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Foglifter Press & Journal
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San Francisco based LGBTQ+ journal and press—we publish powerful, intersectional writing that queers our perspectives. 🌈 🌉
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"The poems within these pages are like breaths in a chest as it rises and falls: a reminder that life is happening, that within us is its fierce capacity."

- Gabrielle Grace Hogan's review of BOY MAYBE by W.J. Lofton

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January 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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Help lift up the next decade of queer and trans writers with an end-of-year gift or an auto-renew subscription to our journal.

That, and other ways to support our work, are linked here:
linktr.ee/foglifter
December 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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✨ Introducing The Yearning Hour—a poetry workshop for Bay Area LGBTQ+ writers (ages 18–26) led by poet, community birth worker, and Foglifter 7.1 contributor Briana Grogan (she/they).
3. Text reads, "Submissions are open. The Yearning Hour. Poetry workshop for Bay Area writers ages (18-26). Deadline: Jan 12th. Writers of all genres welcome." 3. Text reads, "Submissions are open. The Yearning Hour. Poetry workshop for Bay Area writers ages (18-26). Deadline: Jan 12th. Writers of all genres welcome." 4. Text reads, "12 sessions (1x/week). Jan 29 - Apr 16. Participants to be published in Issue 11.2. foglifter.submittable.com/submit" ]
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Anthony Zedan reviews Aaron Shurin’s poetry collection ELIXIR for the Foglifter blog.

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gray-green background. orange foglifter logo at top left. header text reads, "REVIEWS." 1. cover image of "Elixir" by Aaron Shurin. text reads: "The Many Secret Joys of Aaron Shurin's Poetic Legacy by Anthony Zedan. 2. Text reads: “Aaron Shurin the alchemical poet who found his place and voice in mystical San Francisco has discovered the Elixir of life—it is found in an amalgamation of imagist poetry mixed with philosophical wanderings inspired by the wonders of male lovers and being out in nature... - Anthony Zedan, on Aaron Shurin’s poetry collection Elixir" “Gay poets, we never wanted to be equal with straight desire—we aspire to exceed it and celebrate our uniqueness. - Anthony Zedan, on Aaron Shurin’s poetry collection Elixir”
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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🌵 🤠 Our last Issue 10.2 poetry round-up! Including sneak peeks from contributors Joshua Zeitler, Janine Mogannam, Rayan Al-Awar, Ellie Howard, Ranudi Gunawardena, Gray Agpalo, Haley Bossé, marion eames white, and Jenny Molberg.

Issue 10.2 is now available!
www.foglifterjournal.com/shop-102
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December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Are you a former contributor or guest editor? Submit a short testimonial about your experience with Foglifter and help us share the impact of our community.

🔗 tinyurl.com/foglifterstory
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December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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🌵 🤠 ISSUE 10.2 FICTION! Our first round of prose sneak peeks from contributors Molly Olguín, Luke Sutherland, Lane Michael Stanley, Kristen Arnett, and Fernanda Coutinho Teixeira.

Issue 10.2 is now available in our shop!
www.foglifterjournal.com/shop-102
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December 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Celebrating ten years of Foglifter and a decade of LGBTQ+ artists who’ve graced our covers. 💫🌈
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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#FF It’s Faux Fur Friday! To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “F”!
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December 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Happy to be on the cover of the new Foglifter!
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🌵 🤠 Birthday orgies, body scanners, and transition troubleshooting! We've got your cnf/hybrid sneak peeks from Issue 10.2, now available in the Foglifter store:
🔗 foglifterjournal.com/shop

Issue 10.2 Cover Art by @anthonyhurd.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Thrilled to have my contributor’s copies of @foglifterpress.bsky.social arrive yesterday!! Much love to Chad Koch & the editors—I couldn’t dream of a better home for these poems that are so dear to me. 💙💙
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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🌵 🤠 Birthday orgies, body scanners, and transition troubleshooting! We've got your cnf/hybrid sneak peeks from Issue 10.2, now available in the Foglifter store:
🔗 foglifterjournal.com/shop

Issue 10.2 Cover Art by @anthonyhurd.bsky.social
Cover of Foglifter Journal featuring two male cowboys embracing, wearing blue jean jackets, pink scarves, and white cowboys hats. Text reads, "Hybrid Sneak Peeks from Volume 10, Issue 2."
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Are you a student in the Bay Area interested in publishing, promotion, or communications? 💫

Foglifter is seeking a Community Intern who will gain valuable experience in social media marketing, graphic design, and digital content accessibility.

More information at 🔗 foglifter.submittable.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 Pushcart Prize Winner Eduardo Martínez-Leyva! 🎉

We're overjoyed that Eduardo's poem "Mordida" (Foglifter 9.2) was included in "Pushcart Prize L: Best of the Small Presses" (2026) which hits bookstores next Tuesday.
Congratulations to our 2025 Pushcart Prize Winner Eduardo Martinez-Leyva for "Mordida" (9.2).
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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💕 Now through December 7, you can vote for up to five literary magazines for Chill Subs Community Favorites Best Literary Magazine Awards. We hope you'll include us in your favs! Link is in our bio. 💕

🔗 chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag-awards
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November 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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🌵 🤠 Saddle up! Issue 10.2 is on its way! Check out for our first round of poetry sneak peeks!

💝Special thanks to our amazing poetry editors for bringing these gems to Issue 10.2: Summer Farah (Guest Editor), Rob Macaisa Colgate, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Gabrielle Grace Hogan, and Charlie Neer.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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We enjoyed some unforgettable sets from Marquis the Honey Bear, Dylan McKeever, Ashley Monique, Nola Bradley, Andre Margatini, and Wonder Dave--with Baruch Porras Hernandez as our host! Thank you to everyone who showed up, laughed loud, and celebrated our 10th anniversary in true Foglifter style! 🌈
Group photo of performers from Foglifter Queer Comedy Fundraiser, including Baruch Porras Hernandez, Marquis the Honey Bear, Dylan McKeever, Ashley Monique, Nola Bradley, Andre Margatini, and Wonder Dave.
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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One thing’s no joke: funding for the arts across the US has taken a massive hit. That’s why we have partnered with Bay Area queer and trans comedians for a night of laughter and community, all in support of publishing bold queer and trans literature. Get your tickets now! 🔗 tinyurl.com/queer-comedy
Foglifter Queer Comedy Fundraiser. Sunday, November 16. 7pm at the Stud.
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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🎉Announcing Foglifter's 2026 Pushcart Prize Nominees! 🎉

Congratulations to all the nominees, and thank you for making Foglifter a home for your work!
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November 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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happy pub day to TERRY DACTYL by @mbsycamore.bsky.social! 🎉(and s/o to @coffeehousepress.bsky.social 🎉)

Mattilda was interviewed by @todd-milo.bsky.social for the Foglifter blog:

🔗 www.foglifterjournal.com/terry-dactyl...
The text says, "INTERVIEWS| Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on connection, emotion, and survival with Milo Todd," The book cover is in the center. The text says, "I'm always writing toward vulnerability and toward emotion. I always want that to be coming through. For me, it maintains that intimacy, right? . . . The book is structured, in a sense, by how emotion for her is grounding. It allows her…not really to escape, but it's a way of experiencing everything at once." –Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, in conversation with Milo Todd]
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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We have reached our submission cap for POETRY for issue 11.1 ✨THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUBMITTED✨ Submissions for hybrid/non-fiction remain open for one more day💐🌈🤍 🥰
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November 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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GET YOUR TICKETS NOW: QUEER COMEDY FUNDRAISER. Hosted by none other than @baruchporrashernandez.

📍THE STUD
🗓️ Sunday, NOVEMBER 16, from 7-9pm| Doors at 6:15pm

There will be comedy, there will be queer and trans fabulousness, and you will get to support your favorite magazine.
November 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Mark your calendars for our QUEER COMEDY FUNDRAISER. Hosted by none other than Baruch Porras Hernandez .

📍THE STUD (@studsf)
🗓️ Sunday, NOVEMBER 16, from 7-9pm| Doors at 6:15pm

Tickets available on a sliding scale at www.eventbrite.com/e/foglifter-...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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"What we create are the counter narratives to what they will say about this time in history. They’re already trying to rewrite and erase in real time..." — Taylor Byas interviewed by Margot Douaihy for the Foglifter blog about RESTING BITCH FACE, (Soft Skull Press, 2025) ! 💖 <3
Background for all slides is a simple green, and the text is written in black and orange. Orange Foglifter logo is on top left. 1 - The text says, "INTERVIEWS| Taylor Byas talks ars poetica and the importance of creating art in this point in history with Margot Douaihy." The book cover is in the center. The text says, "What we create are the counter narratives to what they will say about this time in history. They’re already trying to rewrite and erase in real time. Not only is this work important, but it’s necessary because it's the part that will help tell the full and true story –TAYLOR BYAS, in conversation with Margot Douaihy." The text says, “These poems stare at you and invite you to stare back. They dare you to look again. And you will. You’ll look again. And again and again.4. - The text says, " Paul T. Klein is a film scholar and cultural historian specializing in the material cultures of American film exhibition. His research and writing maps the cultural, technological, historical, and political contexts that make movies matter. He holds an MA in Literature, Culture, and Technology from American University, and is a Rackham Merit Fellow in the Department of Film, Television, and Media at the University of Michigan. Follow him on Bluesky and Letterboxd and read more at www.howtoreadmovies.com. –Margot Douaihy on TAYLOR BYAs’ RESTING BITCH FACE”. . Headshot top left “Taylor Byas”. Headshot bottom right “Margot Douaihy”.
October 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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We have reached our submission cap for FICTION for issue 11.1 ✨THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUBMITTED✨ Submissions for poetry and hybrid/non-fiction remain open💐🌈🤍 🥰

submission 🔗 in the bio.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM