Foglifter

06/04/2026

Foglifter is a LIVING archive for q***r and trans voices—now and always. 🌈

We believe in the transformative power of literature. We believe in q***r and trans stories as both urgent and enduring.

And we could use your help to keep cultivating sustainable spaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ artists to thrive.

This June, we’re calling on our community to help us raise $5,500 to keep uplifting q***r and trans voices. You can help by making a gift—of any amount, starting at $5—or by sharing what Foglifter means to you far and wide.

🔗 tinyurl.com/GIVEOUTFOGGIE 🌈



[image description:

1. Scrapbook paper with stickers of figures from past Foglifter covers. Text: "A *living* archive for q***r and trans narratives-now and always." In a torn page further down, the text continues "living, breathing, screaming, glittering, defiant, tender, joyful, loving, feral, gentle, unapologetic, beloved."

2. Scrapbook page with the cover of Foglifter 11.1 taped to colored denim fabric (blue, pink, and white); an agenda that reads "PAID opportunities for Q***R & TRANS emerging writers. publish their work. teach workshops. serve as editors. read at events. Centering multimarginalized writers (BIPOC, youth, elders, and people with disabilities). A picture of Grayson Thompson is taped to the page. A vintage "Trans Pride / Trans Power" button. A dinosaur vomiting a rainbow cloud above the words LUV U FOGGIE. Foglifter and Give Out Day logos at the bottom.

3. Scrapbook page with a swirling doodle on graph paper. A sticker of a figure from Foglifter 1.1 cover. A flower sticker. Text reads "Foglifter is home to stories that nourish our q***r and trans souls.

4. Scrapbook page with graph paper at top, dated 6/3/2025 with header Foggie Community Support and rainbow heart. An empty narrow rectangle is partially shaded in with red, noting $175. The other end of the rectangle is $5,550. Text reads "Help us reach our goal-and keep q***r and trans voices thriving." Star scribble. Rainbow heart. Text: "Give today at tinyurl.com/GIVEOUTFOGGIE."]

06/02/2026

IT'S HERE!🌿Ecology of the Hood by Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez is now available in our shop!

https://www.foglifterjournal.com/ecology-of-the-hood

ECOLOGY OF THE HOOD is the 2025 winner of the Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize, a collaboration between Foglifter Press and Still Here San Francisco (), an intergenerational cultural preservation project amplifying the voices and creativity of LGBTQ2S+ Black, Indigenous, and People of Color raised on the unceded, traditional land of the Yelamu Ohlone people.

[image description:

1. a green book on a neon green yellow paper background. ecology of the hood by Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez.

2. Foglifter, Start a Riot!, and Still Here SF Logos. Header: "Winner of the 2025 Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize." Body: "Ecology of the Hood is a love letter to streets. It asks the question; What if the hood was not a collection of problems, but a complex ecosystem of living organisms, all mirroring the same survival against an inherently hostile world? The politics of environmentalism and Black Liberation collide with each other in cycles of extraction, survival, decay, and regeneration. This collection seeks to refute the idea that the rose growing from concrete is misplaced or forgotten. The gardens we grow belong here. They are proof of life in a world obsessed with our deaths."

3. Foglifter, Start a Riot!, and Still Here SF Logos. Headshot of Reggie Edmonds-Vasquez. Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez (they/them) is a poet, educator, and cultural curator from Richmond, CA. Their work explores Black, q***r, and gender-diverse identities and has earned recognition from Nomadic Press, Afro Urban Society, and the Museum of the African Diaspora. A two-time Berkeley Grand Champion and national finalist, they direct programming at Rich Oak Events. Their debut chapbook Ecology of the Hood (Foglifter Press) was selected for the 2025 Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize.]

05/30/2026

Come find us at Booth 105 this weekend at the Bookworm Block Party! 🌈📚️ 🌞

🗓️ When: Sunday, May 31 | 11AM - 5PM
📍 Where: Booth 105 @ Bookworm Block Party, Small Press Alley, Allston Way in Downtown Berkeley, CA

We'll have copies of our latest issue and love to meet new friends!

And don't forget to check out the full schedule at baybookfest.org.

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Bay Area Book Festival logo next to graphic of worm wearing glasses on a pile of books.

Sunday, May 31 | 11AM - 5PM
Bookworm Block Party
Centered on (and in the streets) surrounding Allston Way in Downtown Berkeley & Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park
Find Foglifter @ Booth 105!

Map showing Allston Way in Berkeley, CA, aka Small Press Alley, with booths 87 through 118 lined up from west to east along the street. The Marsh and David Brower Center are on the south side of the street, and The Magnes Collection is on the north side of the street. An arrow is pointing at Booth 105, halfway down the street, across from the David Brower Center.]

05/28/2026

Scott Broker (Foglifter 6.1) talks grief, lust, and loss in his debut novel THE DISAPPOINTMENT with Milo Todd.

Read the full interview on our website:
https://www.foglifterjournal.com/the-disappointment



[image description:

1. Foglifter logo; green book cover shows a bull behind a curtain, "The Disappointment" by Scott Broker; author headshot of Scott Broker; Interviews: The Disappointment: A Conversation with Scott Broker by Milo Todd"

2. Foglifter logo; "It's easier to believe there's an orderly program for how we mourn than to face what it is, in my opinion, our likelier circumstance, where everyone's grief is entirely unique to them, and not going anywhere. Grief settles, of course, and might be less distracting once it lands in your feet than it was when it was sitting behind your eyes, but it is not expelled, nor should we want it to be. Our grief changes us irrevocably." - Scott Broker, in conversation with Milo Todd.]

05/20/2026

05/04/2026

Are you passionate about accessibility and bringing q***r literary arts to wider audiences? We're on the search for a captioner to provide closed captioning for past and upcoming recorded events. This is a volunteer position with an honorarium.

📌 Project: Caption past + upcoming 2026 event videos (readings, launches, livestreams); approximately 8-13 hours of video content.

💰 Honorarium: Flat $2,000 for this project, with the opportunity to stay on as our captioner for future projects.

If you’re excited about q***r/trans literature and accessibility—and have great attention to detail—we’d love to hear from you.

👉 Apply by June 1 at foglifter.submittable.com

Tag or share with someone who might be a great fit!

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04/24/2026

🌸 11.1 POETRY sneak peeks from contributors Jo Bear, Blue Nguyen, m. mick powell, and Christian Yeo Xuan.

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🔗 Print issue now available in our shop, while supplies last:
https://www.foglifterjournal.com/shop-11-1

❤️‍🔥 Special thanks to our amazing poetry editors for bringing these gems to Issue 11.1: .we.are (Guest Editor), .sets, , , and .neer.

[Image description:
1. Grid featuring headshots of contributors Jo Bear, Blue Nguyen, m. mick powell, and Christian Yeo Xuan.
2. Excerpt from “Impervious” by Jo Bear.
3. Headshot and bio of Jo Bear.
4. Excerpt from “i’m thinking of the sun collapsing in on itself” by Blue Nguyen.
5. Headshot and bio of Blue Nguyen.
6. Excerpt from “Masculinity Studies” by Christian Yeo Xuan.
7. Headshot and bio of Christian Yeo Xuan.
8. Excerpt from “Let her tell it, she had her tongue pierced before Scary Spice” by m. mick powell.
9. Headshot and bio of m. mick powell.]

04/23/2026

🌸 11.1 CNF/HYBRID sneak peeks from contributors Magenta Naaku, frank kensaku saragosa, Razi Shadmehry, and Reo Wang.

🔗 Print issue now available in our shop, while supplies last:
https://www.foglifterjournal.com/shop-11-1

❤️‍🔥 Special thanks to our amazing creative non-fiction/hybrid editors for bringing these gems to Issue 11.1: (Guest Editor), , , and !

[Image description:
1. Grid featuring headshots of contributors Magenta Naaku, frank kensaku saragosa, Razi Shadmehry, and Reo Wang.
2. Excerpt from “Ode to Ice: For Frozen Black Femmes with Flames on Their Tongues” by Magenta Naaku.
3. Headshot and bio of Magenta Naaku.
4. Excerpt from “Street Trades” by frank kensaku saragosa.
5. Headshot and bio of frank kensaku saragosa.
6. Excerpt from “What is the Word for When?” by Razi Shadmehry.
7. Headshot and bio of Razi Shadmehry
8. Excerpt from “How to Fight” by Reo Wang.
9. Headshot and bio of Reo Wang.]