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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters
@asteralesjournal.bsky.social
A new quarterly literary journal publishing 5 poems, 2 prose works, and original visual art. Issue One Coming in January of 2025

Co-founders/editors @djvorreyer.bsky.social and @rebunting.bsky.social

http://www.asteralesjournal.com
We're celebrating our first year of publication by sharing some of the successes of our Year One contributors. Without them, there is no journal!

Check out the new Celebrations page at asteralesjournal.com/celebrations for details and links.

Stay tuned for Issue Five coming up later this week!
January 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
We were taken by the movement and emotion in these abstracts by Issue 4 featured artist @sheilasquill.bsky.social
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December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Your editors read their eyeballs out the past few days so that we could make decisions and send emails before the holiday hits. Emails going out tonight...stay tuned for Issue Five in January! And thanks for being with us for our first year.
December 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This haunting photo by Vishaal from Issue Four will stay with you
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Two more days to get your submissions in for issue Five! Still would love to see more prose and visual art!
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The collage work of @susanbarryschulz.com graces two different pieces in Issue 4 accompanying work by @jillkitchen.bsky.social and Sean Cho.

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December 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Monday morning quarterbacking old relationships through the lens of No Doubt's "Sunday Morning" with @charlesjensen.bsky.social :

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December 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A road trip and a moment to linger in this beautiful poem by Sean Cho A. from Issue 4:

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December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Don't forget...submissions for Issue Five are open until December 15. Particulary looking for more prose (F or CNF or hybrid) and more visual art!

Send us some things, will you?
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Submissions — Asterales: A Journal of Arts and Letters
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December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Relationships, music, poetry, and heavenly bodies interact and eclipse one another in this poem by @anthonyframe.bsky.social

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December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Don't forget...we're open for submissions of poetry, prose and art until December 15. Send us your best and maybe help us kick off Year Two of Asterales in January's Issue 5!
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Read these two poems by Allison Blevins and travel through both the universe and the body, both mysterious and mostly out of our control. asteralesjournal.com/1-4-blevins-sq…
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thank you for reading and spreading the word! Our contributors are amazing!
finally made my way through this today & wow, some fantastic work. check it out.
It’s here! Issue 4 is live today, featuring work from Sean Cho A, Sarah Mills, Allison Blevins, Jill Kitchen, Anthony Frame, Will Musgrove, Charles Jensen, Susan Barry-Schulz, Julia Biggs, Sheila Squillante, and Vishaal! #poetry #prose #visualart #literaryjournal #asterales

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November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The absurdity of waiting and the relief of knowing come together in this poem by @sarahmillswrites.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Put on your Doc Martens and take a hike with nostalgia and regret in this poem by @jillkitchen.bsky.social : asteralesjournal.com/1-4-kitchen-...
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We were captured by this dizzy flash piece by @willmusgrove.bsky.social

Take a spin here: asteralesjournal.com/1-4-musgrove...
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hey, friends! Remember that Subs are Open for all categories (poetry, fiction, CNF, art) until December 15.

Send us your beauties, your weirdos, your ships in a bottle, your mother's teapots, the trees outside your bedroom windows, your favorite striped sweaters. You know the drill.
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today’s the day! Send us your darlings, now through December 15! ❤️
November 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It’s here! Issue 4 is live today, featuring work from Sean Cho A, Sarah Mills, Allison Blevins, Jill Kitchen, Anthony Frame, Will Musgrove, Charles Jensen, Susan Barry-Schulz, Julia Biggs, Sheila Squillante, and Vishaal! #poetry #prose #visualart #literaryjournal #asterales

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October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Reposted by Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters
@rebunting.bsky.social and I both loved this piece. Excited for everyone to read it when the new issue of @asteralesjournal.bsky.social goes live!
A new essay from HOT MIC: WHAT I SANG AT KARAOKE AND THE MEN WHO DROVE ME TO DO IT will be out Monday from Asterales! Here’s a hint about the song featured in it, and big thanks to @djvorreyer.bsky.social for sending this to me!!!
October 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We are thrilled to announce our very first Best of the Net nominees!
@prayfortheapex.bsky.social @josephlezza.com @erinmurphy.bsky.social @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social Mike Nees Ellene Glenn Moore @mattkish.bsky.social @amymiller.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There is so much mystery and wonder in this poem by @fklein907.bsky.social Read "How I Met My Deer Wife" in Issue 4!
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September 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This still life has such color, movement, and surprise that we couldn't resist. Check out @carolee.bsky.social's Canary #1 in Issue 4!
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September 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This poem's narratives give us unspoken consequences and family dynamics that are so much more than just anecdotes. Read Gail Martin's "And We Never Spoke of It" in Issue 4.
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September 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM