a.d. 🌒

grateful to have a new flash piece on here🏺✨

The cover of Monarch 2026. A photo of a person lying on their back in a field of tall grass with their left arm covering their face. Text reads Monarch 2026, a queer literary awards anthology published by fifth wheel press.

Awardees. Michael Agunbiade, Maddox Emory Arnold, J. L. Bermúdez, C. Ray Borck, Finnian Burnett, Connor, a.d., Gion Davis, Erin Dorney, Dante Fuoco, Ranudi Gunawardena, Katy Haas, Annalisa Hansford, K.M. Hanslik, KT Herr, Jennessa Hester, Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Jules Kennedy, Ani King, Kyrico, Tara Labovich, Olivia Lehman, Jackson D. Moorman, Chi Pham, William Roberds-King, Cristina Sanchez, Steven Sanchez, January Santoso, Elena Sichrovsky, Mark Spero, Ashley Steineger, Liam Strong, Gordon Taylor, Holly Lyn Walrath, Cela Xié.

Finalists. Hayden Berry, Alex Bortell, Isabella Boyd, Jordan Byrum, J. J. Carey, James Diaz, Emily Franklin, Isaiah Gardner, Michael Getty, Finnley Greet, Kimberly Hall, Calvin Jones, E.G.N. Lafleur, Angel Leal, Parker Logan, Abby E. Murray, Karol Olesiak, Bleah Patterson, Rowan Procter, Eli V. Rahm, Luke Rudman, Mk Smith Despres, Meghan Sterling, Liam Strong, Wendy Vardaman, Alicia Wright, Steven C Wright.

We are elated to announce the awardees and finalists for MONARCH 2026. Thank you to all of the organizations who nominated work for making our first anthology so stunning 🦋 and a special shoutout to @esichr.bsky.social and @bleatingthing.bsky.social for the beautiful cover photograph!

@the-engine-idling.bsky.social have the prettiest merch and it's also free 🖤 thanks sm for the new stickers

honored to have four poems in one of the coolest lit mags around 🖤

thank you sm 💛

honored that my hybrid piece (published in @the-engine-idling.bsky.social) was a finalist in the @genrepunkmag.bsky.social awards 🖤

grateful that my Electra piece was chosen as the cover for this issue 🖤

Digital Art by a.d. — The Argyle Literary Magazine “While I enjoy working with different mediums, including painting, digital art, collage and sculpture, my preferred medium for my visual art is photography, particularly surreal and conceptual self-po...

see them here: www.theargylelitmag.com/digital-art-...

forgot to share yesterday but I'm excited to have 3 artwork pieces in this issue 🖤

thrilled to have 2 poems in here 🖤 sometimes being a sick freak pays off :)

so grateful to have a hybrid piece among the nominations 💛

here's the special piece I wrote and referenced in two chaotic days after learning about the HAD 5 call

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Myths Reimagined: The Swan, the Self, and the Surreal with a.d. We recently had the pleasure of speaking with a.d., one of our talented Issue 04 contributors. Based in Malta, a.d. is a bisexual poet and visual artist whose primary medium is photography, especially...

first interview ✨

www.threepanelspress.com/post/myths-r...

🧶 Today's e(i 6: yarn #spotlight is on a.d. @godstained.bsky.social with a stunning visual/hybrid poem that perfectly captures the theme!

Check out their at buff.ly/Z8rgDrq !

#poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #poets #writingcommunity #indielit #indiepress #indiemag #writerscommunity #artists

We're just a few days away from the release of Volume 2, Issue 1! Please share congratulate our contributors--we're so grateful and excited to publish their work! 🌿

As always, we're committed to transparency and are making all of our numbers public (slide 2).

thank you so much! 💛

thank you! 💛

wip preview of the piece I have in this amazing issue 💛 check out the finished version using the link below 🧶

🥩ISSUE 6: DEITY🥩
featuring work by @towerciity.bsky.social, Paul Hostovsky, Stuart Ziarnik, drew scott, cloud sinclair, @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, @cheysectoplasm.bsky.social, Cletus Crow, (1 of 2)

special new piece out soon in @the-engine-idling.bsky.social 🪡

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Pissoir! #2 is now available at salopress.com. With:

a.d. – honor ash – Karan Chambers – Angel T. Dionne – Howie Good – Susan Gordon – Angela Graham – Doug Jones – Robert Frede Kenter – KG Miles – Kevin Novalina – Daniele Pantano – Victoria Punch – R L Summerling – Steve Toase – Lydia Unsworth

I have 2 new poems coming soon in Gypsophila ✨

so glad to have an art piece in this issue ✨💛

Our inaugural issue includes an incredible lineup of contributors! Coming January 29! 🖤✨