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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Leslie’s latest + a fall bouquet! 💐 @lesliepwriter.bsky.social Can’t wait to dive in.

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dream-come-true pub coming soon! 🤍

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Two ✌🏽 "pebbles" (micro-poems) out in @petrichorlit.bsky.social no. 31 today: petrichormag.com/31-pebbles-vol-7 Thanks to Seth Copeland & co. for publishing these grief refrains!

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#31 – Pebbles vol. 7 – petrichor

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a special issue of @south85journal.bsky.social because it's my first as assistant poetry editor! 💜💛 I might be biased (I am), but this issue is really good: south85journal.com/table-of-contents-2

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Chilly night = first stovetop cocoa of the year + homemade marshmallows from my friend Amber. Plus, a great night for reading!! 🎃✨

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

TOMORROW! 🤍💫 Come hear me read at GCCA.

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

THIS FRIDAY! Come hear me read some Filipino-inspired verses at CommUNITY: A Canvas of Greenville Cultures. 🤍

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Just finished a book I bought on a whim. Usually impulse buying turns out horribly for me, but this book was so good that I feel like I’m flying. I love this feeling and this little volume so deeply in my bones. That’s all.

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Two ✌🏽 poems accepted after a string of rejections, plus a very kind note from the editor about my work. The push I didn’t know I needed this week! 🫰🏽

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Three cheers for tiered rejections & having work printed for review! 🥳

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Excited & honored to be a featured poet for CommUNITY: A Canvas of Greenville Cultures, which highlights the richness & resilience of Gvl’s cultural landscape. Come hear me read some of my Filipino verses!

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Had one of my contest entries long-listed for an anthology today. Pretty cool!

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Had the privilege of interviewing hybrid author Beth Gilstrap for South 85 Journal! Read us here: south85journal.com/2026/07/field-notes-from-a-bridge-walker-an-interview-with-beth-gilstrap

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Field Notes from a Bridge Walker: An Interview with Beth Gilstrap | South 85 Journal

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

By some wild happenstance, I have yet another HAD submission in the books. Serendipitous!

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New poem in Relief Journal! The very first journal I ever submitted to, years ago. 💛 Thanks to Sarah M. Wells & team.

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

New haiku out with Mayfly! 💕 Thanks to Randy and Shirley Brooks for letting me play around with imagery and for publishing me in this beautiful issue.

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I’m in @havehashad.com today! 🤍💀 Check out my little Sei Shōnagon-inspired piece here: havehashad.com/hadposts/fea...

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Yay! South 85 listed on Duotrope!! ❤️🤍 You can still send us work for our next issue: south85journal.com/submissions

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

New interview with @emmagstephens.bsky.social up @south85journal.bsky.social !! Would LOVE if you gave us a read. ❣️ 🔗: south85journal.com/2026/06/godh...

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South 85 Journal @south85journal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

New interview by @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social w/ poet Emma Galloway Stephens: <My habit is to write poems about subjects that trouble or puzzle me. In this way, writing feels a bit like praying. It’s an inherently spiritual process to me.> south85journal.com/2026/06/godh...

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Wishing a Happy Father’s Day to my dad, who was the first person to call me a poet. He doesn’t remember this, but I do. I always will. I was nine years old. ❤️

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Just got my first big-girl acceptance in a print journal . . . and a TRIPLE acceptance, no less. I feel like I’m dreaming.

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This is my very first issue as assistant poetry editor, so PLEASE submit your poems; I can’t wait to read them! 🤗

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Sometimes tiered rejections make me feel warmer & fuzzier inside than acceptances tbh 🥹

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South 85 Journal @south85journal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thrilled to announce that @maureenlangloss.bsky.social is the new South 85 artist-in-residence, currently working on material for our fall\winter issue, with the theme CITY | COUNTRY. Watch for her photos...here's a quick peek of her beautiful work! (We open for subs on 6/18...details soon)

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Leslie Pietrzyk @lesliepwriter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I've got a patch of publications going on...here's a new story set in Winston-Salem (please come move here, y'all!). Many thanks to @newohioreview.bsky.social for putting together such a great issue & for including my work! newohioreview.org/2026/05/06/l...

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Love Locks

By Leslie Pietrzyk “It’s a red bird,” Cassie shouts, pointing at a bush ten feet ahead as the startled bird swoops to higher tree branches. Cassie’s constantly shouting or thrashing or bouncing aro…

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Guys I did it: @havehashad.com accepted one of my poems! Wearing my skull with the utmost pride. 💀

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Successfully submitted to my first @havehashad.com call and am feelin’ like a million bucks!!

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I’m a very recent student of traditional Japanese forms, and I just had a haiku accepted for a print haiku journal. Pretty thrilling! 💚

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

TWO ✌🏽 poems out today in @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social in its incredibly pertinent issue “The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power & Resistance”: aboutplacejournal.org/issues/the-g...

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Renee Kalagayan – The Ground Beneath Us – About Place Journal

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Got a message from someone on Substack asking if I wanted to beta test his creative writing AI with ONE OF MY POEMS? Hard pass, pal. This has scam written all over it. 🙅🏽‍♀️

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

New poem out today in The Clayjar Review! ⚱️ You can read my little mediation in the lovely issue release post from the editors on Substack: theclayjar.substack.com/p/silence-84b And, of course, on The Clayjar Review site! :)

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Silence

Our first issue of 2026 is live

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My poem “And God Said to Greenville” is officially published at gvlpoetrytrail.com/p/stop4.html! Soon there will be a physical trail marker somewhere in Greenville linking to my work. 😊

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Stop4

Explore the GVL Poetry Trail, a public art project celebrating local voices through poetry and digital literacy in downtown Greenville, SC.

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Read in a reading with eleven other winners of the very first GVL Poetry Trail today at Greenville’s annual Artisphere festival. What a privilege. 💚 I love the vibrant poetry community in my hometown.

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Another new poem! This time in the “Mums” issue of @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social. 🌸 Check out my little bitty poem here: wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/

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