aera

poet / editor @TheIncandReview, @thecloudscent / books @fifthwheelpress @kithbooks @gardenpartylit / EIC @inkandivylit @bustalklit

[Garden Party Collective @gardenpartylit]

Our 6th Poetry Contest IS NOW OPEN FOR SUBS--SEND US YOUR QUEER NATURE POEMS <3

June 1st - June 7th we'll be accepting submissions <3

Laura Villareal is our lead judge this round--picking the theme of "Nature As It Is: Poems of Queer Ecology"!

In Laura's words: "Queer ecology (which is really just ecology) disrupts presumptions of binary thinking at every turn. Heteronormativity and dualism aren’t the norm in the abundant and radically inclusive reality of nature. The more-than-human world is brimming with queerness and continues to challenge human-imposed limitations on our understanding of sex, gender, and sexuality. Give me your poems about many gendered mushrooms, send me your pantoums about male seahorses giving birth, villanelles about sex-changing clownfish and ginko trees, and sonnets for queer creatures (flora, fauna, and funga). Whatever form, whatever part of nature calls to you. Let’s return together to the truth about our world, overflowing with queerness—nature as it is. Surprise me."

for more info:
https://t.co/8O6WsnjZIf

No more than 3 pages of poems please for your packet <3

Like always, entry is FREE--we will work together to pick 3 winners <3
$50 prize support per winner <3

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[aera @academic_core]

@cambrownwrites u love me crazy stupid bro

[aera @academic_core]

@cambrownwrites this is not true

[Uygar Baspehlivan @DrUBaspehlivan]

when the random university press book starts with the author's anecdotal beef with a conference attendee:

[beestung @beestungmag]

Happening in less than three weeks! Register today!

[ALOCASIA @GAY_ALOCASIA]

"I was the first creature after the apocalypse,
a bougainvillea, beautiful &amp; tender.
I carry memories of history in my lenticles,
my mother is alive, she lives there too."

—Gospel Chinedu :: “Post-apocalypse Bougainvillea”

https://t.co/Nk4mwitfJN

[aera @academic_core]

@cambrownwrites @drugssextears @Bonecondor we ARE making it twin

[nat @drugssextears]

suchhh a relief to spend time with other insane people. yes we are fucked in the head. we are both going to make it. i love you

[beestung @beestungmag]

"There is no place to flee. I am here for the duration
I say heart is heavy, angel of death all around
no wonder so many hearts just stopped this week"

—Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

https://t.co/V1UQ0rM7ni

[ALOCASIA @GAY_ALOCASIA]

ALOCASIA seeks applications for instructors to lead our upcoming Summer Creative Writing Series. Instructors will each lead a one-time Zoom workshop with dates between May and August. Compensation is $500.

[beestung @beestungmag]

“They made me and dissected me and sold me for ¥68 a ticket to college girls who all come with best friends and cups of boba tea.”

—Yufan Lu

https://t.co/i6Umh7kd4D

[phillip crymble @phillipcrymble]

A reminder from Charles Olson, who was born on this day in 1910

[jegævi @jegaevi]

Reading books isn't consumerism, no matter how many you read. And it is the opposite of anti-intellectual.

You'd be surprised how easy it is to read 30 books a year if you put your phone down more.

[Vivian @suchnerve]

EVERYONE GET MORE AFFECTIONATE TO YOUR FRIENDS RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sarah clark (they) @petitobjetb]

"how do you love / a forest on fire / if that forest is nothing but / a body on fire / wildfire / or a hozier song / or the garden of eden / or another smiths song / &amp; loving a house on fire / &amp; loving salt in a wound / &amp; loving overripe strawberries / &amp; loving nuclear winter"

[ALOCASIA @GAY_ALOCASIA]

"tell me how to love / decay / how to love nature after its ruin / how to appreciate / ruin / tell me what it means to / love an invasive species / how to explain the beauty of kudzu"

—arushi (aera) rege :: “nuclear winter, burning planet”

https://t.co/i10OxZgQJ8

[aera @academic_core]

been really inactive recently but here’s a personal poetry wrapped !! 🖤🖤🖤

[fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress]

if reading a brand-new fwp anth wasn't enticement enough, our next theme has dropped at https://t.co/R7JeSszbRv 👀

[aera @academic_core]

so so honored to be a double nominee with ALOCASIA !! literally a dream mag for me &lt;3

[ALOCASIA @GAY_ALOCASIA]

Congratulations to ALOCASIA's 2026 Best Microfiction Nominees:

arushi (aera) rege
Zoe Reay-Ellers

Read their work: https://t.co/FIxXKs37CB