We are elated to announce the awardees and finalists for MONARCH 2026. Thank you to all of the organizations who nominated work for making our first anthology so stunning 🦋 and a special shoutout to @esichr.bsky.social and @bleatingthing.bsky.social for the beautiful cover photograph!

@the-engine-idling.bsky.social have the prettiest merch and it's also free 🖤 thanks sm for the new stickers

honored to have four poems in one of the coolest lit mags around 🖤

honored that my hybrid piece (published in @the-engine-idling.bsky.social) was a finalist in the @genrepunkmag.bsky.social awards 🖤

grateful that my Electra piece was chosen as the cover for this issue 🖤

forgot to share yesterday but I'm excited to have 3 artwork pieces in this issue 🖤

thrilled to have 2 poems in here 🖤 sometimes being a sick freak pays off :)

so grateful to have a hybrid piece among the nominations 💛

here's the special piece I wrote and referenced in two chaotic days after learning about the HAD 5 call

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first interview ✨ www.threepanelspress.com/post/myths-r...

🧶 Today's e(i 6: yarn #spotlight is on a.d. @godstained.bsky.social with a stunning visual/hybrid poem that perfectly captures the theme! Check out their at buff.ly/Z8rgDrq ! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #poets #writingcommunity #indielit #indiepress #indiemag #writerscommunity #artists

We're just a few days away from the release of Volume 2, Issue 1! Please share congratulate our contributors--we're so grateful and excited to publish their work! 🌿 As always, we're committed to transparency and are making all of our numbers public (slide 2).

wip preview of the piece I have in this amazing issue 💛 check out the finished version using the link below 🧶

🥩ISSUE 6: DEITY🥩 featuring work by @towerciity.bsky.social, Paul Hostovsky, Stuart Ziarnik, drew scott, cloud sinclair, @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, @cheysectoplasm.bsky.social, Cletus Crow, (1 of 2)

special new piece out soon in @the-engine-idling.bsky.social 🪡

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Pissoir! #2 is now available at salopress.com. With: a.d. – honor ash – Karan Chambers – Angel T. Dionne – Howie Good – Susan Gordon – Angela Graham – Doug Jones – Robert Frede Kenter – KG Miles – Kevin Novalina – Daniele Pantano – Victoria Punch – R L Summerling – Steve Toase – Lydia Unsworth

I have 2 new poems coming soon in Gypsophila ✨

so glad to have an art piece in this issue ✨💛

Our inaugural issue includes an incredible lineup of contributors! Coming January 29! 🖤✨