Beyond Queer Words (Fifth Edition, January 2024) - Poetry

Many voices contribute to the fifth edition of Beyond Queer Words, a poetry collection celebrating diversity, freedom, acceptance, truth, identity, complexity, love. We carefully selected each of the featured 56 poems. If a work found its way in, that means it offers an extra piece in a queer puzzle. Visual art by international creatives supports some of the texts and adds meaning and perspectives.

Featured writers: Harriet Stanford, Caitlin Featherstone-Priester, Jiaxin Li, Mark Alan Burger, Amy Leonard, Rachel Ramkaran, Alice Lemieux, Thomas Pate, Kevin Daniel Vallejo, Rowan Keller Smith, Konner Sauve, Vanessa Vander Meulen, Colby Flade, Bryan Northup, Jesse Case, Danielle "Dani" Sarta, David Howard, Sampson Spadafore, Trinity Catlin, Josiah Acosta-Ballard, Emmett Ferree, Aloma Davis, Kylee Kyte, Alex Cregan, B Lee-Harrison Aultman, Harrison Hamm, Steve Cranfield, Isaac Essex, Hawun Ratuharati, Katherine Orfinger, Chris Bevens, Ang E. Miller, Lachlan Thompson, Mikal Wix, Gabe Eyrich, Jon Rainford, James R. Lynch, Jacob R. Benavides, Lauren Childs, Mitchell Bakst, Siobhan Tebbs, Malik Thompson, Olga Maslova, Margaret Thiele, Lucy Angell Anderson, Sarah Nichols Cummings, R.S., Salem L. Void, Sam Serra, Micah Scheff, Alison Miller, Seheni Kariyawasan, Steffi Linton, Kaitlin Weiss, Thomas Miller, Binx River Perino.

Featured visual artists: Christopher Matthews (cover art), Joan Cox, Fabio Ferrari, TJ Convertino, L Steele, Randi Goodsky, Tajla Medeiros, Grace Piontek, Daniel Jaen, Matty Heimgartner, Federico Bonacorso, Tiffany Tuchek, Ian Lax, Sebastião Paz Costa, Sarah Rose Smiley, Sherman Yee, Mila Molendhawer AKA Dadadoodles, Olive Hoskins, Gabrielle Vigueira, Kohlben Vodden, Dodji Koudakpo, Josey Prior, Ellen Mahaffy.

Editor: Gal Slonim

Editorial Board: Emma McNamara, Edward Cohen