Foglifter Press & Journal

NOW AVAILABLE in our shop: Foglifter 11.1! Featuring vital contemporary queer & trans voices in poetry, fiction, & nonfiction. A big thank you to @ericson.arts for our cover art "Ra’Lasia Wright." We're so grateful to our guest editors @otroedgargomez (CNF/Hybrid), @charjoycek (Fiction) and @vessels.we.are (Poetry) for their work on this issue! Get your copy at the link in our bio! Look out for snippets from this issue over the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, join us in celebrating this issue's literary artists: T Bambrick (@taneumbambrick ), nicole v basta (@icoalvbasta ), Jo Bear (@jobearwriting ), Connor Beeman (@17cbeeman ), Luis Carlos Barragán Castro (@luis.c.barragan.7 ), plum.e champlin (@plummie.wummie ), Alana Craib (@dozy.girl ), Lily Daly, isaac dwyer (@isaac.dwyer ), Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez (@reggiepoetry ), Shelley Ettinger (@tacolox4rev ), Blue Fay, Noa Micaela Fields (@doyounoapoet ), Ella Hormel (@irrellavent ), Rose Jenny (@roseconnorjenny ), Louie Leyson, Parker Logan, Jennifer Love (@jenniferlovewrites ), Alec Evan March (@alecevanmarch ), Rebecca Morton, b mossotti (@b.mossotti ), Magenta Naaku (@magenta.pdf ), Blue Nguyen (@blue.ngu ), Jae Nichelle (@croptopassassin ), Gwendolyn Paradice (@gwendolynparadice ), Artie Patel (@a.rtiepatel ), caroline ganci patterson (@dessertmeat ), Damon Pham (@damondpham ), m. mick powell (@mickmakesmagic ), Eli V. Rahm (@elivrahm ), Gaia Rajan (@gaiarajan ), Jake Rose (@jakerosepoetry ), Laurel Roth (@lraoutrha ), frank kensaku saragosa (@fks.writer ), Lauren Saxon (@laurensaxon235 ), Razi Shadmehry, D. M. Spratley (@dmspratley ), Mae Juniper Stokes (@maejuniperstokes ), Eden Julia Sugay, Will Summay (@will.summ ), M. Sun, Disha Trivedi (@petridisha ), Ashley Varela, Michael Walsh, Reo Wang, and Christian Yeo Xuan (@christianyeoxuan ).

🔥 COMING JUNE 2026: ECOLOGY OF THE HOOD by by Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez (@reggiepoetry ) winner of the 2025 Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize. In response to rapid gentrification and displacement of QTBIPOC+ literary artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in celebration of these communities’ revolutionary history, Foglifter Press and Still Here San Francisco joined forces to create the Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize, for emerging queer and trans Black writers, indigenous writers, and writers of color in the Bay Area. [slide 2] 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. [slide 3] 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. [slide 4] 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.

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. 📌 Project: Caption past + upcoming 2026 event videos (readings, launches, livestreams); approximately 8-13 hours of video content. 💰 Honorarium: Flat $2,000 for this project, with the opportunity to stay on as our captioner for future projects. If you’re excited about queer/trans literature and accessibility—and have great attention to detail—we’d love to hear from you. 👉 Apply by June 1 at foglifter.submittable.com Tag or share with someone who might be a great fit! [image description: gradient background with orange, purple, and pink. foglifter logo. text reads, "Join our team. We're seeking a captioner. Apply at foglifter.submittable.com]

Like to watch? Tonight, we're live! ✨ Keep an eye on our YouTube channel for the livestream. Link in our bio. 🗓️ When: Saturday, April 25, 2026, 6-8 pm PT / 8-9 pm CT / 9-11 pm ET 📍 In-Person: The Stud, 1123 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 💞 Accessibility: Masks are strongly encouraged. ASL interpretation will be available. ✨️ Live online via YouTube 🙋🏽‍♀️ RSVP at the link in our bio and stay in touch with all things Foggie. 😍 Issue 11.1 available in our online store or at the event. @plummie.wummie @isaac.dwyer @calcalamia @jakerosepoetry @roseconnorjenny @lraoutrha @dmspratley [Image description: 1. Foglifter logo. Issue 11.1 Launch Party. Saturday, April 25. 6-8 pm Pacific. 8-10 pm Central. 9-11 pm Eastern. Live on YouTube. 2. Headshots of readers on line up: Cal Calamia, plum.e champlin, Isaac Dwyer, Rose Jenny, Rebecca Morton, Jake Rose Laurel Roth, D. M. Spratley, and Eden Julia Sugay. 3. Issue 11.1 Cover. Saturday, April 25 6-8 pm. The Stud 1123 Folsom St San Francisco, CA 94103 with readings from Cal Calamia, plum.e champlin, Isaac Dwyer, Rose Jenny, Rebecca Morton, Jake Rose Laurel Roth, D. M. Spratley, and Eden Julia Sugay. RSVP at foglifterjournal.com. ASL interpretation will be provided. Livestream will be available on YouTube. Copies of Issues 11.1 will be available for purchase.]

🌸 11.1 POETRY sneak peeks from contributors Jo Bear, Blue Nguyen, m. mick powell, and Christian Yeo Xuan. @jobearwriting @blue.ngu @mickmakesmagic @christianyeoxuan 🔗 Print issue now available in our shop, while supplies last. Link in our bio. ❤️‍🔥 Special thanks to our amazing poetry editors for bringing these gems to Issue 11.1: @vessels.we.are (Guest Editor), @swing.sets , @luizagurley , @gabriellegracehogan , and @charlie.neer . [Image description: 1. Grid featuring headshots of contributors Jo Bear, Blue Nguyen, m. mick powell, and Christian Yeo Xuan. 2. Excerpt from “Impervious” by Jo Bear. 3. Headshot and bio of Jo Bear. 4. Excerpt from “i’m thinking of the sun collapsing in on itself” by Blue Nguyen. 5. Headshot and bio of Blue Nguyen. 6. Excerpt from “Masculinity Studies” by Christian Yeo Xuan. 7. Headshot and bio of Christian Yeo Xuan. 8. Excerpt from “Let her tell it, she had her tongue pierced before Scary Spice” by m. mick powell. 9. Headshot and bio of m. mick powell.]

🌸 11.1 CNF/HYBRID sneak peeks from contributors Magenta Naaku, frank kensaku saragosa, Razi Shadmehry, and Reo Wang. @magenta.pdf @fks.writer 🔗 Print issue now available in our shop, while supplies last: /shop-11-1 ❤️‍🔥 Special thanks to our amazing creative non-fiction/hybrid editors for bringing these gems to Issue 11.1: @otroedgargomez (Guest Editor), @miahjeffra , @antiquarkic , and @tajzaidiwrites ! [Image description: 1. Grid featuring headshots of contributors Magenta Naaku, frank kensaku saragosa, Razi Shadmehry, and Reo Wang. 2. Excerpt from “Ode to Ice: For Frozen Black Femmes with Flames on Their Tongues” by Magenta Naaku. 3. Headshot and bio of Magenta Naaku. 4. Excerpt from “Street Trades” by frank kensaku saragosa. 5. Headshot and bio of frank kensaku saragosa. 6. Excerpt from “What is the Word for When?” by Razi Shadmehry. 7. Headshot and bio of Razi Shadmehry 8. Excerpt from “How to Fight” by Reo Wang. 9. Headshot and bio of Reo Wang.]

Online Exclusive Issue 1.1 | BODY POLITICS | 🔗 Check out the full issue at the link in our bio. SLIDES 1-3 | POETRY | banah el ghadbanah | banati banah el ghadbanah (they/zhe) is the author of La Syrena, Visions of a Syrian Mermaid from Space, which won the Diverse Voices Prize from Dzanc Books; it was named one of the best books of 2023 by the Independent Book Review. banah is also the author of Ululating from the Underground: Syrian Women’s Protests under Siege, forthcoming from SUNY Press, a culmination of thirteen years of research. banah is published in Mizna, Poetry Northwest, The Women's Review of Books and more. SLIDE 3 | ART | Despy Boutris | #3 | @dbouts Despy Boutris is a writer and artist. She is the author of the fiction chapbook Burials (Bull City Press, 2022) and also has work in Ploughshares, Guernica, Agni, Copper Nickel, Cincinnati Review, Colorado Review, American Poetry Review, Gettysburg Review, and elsewhere. Currently, she is based in Los Angeles. SLIDE 4 | Cassandra Myers | WHALE SONG FOR TOUCH FEARING MAMMALIA¹ | @cass.myers.poetry Cassandra Myers (My’z) (they/she/he) is an award winning poet, performer, dancer, illustrator, and counselor from Tkaronto, Ontario. As a queer, non-binary, South-Asian-Italian, crip, mad, survivor of sexual violence, Cassandra's work is cinematic and juicy with it's critical anti-oppressive eye. Cassandra’s work has won national literary and spoken word titles including the National Magazine GOLD Award in Poetry and Champion of the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. With a Masters in Social Work, Cassandra is constantly bridging new concepts between the natural, known, and unknown worlds. Find their poetry in ARC Poetry Magazine, Canthius, the Tahoma Literary Review, and elsewhere. SLIDE 5 - 7 | Delilah McCrea | One Must Imagine Sisyphus Exhausted | @maydaygayday Delilah McCrea (she/her) is a trans, anarchist poet living in Dearborn Michigan. She loves the NBA and knows the lyrics to every Saintseneca song. Her debut poetry collection is The Book of Flowers (Pumpernickel House Publishing, 2024). More of her work can be found at dtmccrea.wordpress.com.

🌸 11.1 POETRY sneak peeks from contributors Connor Beeman, nicole v basta, b mossotti, and Damon Pham. @17cbeeman @icoalvbasta @b.mossotti @damondpham 🔗 Print issue now available in our shop, while supplies last. Link in our bio. ❤️‍🔥 Special thanks to our amazing poetry editors for bringing these gems to Issue 11.1: @vessels.we.are (Guest Editor), @swing.sets , @luizagurley , @gabriellegracehogan , and @charlie.neer . [Image description: 1. Grid featuring headshots of contributors Connor Beeman, nicole v basta, b mossotti, and Damon Pham. 2. Excerpt from “touching in the touchless season i” by Connor Beeman. 3. Headshot and bio of Connor Beeman. 4. Excerpt from “enter your home as though you are a stranger” by nicole v basta. 5. Headshot and bio of nicole v basta. 6. Excerpt from “name myth” by b mossotti. 7. Headshot and bio of b mossotti. 8. Excerpt from “Squint” by Damon Pham. 9. Headshot and bio of Damon Pham.]

🌸 11.1 FICTION sneak peeks from contributors Alec Evan March, Lauren Saxon, Mae Juniper Stokes, and M. Sun. @alecevanmarch @laurensaxon235 @maejuniperstokes 🔗 Print issue now available in our shop, while supplies last. Link in our bio. ❤️‍🔥Special thanks to our amazing fiction editors for bringing these gems to Issue 11.1: Charlotte Joyce Kidd (Guest Editor) Maria Picone, Jake Dayton, Nadine Rodriguez, and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya. @charjoycek @mspicone @kaylakumari [Image description: 1. Grid featuring headshots of contributors Alec Evan March, Lauren Saxon, Mae Juniper Stokes, and M. Sun. 2. Excerpt from “Boy Genius in a Smiths T-Shirt” by Alec Evan March. 3. Headshot and bio of Alec Evan March. 4. Excerpt from “Ours” by Lauren Saxon. 5. Headshot and bio of Lauren Saxon. 6. Excerpt from “Mercury” by Mae Juniper Stokes. 7. Headshot and bio of Mae Juniper Stokes. 8. Excerpt from “It Wouldn't Be So Cold Out Tonight” by M. Sun. 9. Headshot and bio of M. Sun.]

🌟 Spotlight on 11.1 Launch readers isaac dwyer, plum.e champlin, and Cal Calamia. @plummie.wummie @isaac.dwyer @calcalamia 🗓️ When: Saturday, April 25, 2026, 6-8 pm 📍 Where: The Stud, 1123 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 💞 Accessibility: Masks are strongly encouraged. ASL interpretation will be available, and a livestream of the event will be available on our YouTube channel on the day of the event. 😍 Copies of Issue 11.1 are NOW AVAILABLE for sale ($15) on our site and will be on sale at the event. 🙋🏽‍♀️ RSVP at the link in our bio and stay in touch with all things Foggie. [image description: 1. Foglifter 11.1 Launch Party | Sat Apr 25, 6-8 PM, The Stud | ASL Interpreters will be present. 2. Headshot and bio of isaac dwyer. 3. Excerpt from "Maschalagnia" by isaac dwyer. 4. Headshot and bio of plum.e champlin. 5. Excerpt from "upon informating a housemate the SOPHIE is dead by the will of the Moon" by plum.e champlin. 6. Headshot and bio of Cal Calamia. 7. image of "body anarchy" by Cal Calamia, published in Digital Issue 1.1.]

🌸 11.1 POETRY sneak peeks from contributors Ashley Varela, Noa Micaela Fields, caroline ganci patterson, and Will Summay. @doyounoapoet @dessertmeat @will.summ 🔗 Print issue now available in our shop, while supplies last. Link in our bio. ❤️‍🔥 Special thanks to our amazing poetry editors for bringing these gems to Issue 11.1: @vessels.we.are (Guest Editor), @swing.sets , @luizagurley , @gabriellegracehogan , and @charlie.neer . [Image description: 1. Grid featuring headshots of contributors Ashley Varela, Noa Micaela Fields, caroline ganci patterson, and Will Summay. 2. Excerpt from “Grief sound” by Ashley Varela. 3. Headshot and bio of Ashley Varela. 4. Excerpt from “Iconoclasts Believe in NO” by Noa Micaela Fields. 5. Headshot and bio of Noa Micaela Fields. 6. Excerpt from “or you'll” by caroline ganci patterson. 7. Headshot and bio of caroline ganci patterson. 8. Excerpt from “Dreams Of A Failed Evangelist” by Will Summay. 9. Headshot and bio of Will Summay.]

SLIDE 1 | Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe | We know in the end it is desire that will ruin us. Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe, Swan X, is a budding poet from Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He has been published in Weganda Review, Cloudscent Journal, Serotonin, Isele, Dawn Review, Poetry Sango-Ota, Poetry ColumnNND amongst others. He is the winner of the 2024 Kukogho Iruesiri Samson Poetry Prize, co-winner of the 2024 Poetry ColumnNND Chapbook Award, the 2024 Folorunsho Editor's Prize for Poetry and has been shortlisted for the 2025 Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize. You can find him listening to his favorite singer Lana del Rey, or writing a poem. He tweets @mesomaccius . SLIDE 2 | Henry 磊磊 Roark | From The Body Eclectic series Henry 磊磊 Roark (he/他/é) is beloved. Carrying many identities and walking in many worlds, I value creative expression, mutual aid, and collective liberation throughout. My practice spans reading nonfiction; writing essays and poetry; making visual art. I volunteer compulsively and serve on the Roxie board. You can get lost on my desktop at henryroark.com. SLIDE 2&3 | Delilah McCrea | (de)realizations | @maydaygayday Delilah McCrea (she/her) is a trans, anarchist poet living in Dearborn Michigan. She loves the NBA and knows the lyrics to every Saintseneca song. Her debut poetry collection is The Book of Flowers (Pumpernickel House Publishing, 2024). More of her work can be found at dtmccrea.wordpress.com.