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a quarterly mag of non-binary & genderqueer & two-spirit writers that’s sweet & stings | imprint of
sundress publications | eic sarahclark.bsky.social

http://www.beestungmag.com
https://beestungmag.com/newsletter

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@beestung.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:51 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

Thank you to @clmporg.bsky.social for featuring beestung poems by Aerik Francis and Loren Maria Guay in this list!

@sundresspub.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:00 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

We are excited to present “Ghosting the Self: Writing Through What We Avoid,” a free writing workshop led by Jason Masino on Wednesday, October 14th from 6:00-7:30 PM EST. This event will be held over Zoom. Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Fhz7yX3CT6eztriZuGw9Gg#/registration

@beestung.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:29 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

"¹THERE IS SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE. I KNOW THAT’S INCREDIBLY VAGUE & NOT VERY HELPFUL. I WILL NOT ELABORATE."

—Eleanor Eli Moss

beestungmag.com/issue01/one-...

@tuck.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 4:54 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

The 12th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications! As always, these funds are for organizing / community projects led by trans people of color. We are particularly interested in funding existing projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, immigrants, etc.

Are you a trans person of color doing rad art or community organizing work? we want to give you $1000! applications for the gender reveal podcast's 2026 grant program are open now through October 31. apply and learn more at genderpodcast.com/grant.We are specifically looking for projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, and/or other marginalized communities, as well as projects that foster exploration and celebration of gender diversity and trans lives. 

We accept applications from anywhere in the world. Collectives/groups are welcome to apply.

Grant recipients are chosen by a paid panel of trans judges of color. Winners will be announced by December 31, 2026. 

AI-written applications will be deleted.
@chromato.graphicsOct 9, 2026, 6:20 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

by @mbbischoff.com + @ultraviolet.photo
originally published in @anewsession.com

the zig zag cafe

mb + ClaireViolet

switchback stair
market manicules
labyrinth reveal
a hanging garden

third place jazz
no reservations?
but what were we
before ourselves

finishing a talk
with your sister
a tinctured fire
fluid solidifies

all black pupils
sadist’s leaning
considering want
freepouring both

lamplight yellow
redlight therapy
shaken & stirred
cry our eyes out

point of returns
now that we know
the place’s ours
last words echo.
@never.horseOct 8, 2026, 10:32 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

I am very excited to announce I will be pitching in at Grackle Review as their poetry editor!

grackle.review

@bogiperson.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:18 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

At one point last year I was like, did I just make up Anne Carson being nonbinary, because I clearly remember her saying that, but Google brought up nothing. I just tried again and this blog post has SOURCES.

(Definitely more than just "hinting at" fwiw)

the-niche.blog/2017/02/21/t...

@sundresspub.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:00 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

We are excited to announce the launch of a new fundraising campaign centered on a simple idea: writers helping writers. Learn more at: https://sundress-publications.square.site/product/writers-helping-writers-fundraiser/4OOOK2B325IRAMQL5X64BI56?cs=true&cst=custom

@robmclennan.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:38 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Ching-In Chen / @chingin.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/10/12-o...

@aniking.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:22 AMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

So grateful to Jeff for including my angry Eve story in @stanchion.bsky.social and such a killer TOC, amazed at the company I’m in. Snag a copy in print or PDF here: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

Picture of Stanchion magazine lying on a sage green fuzzy blanket. The cover has a fractured imaged of a woman with red hair and is titled Stanchion 24.Picture of the table of contents of Stanchion 24Picture of the first page and the first two paragraphs of If You Were That Eve by Ani King:

You would have cut the forbidden fruit into paper thin slices and served them on a glass plate, folded into lace-petaled flowers, or laid out in rows like the glassine scales of a fish, each sliver slippery and tongue-slick, with the soft and grainy texture of an overripe pear; you would have sucked each piece dry, mouth saturating in the juices, biting sweetness needling into your soft palate and

you would have licked the plate clean, then smashed it and eaten the glittering shards too, but maybe you only think this way because you have so many plates to spare: plastic ones with their cartoon faces nearly scratched off by matching toddler spoons, robin’s egg blue dinner plates that you never use, your wedding china with its gilt edges and delicate garden of blue roses, and your mother’s wedding china with its silvered edges and tasteful pink roses, and of course the cake plates that you keep wrapped in newspaper and
@othersidespec.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:00 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

We are now OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS from all 2SLGBTQIA+ authors! Issue 4's theme: EXPLORATION. Send us stories and poems that interpret the concept of exploration in abstract or literal ways, internal or external, strange and surreal—don't self-reject 🪐🗡️

Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

@beestung.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:29 PM

"¹THERE IS SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE. I KNOW THAT’S INCREDIBLY VAGUE & NOT VERY HELPFUL. I WILL NOT ELABORATE."

—Eleanor Eli Moss

beestungmag.com/issue01/one-...

@clmporg.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 7:01 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

Don’t forget to check out the lit mags featured in our #HispanicHeritageMonth reading list! Read online works in @alocasiamag.bsky.social, @hopkinsreview.bsky.social, @prairie-schooner.bsky.social, @phillychapbook.bsky.social, @beestung.bsky.social, and more: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

@beestung.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:51 PM

Thank you to @clmporg.bsky.social for featuring beestung poems by Aerik Francis and Loren Maria Guay in this list!

@catfitzpatrick.netOct 7, 2026, 6:06 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

Some of my lovely students are making a zine about SEX / sort of in the style of something like napkin I think / if you have short writing or other artifacts about SEX consider sending it in to

bit.ly/sitesofpleasure

@enbylife.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:17 AMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

Today we’re thrilled to publish the third piece in our TRIBUTE series — 'underwater' by sterling-elizabeth arcadia @selizabeth.bsky.social.

Have a read at enbylife.net/2026/10/07/u...

Photo of a waterfall rushing over a rocky cliff in a forested landscape under a cloudy grey sky. Large blue text reads ‘UNDERWATER,’ with pink text below reading ‘by sterling-elizabeth arcadia.’
@beestung.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 11:46 AMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

"I am a headful of detritus with
a tank
full of gas and no will, survival a Black beauty supply two miles
too far"

—Cai Sherley

beestungmag.com/issue28/afro...

@beestung.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 11:46 AM

"I am a headful of detritus with
a tank
full of gas and no will, survival a Black beauty supply two miles
too far"

—Cai Sherley

beestungmag.com/issue28/afro...

@clmporg.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:01 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

October is #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! Pick your next reads from our 2026 reading list featuring indie presses and lit mags: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

@beestung.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:22 PMReposted by @beestung.bsky.social

Thank you for highlighting beestung writers Sebastian Barros and Toni Garcia-Butler, @clmporg.bsky.social!

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