INDIGO RUE

Indigo Rue* (they/she) is a queer author and definitely not a hue of blue masquerading as a human. Indigo lives in California with their half-orange and three-cat salad: Basil, Olive, and Feta.

* Previously published as E. S. Hovgaard

Featured work

  • In Your Diminishing Tongue


    Apex Magazine

    February 2026
    (Patreon subscribers only)

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  • Lee Aeronautics


    Flash Fiction Magazine Contest, 1st Place

    November 2025

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  • Princess Lilaclaire and the Witch's Frog Faire

    Small Wonders

    September 2025
    (SFWA 2025 Reading List)

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  • Journey of a Dandelion Seedling

    Worlds of Possibility

    December 2024
    (Reviewed in Locus Magazine)

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  • To the Resident of Temporal Pocket X0001-A

    Interstellar Flight Press Magazine
    December 2024
    (Pushcart Prize Nominated)

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Awards & HONORS

  • 2025 Featured in SFWA Reading list

  • 2025 Clarion West Flash Fiction Competition, Runner up

  • 2025 Summer Flash Fiction Magazine Contest, first place

  • 2025 NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge, finalist (10/5800+)

  • 2025 Fractured Lit Ghost Fable and Fairy Tales Prize, Shortlist

  • 2025 WestWord Flash Fiction Prize, Shortlist

  • Pushcart Prize Nominee (2024)

  • 2024 NYCM Rhyming Story Challenge, finalist (12/1700+)

  • 2024 NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge, finalist (4/3200+)

  • 2024 Writing Battle 500 Micro Fiction Challenge, finalist

  • 2023 NYC Midnight 250-word Challenge, finalist (40/4400+)

  • 2023 NYC Midnight 500-word Challenge, finalist (19/4200+)