where to find your favorite independent publisher of queer literature and art at #AWP26

motherboard Digital Anthology by fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions for motherboard: all genres. #CallforSubmissions

another incredible @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social cover

the small monkey is my everything i fear

a reminder: real baltimoreans don't eat atlas or smoke curio!

hi, btw

my take as a perennial attendee of awp is that baltimore is not ready for 10k+ writers to inundate us. not even close to ready, tbh. my take as a baltimorean is that you do NOT want to go out in central baltimore next weekend, trust me. prepare accordingly.

hi reminder if you are coming to baltimore for #AWP26: don't eat atlas! don't smoke curio!

Day 53! I read Conversation with my Ghost by @abigailravenheart.bsky.social published by @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social. A heartful conversation, and an important one. Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/s...

🥳 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DASHBOARD AWARD WINNERS! @mdbolsover.bsky.social, @sampadgett96.bsky.social, & Cade Smith! THANK YOU TO THE PUBLICATIONS & NOMINATORS! @rangermagazine.bsky.social @davidabishop.bsky.social, Salt Hill, & @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social! #poetry

a reminder to all #AWP26 attendees: we have TWO offsites!!! each with absolutely stellar lineups! support local literature while u are in baltimore or i will secretly think you are uncool!!!!!

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⚠️ Our Dashboard Award: Jumpstart WINNER is ... Cade Smith's "Ode to the Strand of Hair That Got Stuck in My Gum," published by fifth wheel press & nominated by editor nat raum! Bouncy & earnest, we found it irresistibly alive! Read it here: fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen... ⬇️

i'm putting my whole everything into hosting these and have made absolutely zero plans for myself as an author of multiple books, if that tells you how good they are going to be

a poem about being born with no wisdom teeth beavermag.org/nat-raum/

and do NOT forget about fruitcake. a fun fact about fruitcake is that this is a REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENT!!!! it doesn't go away when awp leaves the city!!!

fueled by righteous anger, moral clarity, and political courage. raum takes aim at transphobes, billionaires, bootlickers, boomers, and milquetoast liberals alike." - Evelyn Berry, author of Grief Slut and T4T @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social kithbooks.com/shop/p/withgasoline

"air," a Pushcart-nominated poem from the microchapbook (e)laments (coming Feb 23rd from @stonecorpse.com), co-authored with @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social , first published in @genrepunkmag.bsky.social pre-orders now open!

not gonna post it here and now because i’m a marketing guru genius but @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social sent me the cover for Transmasc Marvel Girl today and they slayed it dead

@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social is cooking up a killer cover for this one and also said it "encapsulates the transgender experience" so y'know if you've ever been curious about transitioning or like watching movies you should keep an eye out!

Pre order!! So excited for these collaborative poems 🔥

succumbed to the 202 books read in 2025 to 1 book read in January 2026 pipeline (it was @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social’s “salt box” and I read it on January 1)

pre-orders are now open for (e)laments, a collaborative microchap written with @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social and published by @stonecorpse.com stonecorpse.com/nat-raum-d-w...

👀 stonecorpse.com/nat-raum-d-w...

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hey so uh if you're in Chicago and you don't have plans for TDOV, you do now elasticarts.org/events/line-...

here's the deal: 💙 make a donation of $5 or more to Immigration Rapid Response Network (www.standwithminnesota.com/rent) 💙 email me at: hello[at]bridgetgordon[dot]com with a screenshot or other proof of donation 💙 I send you a copy of the zine PLS SIGNAL BOOST

Yes, literally.

new 'stack yesterday natraum.substack.com/p/january-26

it was a genuine blast working on these experimental haibuns with @lowermelody.bsky.social and i couldn't be more thrilled that @stonecorpse.com is the press bringing this to life

i normally hate these kinds of posts but genuinely at an absolute impasse for this one: where to send a weird slipstream prose chapbook? (59 pages)

14 new islanders have entered the villa

cannot overstate how valuable & important nat's work is, I'm eating up this series especially lately <3

hi, i have added tiers to my zine club for monthly domestic and international mailings :) ko-fi.com/natraum/tiers

i stop digging holes for you and consider how i / may save myself, so shrouded in dirt i swear //my nail beds may never recover. Three poems by @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/raum_Poems7

hi. i got hit with news that was absolutely blindsiding today and am unsure how i am going to pay my bills this month. i started a gofundme. this is really fucking hard for me to do; please share. gofund.me/740396f7e

@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social in @burialmagazine.bsky.social and it's a good'n!

more sad poem today @burialmagazine.bsky.social burialmagazine.neocities.org/thereslayers...

happy new year! submissions to both GARLAND and our blog are open starting today

for the night crowd

new "hard pills to swallow" out today natraum.substack.com/p/hard-pills...

at last, my last piece of the year is live and i can share my @romyewing.bsky.social-style collage one line from every single piece i had published this year 😅 photo is from the @bruisermag.com outlaw mudshow

prayers up for my fantasy championship, thx

my two babies had a baby. i am a grandparent

hi hive mind, where are we sending craft essays these days? this one is about 3k and mostly discusses poetry

Happy shortlist day! Today, TFR recognizes five excellent works of poetry for our Best Transfeminine Poetry 2025 award, as voted upon by our readers. Help us celebrate transfeminine literature! Voting ends on December 26th at 11:59pm EST, so there's still plenty of time to weigh in 🩷

decided to bless your new year's eve with a new essay in my series of publishing essays, "hard pills to swallow." subscribe to get essay #2 in your inbox on 12/31! natraum.substack.com/p/hard-pills...