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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters
@asteralesjournal.bsky.social
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A new quarterly literary journal publishing 5 poems, 2 prose works, and original visual art. SUBS OPEN 2/1-3/15

Co-founders/editors @djvorreyer.bsky.social and @rebunting.bsky.social

http://www.asteralesjournal.com
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 15d
While we prepare to highlight each of our Issue Five Contributors, polish up your poems, prose, and visual art for our Issue Six Submission Window, opening February 1!
Guidelines at asteralesjournal.com/submissions
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Cradle yourself in the ocean with @aprilist.bsky.social "The Mid-Atlantic Cradle" in Issue Five.

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White text reading "You are primordial life, my miles-deep mystery. What lives in your absence of light? How does that darkness mold me?" Rebecca Kirk Connors "The Mid-Atlantic Cradle" over a photo of ocean waves at night in white and deep blue.
February 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Soar and ponder with the evocative movement of "November" by @energiapoet.bsky.social in Issue Five!

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February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Issue Six Subs are now open!
While you prep your submissions, enjoy @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social's work in Issue Five!
February 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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This very cold day has been perfect for me to work on the personalized thank you notes for our Issue 5 Contributors, something our editors really enjoy!
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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While we prepare to highlight each of our Issue Five Contributors, polish up your poems, prose, and visual art for our Issue Six Submission Window, opening February 1!
Guidelines at asteralesjournal.com/submissions
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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We are so excited to feature your work!
sjane.bsky.social SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · 18d
Thrilled to have 3 collages in the new @asteralesjournal.bsky.social, which you can peruse here:
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I loved this postcard when I found it bc of the message on the front: "I hope you are well. From Maggie Gaver."
It's also from Strawberry Mansion🍓 2cm.es/1imC-
January 24, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Thank you for sharing it with us!
katiemanningpoet.bsky.social Katie Manning @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social · 18d
This week, the lovely new @asteralesjournal.bsky.social published my poem I wrote for my dear friend Devon. ❤️ This poem contains a few of my favorite things, and it feels especially meaningful that editors Donna Vorreyer and Rachel Bunting wanted to share it.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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Issue Five is now live with words from @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social, Katie Kim, @aprilist.bsky.social Svetlana Litvinchuk, @creakyvoice.bsky.social, Amanda Lee, & Stephen Energia Gifford Bell. Art from @sjane.bsky.social and @titaniayellow.bsky.social!

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Cover page of the website at asteralesjournal.com with the names of pieces and contributors in beige colored boxes with original art in circles.
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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We're celebrating our first year of publication by sharing some of the successes of our Year One contributors. Without them, there is no journal!

Check out the new Celebrations page at asteralesjournal.com/celebrations for details and links.

Stay tuned for Issue Five coming up later this week!
Issue One Successes black text on linen background with red/pink asters at the bottom. ALL DETAILS on silde at http://asterales.com/celebrations Issue Two Successes black text on linen background with red/pink asters at the bottom. ALL DETAILS on silde at http://asterales.com/celebrations Issue Three Successes black text on linen background with red/pink asters at the bottom. ALL DETAILS on silde at http://asterales.com/celebrations Issue Four Successes black text on linen background with red/pink asters at the bottom. ALL DETAILS on silde at http://asterales.com/celebrations
January 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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We were taken by the movement and emotion in these abstracts by Issue 4 featured artist @sheilasquill.bsky.social
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3 abstract painting - one in grays and whites, one in pinks, oranges and yellows, and one in teal and white featuring circular shapes and a corner box that reads Feature Artist Sheila Squillante.
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Your editors read their eyeballs out the past few days so that we could make decisions and send emails before the holiday hits. Emails going out tonight...stay tuned for Issue Five in January! And thanks for being with us for our first year.
December 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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This haunting photo by Vishaal from Issue Four will stay with you
B/W photo of a monument of several repeated figured with primitive featured heads on rectangular plinths arranged in a semicircle with a smaller one at the center. Text reads "How Many Memorials Make a Lesson" Vishaal
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Two more days to get your submissions in for issue Five! Still would love to see more prose and visual art!
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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The collage work of @susanbarryschulz.com graces two different pieces in Issue 4 accompanying work by @jillkitchen.bsky.social and Sean Cho.

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Two colorful collages using papers and found text on a beige background with the artist's name Susan Barry-Schulz in dark brown text.
December 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Monday morning quarterbacking old relationships through the lens of No Doubt's "Sunday Morning" with @charlesjensen.bsky.social :

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A photo of Gwen Stefani in dark red lipstick looking disgusted or afraid, wearing a necklace of crystals with a background of lawns, sidewalk and trees and a quote from the essay "Track 8: Sunday Morning (No Doubt, 1997) by Charles Jensen - "The way a person's thoughts and mood are visible in their facial expression, their posture, their walk, their energy level. Negative feelings really gum up the work of our bodes."
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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A road trip and a moment to linger in this beautiful poem by Sean Cho A. from Issue 4:

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white text: I hope by the time we get there we will find exactly what we were looking for. each bird already having a name. from Metrology Theory #7 by Sean Cho A. Text is on a photo of a car's rearview mirror framing a curving road and a roadside of yellow grasses and green fields with a cloudy sky.
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Don't forget...submissions for Issue Five are open until December 15. Particulary looking for more prose (F or CNF or hybrid) and more visual art!

Send us some things, will you?
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December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Relationships, music, poetry, and heavenly bodies interact and eclipse one another in this poem by @anthonyframe.bsky.social

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White wall with the shadow of leaves cast upon it. Black text that reads "As the garden starts to silence, I think, Is this what it's like to hear/a god? I want to scream like a star exploding, but instead I sit/and hold my wife's hand and wait" From Reading Rosebud Ben-Oni's Turn Around, BRXGHT XYXS While Listening to Tori Amos's Cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart During the Total Solar Eclipse" by Anthony Frame
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Don't forget...we're open for submissions of poetry, prose and art until December 15. Send us your best and maybe help us kick off Year Two of Asterales in January's Issue 5!
Nov 1 - Dec 15 Subs are Open! Poetry, 1-3 poems. Prose - 1 piece up to 7500 words (flash also welcome) Art - 3-5 images at 300 dpi Specific Guidelines on the SUBMISSIONS page of the website: www.asteralesjournal.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Read these two poems by Allison Blevins and travel through both the universe and the body, both mysterious and mostly out of our control. asteralesjournal.com/1-4-blevins-sq…
Inside my body, a new universe is just beginning- matter and molecules, dark energy all raked together in some pre-universe muck from "Fearful Symmetry" by Allison Blevins. White mannequin head with back scribbles in the brain area reaching past its limits and into a landscape of dark mountains and a spiraling white sky
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Thank you for reading and spreading the word! Our contributors are amazing!
fakeourway.bsky.social Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · Nov 28
finally made my way through this today & wow, some fantastic work. check it out.
asteralesjournal.bsky.social Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Oct 20
It’s here! Issue 4 is live today, featuring work from Sean Cho A, Sarah Mills, Allison Blevins, Jill Kitchen, Anthony Frame, Will Musgrove, Charles Jensen, Susan Barry-Schulz, Julia Biggs, Sheila Squillante, and Vishaal! #poetry #prose #visualart #literaryjournal #asterales

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November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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The absurdity of waiting and the relief of knowing come together in this poem by @sarahmillswrites.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Thank you!
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Put on your Doc Martens and take a hike with nostalgia and regret in this poem by @jillkitchen.bsky.social : asteralesjournal.com/1-4-kitchen-...
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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We were captured by this dizzy flash piece by @willmusgrove.bsky.social

Take a spin here: asteralesjournal.com/1-4-musgrove...
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM