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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters

@asteralesjournal.bsky.social
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A new quarterly literary journal publishing 5 poems, 2 prose works, and original visual art. SUBS OPEN 2/1-3/15 Co-founders/editors @djvorreyer.bsky.social and @rebunting.bsky.social www.asteralesjournal.com

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Working on one of the best parts of prepping a new issue - making unique thank you cards based on each contributor's work. Issue 8 drops October 20... Until then, enjoy the art from Issue 7 from featured artist @thaddevassie.bsky.social & @robinturnerpoet.bsky.social! asteralesjournal.com
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@janezwart.bsky.social gives us this deeply moving poem about connection, disconnection, and loss in Issue 7 with "On my 49th birthday, my dad calls me a fledging." www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-zwart-de...
because in my version of the past, impossible things: trains pulls up to porches every time we set suitcases down.

Curving train tracks intersecting over a blurred backgroun of foliage and street.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A little over a week left for you to get in those Issue 8 submissions! We are short on art submissions, so send us your best collages, paintings, drawings, textile art, photos of 3D art... Submissions are free at asteralesjournal.com/submissions and are due September 15 for Issue 8!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Prose writers? Artists? We want to see your work. Open, fee-free, until September 15 -we have featured writers such as @josephlezza.com @charlesjensen.bsky.social & @willmusgrove.bsky.social & artists @thaddevassie.bsky.social & @sjane.bsky.social. Sub here: www.asteralesjournal.com/submissions
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Jill Crammond gives us a poem about grief, faith, and what fills us in today's issue 7 highlight "On Good Friday, Grief Tries to Convince Me He is Holy." www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-crammond...
      I haven’t
slipped into a church since my wedding, but sadness
and coincidence have left me hungry. Something more

than crumbs of fake bread, thimbles of I’m so lonely
wine. I still have questions. Who really gets filled

on their best friend’s body and blood alone? 

Jill Crammond “On Good Friday, Grief Tries to 
Convince Me He is Holy"
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Excited to see even more of @thaddevassie.bsky.social's beautiful art out in the litmag world. Check out our own Issue 7 to see more of his stunning work! www.asteralesjournal.com/current-issu...
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Today's Issue 7 highlight brings the sweetness from @fakeourway.bsky.social's "Poem for My Niece Feasting on Honeysuckle."
you are not afraid & walk right through the blooming myoporum to the buzzing mass of flowers    I pull one free, bright yellow and sun-warm pinch and pull its thread
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Even @duotrope.com says SEND US YOUR PROSE! We are open until September 15 and waiting to read your work.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
More Issue 8 goodness with AJ Wright's reflection on the self and emptiness " I Go Scarecrow" www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-wright-d...
photo of thistle drawing superimposed over a sketch of a scarecrow on a white background

It's enough to learn the outline:
sharp as thistle spine,
all hinge and dry stalk

from "I Go Scarecrow" by AJ Wright
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@carolee.bsky.social is back for Issue 7, redefining loneliness and what we do in the darkness in her poem “When I’m Late Coming Home, I Find the Door Locked, Porch Light Off.” 😍 www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-bennett-...
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@rebunting.bsky.social and I are so thrilled that you shared your work with us!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Enjoy the "blitzed, secret weather" of a mother's presence in @sallypoet.bsky.social's "Not the Kind that You Could Keep" in Issue 7. www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-kindred-...
She was the message. She was the blitzed
secret weather. Had power. The kind
that, fingerless, moved sheets of glass and water.

"Not the Kind that You Could Keep"  - Sally Rosen Kindred
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 03/08/2026
Asterales @asteralesjournal.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying) opened to submissions duotrope.com... #amwriting
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Asterales @asteralesjournal.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/asterales-a-journal-of-arts-and-letters-38045 #amwriting
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Donna here. I'm the problem, it's me. I forgot to activate the submission form link yesterday - it is now open for business! My apologies to anyone who tried to submit on day one... asteralesjournal.com/submissions
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Taylor Swift: I'm The Problem, It's Me
ALT: Taylor Swift: I'm The Problem, It's Me
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Congrats to Issue 7's @adamg.bsky.social whose poem "Consumption" is on Poetry Daily today! tinyurl.com/ajp6bbb2
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Consumption
I have swallowed rot as rank as riverbeds, gnawed mold- pitted pride until it reached its dim-lit dwelling
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Adam Gianforcaro @adamg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The folks at @asteralesjournal.bsky.social have been so kind and I’m thrilled this poem found a home with them. A meditation on art and mortality and maybe, just maybe, you’d like to read it? www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-gianforc...
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Today we begin sharing our Issue 7 gems! Check out @adamg.bsky.social's beautiful ekphrastic meditation "As Above, So Below." www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-gianforc...
Shadows draw upon the lowly parts as if they were the artist and not whichever light source was kind enough to share its labor. I wonder how much of art in luminosity and how much of it is fear.  Adam Gianforcaro, "As Above, So Below"
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Not only should you check out the amazing work in our newest issue, which debuted last week, you should polish up those prose, art, and poetry submissions---we open on August 1 for Issue 8!
Open for Submissions August 1-September 15
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Are you planning on the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social this year? If so, may we offer up some suggestions written by @asteralesjournal.bsky.social contributors? Check them out if you need to add to your stack.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Issue 7 poet @mrmack88.bsky.social on @slowdownshow.org today! www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026...
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1565: bilingual by Mckendy Fils-Aimé
Today’s poem is bilingual by Mckendy Fils-Aimé.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We are grateful to have this poem! Thank you!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Issue 7 is here! Poems from @adamg.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social @sallypoet.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social Jill Crammond @fakeourway.bsky.social & AJ Wright. Art from @robinturnerpoet.bsky.social and featured artist @thaddevassie.bsky.social asteralesjournal.com
Issue 7 New Work from Poetry: Adam Gianforcaro, Sally Rosen Kindred, Carolee Bennett, AJ Wright, Samuel Day Wharton, Jill Crammond, & Jane Zwart    Visual Art: Thad DeVassie, Robin Turner  

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Reposting the poetry slide because editor @djvorreyer misspelled a name! My apologies to @mrmack88.bsky.social
Best of the Net Nominees POETRY - Allison Blevins, John Paul Davis, Mckendy Fils-Aime, Melissa Fite Johnson, Jill Kitchen, Kerry Trautman
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
More Best of the Net nominees: Fiction: @emcapettini.bsky.social and Amanda Lee Art: @sheilasquill.bsky.social @titaniayellow.bsky.social Sandra Wilcoxon
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We are pleased to announce our Best of the Net nominees! First two categories... Poetry: @jillkitchen.bsky.social @mfitejohnson.bsky.social @johnpauldavis.org @mrmack88.bsky.social Allison Blevins Kerry Trautman Nonfiction: @charlesjensen.bsky.social @creakyvoice.bsky.social
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Congrats to Asterales contributor @willmusgrove.bsky.social on his new story collection! And look at the gorgeous cover by @mrwojorising.bsky.social!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Did you ever ship Velma and Daphne? Did you ever question a relationship? Then you will love these Girl Detective shorts from @emcapettini.bsky.social in Issue 6 as much as we did! www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-capettin...
You take a wrong turn somewhere, even though you grew up here. This road seems to have slipped off any map. You swear it was a different road last time. from "Plot Diagram for the Girl Detective" by Em Cappettini   White text on a background photo of a small car driving on a indistinct road lined with trees.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We loved the depth and color work in these amazing abstracts by Jill Khoury. And they complemented the writing in Issue 6 so well!
Three colorful abstract paintings on a beige background with scribbled embellishments and taped corners with black text reading JILL KHOURY
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
You still have a couple of weeks to send us work! Poetry, yes, but we'd particularly love to see more prose - fiction/hybrid/cnf, anything from flash to 7500 words.
Submissions will be closing on June 15th - asteralesjournal.com/submissions   on a white field framed by a flower
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Let @erindorney.bsky.social surprise you with the simple power of Scrabble tiles in Issue 6. www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-dorney
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Jackson Benson captures the weariness, the uncertainty, and the wonder of parenting so well in their poem "Axolotl Night Light". Read it here: www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-benson-k...
White text: I follow the cry to her crib, patting, tapping, slapping any object or surface to orient myself, her room a pitch-black habitat, our kid never more like an animal I struggle to understand." From Axolotl Night Light by Jackson Benson - on a background of a dark room with a crib, the outline of a man backlit in a doorway and a glowing axolotl on the wall as a nightlight.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Thank you for the shout-out, @wildroofjournal.bsky.social !
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Get caught up the danger and mystery of want and need in "the lougawou discusses curses by @mrmack88.bsky.social l in Issue 7. www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-fils-aim...
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thank you for your beautiful piece AND your careful attention to the work of your co-contributors!
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Christen Noel Kauffman @christenkauffman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
What an absolute honor to be in this beautiful journal! Thank you!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We immediately loved the subtle and evocative work of featured artist @christenkauffman.bsky.social - go check out Issue 6 to see it all! www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-featured...
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Check out @thesunshinelately.bsky.social in our new issue! This poem stopped us in our tracks when we read it. Also, Sunny’s new collection Lye is out now from @fernpub.bsky.social! www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-lately-k...
how I've been able to stop my mouth from drawing questions out of sweetness. from "Popsicle Poetica" by Sunshine Lately in white text over a photo of a red, white, and blue rocket pop melting into red question marks.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
And...we're open for Issue Seven submissions! Send us your poems, your prose, your artwork...your oddballs, your beloveds, your I'm-not-sure-who-will-like-this. We want to see it all! asteralesjournal.com/submissions
Maroon and pink asters with green stems against a linen background and text that reads Open for Submissions Asteralesjournal.com/submissions  May 1-June 15
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Check the danger and sweetness (or is it the sweetness of danger?) in "[To put a plastic bag over bananas reminds me]"by Isaac Salazar in Issue 6! www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-salazar-...
Bananas ripen fastest when trapped together in plastic. How strange that sweetness is accelerated by a little less world.

from [To put a plastic bag over bananas reminds me] by Isaac Salazar. 

Black and white text over a bright blue background and a photo of a bunch of yellow bananas in a plastic bag.
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Erin Dorney @erindorney.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Excited to have a poem in issue 6! Look at all these other goodies 😍
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Em Capettini @emcapettini.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
What a treat to read this issue full of wonder and beauty with my coffee this morning—so happy two of my micros, “Velma Learns to Love a Mystery” and “Plot Diagram for the Girl Detective,” found a home here.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Issue 6 is here! With poems from @erindorney.bsky.social, @mrmack88.bsky.social Renee Emerson, Sunshine Lately, Jackson Benson, & Isaac Salazar, flash from @emcapettini.bsky.social and art from @christenkauffman.bsky.social & Jill Khoury! www.asteralesjournal.com/current-issu...
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Happy birthday to Issue Four contributor @willmusgrove.bsky.social ! Read his piece here while you wait for Issue 6! asteralesjournal.com/1-4-musgrove...
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Issue 6 drops on April 20! Get ready for some wonderful poetry, art, and fiction coming your way! And prep those subs...we'll be opening May 1 for Issue 7 submissions in all categories!
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a man in a suit and tie is saying oh my god okay it 's happening .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is saying oh my god okay it 's happening .
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
@asteralesjournal.bsky.social contributor has made the finals of @marchxness.bsky.social with her essay on Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On." Go vote for her in the finals, coming up soon! Check it out here before the final match goes live! marchxness.com#/finalfour-d...
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March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Congratulations to Issue One contributor @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social for his @lambdaliterary.org nomination for his gorgeous book Yeet!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We are excitedly making decisions, sending acceptances, and, as is the way, rejections for Issue 6. (We know, we know, but it's always hard to send those no's.) All of our decisions/emails should be out by Saturday. We can't wait to share our next issue with you!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Sharing the last of our Issue Five contributor highlights - enjoy the collage/stitchery magic of @titaniayellow.bsky.social. Visit the issue to see these pieces in their full-sized precision and glory.
Black text reads Featured Artist Dayna Patterson with four images of collage work featuring a steam train, a moon, an angel with a scroll, and a woman with a garden around. Each image is enhanced by embroidery work in geometric patterns and chains.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Now that you're back from AWP or recovered from your AWP fomo, remember that we're open for submissions until the 15th! We would particularly love to see more visual art and non-fiction/essay work!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Another gem from Issue 5 - this form-follows-content cnf about the nature of injury and thought from @creakyvoice.bsky.social. www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-williams...
Both sidea, front and back, all parts, a rhythm of swinging,a rhythm of movement, the predictable way objects are first far away and then become close, closer, and then are moving away again, behind, if you turn your head, farther, farther, and then not seen. 

Carolyn Williams-Noren "The Brain Discovers its Injury and Recovery" 
all written in black text over a background photo of a road sided by green trees in golden sunlight with the yellow words PAST PRESENT FUTURE superimprosed from the bottom to the top of the road.
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