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she&they // baltimore md // reading @monarch.gay // poking graves @deadpixelpoetry.bsky.social // writer library worker good time AND i <3 my union

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · Aug 4

whoastanderson.neocities.org sign my guest book

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 1d

can i *afford* sub fees? not really. am i putting them down anyway right now? you bet

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 2d

for newbies and veterans alike, this workshop breaks down the nitty gritty of how and why i submit to literary magazines. it's very helpful, according to my students who have received most of this advice already.

natraum.com/workshops to sign up

it's lit: a literary magazine submissions workshop led by nat raum. $10-30 sliding scale. oct 29 @ 7PM EST. register at natraum.com/workshops.

about the workshop: This is an informative workshop designed to break down the process of submitting to literary magazines. Hear expertise from the instructor and their network, learn about new magazines, and gain insight into the editorial process. This workshop is genreless—writers and artists working in any genre or medium are invited to join.

register at natraum.com/workshops

about your instructor: nat raum’s writing and artwork has been published by beestung, Poet Lore, Split Lip Magazine, and more. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry, and have served as an adjunct faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art and The University of Baltimore. They’re the author of 22 books of poetry, all of which were proudly published independently.

register at natraum.com/workshops

Can't make it? You can donate a smaller amount for just the slide deck. Select “i’m just here for the prompts” on the registration form.

register at natraum.com/workshops

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 4d

being a depressed middle schooler in the early 2010s meant keeping my melancholic diary with orange gel pen in a "i mustache you a question but i'll shave it for later" notebook

stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 6d

@morenothings.bsky.social and i made a friend today

a white cat with a black head meowing at @morenothings’s leg

the same cat, curled up in stephanie’s lap as she sits on the sidewalk

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 7d

“male loneliness epidemic” i say to my cat while he wails that i went to the bathroom

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 9d

open the window to hear sounds of people and it's neighbors arguing into the phone, yappy little dogs, and kids yelling "I'M GONNA TELL YOUR FATHER"

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 13d

think i'm gonna lose my marbles if i don't start something full-time by the end of the year so i everyone has their nets ready to catch them

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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 14d

#Poetry
Here it is, folks! If you preorder, good things will surely follow. (Or, a book, at any rate.)
Thank you thank you thank you!
🎶💯👀🤩☄️

Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 14d

Preorder now: the first full collection from Kyla Houbolt asterismbooks.com/product/beco...

The distributor’s search result for a book with a light blue cover with yellow type:

**ASTERISM
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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 14d

it happened to me: a young adult in the library asked me for poetry recommendations

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 15d

both honored and terrified that JAKE has seen my embarrassing younger self and decided to make BOTN read it <3

JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 15d

You didn't think JAKE forgot about BOTN, did you?😉

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 17d

if this is how i go i’ll go meaningfully. poem

stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 17d

i’ve fallen ill with whatever disease makes you point at something and say “that’s a poem”

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 17d

my quarter life crisis begins today

stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 18d

took this in the wawa parking lot while a stranger called to me from her car

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Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.bsky.social · 18d

Assata. 🕊️🖤

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 18d

i'm so thankful my 10th grade english teacher had me read assata shakur & i'm thankful two kids dropped the class in outrage & i'm thankful i will always have her on my bookshelf & we will always have her in our hearts, minds, and praxis

stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 19d

awp baltimore needs a cage match

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 19d

i will only post my full birth chart on main if someone promises to put little hexes on me

stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 20d

bedroom email punk

stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 20d

for the first time in a minute, here’s a new collage from me <3

Genrepunk Magazine @genrepunkmag.bsky.social · 20d

"starting over" by Stephanie Anderson (@whoastanderson.bsky.social)

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starting over – Stephanie Anderson

Stephanie Anderson (she/they) is a grad student, library worker, and union organizer in Baltimore that thinks it would be nice to be a moss. More of their work can be found in Don’t Submit!, …

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Genrepunk Magazine @genrepunkmag.bsky.social · 20d

"starting over" by Stephanie Anderson (@whoastanderson.bsky.social)

genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/s...

starting over – Stephanie Anderson

Stephanie Anderson (she/they) is a grad student, library worker, and union organizer in Baltimore that thinks it would be nice to be a moss. More of their work can be found in Don’t Submit!, …

genrepunkmag.wordpress.com

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 22d

………….code lyoko

stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 22d

so my cat is having another feline idiopathic cystitis flare and uh if anyone knows anything about that i am desperate for a solution

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 23d

<3 !

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Artists from Maryland @artfrommaryland.bsky.social · 23d

Artists from Maryland's 2025 Genrepunk Awards (@genrepunkmag.bsky.social) noms!

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Kelci Tillman, @eldritchjellyfish.bsky.social, Jordan Byrum

WILDCARD AWARD: @whoastanderson.bsky.social

HAUNTING AWARD: Hayley Igarashi Thomas, Breasia "Bree" Boyd, @aetheblkpoet.bsky.social

Artists
from Maryland

2025 Genrepunk Awards Nominations
GENREPUNK EDITOR'S CHOICE
"The Earwig" by Kelci Tillman
"Unfinished Tree" by Kyrico
"rust dyed" by Jordan Byrum

GENREPUNK WILDCARD AWARD
"blue catfish get smote again" by stephanie anderson

GENREPUNK HAUNTING AWARD
"Thanks for Your Patience" by Hayley Igarashi Thomas
"The Life and Times of the Kids on Streeper Street" by Breasia "Bree" Boyd
"southern-esque" by Ashley Elizabeth

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