Somehow it's time for another awards eligibility post already! 2024 has been another year of health-related setbacks and challenges for me, so time has really flown by. Even so, I've been quite fortunate to have a number of stories, poems, and translations published this year. (This will be a living post, so I'll update it … Continue reading 2024 Awards Eligibility Post
Review: The Lantern and the Night Moths
Several months ago, I pre-ordered Yilin Wang's new book The Lantern and the Night Moths, which collects Wang's original translations of works by five modern and contemporary Chinese poets as well as several essays by Wang reflecting on her selections. (The official release date for The Lantern and the Night Moths is April 2, 2024, … Continue reading Review: The Lantern and the Night Moths
My votes for Rhysling Award (2022)
I joined the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) a few years ago because I wanted to learn more about speculative poetry and subscribe to Star*Line, a quarterly magazine SFPA publishes. One of the perks of being an SFPA member is voting in the Rhysling Awards for best short and long poems of the previous year! … Continue reading My votes for Rhysling Award (2022)
Publication — Poetry: 2 poems!
A belated announcement: The other two poems I sold to Quatrain.Fish are out, meaning I've sold 10 poems to them this year! You can read them here and here. Don't forget, Quatrain.Fish is still taking submissions of short poetry until December 31, 2020!
Publication: Poetry – “Shifting Sands”
Another of the poems I sold to Quatrain.Fish is out today! This one is dubbed "the shifting sands poem", and you can read it here! Don't forget, Quatrain.Fish closes permanently to submissions in less than two months! If you've got any poems that are four lines or less, send them in today!
Publication: Poetry – “Betrothed”
My poem "Betrothed" has been published in Honeyguide Literary Magazine's first issue, alongside a bunch of awesome stories, poems, and creative nonfiction pieces by contributors from around the world! Portions from each sale of Honeyguide go toward supporting a no-kill animal shelter (they've partnered with one in NY for this issue). You can see the … Continue reading Publication: Poetry – “Betrothed”
Update: Projects!
Seems like a good time for a project update, so here we go! One of my unofficial projects during the COVID times has been trying to submit stories and/or poems to three different markets per day. Some days, I blow that goal out of the water, some days I don't touch it. It's a tedious … Continue reading Update: Projects!
Publication: Poetry – “One Star” (2005)
Through a happy accident, I've learned I still have not only the publication information but also a copy of the first poem I ever got published outside a school magazine. The poem, "One Star", was published a lifetime ago in October 2005 in the now-defunct Esopian Literary Magazine's second issue (titled "The Gaze of Prowling … Continue reading Publication: Poetry – “One Star” (2005)
Coming soon – Poem in Honeyguide!
In exciting news, my poem "betrothed" will be included in Honeyguide Literary Magazine's debut issue, which comes out in October 2020! "betrothed" is a fun little poem that I wrote one summer afternoon a couple of years ago, and I look forward to sharing it with you!
Coming soon – A fresh poem!
The amazing Quatrain.Fish has acquired another of my poems! I'll update again when it comes out, but if you'd like to read my already-published poetry, you can find it below: Quatrain.Fish - "laundering hearts", "buried on the shore", "I believe", "nimble hands", and "kicking cans" can all be found here.New Myths - "Reflections in Space"
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