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Submissions Open: Hybrids — AZE Submit by March 15th, 2026.

Submissions Open: Hybrids. New journal issue of AZE, deadline March 15th, 2026. azejournal.com/article/2026...

Submissions Open: Hybrids — AZE Submit by March 15th, 2026.

Submissions Open: Hybrids. New journal issue of AZE, deadline March 15th, 2026. azejournal.com/article/2026...

Hospitable to Myself Between Seasons — AZE I’m writing this in the in-between – the quiet days before I’m admitted to the hospital for observation and treatment. There’s a date on the calendar, circled like a small horizon. I’m preparing, coun...

"Being aroace means I’m used to mistranslation. People assume solitude equals loneliness, or that the absence of romance must be a hole I want filled."
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New ace publications alert ⬇️

Vol. 8, Issue 1: Resilience Pt. 2 — AZE Vol. 8, Issue 1 of AZE focuses on the theme of resilience.

VOL. 8 ISSUE 1 of AZE is out now! The issue features 11 pieces on the topic of Resilience. Read the full issue here: azejournal.com/article/2025...

“He holds me so tight I might compress back into stardust.

Her loving fingers card through my hair so softly, with the tenderness I missed for decades of my life.

Low tones of “I love you” received with trust and warmth, having been, at long last, understood.”

I try to love myself this same way.🤍

“I imagine sharing a bed, waking up feeling home in a partner’s arms as I turn to gaze on his face, slowly running my fingers through his morning hair.”

As an aroace who grew up resonating with David & Jonathan, I recognize also the wonderful love here, asexual homoromantic comfort in the same.

♠️♥️ aspec subs open! ♣️♦️

Submissions Open: Resilience Pt. 2 — AZE Submit by November 15th, 2025.

submissions open:
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It's live!!! I'm officially a published writer!! 🥳

Read my poem "frigid (bitch)" here, and check out all the other awesome pieces in this volume too!
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The Economy of Solitude: an Aroace in a World Made for Two — AZE When people picture loneliness, they tend to imagine something dramatic (or cinematic): crying in the dark, empty rooms echoing with regret. But for me, loneliness is quieter than that. It’s logistica...

“Most people move through the world assuming that eventually, they will merge their life, finances, and domestic labor with someone else’s […] Even the price of a hotel room makes more sense when you’re two.”

So, so much about this @azejournal.bsky.social article. 💯

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Vol. 7, Issue 4: Resilience — AZE Vol. 7, Issue 4 of AZE focuses on the theme of resilience.

The next issue of AZE (Vol. 7, Issue 4) is out now! The issue features articles, poems, visual artworks, and a musical composition that explore the subject of Resilience. azejournal.com/article/2025...

Vol. 7, Issue 4: Resilience — AZE Vol. 7, Issue 4 of AZE focuses on the theme of resilience.

The next issue of AZE (Vol. 7, Issue 4) is out now! The issue features articles, poems, visual artworks, and a musical composition that explore the subject of Resilience. azejournal.com/article/2025...

Submissions Open: Resilience — AZE Submit by July 15th, 2025.

AZE is accepting writing and artwork by asexual, aromantic, and agender authors exploring stories of resilience against oppression, silencing, discrimination, disbelief, and other social pressures. Deadline: July 15th, 2025
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God, this hit close to home. Beautifully written piece!

As someone who had a close friendship that may be was really a qpr, and lost it, I feel like this author understands the specific ache that comes with that and describes it beautifully.

Snapshots of aromantic childhood love — AZE I am thirteen years old, confident in my close friendship of two years, and suddenly appreciating it in a new light. I bound around the downstairs circuit of my house, thinking, I love her! I love he...

“Romance” doesn’t cross my mind; a “crush” is something intense and oppressive and apparently visually-motivated that I’ve never known and don’t care to know.
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There’s something about David and Jonathan — AZE But what if both perspectives meet somewhere in the middle? What if they weren’t straight, and what if they weren’t gay? What if they were homoromantic, even asexual?

"Just because I think romance is “sexy” doesn’t mean I want to have sex. Just because I’m aroused by emotional intimacy and physical affection doesn’t mean I’m trying to get at more."
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Get more from AZE on Patreon creating a journal for ace, aro, and agender writers and artists

AZE is trying to reach 100 Patrons by the end of June and is currently at 58! You can help support the publication of asexual, aromantic, and agender authors here: www.patreon.com/c/azejournal

Sweet Dreams Made of These (or: I Won’t Say I’m in Love Cuz It’s True) — AZE When I was taken, it was supposed to be a compliment.

“Sweet Dreams Made of These -or- I Won’t Say I’m in Love Cuz It’s True” on @azejournal.bsky.social, a Black Mirror meets Enchanted dystopian dating show in which kidnapping is legalized if it’s true love and the girl can apparently always just opt out.

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on feminism, asexuality, and resistance — AZE Self-love entails acceptance and compassion towards yourself: you begin to acknowledge that your experiences are valid and important.

"self-love is the most radical act of resistance in a society that is constantly trying to invalidate you."
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A rainbow made up of different Manitoba wildflowers. The red on the left end is a three-flowered avens (lantern-shaped flowers), orange - wood lily, yellow - goldenrod, green - green bog orchid, blue - lungwort (little blue bells), purple - iris.

Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse.

If anyone has any information on what steps other authors who are caught up in this Unbound mess are doing, please feel free to leave a comment or reach out some other way.

Get more from AZE on Patreon creating a journal for ace, aro, and agender writers and artists

I don't really know what next steps I should take, but if you would like to help support my work with AZE, you can become a Patron here:
www.patreon.com/c/azejournal

I am still very thankful for everyone out there who has supported the book, cited it in articles, and given it recognition. It has been so affirming to see how the book was received and even to know that it sold many copies, it is just a little frustrating to receive nothing for it financially.

I also could use some of the compensation that I am owed right now in my current situation, so it is pretty disheartening to receive this news. I feel like I've been stuck in a back-and-forth, thinking that I might receive something eventually, just to have my hopes reversed.

I don't really like talking about this stuff, but it is just frustrating given the time and energy I put into the book, and also the fact that there were so many people who helped crowdfund the book, just for this to be the outcome.

Unfortunately, I also received this news yesterday about the book Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism, and Agender Identity. Although I spent many years writing the book and it was released last year, I have still yet to receive anything for its sales.

AZE is Raising Support to Continue Publication — AZE To AZE’s readers, supporters, and friends, I created AZE journal in 2016 under the name The Asexual originally with the goal of creating a platform for asexual people to publish their thoughts an...

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Intim-ace-y — AZE Without boundaries, without expectations, without conformity. 

"People are expected to push other connections more to the wayside in favor of one special person, stopping intimacy from developing among all types of connections like it could."
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An asexual manifesto — AZE Poetry by Terlona Knife.

"...catching the void space where we exist challenging the structure of romantic love and sexuality

This world tells you to love

But you don’t have to

You are radical"
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