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Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· 29d

Foglifter is coming to NYC! 🎉 Meet some of our editors and hear from Foglifter authors at a reading and reception in Brooklyn—featuring Christian Bancroft, DeeSoul Carson, Alana Craib, Bryana Dawkins, Sean Glatch, Monica Kim, b mossotti, Magenta Naaku, A.T. Steel, and Disha Trivedi.

Foggy New York
Reading & Reception with Christian Bancroft, DeeSoul Carson, Alana Craib, Bryana Dawkins, Sean Glatch, Monica Kim, b mossotti, Magenta Naaku, A.T. Steel, and Disha Trivedi.

August 18, 2026
6pm-9pm
Brooklyn, NY
RSVP at link in bio.
Address provided to registered attendees only.
Organized Foglifter & Hawthornden Brooklyn.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jul 17

Lambda Literary Award winner and Foglifter Issue 8.2 poetry contributor jason b. crawford will lead a workshop on a central query: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆?

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jul 17

Calling all NYC Foggies! ❤️‍🔥 Foglifter is coming to the East Coast, and we're offering a free in-person workshop for New York City residents in Brooklyn on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 from 2pm - 5pm. APPLY BY JULY 27: buff.ly/uRzV96k

call for submissions for an in-person Foglifter workshop for New York City writers & artists: A Centry Query.

Tuesday, August 18 | 2pm - 5pm
Workshop by Jason B. Crawford
Organized by Hawthornden Brooklyn

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jul 15

🔥 FOGGY NYC: a reading and reception with Foglifter Press | 6-9 pm Hear from Foglifters authors at a reading and reception—featuring Christian Bancroft, DeeSoul Carson, Alana Craib, Bryana Dawkins, Sean Glatch, Monica Kim, b mossotti, Magenta Naaku, A.T. Steel, and Disha Trivedi.

Event flyer: You're invited to join us at the Hawthornden Brooklyn House for a reading & reception.

Foggy New York | August 18, 6-9 PM | Hawthornden Brooklyn House

Organized by Foglifter & Hawthornden Brooklyn.

Space is limited. ASL interpretation will be available. RSVP at link in bio.

Readings by:

Christian Bancroft
DeeSoul Carson
Alana Craib
Bryana Dawkins
Sean Glatch
Monica Kim
b mossotti
Magenta Naaku
A.T. Steel
Disha Trivedi

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jun 16

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore spoke with Hugh Ryan about his new book MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER NINETIES AND BEYOND: www.foglifterjournal.com/my-bad

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jun 15

our co-EIC Milo Todd for his debut novel THE LILAC PEOPLE (Transgender Fiction) 🎉😭 🎉😭 🎉 (Yes, he went the extra mile and stop motion animated his acceptance speech, just in case!) @todd-milo.bsky.social

The text reads, "And a big ol' congratulations to our co-EIC Milo Todd for winning in the Transgender Fiction category!" Puck, the stop motion fox stands at a podium with a bowtie. The caption reads, "Thank you again for this wonderful honor, Lambda, and good night."

A glass award with the Lambda Literary Award seal and the text "Transgender Fiction, The Lilac People: A Novel, Milo Todd."

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jun 15

🎉 Lidia Yuknavitch, for her memoir READING THE WAVES (Bisexual Nonfiction) and.....

Congratulations Lidia Yuknavitch! Lambda Literary Award Winner, Bisexual Nonfiction. Lidia's other work appears in Foglifter 1.2. Book cover, Reading the Waves.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jun 15

🎉 jason b crawford, for their poetry collection YEET! (LGBTQ+ Poetry)

Congratulations jason b crawford! Lambda Literary Award Winner, LGBTQ+ Poetry. For more of jason's work, check out Foglifter 8.2. Book Cover, YEET!

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jun 15

Our tiny East Coast Foggie contingent of two is still beaming from a wonderful weekend in Mamdanistan for the Lambda Literary Awards! Thank you @lambdaliterary.org for the chance to celebrate so many talented 2SLGBTQIA+ artists. Three of the winners had work previously published by Foglifter:

Congratulations to the 2026 Lammy Winners. 3 of this year's winners have had work published by Foglifter.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jun 4

This June, we’re calling on our community to help us raise $5,500. You can help us uplift queer and trans voices by making a gift—starting at $5—or by sharing what Foglifter means to you far and wide. 🔗 tinyurl.com/GIVEOUTFOGGIE 🌈

4. Scrapbook page with graph paper at top, dated 6/3/2025 with header Foggie Community Support and rainbow heart. An empty narrow rectangle is partially shaded in with red, noting $175. The other end of the rectangle is $5,550. Text reads "Help us reach our goal-and keep queer and trans voices thriving." Star scribble. Rainbow heart. Text: "Give today at tinyurl.com/GIVEOUTFOGGIE."

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jun 4

Foglifter’s publications and programs create spaces for our community to connect, create, celebrate, and bear witness to our experiences through storytelling. 🔗 tinyurl.com/GIVEOUTFOGGIE 🌈

2. Scrapbook page with the cover of Foglifter 11.1 taped to colored denim fabric (blue, pink, and white); an agenda that reads "PAID opportunities for QUEER & TRANS emerging writers. publish their work. teach workshops. serve as editors. read at events. Centering multimarginalized writers (BIPOC, youth, elders, and people with disabilities). A picture of Grayson Thompson is taped to the page. A vintage "Trans Pride / Trans Power" button. A dinosaur vomiting a rainbow cloud above the words LUV U FOGGIE. Foglifter and Give Out Day logos at the bottom.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jun 4

We believe in the transformative power of literature. We believe in queer and trans stories as both urgent and enduring. 🔗 tinyurl.com/GIVEOUTFOGGIE 🌈

3. Scrapbook page with a swirling doodle on graph paper. A sticker of a figure from Foglifter 1.1 cover. A flower sticker. Text reads "Foglifter is home to stories that nourish our queer and trans souls.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jun 4

Foglifter is a LIVING archive for queer and trans voices—now and always. 🌈 And we could use your help to keep cultivating sustainable spaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ artists to thrive. 🔗 tinyurl.com/GIVEOUTFOGGIE 🌈

1. Scrapbook paper with stickers of figures from past Foglifter covers. Text: "A *living* archive for queer and trans narratives-now and always." In a torn page further down, the text continues "living, breathing, screaming, glittering, defiant, tender, joyful, loving, feral, gentle, unapologetic, beloved."

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Jun 2

IT'S HERE!🌿Ecology of the Hood by Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez is now available in our shop! buff.ly/pZ2vF3V ECOLOGY OF THE HOOD is the 2025 winner of the Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize, a collaboration between Foglifter Press and Still Here San Francisco.

1. a green book on a neon green yellow paper background. ecology of the hood by Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez.

2. Foglifter, Start a Riot!, and Still Here SF Logos. Header: "Winner of the 2025 Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize." Body: "Ecology of the Hood is a love letter to streets. It asks the question; What if the hood was not a collection of problems, but a complex ecosystem of living organisms, all mirroring the same survival against an inherently hostile world? The politics of environmentalism and Black Liberation collide with each other in cycles of extraction, survival, decay, and regeneration. This collection seeks to refute the idea that the rose growing from concrete is misplaced or forgotten. The gardens we grow belong here. They are proof of life in a world obsessed with our deaths."

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· May 30

Come find us at Booth 105 this weekend at the Bookworm Block Party! 🌈📚️ 🌞 🗓️ When: Sunday, May 31 | 11AM - 5PM 📍 Where: Booth 105 @ Bookworm Block Party, Small Press Alley, Allston Way in Downtown Berkeley, CA And don't forget to check out the full @baybookfest schedule at baybookfest.org.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· May 29

Scott Broker talks grief, lust, and loss in his debut novel THE DISAPPOINTMENT with Milo Todd. Read the full interview on our website: www.foglifterjournal.com/the-disappoi...

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· May 4

Are you passionate about accessibility and bringing queer literary arts to wider audiences? We're on the search for a captioner to provide closed captioning for past and upcoming recorded events. This is a volunteer position with an honorarium. 👉 Apply by June 1 at foglifter.submittable.com

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Apr 8

Excerpt from “In the Company of Wolves” by Eli V. Rahm.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Apr 8

Excerpt from “Something Borrowed” by Blue Fay.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Apr 8

Excerpt from “The Teller Figure” by Lily Daly.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Apr 8

Excerpt from “The Boar” by T Bambrick.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Apr 8

🌸 11.1 POETRY sneak peeks from contributors T Bambrick, Lily Daly, Blue Fay, and Eli V. Rahm 🔗 Print issue now available in our shop, while supplies last. www.foglifterjournal.com/shop-11-1

1. Grid featuring headshots of contributors T Bambrick, Lily Daly, Blue Fay, and Eli V. Rahm

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Apr 7

“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..." Read more on our blog: www.foglifterjournal.com/rob-intervie...

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

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Apr 1

NOW AVAILABLE in our shop: Foglifter 11.1! www.foglifterjournal.com/home/now-ava... Featuring vital contemporary queer & trans voices in poetry, fiction, & nonfiction. A big thank you to Tai Ericson for our cover art "Ra’Lasia Wright."

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Apr 1

🔥 COMING JUNE 2026: ECOLOGY OF THE HOOD by by Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez winner of the 2025 Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize.

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.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Mar 30

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!

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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.

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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.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Mar 20

New on the Foglifter blog: Noah Ross in conversation with Evan Kennedy about Evan's novel STALLED DEATH TRAIN 🔗 www.foglifterjournal.com/noah-ross-in...

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

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Mar 20

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. www.foglifterjournal.com/onlineexclus...

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.

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Mar 20

🎉 jason b crawford — "YEET!" (Omnidawn Publishing) 🌈 LGBTQ+ Poetry Appeared in: Foglifter 5.2 and 10.1

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.”

Foglifter Press & Journal@foglifterpress· Mar 20

🎉 Donika Kelly — "The Natural Order of Things" (Graywolf Press) 🌈 LGBTQ+ Poetry Appeared in: Foglifter 6.1