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Audi Locus
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A contemporary poetry & art journal exploring liminality, existentialism, & the in-between. Featuring poetry, visual art, music/lyrics, & hybrid forms. Submissions: Apr–May & Oct–Nov.

www.audilocus.com

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We are bursting with pride to announce our six nominees for the 2025 Pushcart Prize!

Huge congrats to: Dutch Simmons, Meghan Albizo, Sofiya Ivanova, Rowan Tate, Isabelle Ruby, and Tess Ezzy.

Read all the nominated poems and the full issues now at www.audilocus.com

#PushcartPrize #Poetry
Audi Locus, A Journal of Poetry, announces 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominations from Volume 1, Issues 1 & 2. Issue 1 nominations are: "The Pope Graces Buc-ee's with his Divine Presence" by Dutch Simmons, "Apples" by Meghan Albizo, and "People Keep Dying So I Keep Writing About It" by Sofiya Ivanova. Issue 2 nominations are: "The Tent" by Rowan Tate, "Unsilenced Ghosts" by Isabelle Ruby, and "ΚΡΑΤΑ ΤΟ ΕΣΥ (you hold this)" by Tess Ezzy.
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Audi Locus is seeking work that explores the strange, the beautiful, and the deeply human. Don't be afraid to send us your most mind-bending pieces.

➡️ Guidelines: www.audilocus.com/submissions

#OpenSubmissions #CallForSubmissions #OpenCall #Surrealism #Existential #LiteraryJournal #Poetry
A surreal and striking submission graphic. A woman stands in a dry, golden field of tall grass against a bright blue sky. Her head is replaced by a brass-rimmed circular mirror that reflects the clouds and blue sky, obscuring her face. The text is placed over the image: "CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS" and "SEND YOUR EXISTENTIAL, YOUR SURREAL, YOUR WEIRD" at the top. The categories "POETRY, ART, MUSIC" are stacked on the right. A yellow banner at the bottom reads "OCT 01 - NOV 30" and a footer gives the website "www.audilocus.com/submissions."
October 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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What happens when we are constantly forced to witness the world's pain? @angelaarnold777.bsky.social captures the creeping anxiety in "watching too much news." A deeply resonant piece for our time.

Read the poem here: www.audilocus.com/volume1-issu...

#AudiLocus #Witness #CurrentEvents #Poetry
A quote graphic from the poem "watching too much news" by Angela Arnold. The quote reads: "now there is only a seeping a crawling: terrors of world of the madness in us"
October 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Isabelle Ruby's "Unsilenced Ghosts" is the powerful voice of a survivor, actively witnessing and naming every silence and shadow. Read it and more in our current issue.

📖: www.audilocus.com/volume1-issu...

#AudiLocus #Witness #Poetry #SurvivorPoetry #LitMag
A quote graphic from the poem "Unsilenced Ghosts" by Isabelle Ruby. The quote reads: "I name every shadow that passes through me. I name every silence complicit in my pain."
October 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Esther Fishman challenges us to truly witness those we often pass by. Her poem "Homeless Woman" looks at the stark reality of life stripped bare. Read it in our "Witness" issue.

👁️: www.audilocus.com/volume1-issu...

#AudiLocus #Witness #HomelessWoman #Poetry #SocialJusticePoetry
A quote graphic from the poem "Homeless Woman" by Esther Fishman. The quote reads: "I try to imagine the blast that left such a ruin, or the semblance of life that must go on day after day..."
October 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Our "Witness" issue begins with Rowan Tate's poignant bearing witness to life in exile. The feeling of bringing everything you have left with you is encapsulated here.

📖 Read "The Tent" and more:
www.audilocus.com/volume1-issu...

#AudiLocus #Witness #RowanTate #TheTent #RefugeePoetry #LitMag
A quote graphic from the poem "The Tent" by Rowan Tate. The quote reads: "...Whatever is left of my country, I brought it with me in my skin and keep it wrapped in my abaya..."
October 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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We are proud that these incredible poets and artists answered the call to "Witness" for Volume 1, Issue 2. Thank you for your vital work! Tap the link in our bio to read the new issue.
A graphic listing the contributors for Audi Locus: A Journal of Poetry, Volume 1, Issue 2. The list includes: Angela Arnold, Barnaby Blue, Ian Brownlie, Denise Bossarte, L.A. Duncan, Tess Ezzy, Esther Fishman, Juleanna Green, Joanne Macias, Janet McMillan Rives, F.T. Rose, Isabelle Ruby, Carolyn Schlam, Kim McNealy Sosin, Rowan Tate, Colette Tennant, Wallgrin, and Ernest Williamson III.
October 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Audi Locus is now accepting poetry, art, and music for our next issue. Submit your work between Oct 1 – Nov 30.

🖊 Guidelines: www.audilocus.com/submissions

Art is resistance. Come build with us.

#poetrysubmission #poetrycall #artcall
A digital flyer with a black brick background announces that Audi Locus, a journal of poetry, is open for submissions. The main text in bright neon reads: "WE ARE OPEN for submissions." Below, it lists "Poetry · Art · Music" and the submission period "Oct 01 – Nov 30." At the bottom, the Audi Locus logo appears with the tagline "A Journal of Poetry" and the website "www.audilocus.com"
October 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Cover reveal time! 🎉 We're thrilled to finally share the beautiful cover for Audi Locus Volume 1.2: "Witness."

We hit some delays (mental health break), but we’re back on track and this powerful collection is coming very soon!

Cover Art: "The Window" by Carolyn Schlam

#poetry #literarymagazine
A magazine cover for "Audi Locus: A Journal of Poetry," Fall 2025, Volume 1, Issue 2, themed "Witness." The cover features a painted image of a young woman with long, brown hair, wearing a mauve sweater and blue jeans, sitting by a window. She's holding a white mug with both hands and looking pensively out the window at a scene of colorful, brightly lit houses or buildings at dusk or night. The overall style is expressive and painterly.
September 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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👁️‍🗨️ Just 1 week left to submit your work for Volume 1, Issue 2!

The theme is "Witness"— what does it mean to observe, to testify, to carry what we’ve seen?

Send us your poetry and visual art by May 31 👉
🔗 www.audilocus.com/theme

#CallForSubmissions #PoetrySky #ArtCall #PoetrySubmissions
A square graphic with a gradient background shifting from teal to purple. In the center, bold text reads: “1 Week Left to Submit Art & Poetry.” On either side of the text are stylized black hands, each with an eye between a touching thumb and forefinger. At the bottom, it says: “Theme: Witness — Subs open until May 31 — audilocus.com/theme” In the lower right corner: “Audi Locus — Volume 1 • Issue 2.” The overall design is bold, mysterious, and urgent.
May 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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🖋️🎨 Calling all poets and artists!
We're in the final two weeks to submit work for our upcoming issue themed “Witness.”

What does it mean to watch or to be watched?

🗓️ Submit poetry and visual art by May 31
🔗 www.audilocus.com/submissions
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May 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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👁️‍🗨️ ✍️ Free virtual poetry workshop on the theme WITNESS

Let’s write into what we’ve seen and what refuses to look away.

🗓️ May 10 or May 18 (or both!)
⏰ 1–3 PM CST / 7–9 PM GMT
🎟️ Register: www.audilocus.com/events
🧿 hosted by @maudiemichelle.com

#poetryworkshop #writingpoetry
A promotional graphic for a free virtual Generative Poetry Workshop hosted by Audi Locus. The theme is "Witness." Two workshop dates are offered: Saturday, May 10, 2025, and Sunday, May 18, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST / 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM GMT. The facilitator is Maudie Bryant, whose smiling headshot appears in the lower right corner. The text includes a large "FREE" starburst and directs participants to register at www.audilocus.com/events. The overall design uses green, orange, and beige tones.
April 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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👁️🚨 Submissions OPEN! 🚨👁️

We are now accepting poetry, art, and music for our themed issue, "Witness." We want work that speaks, remembers, and reveals—however you interpret it.

Subs are open April 1 – May 31.

Full details & guidelines: www.audilocus.com/submissions

#opencall #poetrycall #artcall
A textured piece of torn brown paper reveals a set of eyes peering through the gap. The words "Subs open Apr 01 – May 31" and "Poetry & Art | Theme: Witness" The composition evokes a sense of secrecy, revelation, and observation.
April 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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“Diagrams helped point out
my distinctive apple type—
not the ideal hourglass
or a juicy, curvy pear.”

—from "Apples" by Meghan Albizo

✨ Poem featured in the inaugural issue of Audi Locus ✨

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#poetry #litmag #poetrycommunity #indielit #poetsky
A promotional graphic for Audi Locus, Volume 1, Issue 1. The background features a row of apples, with the journal cover displayed in the center beneath a featured quote. The quote reads: "Diagrams helped point out/ my distinctive apple type—/ not the ideal hourglass/ or a juicy, curvy pear." — from "Apples" by Meghan Albizo. Below the cover, the website URL, www.audilocus.com, is clearly visible.
February 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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THEME ANNOUNCEMENT:
👁 Audi Locus Issue 2 – Witness 👁

We’ll be seeking poetry, art, and music that explore the act of witnessing with existential depth and surreal imagination.

www.audilocus.com/theme

📅 Subs Open: April 01 - May 31, 2025

#Poetry #IndieLit #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions
A promotional image for Audi Locus announcing the next theme, "Witness." The image features a woman's eye peeking through a large monstera leaf. A white, swooping line separates the image from the teal-colored background, where "poetry art music" is written. Below, the text reads: "Audi Locus Theme: Witness. What does it mean to be the witness, the watched, or the space in between? Submission Window: April 01 - May 31, 2025. www.audilocus.com.
February 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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“a disorderly line
waiting for trains
that never come”

—from "Chaos" by @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social

✨ Featured in Audi Locus Volume 1, Issue 1 ✨

www.audilocus.com/volume1-issu...

#poetry #litmag #poetrycommunity #indielit #poetsky
A promotional graphic for Audi Locus, Volume 1, Issue 1. The image is made of muted pink and blue hues, with a section of the cover painting. A quote reads: "a disorderly line/ waiting for trains/ that never come" —from "Chaos" by Francis H. Powell. Below, the website URL, www.audilocus.com, is displayed.
February 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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“bring bouquets of yellow roses, dear friend,
to sit beside me at my boudoir

while I cake my green paint on.
I’ll hang them from their stems, when they die, to dry.”

—from "Past Lives" by @thesuncomingout.bsky.social

✨ Featured in Volume 1, Issue 1 ✨

www.audilocus.com/volume1-issu...

#poetry
A promotional graphic for Audi Locus, Volume 1, Issue 1. The image is made of salmon pink and blue hues, with a section of the cover painting. At the bottom, a quote reads: "bring bouquets of yellow roses, dear friend,/ to sit beside me at my boudoir// while I cake my green paint on./ I’ll hang them from their stems, when they die, to dry." —from "Past Lives" by Marina Ramil. Below, the website URL, www.audilocus.com, is displayed.
February 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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“squashed into place by centuries
that never passed, just stood still,
mocking, pointing: Sit! Lie down!”

—from "Touching Rock Bottom" by @angelaarnold777.bsky.social

✨ Featured in the first issue of Audi Locus ✨

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#Poetry #LitMag #PoetryCommunity #IndieLit
A promotional graphic for Audi Locus, Volume 1, Issue 1. The image is made of salmon pink and blue hues, with a blown-up section of the cover painting. In the center, a quote reads: "squashed into place by centuries/ that never passed, just stood still,/ mocking, pointing: Sit! Lie down!" — from “Touching Rock Bottom” by Angela Arnold. Below, the website URL, www.audilocus.com, is displayed.
February 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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"a phalanx of construction vehicles
line the street—
our neighbor’s replacing
the driveway, it seems."

— from morning by Julie Allyn Johnson

✨ Featured in the first issue of Audi Locus ✨

Read the rest at www.audilocus.com/volume1-issu...

#Poetry #LitMag #IndieLit #PoetryCommunity
A promotional graphic for Audi Locus, Volume 1, Issue 1. The image is made of salmon pink and blue hues, with a blown-up section of the cover painting. In the center, a quote reads: "a phalanx of construction vehicles/ line the street—/ our neighbor’s replacing/ the driveway, it seems." — from “morning” by Julie Allyn Johnson. Below, the website URL, www.audilocus.com, is displayed.
January 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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🎉 We've been reviewed! 🎉

@julieeliselandry.bsky.social dives deep into the design, content, and vision of our inaugural issue, praising its balance between accessibility and cohesion, its design, and its powerful, hope-filled poetry.

Read here: www.julieeliselandry.com/blog/jel-rev...

#JELReviews
A promotional graphic for a review of Audi Locus. At the top, bold text reads: "A review of Audi Locus Volume 1, Issue 1." Below, a centered quote from Julie Elise Landry states: "Audi Locus reckons with the travails of existence—and in response, it defends the triumph of the attempt, any attempt, to step forward." Above the quote, there is a small, circular profile picture of Julie Elise Landry. The layout is balanced, with a professional yet inviting aesthetic.
January 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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"we carry our packs past
imaginary lines with berry
kisses and tote our homes"

— from Nomads by @jenruthjackson.bsky.social

✨ Featured in the first issue of Audi Locus ✨

Read more at www.audilocus.com/volume1-issu...

#Poetry #LitMag #PoetryCommunity
A promotional graphic for Audi Locus, Volume 1, Issue 1. The image is made of salmon pink and blue hues, with a blown-up section of the cover painting. In the center, a quote reads: "we carry our packs past imaginary lines with berry kisses and tote our homes" — from “Nomads” by Jennifer Ruth Jackson. Below, the website URL, www.audilocus.com, is displayed.
January 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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🌟 It’s live! 🌟 The inaugural issue of Audi Locus: A Journal of Poetry is now available online! 🎉✨

Thank you to everyone who’s supported this journey. We're so excited to share this first issue with all of you.💛

📖✨Read the full issue today here: www.audilocus.com/volume1-issue1
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January 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Our editor, Brandon Bowman, recently had a micro poem published in Subliminal Surgery! 🎉 Sharing it here since he’s too cool for social media. 😂 Congrats, Brandon!

🔗: subliminal.surgery/16-tons/
January 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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The cover of our first issue features a stunning painting by Whitney Tates. We’re thrilled to showcase their incredible work—explore more of their art at wetpaintarts.com!
January 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Our inaugural issue includes an incredible lineup of contributors! Coming January 29! 🖤✨
January 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM