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Foglifter Foglifter is a biannual compendium of the most dynamic, urgent queer writing today.

In conversation with Mattilda b. Sycamore, Jordan Tannahill talks about his otherworldly novel THE LIVING REALM, now ava...
10/21/2026

In conversation with Mattilda b. Sycamore, Jordan Tannahill talks about his otherworldly novel THE LIVING REALM, now available from Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Read the full interview:
https://www.foglifterjournal.com/interviews/jordan-tannahill/the-living-realm

On the eastern bank of Teufelssee lies a large, human-made hill called Teufelsberg, built entirely of the firebombed ruins of Berlin. The image of men cruising in a forest, in the shadow of this great rubble mound, amidst the ghosts of post-war Berlin, became the initial impetus for the novel. I wanted to write about this small lake as a kind of palimpsest, employing various lenses of cultural, personal, and natural history. How deeply could I excavate this one site?

– Jordan Tannahill, in conversation with Mattilda b. Sycamore

Meet some of our poetry contributors from Foglifter 11.2, now available for PREORDER on our website! 💛💚💛🔗 Link in our bi...
10/19/2026

Meet some of our poetry contributors from Foglifter 11.2, now available for PREORDER on our website!
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🔗 Link in our bio.

Nico Amador (he/him) holds an MFA from Bennington College and has been recognized with the Anzaldúa Poetry Prize, Blue Mesa Review Poetry Prize, the Fine Arts Work Center Emerging Artist Fellowship, the Outpost Vermont Fellowship and the Gregory Djanikian Scholars in Poetry Prize. He currently lives in rural Vermont.

Nico Amador

[Image description: Nico Amador stands with arms crossed in a t-shirt and smiles for the camera in this black and white photo.]

Brent Armendinger (he/him) is the author of Street Gloss (The Operating System, 2019) and The Ghost in Us Was Multiplying (Noemi Press, 2015), both of which were finalists for the California Book Award in Poetry. As a poet, he is interested in q***r embodiment, site-specific practice, and ritual procedures. He began composing “Syracuse to Oneida” while cycling the Erie Canalway Trail in New York. Brent teaches creative writing at Pitzer College and lives in Los Angeles with his husband, Joseph Gallucci, a media archivist and DJ.



[Image description: Brent Armendinger stands in front of a colorful graffitied wall in Highland Park, Los Angeles. He has short brown hair with flecks of gray and a beard. He is wearing an olive-colored v-neck sweater with a red and white printed shirt underneath. ]

Mayookh (He/They) is a Los Angeles-based writer from Northeast India, pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Southern California, and has an MFA from NCSU. His work explores sexuality, art, mythology, education, and family through a q***r South Asian lens. He has received the Anthony Veasna So Fiction Award, the USC Del Amo Foundation Research Award, and MOZAIK Philanthropy’s Future Art Writers Award. He has been supported as a MacDowell Fellow, Lambda Literary Fiction Fellow and Roots.Wounds.Words Fellow. His prose and poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in Michigan Quarterly Review, The Adroit Journal, The New Orleans Review, and other publications.

Mayookh

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In a conversation with MJ O'Brien, Patrick Kindig talks about myth and his second poetry collection AGAPE, available Oct...
10/13/2026

In a conversation with MJ O'Brien, Patrick Kindig talks about myth and his second poetry collection AGAPE, available October 15 from Saturnalia Books.

Read the full interview: https://buff.ly/6aMOSNU



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1. foglifter logo with AGAPE cover and headshot of Patrick Kindig. Interviews: AGAPE: A Conversation with Patrick Kindig by MJ O'Brien.
2. "I like to hold in tension things that are often viewed as contradictory. I think this comes especially from my Catholic upbringing, which taught that pleasure was synonymous with sin and pain was synonymous with virtue. The worldview is perhaps to blame for the slightly sadomasochistic elements of those poems in Agape that retell Bible stories and myths.” - Patrick Kindig, in conversation with MJ O'Brien" ]

Hiii!!!!! We're Foglifter. 🌈 Join us in celebrating literary magazines and indie publishing during ! slide 1: A black a...
10/01/2026

Hiii!!!!! We're Foglifter. 🌈 Join us in celebrating literary magazines and indie publishing during !

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In celebration of and all the lovely indie publishers and small presses out there, we're offering 10% off our Friend of Foglifter subscriptions, meaning you can purchase an annual subscription that auto-renews for just $25 and get two issues of the q***rest writing out there.

Get your discount at: www.foglifterjournal.com/litmagweek

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Who are we?

We're a San Francisco-based literary magazine and press dedicated to supporting, publishing, and amplifying the voices of 2SLGBTQIA+ writers, with a particular focus on centering BIPOC, disabled, youth, and elder artists within q***r and trans communities.

We publish the widest range of forms, with an emphasis on transgressive, risky, challenging subject matter, innovative formal choices, and work that pushes the boundaries of what writing can do.

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What we're reading: Nat. Brut .brut

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What we're reading: Black Warrior Review

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What we're reading: Honey Literary

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What we're reading: Room Magazine

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What we're reading: beestung

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What we're reading: ELASTIC .mag

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What we're reading: FRUITSLICE

In an interview with MJ O'Brien, Arielle Hebert talks flora, fauna, and Florida in her debut book of poetry BOTTOM FEEDE...
09/29/2026

In an interview with MJ O'Brien, Arielle Hebert talks flora, fauna, and Florida in her debut book of poetry BOTTOM FEEDERS, now available from Black Lawrence Press. 🍄‍🟫

Read the full interview:
https://www.foglifterjournal.com/interviews/arielle-hebert/bottom-feeders




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1. foglifter logo with BOTTOM FEEDERS cover and headshot of Arielle Hebert. Interviews: Bottom Feeders: A Conversation with Arielle Hebert by MJ O'Brien.
2. "I'm hoping that young q***r Floridians, young q***r folks in red states, might read this and think, you know, it's okay to be a little messy. It's okay to make mistakes, but the dangers out there are real, and you just… you’ve got to keep going. You have to find a reason to wake up in the morning and keep going.” - Arielle Hebert, in conversation with MJ O'Brien" ]

Foglifter Journal does not accept any work written, edited, or revised by generative AI, nor will we work with any contr...
09/24/2026

Foglifter Journal does not accept any work written, edited, or revised by generative AI, nor will we work with any contributor who uses AI for any creative purpose.

AI has no place in the composition or revision of art. Most especially, generative AI is an existential threat to creativity and intellectual thought, and is a major contributor to global inequality and the climate crisis, which most especially targets the very marginalized and oppressed peoples we exist to uplift.

Since there are no definitive and/or ethical ways of detecting an AI submission with trustworthy accuracy, we trust our contributors to write their own work. If a published piece is later revealed as AI-generated, it will be removed and the individual permanently banned from contributing to our journal. We will also require the individual to pay back any honorarium they’ve already received for the piece.

For ten years, Foglifter has published urgent, dynamic and transgressive writing by q***r and trans authors. AI cannot replace narratives crafted by q***r and trans people‒shaped by their real, lived experiences and perspectives.

Foglifter Journal exists and remains committed to uplifting the voices and promoting the work that elevates LGBTQ+ joy, resistance, and community.

Join Foglifter and at for QUEERLY BELOVED, a celebration of the latest q***r writing coming out in Foglifter's newest ...
09/24/2026

Join Foglifter and at for QUEERLY BELOVED, a celebration of the latest q***r writing coming out in Foglifter's newest journals, online exclusives, and Start a Riot! Chapbook series.

📅 Friday, October 23, 2026; 7-9 pm ET
📍 The Stud, 1123 Folsom Street, San Francisco
🎟️ RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/q***rly-beloved-a-celebration-of-lgbtq-writing-in-foglifter-tickets-1997988368996

Featuring: Brent Armendinger, Juda Ātman, KB Brookins, Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez, Alix Perry, and Allegra Wilson!

Hosted by: Baruch Porras Hernandez



🔥 Limited print copies of the newest issue will be available for purchase—get them before anyone else!
🔥 ASL interpretation provided.
🔥 Livestream available on our YouTube Channel.

Foglifter 11.2 is available for pre-order! ⛓️https://www.foglifterjournal.com/shop/11-2 Cover artwork by Ricardo DiseñoC...
09/23/2026

Foglifter 11.2 is available for pre-order! ⛓️

https://www.foglifterjournal.com/shop/11-2

Cover artwork by Ricardo Diseño

Contributors: Nico Amador, Brent Armendinger, Judas Ātman, Mayookh Barua, KB Brookins, Teddy C., Sunny Cao, Olivia Carey, DeeSoul Carson, Ricardo Diseño, Emma Erlbacher, Elizabeth Estrada, Wyatt Fields, ashanté j. ford, Vania Luna Gutierrez, Richard Hamilton, Christine Hamm, J River Helms, Katherine Irajpanah, Geetha Iyer, Adrianna Jereb, ju(mia), Fiona Jin, Jiaqi Kang, Lauren Kelley, Monica Kim, Zoe Korte, Alexis LaMantia, Giljoon Lee, isabel 玥 li, Merlin June Mack, Jennifer MacKenzie, Kent Neal, Eden Nobile, Maura O'Dea, Alix Perry, Blaine Purcell, Jeff Radwell, Ty Raso, Hannah Rego, V.M. Reilly, Izzy Toy Rettke, Brittany Rogers, T.W. Sia, A.T. Steel, Sam Stiegler, Marylyn Tan, Clara Trippe, P.V. Vamsidhar, Allegra Wilson, Hal Wright, Sarah Yanni, and Brianna Z.

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1. foglifter volume 11, issue 2 cover. an anthropromorphic pink spotted dog bares its teeth and chest, wearing a thick collar with green chain links.
2. contributor names ]

The 2026-2027 Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize opens for submissions next Tuesday, September 1.In response to rapid gentrifi...
08/25/2026

The 2026-2027 Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize opens for submissions next Tuesday, September 1.

In response to rapid gentrification and displacement of QTBIPOC+ literary artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in celebration of these communities’ revolutionary history, Foglifter Press and Still Here San Francisco joined forces to create a poetry chapbook prize for local emerging q***r and trans Black writers, indigenous writers, and writers of color—the Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize (SAR!).

Each year, one chapbook author is awarded publication, a $3,000 prize, and $1,000 to support their book tour/promotion. The winner will work with Foglifter’s team to shape and bring forth the chapbook of their dreams—directly engaging with the editorial, design, production, and promotion processes—and cultivating skills, experience, and relationships that last long after publication.

Read more about our judges and prize details on our website:
https://www.foglifterjournal.com/start-a-riot

ELIGIBILITY:
QTBIPOC+ literary artists who are current residents of the larger San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Napa, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Solano, Marin, San Mateo, Sonoma counties), AND who have not yet published a full-length poetry book publication.

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1. Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize. Call for poetry manuscripts. Winner receives publication, $3000 stipend, and $1000 for book tour. Foglifter & Still Here SF logos.
2. Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize. Eligibility: QTBIPOC+ literary artists who are current residents of the larger San Francisco Bay Area AND who have not yet published a full-length poetry book.]

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