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Rae White
@raewhite.bsky.social
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(they/them) Non-binary trans & queer. Books with Hachette & UQP. Agent @daniellebinks.bsky.social

Work: Uplift Poetry, @enbylife.bsky.social, @tranzmission.bsky.social, @australianpoetry.bsky.social

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My poem ‘I am queer / and so is the moon’ was published in the new fifth wheel press 2025 anthology of queer writing.

Head to fifthwheelpress.com to buy the print anthology or have a read online.

(This piece was first published in Plumwood Mountain.)

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enbylife.bsky.social
Read the third piece in our brand new EUPHORIA series — 'Guava Maw' by Elinor Serumgard.

Read the poem at enbylife.net/2026/02/02/g...

Catch up on the full Euphoria series so far at enbylife.net/tag/euphoria/
Photo of an orange sunset with sparse trees and houses in the foreground. Black text on a light orange background reads, ‘your sweet / summer / in my mouth. rays pour / in, window left open to the world. ‘Guava Maw' by Elinor Serumgard’.
February 2, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Over the 8 years my Partner @raewhite.bsky.social and I have been together, we've written a few poems together. We've been wanting to collect those into a Zine for a while now, and here it is!

'I Feed You Words' collects and remasters our collab poetry.
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I Feed You Words (pay us both edition) by Reizor, Rae White
I Feed You Words (pay us both edition): I Feed You Words (Reizor Edition), I Feed You Words (Rae edition) for $7.00
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January 31, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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enbylife.bsky.social
Catch up on the full Euphoria series so far at enbylife.net/tag/euphoria/
Photo of blue cornflowers in a sunny field. Black text on a transparent yellow background reads, ‘I thought that first injection was the end of embroidered flowers. The last injection, for now, was in autumn. 'Retransition, Baby’ by Nat Buchbinder.’
January 27, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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enbylife.bsky.social
The second piece in our brand new EUPHORIA series is 'Retransition, Baby' by Nat Buchbinder.

Read the full piece at enbylife.net/2026/01/27/r...
Photo of blue cornflowers in a sunny field. Black text on a transparent yellow background reads, 'Retransition, Baby' by Nat Buchbinder’.
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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enbylife.bsky.social
The first piece in our brand new EUPHORIA series is 'transistor' by mk zariel.

Read the full poem at enbylife.net/2026/01/19/t...

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Photo of an underground cave with orange-brown rock walls and beige-pink floor. Black text on a transparent brown background reads, ‘to dream of a world where we’re not the last / because i want survival to feel like a given, not / something begged for—‘ 'transistor' by mk zariel.
January 19, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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what should i watch with @raewhite.bsky.social tonight? “My Dinner with Andre” (1981) or “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972)? i have seen both multiple times, they have seen neither any times.
January 18, 2026 at 9:43 PM
raewhite.bsky.social
My poem ‘I am queer / and so is the moon’ was published in the new fifth wheel press 2025 anthology of queer writing.

Head to fifthwheelpress.com to buy the print anthology or have a read online.

(This piece was first published in Plumwood Mountain.)

@fifthwheelpress.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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freshfleisch.bsky.social
just watched “Tokyo Godfathers” (2003) and I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING 😭😭😭😭😭 also i’m laughing. also Hana is everything.
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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enbylife.bsky.social
#EnbyLife Journal closes for submissions on 7 January (wherever you are in the world)!

January’s theme is EUPHORIA. Send us your poetry, microfiction (under 100 words), and art.

Head to enbylife.net/submissions for more info.
Purple and green themed social media graphic announcing ‘#EnbyLife Journal Submissions Open.’ Bold green and purple text reads, ‘Submission dates: 1–7 January 2026. Categories: poetry, microfiction, art. Theme: Euphoria.’ Decorative white star and flower shapes are scattered throughout the graphic. Website: enbylife.net and handle @enbylife at the bottom.
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
raewhite.bsky.social
‘Tomorrow, again’ is a protest poem of quiet defiance and queer hope.

Head to rabbitpoetry.com/shop to grab a copy of the Rabbit 2025 Annual.
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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enbylife.bsky.social
Our very first poem of the year is a reprint of the brilliant 'My Queer Country' by Joa Bren Smith.

Read the poem at enbylife.net
Photo of a glowing orange sunset witnessed through the tall stalks of tufted grass. Black text on a light orange background reads, ‘The day it gives, its warmth. The sun, /a rotund thing. Plump as death. / I want to find a country / whose stomach is done growing. / I want to cast the first stone. 'My Queer Country' by Joa Bren Smith.’
January 6, 2026 at 1:30 AM
raewhite.bsky.social
Oh hey! The incredible Svetlana Sterlin and I won Palette Poetry’s 2025 Pen Pal Challenge! It was such a joy to collaborate on this poem together, to muse on the concept of light, and to see the end result reach such heights! 🥰 Read the full poem:

www.palettepoetry.com/2025/12/31/s...
January 1, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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enbylife.bsky.social
#EnbyLife Journal is open for submissions from 1-7 January 2026!

January’s theme is EUPHORIA. Send us your poetry, microfiction (under 100 words), and art.

Head to enbylife.net/submissions or click the link in our bio for more info.
Purple and green themed social media graphic announcing ‘#EnbyLife Journal Submissions Open.’ Bold green and purple text reads, ‘Submission dates: 1–7 January 2026. Categories: poetry, microfiction, art. Theme: Euphoria.’ Decorative white star and flower shapes are scattered throughout the graphic. Website: enbylife.net and handle @enbylife at the bottom.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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enbylife.bsky.social
Don’t forget, #EnbyLife Journal is open for submissions from 1-7 January 2026! enbylife.net/submissions/
Purple and green themed social media graphic announcing ‘#EnbyLife Journal Submissions Open.’ Bold green and purple text reads, ‘Submission dates: 1–7 January 2026. Categories: poetry, microfiction, art. Theme: Euphoria.’ Decorative white star and flower shapes are scattered throughout the graphic. Website: enbylife.net and handle @enbylife at the bottom.
December 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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enbylife.bsky.social
Our support from Ko-Fi in 2025 entirely funded #EnbyLife! We were able to keep the website running and pay over 20 contributors for their work, all thanks to your donations.

Huge thank you to Gordon Duncan, Suzannah and Eli Rooke who are our top supporters on Ko-Fi.
Purple social media graphic with bold text reading ‘Help #EnbyLife Journal Thrive’ in green and purple lettering. Decorative white flower shapes surround the text. Two green diamond shapes read ‘Donate’ and ‘Today’. A green banner at the bottom reads ‘ko-fi.com/enbylifejournal’, with ‘enbylife.net’ and ‘@enbylife’ below. Purple social media graphic showing a Ko-fi fundraising page titled ‘Pay for #EnbyLife Journal artists 2025’. A green progress bar shows ‘113% of $800 goal’. Text reads: ‘Payment for #EnbyLife Journal artists and creatives for one year!’ Decorative white flower shapes appear on the purple background. A green button reads ‘ko-fi.com/enbylifejournal’. Footer text reads: ‘enbylife.net’ and ‘@enbylife’
December 30, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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enbylife.bsky.social
This year at #EnbyLife Journal we want to publish even more non-binary & gender diverse creatives. This means we’re going to need a bit more money!

Please consider a one-off or monthly donation to #EnbyLife Journal to help keep us running 💖 Head to ko-fi.com/enbylifejournal or the link in our bio.
Purple social media graphic with bold text reading ‘Help #EnbyLife Journal Thrive’ in green and purple lettering. Decorative white flower shapes surround the text. Two green diamond shapes read ‘Donate’ and ‘Today’. A green banner at the bottom reads ‘ko-fi.com/enbylifejournal’, with ‘enbylife.net’ and ‘@enbylife’ below. Purple social media graphic showing a screenshot of a Ko-fi fundraising page for ‘#EnbyLife Journal 2026’. Text reads: ‘0% of $1200 goal. Payment for #EnbyLife Journal artists and creatives for one year, plus the fees for running our website.’ Decorative white flower shapes appear on the purple background. A green button reads ‘ko-fi.com/enbylifejournal’. Footer text reads: ‘enbylife.net’ and ‘@enbylife’
December 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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enbylife.bsky.social
For our last piece of 2025, we’re thrilled to publish the short story 'Return of the Body Snatchers' by Jocasta Suzanne and Maddison Stoff @thedescenters.bsky.social

Read more at enbylife.net
Photo of a wooden stool in a cafe with a green cushion, an empty water glass and coffee cup on the bar table in front. Black text on a light brown transparent background reads, ‘Her friend’s armchair was, is, positioned to the street window where now there are high-stools, a wooden bench at elbow height and pots of sugar, salt, pepper. If there’s someone sitting in the chair, she thinks, I can’t make them out. 'Return of the Body Snatchers' by Jocasta Suzanne and Maddison Stoff.’ Photo of a wooden stool in a cafe with a green cushion, an empty water glass and coffee cup on the bar table in front. Black text on a light brown transparent background reads, ‘Her friend had a taste for the dramatic, would rise up from her chair facing the street, the church steeple slightly visible over the florist directly opposite, and greet her like an unexpected surprise, regardless of whatever plans they’d made. 'Return of the Body Snatchers' by Jocasta Suzanne and Maddison Stoff.’
December 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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enbylife.bsky.social
#EnbyLife Journal is open for submissions from 1-7 Jan 2026!

Next year we’re making some changes - we’ll be open for submissions more frequently & each submissions round will be themed.

Jan’s theme is EUPHORIA. Send us your poetry, microfiction (under 100 words), & art.

enbylife.net/submissions
Purple and green themed social media graphic announcing ‘#EnbyLife Journal Submissions Open.’ Bold green and purple text reads, ‘Submission dates: 1–7 January 2026. Categories: poetry, microfiction, art. Theme: Euphoria.’ Decorative white star and flower shapes are scattered throughout the graphic. Website: enbylife.net and handle @enbylife at the bottom.
December 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
raewhite.bsky.social
Support Arachne Press by pledging to their crowdfunding campaign to publish ‘Up//Roar - Poems of Queer Resistance’ anthology:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/mnQq50Bn

@arachnepress.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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fifthwheelpress.bsky.social
it's our 6th birthday. come sparkle with us? ✨

fifthwheelpress.com/effervescent
effervescent contributors Chaia Alford • Sadee Bee • Tarah Burrows • Zoe Carver • Eden Chicken • Sarah Chin • Tess Ezzy • Katherine Garrison • Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin • Elizabeth S. Gunn • Kath Healing • Jennifer Jantzen • Oliver Sedano Jones • Sawyer Katz • Sarah Klein • BEE LB • Aimee Lowenstern • Welton B. Marsland • Colby Meeks • Alexander Penney • • R L • powell • Anya Quesnel • Abigail Lilith Ravenheart • Kayla Renee • Lorraine Schein • Cade Smith • Elle J. Snyder • Joni K. Thomas • jp thorn • Erica Leslie Weidner • Rae White • Joely Williams • CB Wilson • Steven C. Wright
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
raewhite.bsky.social
I have a little poem in the latest issue of Fifth Wheel Press alongside all these incredible creatives 💖✨ fifthwheelpress.com/effervescent
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
raewhite.bsky.social
Thrilled to have a poem in Denizen’s Digest IV — Fathoms! Thank you heaps to Tim Sifontes-Holzberger for choosing my fierce little trans poem, and for curating these unsettling, saltwater stories 🦈🐋

Head to Netherworld if you want to grab a copy (it’ll also be available online sometime soon).
Photo of the latest issue of Denizens Digest - a zine with a black and white cover featuring a large grumpy fish. Beside the zine is a pin badge of a creepy zine caked in green slime, and a bottle of hot sauce called Red Scare.
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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So honored!!! Thank you @enbylife.bsky.social for the nomination!!
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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enbylife.bsky.social
And congrats to Founding Editor, Rae White, who was a finalist for the Genrepunk Wildcard Award. @raewhite.bsky.social @genrepunkmag.bsky.social

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Genrepunk Awards 2025
Winners Genrepunk Wildcard Award 2025 “Practice Test No. 1” by Court Ludwick, Quarterly West Genrepunk Award for Disabled Creatives 2025 “Sliding Scale” by Nicole Zelniker, …
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November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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enbylife.bsky.social
Congratulations to our finalists in this year’s Genrepunk Awards! @genrepunkmag.bsky.social

Kaia Ball - Genrepunk Editors’ Choice Award Finalist @kaiaballwrites.bsky.social

Lily Lalios - Genrepunk Haunting Award Finalist

More info at:
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Genrepunk Awards 2025
Winners Genrepunk Wildcard Award 2025 “Practice Test No. 1” by Court Ludwick, Quarterly West Genrepunk Award for Disabled Creatives 2025 “Sliding Scale” by Nicole Zelniker, …
genrepunkmag.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM