Subscriber News: January 2026
Recent Honors
Congratulations to Meg Eden. Her poetry collection Obsolete Hill is forthcoming from Fernwood Press in March. She kindly shares a sample poem here. Meg says: "These poems explore the idea of the Japanese word 廃虚 (haikyo): modern-day ruins, literally translated
Congratulations to Subhaga Crystal Bacon. Their fifth poetry collection, A Brief History of My Sex Life, was published this month by Lily Poetry Review Press. They kindly share a sample poem here. This collection examines the sexual history of a lifetime from a sexualized childhood to confused sexual awakening to the whys and hows of mature sexual and gender expression. Exploring the impacts of family and culture, and a late life recollection of early childhood sexual abuse, these poems unravel an emergent nonbinary and transmasculine gender identity.
Congratulations to Gary Beck. His poetry collection Rigors was released in December by Cyberwit.
Congratulations to Leatrice. Her debut poetry collection, Yearbook Signing, was published this month by Reconnecting Rainbows Press, a UK-based small press with a focus on LGBTQ literature. She kindly shares a sample poem here. She tells us, "The Winning Writers newsletter has been an immense help to me over the years in getting my writing out in the world."
Congratulations to Geoffrey Heptonstall. His poetry collection The Truth on the Tongue was recently published by Cyberwit.
Recent Publications
Terri Kirby Erickson's poems "Ballet Class", "Woman on the Beach", and "How to Shop with Your Mother" were published in December at One Art.
Rebecca G. Biber's poem "Fugue" was published in November at Of the Book, a Jewish literary website. Her work also appears in the anthology Taking Liberties: Writings of Resistance from Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts.
Published: January 8, 2026
