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9. Headshot and bio of Eli V. Rahm. Eli V. Rahm is a queer writer from Virginia. They are the author of the chapbook Sudden Queer Birth Syndrome (Bottlecap Press, 2025) and their work is featured in Sugar House Review, Passages North, Puerto del Sol, The Academy of American Poets, among others. They also have a cat named Bagel.
8. Excerpt from “In the Company of Wolves” by Eli V. Rahm. I didn’t know wolves could cry, she says. Panting tongue, a white rose turned red. The gold around her neck, the only thing her mother recognizes.
Excerpt from “In the Company of Wolves” by Eli V. Rahm.
7. Headshot and bio of Blue Fay. Blue Fay is a writer from Southern California. He has worked odd jobs in newsrooms, symphony halls, and most recently, the prison system, teaching creative writing. His work has appeared in The San Francisco Standard and is forthcoming in The Berkeley Poetry Review. He enjoys embroidering T-shirts, hand towels, and the truth.
6. Excerpt from “Something Borrowed” by Blue Fay. The night before your wedding, you told me you didn’t have shoes. I panicked. If I were getting married, I would have the shoes picked out before the man, and suddenly I realized that was the problem, and also the solution.
Excerpt from “Something Borrowed” by Blue Fay.
5. Headshot and bio of Lily Daly. Originally from Alabama, Lily Daly now lives in northern California with her rescue dog, Pascal. She has an MA in Eastern Classics and spends her free time learning aerial silks with one good foot.
4. Excerpt from “The Teller Figure” by Lily Daly. The rest of the world has moved on, I scream, Are you only made up of mourning? How much of yourself do you think isn’t mourning, she shoots back. – Lily Daly, “The Teller Figure”
Excerpt from “The Teller Figure” by Lily Daly.
3. Headshot and bio of T Bambrick. T Bambrick is the author of Intimacies, Received (Copper Canyon Press 2022), and Vantage (American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Award 2019). Their work can be found in the New Yorker, The Nation, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. A 2020 Wallace Stegner Fellow, they have received fellowships from the Sewanee Writer’s Conference, Community of Writers, Vermont Studio Center, and the Key West Literary Seminar, as well as scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference and the Bread Loaf Environmental Writer’s Conference. She lives in Los Angeles and is a Dornsife Fellow in the creative writing PhD program at the University of Southern California.
2. Excerpt from “The Boar” by T Bambrick. We saw the boar on our way to a park called Clear Creek. We could kiss at Clear Creek. Inside a car. Behind the cafe where you worked—a table peeling ringlets under an oak tree. Issue 11.1 also includes “This 2000 Pound Eagle's Nest has me Believing in God”
Excerpt from “The Boar” by T Bambrick.
❤️🔥 Special thanks to our amazing poetry editors for bringing these gems to Issue 11.1: heidi andrea restrepo rhodes (Guest Editor), Rob Macaisa Colgate, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Gabrielle Grace Hogan, and Charlie Neer.
1. Grid featuring headshots of contributors T Bambrick, Lily Daly, Blue Fay, and Eli V. Rahm
🌸 11.1 POETRY sneak peeks from contributors T Bambrick, Lily Daly, Blue Fay, and Eli V. Rahm
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1. foglifter logo. cover of Wayward Creatures. headshot of heidi andrea restrepo rhodes. header text “Interviews” followed by text “The Wider Constellation of Alivenesses: A Conversation with heidi andrea restrepo rhodes by Rob Macaisa Colgate”
2. Text reads, “I have never felt quite Human, and this has taken me down very rich and meaningful paths of reading and kinning with the strange, the creaturely, and the more-than-human, from the monstrous, to the ghostly, to the worlds of plants, animals, minerals, affects, intensities, and other various alivenesses.” – heidi andrea restrepo rhodes, in conversation with Rob Macaisa Colgate
“I have never felt quite Human, and this has taken me down very rich and meaningful paths of reading and kinning with the strange, the creaturely, and the more-than-human..."
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The Softest Technology by Azad Namazie:
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This desktop film weaves together political and spiritual narratives about the trans body as a form of technology that extends the human condition and injects softness into our movements
NOW AVAILABLE in our shop: Foglifter 11.1!
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Featuring vital contemporary queer & trans voices in poetry, fiction, & nonfiction. A big thank you to Tai Ericson for our cover art "Ra’Lasia Wright."
Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize Ecology of the Hood by Reggie Edmonds-Vasquez Coming June 2026 Foglifter and Still Here SF logos
Ecology of the Hood approaches the Black neighborhood as a lived environment shaped by policy, history, and inherited violence. The poems observe how bodies move through hunger, surveillance, and loss—and how homes, lakes, streets, animals, and weather carry the same pressures placed on the people who live among them. Family memory and local geography ground the work, with ancestors, domestic rituals, and sites of grief forming the emotional and political terrain of the collection.
Violence appears in water systems, housing, public space, and the ways Black lives are rendered ordinary in their disappearance. Personal grief unfolds alongside communal loss, revealing how neighborhoods are treated as expendable spaces rather than places worthy of care. At its core, Ecology of the Hood is a study of persistence and knowledge passed through generations. The work honors how Black communities learn to live inside hostile conditions through care, memory, imagination, and ritual. What emerges is a record of endurance that insists on life, even when the environment is designed to deny it.
Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez (they/them) is a poet, educator, and cultural curator from Richmond, CA. Their work explores Black, queer, and gender-diverse identities and has earned recognition from Nomadic Press, Afro Urban Society, and the Museum of the African Diaspora. A two-time Berkeley Grand Champion and national finalist, they direct programming at Rich Oak Events.
🔥 COMING JUNE 2026: ECOLOGY OF THE HOOD by by Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez winner of the 2025 Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize.
[slide 1] Word of the Day: 3/30/2026 Submission Cap [noun] a set upper limit on the number of submissions reviewed within a specific call. Used in a sentence: Foglifter Journal has a submission cap of 250 submissions for fiction and 500 submissions for poetry per call. Fogfifter accepts submissions with no reading fee, and so, receives a high volume of submissions each issue cycle: therefore, a submission cap helps make the labor manageable for its volunteer editors. When a submission cap has been reached, submissions are no longer accepted, so prospective contributors are encouraged to submit their work early.
[slide 2] Issue 11.2 Submissions for poetry and fiction are closed. We've reached our cap. You can still send us your CNF, Hybrid, & Drama until April 1. Submit your work at foglifter.submittable.com.
We've reached our submission cap for poetry and fiction for print issue 11.2! So no more poetry and fiction submissions for now! If you want to send in creative non-fiction, hybrid, or drama, you have until April 1 when the our call for Issue 11.2 officially closes!
1. foglifter logo. cover of "Stalled Death Train." headshot of Evan Kennedy. header text "Interviews" followed by text "A Conversation with Evan Kennedy by Noah Ross"
2. Text reads, "Just as Nick, the protagonist, designs his robot’s body from elements he finds appealing—the chest of an ex-boyfriend, the eyes of a celebrity crush—Stalled Death Train is a hybrid text pulling from disparate genres. – evan kennedy, in conversation with noah ross
New on the Foglifter blog: Noah Ross in conversation with Evan Kennedy about Evan's novel STALLED DEATH TRAIN
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Text: “You can also read reviews and interviews about the below finalists on our blog.” Cover images of Terry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez, The Lilac People by Milo Todd, and Boy Maybe by W.J. Lofton.
You can also read reviews and interviews about the below finalists on our blog: "Terry Dactyl" by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, "Alligator Tears" by Edgar Gomez, "The Lilac People" by Milo Todd, and "Boy Maybe" by W.J. Lofton.
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Text: “Congratulations jason b crawford! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award LGBTQ+ Poetry. For more of jason’s work, check out Foglifter 5.2 and 10.1.”
🎉 jason b crawford — "YEET!" (Omnidawn Publishing) 🌈 LGBTQ+ Poetry
Appeared in: Foglifter 5.2 and 10.1
Text: “Congratulations Donika Kelly! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Lesbian Poetry. For more of Donika’s work, check out Foglifter 6.1.”
🎉 Donika Kelly — "The Natural Order of Things" (Graywolf Press) 🌈 LGBTQ+ Poetry
Appeared in: Foglifter 6.1
Text: “Congratulations Rajiv Mohabir! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Gay Poetry. For more of Rajiv’s work, check out Foglifter 2.2 and Home is Where You Queer Your Heart.”
🎉 Rajiv Mohabir — "Seabeast" (Four Way Books) 🌈 Gay Poetry
Appeared in: Foglifter 2.2
Text: “Congratulations Zefyr Lisowski! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Transgender Nonfiction. For more of Zefyr’s work, check out Foglifter 4.2.”
🎉 Zefyr Lisowski — "Uncanny Valley Girls" (Harper Perennial) 🌈 Transgender Nonfiction
Appeared in: Foglifter 4.2
Text: “Congratulations Lidia Yuknavitch! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Bisexual Nonfiction. Lidia’s other work appears in Foglifter 1.2.”
🎉 Lidia Yuknavitch — "Reading the Waves" (Riverhead Books) 🌈 Bisexual Nonfiction
Appeared in: Foglifter 1.2
Text: “Congratulations Milo Todd! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Transgender Fiction. For more of Milo’s work, check out Foglifter 5.2 and Home is Where You Queer Your Heart.”
🎉 Milo Todd — "The Lilac People: A Novel" (Counterpoint Press) 🌈 Transgender Fiction
Appeared in: Foglifter 5.2 & Home is Where You Queer Your Heart
Text: “Congratulations Mac Crane! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Lesbian Fiction. For more of Mac’s work, check out Foglifter 8.2! (Copies still available in our shop!)”
🎉 Mac Crane — "A Sharp Endless Need" (The Dial Press) 🌈 Lesbian Fiction
Appeared in: Foglifter 8.2
Congratulations to the following former Foglifter contributors on their 2026 Lambda Literary Award nominations:
Lambda Literary and Foglifter logos. Text: “Congratulations to the 2026 Lammy Finalists. 7 of this year’s finalists have had work published by Foglifter.”
Yesterday, @lambdaliterary.org announced the finalists for the 2026 Lammys, and we were OVERJOYED to see some familiar names from our archives! 7 of this year's finalists have had work previously published by Foglifter.
Pleased to have two pieces accepted for this first online issue of @foglifterpress.bsky.social, a queer literary magazine.
These pieces explore aspects of identity and embodiment.
Radiculopathy
Allerleirauh
mixed media collage
found papers, wax, acrylic
#art #artist #artwork #collageart #artsky
[image description: background is a Castro St intersection shot from above with rainbow crosswalks. foglifter logo at top or bottom. text and images are in the center for each slide. 1. foglifter logo. "issue 11.2 Fiction is closed! We've reached our cap. Keep sending us your Poetry, CNF, Hybrid & Drama. submit your work at foglifter.submittable.com" 2. foglifter logo. "Issue 11.2 Call for submissions! February 1 - April 1. The text "Fiction" is faded and crossed out. Poetry, CNF, Hybrid & Drama. Submit your work at foglifter.submittable.com"
[image description: background is a Castro St intersection shot from above with rainbow crosswalks. foglifter logo at top or bottom. text and images are in the center for each slide. 1. foglifter logo. "issue 11.2 Fiction is closed! We've reached our cap. Keep sending us your Poetry, CNF, Hybrid & Drama. submit your work at foglifter.submittable.com" 2. foglifter logo. "Issue 11.2 Call for submissions! February 1 - April 1. The text "Fiction" is faded and crossed out. Poetry, CNF, Hybrid & Drama. Submit your work at foglifter.submittable.com"]
We've reached our submission cap for fiction! Thanks to everyone who submitted. If you missed this call, keep an eye out for our next print issue call in the fall.
We're accepting works of poetry, CNF, and hybrid & drama up until April 1 so keep on sending us your work at foglifter.submittable.com.
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We’re excited to share that Nomadic Press founder J.K. Fowler was appointed president of Foglifter’s board of directors.
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it's yearning time ✨️ Join us on Thursday, April 16 from 6-8:30pm at Blackbird Bookstore (4541 Irving Street, San Francisco, CA) for a closing celebration and reading showcasing new work by emerging writers exploring yearning as a queer and creative necessity.
1. foglifter logo. cover of "Hound Triptych." headshot of Dani Janae. header text "Reviews" followed by text "Gossamer Hauntings in Dani Janae’s Hound Triptych"
2. Text reads, "In Dani Janae’s debut poetry collection, an honest and spirit-cleansing lyric traverses the difficult ground of the Black transracial adoptee experience, giving language to a narrative gap in Black lineages of suffering and survival, in all its difficult beauty. – Erin Noehre, on Hound Triptych by Dani Janae]
Erin Noehre reviews Hound Triptych by Dani Janae for the Foglifter blog
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1. header text: Foglifter Online Exclusives Issue 1.1 Winter 2026. cover art shows two people embracing in a tangle of bare skin and arms against a hot pink and black background. text is placed around them: "you are" "stuck" "with" "me" "remember" "hold me close" "home is whereever we are"
TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Art by Henry 磊磊 Roark | From The Body Eclectic series Cal Calamia | body anarchy Francis Dylan Waguespack | Tooth Gaps In The Archives Tom Nutting | soil-memory.silicon-dream | excerpt from Ecologizing Machine Mac Murray | Tender Cuts Tom Nutting | posthuman benediction [afterscript/aftercare] | excerpt from Ecologizing Machine JG Orudjev | Radiculopathy JG Orudjev | Allerleirauh Sandra Dolores Gómez Amador | I have the urge to be a girl, Manuel A. Melendez | Nastiness Manna (Part II) Christian Bancroft | Early Drag Ball Culture Luka Buchanan | Arp Dana Ysabel Rashid | Flowers for Jennifer TinyNightmare | Selections from Fucked by the Universe series Katherine Oung | Summer Camp Manuel A. Melendez| Brief Encounters Shae | MILK LOGIC Cass Garison | Baby Bull Michael Cuervo | Skeleton Closet Henry 磊磊 Roark | From The Body Eclectic series Luka Buchanan | Untitled III (red & cyan) CJ Scruton | Suite For Hallucinated Voices
Henry 磊磊 Roark | From The Body Eclectic series Delilah McCrea | (de)realizations Francis Dylan Waguespack | In which the Southern transsexual poet reflects on the precarity of his 20s as a formerly homeless, part-time Craigslist sex worker Azad Namazie | The Softest Technology MP Vare | Departures 2 MP Vare | Evidence Katherine Oung | It was summer, and Cassandra Myers | WHALE SONG FOR TOUCH FEARING MAMMALIA¹ Lee Baird | Time/Feeling banah el ghadbanah | banati Despy Boutris | #3 Henry 磊磊 Roark | From The Body Eclectic series Katherine Oung | you kept telling me the west isn’t wild anymore Johnny Alvarez | Performer 93 Bryana Dawkins | S C O R P I O N H E A D Ayodeji Otuyelu | Ungodly Feeling | Outlandish Francis Dylan Waguespack | Novel Ecosystem Luka Buchanan | For Tess Delilah McCrea | One Must Imagine Sisyphus Exhausted Henry 磊磊 Roark | From The Body Eclectic series ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The wait is over. ✨ Our first ever online exclusives issue is now available on our website. We wanted to showcase queer art that punts the constraints imposed on queer bodies out into the stratosphere and plays with the rules of print media like a jump rope.
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David Hopson Ellie Howard (@umbra_ellie) Anthony Hurd (@anthonyhurd) Jojo Kaeiolu (@kaeiolu) Ai Khanoum (@ai.khanoummm) Jana Malkia Lang (@planetcrab) Keenan Lew (@keenanspictures) Andy Lopez (@andylopezwrites) Zander Moreno-Lozano (@cactidad) Cloud Lu Dylan McNulty-Holmes (@dyl.amh) Nino McQuown (@allsoils) Mikah Meyers (@lordwhalepig) Janine Mogannam (@hey_miss_j_) Jenny Molberg (@_jennysue_) Erin Noehre (@erin.rosecheek.renee) Crystal Odelle (@crystal_ography) Molly Olguin (@mollyolguin)
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Now available on our site: the ebook for Issue 10.2! We sold out of this issue so quickly that we're upping our print run for Issue 11.1, so thank you for subscribing to Foglifter and supporting queer and trans literature!
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