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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 2d

It’s my birthday AND South 85 released its latest issue? Best day ever. Read at south85journal.com/fall-winter-2025 !

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 24d

I am so excited for the upcoming issue of @south85journal.bsky.social - releasing SOON!

South 85 Journal @south85journal.bsky.social · 27d

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · 24d

Leslie is simply the best editor from which to learn the ropes of a literary journal. This hour-ish interview is so worth a listen! ✨

South 85 Journal @south85journal.bsky.social · Sep 11

Check out this interview with editor Leslie Pietrzyk, who shares observations about South 85's reading process, our team of readers & offers thoughts on how to get your manuscript noticed. Plus why art matters & thoughts about handling fallow writing times!

litmagnews.substack.com/p/the-world-...

"The World Needs Art." A Chat with Leslie Pietrzyk, Editor of South 85 Journal

"A tiny moment that feels like something huge..."

litmagnews.substack.com

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Sep 15

It’s been a minute. My newest publication is out! A very old poem of mine found a home in the Incandescent Review. 💡

Read “Learning Contentment” on page 20: theincandescentreview.org/issue-19

Issue 19 | The Incandescent Review

www.theincandescentreview.org

Reposted by Renee Kalagayan

Leslie Pietrzyk @lesliepwriter.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thanks to our social media manager @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social for getting @south85journal.bsky.social into the meme game.

And be assured that our enthusiastic team would love to read your work!

South 85 Journal @south85journal.bsky.social · Jul 10

Send us your fiction ~ poetry ~ CNF ~ flash...because no one likes a crying kitty!

www.south85journal.com/submissions/

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · May 15

One more little poem out in the world! 🌹 Thanks to The Dewdrop for publishing one of my spring haikus: thedewdrop.org/2025/05/06/d...

dewdrops: Spring Week 5 - The Dewdrop

This week's haiku for spring BY RENEE KALAGAYAN

thedewdrop.org

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · May 6

Never not reposting this poem. Especially now.

Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · May 5

It's final paper season.

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper

by Joseph Fasano

Now I let it fall back
in the grasses.
I hear you. I know
this life is hard now.
I know your days are precious
on this earth.
But what are you trying
to be free of?
The living? The miraculous
task of it?
Love is for the ones who love the work.

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Apr 30

Release day (again)! My poem “And I Go On Saying” was published in Last Leaves Magazine’s tenth issue! 🍂
lastleavesmag.com/last-leaves-...

Last Leaves Issues | Last Leaves Mag

Literary magazine accepting art and poetry submissions.

www.lastleavesmag.com

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Apr 22

RELEASE DAY! Check out my poem “Elegy on a Recurring Nightmare” in this anthology by @sidhepress.bsky.social

Available in print or eBook form: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay...

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Apr 21

The new issue of @south85journal.bsky.social is HERE! Read at south85journal.com/borders-boun...

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Apr 20

I love lit mag happy mail! 😍

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Apr 2

My friend Brig published a story in @thetwinbill.bsky.social ! ⚾ You can read it here: thetwinbill.com/a-vigil-beyo...

A Vigil Beyond Left Field - The Twin Bill

By Brig Berthold

thetwinbill.com

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Mar 20

Lucia Perillo. I feel like this portion of “Samara” speaks for itself. 🫶

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Mar 18

Sometimes prompts in MFA workshop pay off. Just had a prompt-inspired poem accepted by Last Leaves Magazine! 🍂

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Mar 15

Had one of my early nature poems accepted for publication. Thanks to The Incandescent Review for creating a space for young and emerging writers!

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Mar 15

A victory in the formed verse department: Had my first contrapuntal poem accepted by Sídhe Press for a forthcoming anthology on grief. Thank you, @sidhepress.bsky.social !

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Mar 14

Obsessed with this gorgeous print copy of Persephone Literary Magazine that arrived in the mail! persephoneliterary.com/january-2025

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Mar 8

“When women speak, it is mostly poetry.”
—Audre Lorde
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Mar 4

My friend Kelsey had her poem “When I Find Out I Have Cancer” published in Anacapa Review: anacapareview.com/kelsey-stanc...

“When I find out I have cancer / I . . . / remind myself that I am more than / a round mass without end.”

Kelsey Stancliffe

When I Find Out I Have Cancer I am at work and my least favoritecoworker comes to console me first.I cry into her secondhand smokesweatshirt, think this is who I haveat the worst point in my life? I l...

anacapareview.com

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Mar 4

“All things we see are the shapes death makes.
When we see straightly and hard we see
with the eyes of death.”
—Linda Gregg, “The Heart Flowing Out”

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Mar 4

Carolina Muse recently published my poem “Crushed Cherry.” 🍒 Here’s a preview!
simplebooklet.com/carolinamuse...

Print copies are available until 3/9. Proceeds will go toward hurricane relief & artist support: carolina-muse.com/order

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Mar 1

🎉 Hooray for publication day! Flip to page 44 to read my poem “The Shape of My Body.” 🌿

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Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Feb 27

Currently reading Ray Bradbury and am particularly taken by this quote:
“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.”

Renee Kalagayan @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social · Feb 26

It’s been out for a while now, but I’m so thankful to Persephone Literary Magazine for publishing my poem “Decline.” 🐍 Here’s a preview!

Read the full poem on page 9 ➡️ persephoneliterary.com/january-2025

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