced inventor’s next evolution of control. ✨✨✨

For fans of THE DIVIDING SKY and HELL FOLLOWED WITH US.

#questpit #Q #YA #S #T #DYS
August 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Greetings from the Writer’s Digest Conference in Baltimore! Today was an amazing day filled with workshops and networking. I’m so excited to return tomorrow for Day 2! 📖📚✍🏻✨

#WDC25 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying @writersdigest.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Behind every curated post lies a darker truth—Sasha’s life as the daughter of an influencer spirals into horror when their perfect brand begins to rot from the inside out.

My #YA short story Smile for the Camera has been published in #DugUpMagazine! Check it out!
#WritingCommunity #publishedwriter
July 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
For Glitch: Waiting On The Sky To Change by STARSET & Breaking Benjamin

Glitch has a very rock (and pop punk) influenced sound and both bands’ music were on loop while writing this story. 🎧🎶✍🏻✨

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #amquerying #Glitch #writingprompt
July 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Chunk says Zzzzzzz 😴😴
(But he means good morning! ☀️)
July 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
FAME x NEVER ENOUGH

🎭 A ruthless arts school
👯‍♀️ Grieving Twin Sisters
🩰 A dancer chasing perfection
🎶 A singer unraveling
💔 Messy friendships & first love
🧠 Mental health, grief, addiction
🕳 How far would you fall to feel whole?

Title: Fragments of Us❤️‍🩹

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #YA #Contemporary #W #LGBT
July 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
THE LAST TO LET GO x HELL FOLLOWED WITH US

🤐 A quiet teen
⚡ Glitching cities
📡 Post-explosion tech takeover
🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Sibling loyalty
🧬 An inventor’s twisted obsession
👁 A voice in her head, not her own
🕳️ If she breaks, she won’t just be consumed—she’ll be weaponized.

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #YA #SP #Q #LGBT
July 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Three musical moments from “Glitch,” a YA dystopian thriller about siblings, survival, and selfhood in a world that’s forgotten what it means to be human.

#PlaylistPitch #YA #SF #DYS #T #Q

Credits:
-Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
-Hushabye Mountain by the Sherman Brothers
-Float On by Modest Mouse
July 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Literally that’s #Glitch in a nutshell! When a mysterious explosion glitches entire towns & leaves survivors zombified in headsets, 16 y/o Lea Rigby escapes with her two older brothers.

But let’s pretend this is before the events of the novel… ✨
#BluePitHype #WritingCommunity #BluePit #AmQuerying
July 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I decided to try something different and have my Rigby siblings share their skills, texting style. ✨☺️

#BluePitHype #WritingCommunity #BluePit #Glitch #AmQuerying
July 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Lea: My role models are my older brothers, Alek and Luke. I admire their strength. Alek’s is loud & clear, while Luke’s is quiet, but fierce. They’ve given up so much to take care of me, & I hope that I can be as strong as them one day. ✨

#BluePitHype #WritingCommunity #BluePit #Glitch #AmQuerying
July 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Introducing… Glitch by Jessica Junqua (Book Cover Edition!) ✨✨

Art by my amazing partner, Julia Parks. 💗

#BluePitHype #WritingCommunity #BluePit #AmQuerying #WriteSky #ArtReveal
July 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Monty says good morning! ☀️
July 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
THE LAST TO LET GO x HELL FOLLOWED WITH US x SHAMELESS (TV)

A glitching world, a grieving family, and a queer 16yo girl battling the voice in her head—before she becomes the prototype for a disgraced inventor’s next evolution of control.

#MiseryPit #YA #DT #Q
July 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#WIPSnips
You’re not used to the noise, the pace, the everything of NYC. But your crush is next to you…so maybe you’ll be okay. 💕🏙️

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIP #amwriting #FragmentsOfUs #YA
June 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Day 2 Haul from the New Jersey Bookstore Crawl. This was a super fun weekend and I’m so excited to read all of my new books! 📚✨💕

#BookSky #NJBookstoreCrawl #bookcommunity #readersofbluesky #bookhaul
June 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Day 1 of the New Jersey Bookstore Crawl complete! 📚✨ Here’s today’s haul!

#bookish #njbookstorecrawl #bookhaul #amreading #readersofbluesky
June 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Happiness is a good book and a sleepy cat on your lap. 🥰🐱📖

(The book (Beta by Rachel Cohn) didn’t make the picture, but it’s there!)

#CatsofBlueSky #LazySundayAfternoons #WritingCommunity #AmReading #CozyReads
June 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#WIPSnips
No one’s thrilled you’re the lead in the school musical, but during study hall, the gorgeous tenor—and your fellow lead—gives you a pep talk. 🎭

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIP #amwriting #FragmentsOfUs #contemporary #YA
May 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#WIPSnips
You just got home from your first day at a new school in a new state, and it’s time for an after school snack… 🍎

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIP #amwriting #comtemporary #YA #FragmentsOfUs
May 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
FAME x NEVER ENOUGH

After their father’s death, twins Charlie & Olive are forced to live with their mother who abandoned them—and attend a ruthless NYC arts school. As Charlie holds things together, Olive unravels—drawn to a captivating dancer who might save or break her.
#WIPPIT #YA #C #LGBTQ
May 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM