No Tokens Journal

Phew! Read this one by @garrettkim.bsky.social !

Feeling festive? Might we suggest Dom Nero’s holiday horror story from issue 11 for getting in the spirit? 🎄🎄🎄 www.notokensjournal.com/bells-dom-nero

Exactly like ripe guavas on their tongues 💫 Hear the rest of Emily O Liu’s poem from issue 11 here: www.notokensjournal.com/portrait-emi...

I'm incredibly honored that my short story ‘Water Talk’ has been nominated for the 2024 Pushcart Prize ❤️ Thank you @notokensjournal.bsky.social for the nomination!! Link to the story below for anyone interested in K-pop/code-switching/nightmare-Ed Sheeran.

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Will be repping @notokensjournal.bsky.social in the publishing panel 🩵🩵🩵

Spend some time w the new issue, new site, new merch! We 🩵 these pieces and contributors and are so proud

The No Tokens website has a new look 💅 & an updated mission statement! T-shirts are still available for purchase with all proceeds donated to Palestinian relief funds — more info is up on the site, 🔗 in bio

What a night! Thank you to everyone who came out to Pete’s Candy Store last week, to our fabulous readers, the editors who were able to join us and those who wrote introductions from afar. Issue 11 feels officially launched now that we have had the chance to celebrate it with you all ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

In Paul Corning's story, "Foxhole," two friends walk into a bar. Not just any bar, but their regular bar, their favorite bar. 🥃 Join us at one of *our* favorite bars this Thursday (8/29) to celebrate our issue 11 launch and hear Paul read! Pete’s Candy Store, 7pm.

“When she returned to the flat, she smelt of things foreign to herself: blood and perfume and smoke.”🩸In Li Sian Goh’s thrilling story, “Bidadari,” a ghost pays a visit to a young couple’s new flat in a Singapore public housing development. Come out to Pete’s Candy Store on 8/29 to hear Goh read!

“with the throat of an edible pearl” 🦪🦪🦪 Wren Hanks’s poem “Prince of polish” was recently published in issue 11 (with gorgeous audio too!) Come celebrate at our launch party at Pete’s Candy Store on 8/29 to hear Wren read!

“It’s not that you intentionally got into modeling; this is just the prerequisite to getting into K-pop, to show them you’re worth looking at.” 🎤 Garrett Kim’s story “Water Talk” was recently published in issue 11. Join us on 8/29 at Pete’s Candy Store to hear Garrett read!

"what a shimmering wetness, a shimmering south" ✨🌊✨ Emily Liu's poem "portrait of the 春 sea in 墾丁" was recently published in issue 11 and we can't wait to hear her read on 8/29 at Pete’s Candy Store!

Have loved this story since I heard an earlier draft read by Dom — can’t wait to hear him read for @notokensjournal.bsky.social!

"My brother told me that he had been hearing the bells, too.” Dom Nero's story of two estranged brothers haunted by the same sound was recently published in issue 11. Come out to Pete’s Candy Store on 8/29 to hear Dom read!

Vanessa Y. Niu was this year's No Tokens Young Poets' Prize first place winner (more to come on that soon!) Her poem "Cutting the Last Watermelon of the Season" was recently published in issue 11. Join us at Pete’s Candy Store on 8/29 to hear Vanessa read!

Meet Mary Paige Snell 👋 An excerpt from her novel THEDA was recently published in issue 11. Come out to Pete’s Candy Store on August 29th to hear Snell read!

In the weeks leading up to our issue launch party, we’ll be introducing you to our wonderful readers 👋 Ryan Walker’s poignant essay “Dress” was recently published in issue 11. Join us on August 29th at Pete’s Candy Store to hear Ryan read!

Wyd on August 29th? Wanna hang and celebrate the launch of issue 11 with us? 🎉 7pm at Pete’s Candy Store! Featuring readings from issue 11 contributors and No Tokens alumni. We hope to see you there!

Shipping out the best shirt of the season ❤️‍🔥 Thanks to your generous support, No Tokens t-shirt sales have raised over $630 this summer, which has been donated to the Gaza Family Funds Directory, Save the Children’s Emergency Fund for Gaza, and RAWA.

"I wouldn’t realize until later that the land was not singing but screaming." 🚀 Alex Maceda on finding an unlikely home in the California desert. Read her essay published in issue 11: notokensjournal.com/non-fiction/...

CALCULUS Visit the post for more.

She's got moonlight all down her longest dress 🌕🌖🌗🌘 Read Haley Patail's poem CALCULUS from issue 11 here: notokensjournal.com/poetry/calcu...

And purchase Amy’s latest novel DEAR EDNA SLOANE out now from Red Hen Press! www.amyshearnwrites.com/dear-edna-sl...

What I Did On My Summer Vacation Visit the post for more.

Read the rest of Amy’s story from issue 11 here: notokensjournal.com/fiction/what...

“Every moment of being alive is a dumb, lucky gift.” 🎢🎡🎠 @amyshearn.bsky.social

They’re here!!

No Tokens t-shirts (with a new design!) are now available for purchase! 100% of proceeds will be donated to the Gaza Family Funds Directory, Save the Children's Emergency Fund for Gaza, and RAWA. Sizes S to 4XL available. notokensjournal.com/tshirts/

Prince of polish Visit the post for more.

I'm thrilled to have a poem, "Prince of polish," in the latest issue of @notokensjournal.bsky.social! 👑 🌸

Also i'm in this !!!