Taylor Franson-Thiel

Poetry MFA candidate at GMU | EIC of @BRAWL_Lit | Poetry Editor @PhoebeJournal | BONE VALLEY HYMNAL 2025

[Taylor Franson-Thiel @TaylorFranson]

I’m excited to announce that my debut poetry collection is officially forthcoming!

March 2025 with @EmergeJournal

“Bone Valley Hymnal” is a deeply personal and special collection centered on themes on lineage, religion, and gender and I am so excited to share it with y’all

[BRAWL (OPEN FOR SUBS) @BRAWL_Lit]

We're open for subs for our annual holiday giveaway.

Whatever holiday you're celebrating this year (even if it's just celebrating the end to a year from hell) you can treat yourself to a potential 15 pages of free editorial feedback from Taylor and Bleah.

More info on insta

[The Dodge @TheDodgeMag]

Please check out some of our contributors here at @TaylorFranson and @RuthAwad! (3/3)

[BRAWL (OPEN FOR SUBS) @BRAWL_Lit]

🚨New Brawler Unlocked: Team Bleah🚨

"One engine behind my poetry is discomfort" says Megan McDermott in her interview about her poetry.

(Did you forget we interview every writer AND write about why we like the poem? 😉)

Link in comments:

[Brecht De Poortere @brecht_dp]

Oh, another one for the poets: Sixth Finch (who put out gorgeous issues, by the way) are still open for FREE submissions unilt 6 October. Send up to 8 poems. Link below ⬇️

[Brecht De Poortere @brecht_dp]

The South Carolina Review is open for FREE submissions of poetry and prose. Ends 16 December or when 1000 submissions have been received. Link below ⬇️

[Taylor Franson-Thiel @TaylorFranson]

@justin_karcher thank you!!

[Taylor Franson-Thiel @TaylorFranson]

WOOOOO! such a wonderful honor < 3

[swamp pink @swamp_pink]

Congratulations to the 2026 swamp pink Best of the Net nominees!

Poetry:
@TaylorFranson
@spikenerxx 

CNF:
@PhilipMetres

[Poetry Daily @Poetry_Daily]

Today's Feature:

[Is there one God?] by Azra Abbas, translated by Daisy Rockwell from Sleep Journeys published by @UWiscPress

Read here:
https://t.co/wu3SRvIiE1

[swamp pink @swamp_pink]

Congratulations to the 2026 swamp pink Best of the Net nominees!

Poetry:
@TaylorFranson
@spikenerxx 

CNF:
@PhilipMetres

[The Dodge @TheDodgeMag]

Today we're excited to feature "The Frigate Bird Will Not Land" by Brook J. Sadler from our Spring 2026 Issue OUT NOW! Enjoy the rest of her poem and check out the rest of our Issue on our website, linked in our bio!

[Taylor Franson-Thiel @TaylorFranson]

anddddd got some very utah specific poetry out with Inscape! Always been a fan of easter eggs and this poem features some deep Mormon jokes, facts about extinct species from utah, and honors Brenda Hillman's poem talking to reader energy

https://t.co/Y4vhY77uRD

[Taylor Franson-Thiel @TaylorFranson]

@toddedillard LOVEEE getting to be in an issue with one of my poet heroes and loved both of your poems!!

[Taylor Franson-Thiel @TaylorFranson]

coming out of the haze of newborn trenches to let y'all know I still have some new poems coming out including this one from The Dodge (from a while ago haha).

[The Dodge @TheDodgeMag]

We are excited to announce the release of our Spring 2026 issue, live now on our website! It is linked in our bio, and make sure to check out the authors & artists tagged.

@TaylorFranson, "@toddedillard

[Taylor Franson-Thiel @TaylorFranson]

The Dodge has, since I began submitting years ago, been one of my dream publications. Both of these poems sat with me a long time before finding a home here and I am so grateful that they did.

[The Dodge @TheDodgeMag]

We're excited to feature Taylor Franson-Thiel @TaylorFranson and her poem "Swamp Pink" from our Spring 2026 Issue OUT NOW! Read the rest of "Swamp Pink" and her other stunning poem in The Dodge, "A Gun is Also a Mirror," on our website, linked in our bio.

[The Dodge @TheDodgeMag]

We're excited to feature Taylor Franson-Thiel @TaylorFranson and her poem "Swamp Pink" from our Spring 2026 Issue OUT NOW! Read the rest of "Swamp Pink" and her other stunning poem in The Dodge, "A Gun is Also a Mirror," on our website, linked in our bio.

[The Dodge @TheDodgeMag]

We are excited to announce the release of our Spring 2026 issue, live now on our website! It is linked in our bio, and make sure to check out the authors & artists tagged.

@TaylorFranson, "@toddedillard

[Poetry Daily @Poetry_Daily]

Review: Mothersalt by Mia Ayumi Malhotra

"Her 'Mothersalt' poems are ruminations on pregnancy and birth, in which she describes the physical and emotional aspects of her own pregnancies and births."

Read here:
https://t.co/44PhYInbWd

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Today's Feature:

"Jesus be a durag" by @Danez_Smif from Bluff published by @GraywolfPress

Read here:
https://t.co/m1mEmZg5f2

[Poetry Daily @Poetry_Daily]

Today's Feature:

"In Geologic Time, It Happened Just Seconds Ago" by Maggie Smith from A Suit or a Suitcase published by Washington Square Press

Read here:
https://t.co/3NTxKcqDjd

[Poetry Daily @Poetry_Daily]

Today's Feature:

"'Ease My Mind Shell' Field Holler Helmet" by Douglas Kearney from I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always published by Wave Books

Read here:
https://t.co/S0RGRaZ6dn