Foglifter Press & Journal

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San Francisco based LGBTQ+ journal and press—we publish powerful, intersectional writing that queers our perspectives. 🌈 🌉 https://linktr.ee/foglifter

Foggy New York Reading & Reception with Christian Bancroft, DeeSoul Carson, Alana Craib, Bryana Dawkins, Sean Glatch, Monica Kim, b mossotti, Magenta Naaku, A.T. Steel, and Disha Trivedi. August 18, 2026 6pm-9pm Brooklyn, NY RSVP at link in bio. Address provided to registered attendees only. Organized Foglifter & Hawthornden Brooklyn.
jason b crawford's headshot and bio. jason b crawford is the author of YEET! (Omnidawn, 2025), winner of the Lambda Literary AWard for LGBTQ+ Poetry, and Year of the Unicorn Kidz (Sundress Publications, 2022). A Lambda Literary Fellow, crawford was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Lansing, Michigan.
call for submissions for an in-person Foglifter workshop for New York City writers & artists: A Centry Query. Tuesday, August 18 | 2pm - 5pm Workshop by Jason B. Crawford Organized by Hawthornden Brooklyn
Event flyer: You're invited to join us at the Hawthornden Brooklyn House for a reading & reception. Foggy New York | August 18, 6-9 PM | Hawthornden Brooklyn House Organized by Foglifter & Hawthornden Brooklyn. Space is limited. ASL interpretation will be available. RSVP at link in bio.
Foglifter logo; Cover of "MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER NINETIES AND BEYOND" by Hugh Ryan; author headshot of Hugh Ryan; Interviews: A Gift to Future Historians: A Conversation with Hugh Ryan by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore"
The text reads, "And a big ol' congratulations to our co-EIC Milo Todd for winning in the Transgender Fiction category!" Puck, the stop motion fox stands at a podium with a bowtie. The caption reads, "Thank you again for this wonderful honor, Lambda, and good night."
Congratulations Lidia Yuknavitch! Lambda Literary Award Winner, Bisexual Nonfiction. Lidia's other work appears in Foglifter 1.2. Book cover, Reading the Waves.
Congratulations jason b crawford! Lambda Literary Award Winner, LGBTQ+ Poetry. For more of jason's work, check out Foglifter 8.2. Book Cover, YEET!
Congratulations to the 2026 Lammy Winners. 3 of this year's winners have had work published by Foglifter.
4. Scrapbook page with graph paper at top, dated 6/3/2025 with header Foggie Community Support and rainbow heart. An empty narrow rectangle is partially shaded in with red, noting $175. The other end of the rectangle is $5,550. Text reads "Help us reach our goal-and keep queer and trans voices thriving." Star scribble. Rainbow heart. Text: "Give today at tinyurl.com/GIVEOUTFOGGIE."
2. Scrapbook page with the cover of Foglifter 11.1 taped to colored denim fabric (blue, pink, and white); an agenda that reads "PAID opportunities for QUEER & TRANS emerging writers. publish their work. teach workshops. serve as editors. read at events. Centering multimarginalized writers (BIPOC, youth, elders, and people with disabilities). A picture of Grayson Thompson is taped to the page. A vintage "Trans Pride / Trans Power" button. A dinosaur vomiting a rainbow cloud above the words LUV U FOGGIE. Foglifter and Give Out Day logos at the bottom.
3. Scrapbook page with a swirling doodle on graph paper. A sticker of a figure from Foglifter 1.1 cover. A flower sticker. Text reads "Foglifter is home to stories that nourish our queer and trans souls.
1. Scrapbook paper with stickers of figures from past Foglifter covers. Text: "A *living* archive for queer and trans narratives-now and always." In a torn page further down, the text continues "living, breathing, screaming, glittering, defiant, tender, joyful, loving, feral, gentle, unapologetic, beloved."
1. a green book on a neon green yellow paper background. ecology of the hood by Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez.
[image description: Bay Area Book Festival logo next to graphic of worm wearing glasses on a pile of books. Sunday, May 31 | 11AM - 5PM Bookworm Block Party Centered on (and in the streets) surrounding Allston Way in Downtown Berkeley & Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park Find Foglifter @ Booth 105! Map showing Allston Way in Berkeley, CA, aka Small Press Alley, with booths 87 through 118 lined up from west to east along the street. The Marsh and David Brower Center are on the south side of the street, and The Magnes Collection is on the north side of the street. An arrow is pointing at Booth 105, halfway down the street, across from the David Brower Center.]
Foglifter logo; green book cover shows a bull behind a curtain, "The Disappointment" by Scott Broker; author headshot of Scott Broker; Interviews: The Disappointment: A Conversation with Scott Broker by Milo Todd
image description: gradient background with orange, purple, and pink. foglifter logo. text reads, "Join our team. We're seeking a captioner. Apply at foglifter.submittable.com
9. Headshot and bio of Eli V. Rahm. Eli V. Rahm is a queer writer from Virginia. They are the author of the chapbook Sudden Queer Birth Syndrome (Bottlecap Press, 2025) and their work is featured in Sugar House Review, Passages North, Puerto del Sol, The Academy of American Poets, among others. They also have a cat named Bagel.
7. Headshot and bio of Blue Fay. Blue Fay is a writer from Southern California. He has worked odd jobs in newsrooms, symphony halls, and most recently, the prison system, teaching creative writing. His work has appeared in The San Francisco Standard and is forthcoming in The Berkeley Poetry Review. He enjoys embroidering T-shirts, hand towels, and the truth.
5. Headshot and bio of Lily Daly. Originally from Alabama, Lily Daly now lives in northern California with her rescue dog, Pascal. She has an MA in Eastern Classics and spends her free time learning aerial silks with one good foot.
3. Headshot and bio of T Bambrick. T Bambrick is the author of Intimacies, Received (Copper Canyon Press 2022), and Vantage (American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Award 2019). Their work can be found in the New Yorker, The Nation, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. A 2020 Wallace Stegner Fellow, they have received fellowships from the Sewanee Writer’s Conference, Community of Writers, Vermont Studio Center, and the Key West Literary Seminar, as well as scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference and the Bread Loaf Environmental Writer’s Conference. She lives in Los Angeles and is a Dornsife Fellow in the creative writing PhD program at the University of Southern California.
1. Grid featuring headshots of contributors T Bambrick, Lily Daly, Blue Fay, and Eli V. Rahm
1. foglifter logo. cover of Wayward Creatures. headshot of heidi andrea restrepo rhodes. header text “Interviews” followed by text “The Wider Constellation of Alivenesses: A Conversation with heidi andrea restrepo rhodes by Rob Macaisa Colgate”
Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize Ecology of the Hood by Reggie Edmonds-Vasquez Coming June 2026 Foglifter and Still Here SF logos
[slide 1] Word of the Day: 3/30/2026 Submission Cap [noun] a set upper limit on the number of submissions reviewed within a specific call. Used in a sentence: Foglifter Journal has a submission cap of 250 submissions for fiction and 500 submissions for poetry per call. Fogfifter accepts submissions with no reading fee, and so, receives a high volume of submissions each issue cycle: therefore, a submission cap helps make the labor manageable for its volunteer editors. When a submission cap has been reached, submissions are no longer accepted, so prospective contributors are encouraged to submit their work early.
1. foglifter logo. cover of "Stalled Death Train." headshot of Evan Kennedy. header text "Interviews" followed by text "A Conversation with Evan Kennedy by Noah Ross"
Text: “You can also read reviews and interviews about the below finalists on our blog.” Cover images of Terry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez, The Lilac People by Milo Todd, and Boy Maybe by W.J. Lofton.
Text: “Congratulations jason b crawford! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award LGBTQ+ Poetry. For more of jason’s work, check out Foglifter 5.2 and 10.1.”
Text: “Congratulations Donika Kelly! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Lesbian Poetry. For more of Donika’s work, check out Foglifter 6.1.”
Text: “Congratulations Rajiv Mohabir! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Gay Poetry. For more of Rajiv’s work, check out Foglifter 2.2 and Home is Where You Queer Your Heart.”
Text: “Congratulations Zefyr Lisowski! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Transgender Nonfiction. For more of Zefyr’s work, check out Foglifter 4.2.”
Text: “Congratulations Lidia Yuknavitch! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Bisexual Nonfiction. Lidia’s other work appears in Foglifter 1.2.”
Text: “Congratulations Milo Todd! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Transgender Fiction. For more of Milo’s work, check out Foglifter 5.2 and Home is Where You Queer Your Heart.”
Text: “Congratulations Mac Crane! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Lesbian Fiction. For more of Mac’s work, check out Foglifter 8.2! (Copies still available in our shop!)”
Lambda Literary and Foglifter logos. Text: “Congratulations to the 2026 Lammy Finalists. 7 of this year’s finalists have had work published by Foglifter.”
[image description: background is a Castro St intersection shot from above with rainbow crosswalks. foglifter logo at top or bottom. text and images are in the center for each slide. 1. foglifter logo. "issue 11.2 Fiction is closed! We've reached our cap. Keep sending us your Poetry, CNF, Hybrid & Drama. submit your work at foglifter.submittable.com" 2. foglifter logo. "Issue 11.2 Call for submissions! February 1 - April 1. The text "Fiction" is faded and crossed out. Poetry, CNF, Hybrid & Drama. Submit your work at foglifter.submittable.com"
[image description: a person smiling at the camera with their arms crossed.]
1. foglifter logo. cover of "Hound Triptych." headshot of Dani Janae. header text "Reviews" followed by text "Gossamer Hauntings in Dani Janae’s Hound Triptych"
Cover of Foglifter Journal featuring two cowboys embracing, wearing blue jean jackets, pink scarves, and white cowboys hats.
1. blue starry sky with large blue planet, griffin, transgender glyph, goddess figure, and foglifter logo. text reads, "Queer Mythologies. Call for Submissions. Online Exclusive Issue 1.2. February 15 - April 15."
[image description: background is a Castro St intersection shot from above with rainbow crosswalks. foglifter logo at top or bottom. text and images are in the center for each slide. 1. text: Issue 11.2 Call for Submissions! February 1 - April 1. Art, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrid, drama.
orange cover with alligator illustration and text, "Sand Bodied Florida Boy" and "grayson thompson" in script.
aquarius symbol and foglifter logo. text reads, "creative prompts for aquarius season."
purple graphic with teal circle and Foglifter logo. The header reads, “Save the Date.” text reads, “Call for Print Issue 11.2, Feb 1 - Apr 1”
Text reads, “Thank you to our judges! Zara Jamshed. Dani Putney. Grayson Thompson.” Includes headshots of judges.
Text reads, “Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize Results. finalists. Artie Patel. I WONDER IF BOYS CAN SING. Eden Julia Sugay. Bakla.”
Text reads, “Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize Results. Selected for Publication. Reggie Edmonds-Vásquez, ECOLOGY OF THE HOOD. Forthcoming June 2026.”
[image description: Cover of Foglifter Journal featuring two cowboys embracing, wearing blue jean jackets, pink scarves, and white cowboys hats. 10.2. text reads, "We're sold out of Issue 10.2."]
orange graphic with abstract confetti. Header reads, “Cheers, Queers!” Footer reads, “Want to share your good news? Subscribe to our newsletter.” Foglifter logo. Text reads, “Cheers, Queers! ICYMI: good literary news from the foggie community”
foglifter logo with abstract blue, teal, and cream colored graphics. header reads "meet our staff"
foglifter logo. cover of "boy maybe." headshot of W.J. Lofton. header text "Reviews" followed by text "Review of BOY MAYBE by W.J. Lofton by Gabrielle Grace Hogan"
3. Text reads, "Submissions are open. The Yearning Hour. Poetry workshop for Bay Area writers ages (18-26). Deadline: Jan 12th. Writers of all genres welcome."
gray-green background. orange foglifter logo at top left. header text reads, "REVIEWS." 1. cover image of "Elixir" by Aaron Shurin. text reads: "The Many Secret Joys of Aaron Shurin's Poetic Legacy by Anthony Zedan.
10. Graphic includes a headshot and bio of the poet Jenny Molberg white with a selection from their poem "Grape Jelly."