Hydration Spring 2026 is out and available for order at the link in our bio! Come join us at the launch on May 23rd if you want to hear our wonderful artists share their work. Can't wait to see you there!
#litmag #booklaunch #azartists #poetrymagazine
Happy Poetry Month, Y'all! Join us for our second feedback workshop on Tuesday, the 21st at 7pm featuring the illustrious Ashanti Files! Link in Bio if the QR code or square link doesn't work. We'll see you there 😊
Poet Bio: Ashanti is the 2021 Urbana Poet Laureate Emeritus, a 2022 Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellow, Winner of the 2025 Spotlight poetry Phenomenal woman slam, and winner of the Arizona State poetry society's Annual contest in the spoken word category. She has most recently been published in an anthology titled Sangamon River Anthology of Local Champaign County Poetry and by the Harvard School of Medical Humanities Journal, In Vivo.
Her interests include the intersections of poetry and resilience, with a focus on writing to improve Mental Health. She is currently a Registered Nurse, enrolled in a graduate program to achieve a Master's degree as a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
We're so excited to be starting our monthly feedback workshop! Reserve your spot at the link in PopTab's bio. Spots are limited because Trevor and the Hydration editing team want to give everyone thoughtful and respectful feedback.
Bring a piece that is less than 5 minutes when read aloud, and bring something to record/write down the feedback you receive.
We can't wait to help you sharpen your craft!
Trevor Ruth is a writer originally from Livermore, California. His work has previously appeared in Occam’s Razor, Quiet Lightning, takahe and other publications. He has a degree from California State University, East Bay and has been featured in The Baram House and Fauxmoir as a film critic and poetry critic, respectively. He has always been fascinated with storytelling and art, but found poetry to be his true passion and calling during his college tenure. His other soft spots include foreign films (particularly samurai movies and art house films), comic books and humanity’s connection to nature. He is also the vice president of the Arizona State Poetry Society.
Spring 2026 submissions are closing soon! We can't wait to put together another beautiful book of Arizona artistry 🩵
#openforsubmissions #opencallforart #submissionsopen #litmag #literarymagazine
TucsonSlamFam,
Welcome to our FEATURE REVEAL!
Not one, not TWO, but THREE amazing Arizona based poets will be blessing our space @4thavecoalition .
On December 28th at 6:30 pm
The Coalition Space
311 E Seventh St
Tucson, AZ 85705
United States
@heminggaay@daynajfrancois@instavalence
Thank y’all soooo MUCH!
To say we’re EXCITED to experience what y’all share is an extreme understatement🙏🏽😭
Go check out these amazing artists and what they’re creating in this world then come see them execute in person…
YES, in THAT order ☺️🙏🏽
It’s MORE than worth mentioning that @poptabpress is the one who has made all this possible and we are immensely grateful for you! 🥹
Family,
Come close out 2025 with us in the MOST artsy way possible.
Oh and bring your ugly Christmas sweaters 😌🥹🎄🎄🎄
With all the love,
TucsonSlamPoetry 🎙️🏜️
#azpoetry
#slampoetry
TucsonSlamFam!
Tis’ the season to close out the year with a BANGER SLAM!
Join us December 28th
From 6:30-9pm
@4thavecoalition
311 E 7th St,
Tucson,AZ
85705
We’re collaborating with @poptabpress who has a FIRE lineup of featured poets that’ll bless our space.
You read that correctly…POETS!
🥹🙏🏽
Not only will the features go CRAZY!
It’s also our 1/2 year creating spaces for artists to flourish, be seen, and express themselves while building in community.
(I’m not crying, YOU are!😭♥️🫰🏼)
Come close out the year with us, experience some DOPE poetry, and celebrate our half year!
Note to competing poets📣♥️
Once you sign up through the Google form you’re automatically added to the competitors line up.
No need to wait for a confirmation email!🙂↔️
See y’all in a couple of weeks!
With all the love,
TucsonSlamPoetry 🎙️✨
#az
#tucson
#azslampoetry
Thank you to everyone who came to our launch party last week. It was so lovely to hear our poets read their work and finally put books in your hands!
So grateful for the fantastic turnout from the artistic community here in AZ 🩵
Come listen to poetry from the newest edition of Hydration at Palabras! Our featured poets @daynajfrancois and @margotberlin333 will be performing their work.
#poetryreading #arizonapoetry #localpoets #litmag
Are you ready for the newest edition of Hydration?? Join us to kick things off on November 16th at @empowercoffeeroasters
As always you will get a discount on the mag for buying in person, so come grab your copy here!
There will be plenty of time for poetry and mingling.
Can't wait to see you there 🤍
Let Me Call This Beautiful invites you into Reeve's cozy home filled with cats, queerness, and beloved relatives. Get it now at the link in our bio and enjoy some truly contemplative, beautiful poetry.
Naudia Reeves is a queer poet from Southwest Florida with an MFA from Florida Atlantic University. Now based in Michigan, she writes at the intersections of queerness, grief, joy, and self-critique, often letting one of her four naughty cats sneak onto the page. She considers herself a lifelong student of the Florida mangroves, Mary Oliver, and raspberry beer. Her work has appeared in The Passionfruit Review, Progenitor, LETTERS Journal, The Mangrove Review, The Swamp Ape Review, and elsewhere. When not writing, she can usually be found watering her monstera adansonii and stubborn calatheas, spoiling her brood of rats with sweets, or rewatching the Twilight series—strictly for “inspiration.”
#poetrychapbook #newauthor #poetrycollection #lgbtqbooks #poems
Deadline to Submit for the next issue is September 1st! Link in Bio.
All Arizona residents are encouraged to submit their poetry and art. See your art in print and sold at local Bookstores.
DM us if you have any questions about submission guidelines. We can't wait to read your work!
#openforsubmissions #opencallforart #localpoets #litmag #submityourwork #arizonapoetry
Our first chapbook explores Mona Mehas' medical journey through the poetry she wrote while isolated in the hospital for severe influenza and pneumonia, all while struggling with chronic illness. Link in Bio to purchase at our brand new shop!
Mona Mehas (she/her) writes from the perspective of a retired disabled teacher in Indiana USA. A Pushcart and Best New Poets nominee, her work has appeared in multiple publications and online museums. She has authored five poetry books, is EIC with Cicada Song Press and President of the Poetry Society of Indiana. Mona is contracted for her first novel, drafting another, and perpetually distracted by her next chapbook.
#poetrychapbook #smallpress #indiepress #lgbtqowned #shortpoems
