Writing Activity, July 2026

Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of our times, and partly as an archive that I can look back on in the future. As such, I include negative happenings (e.g., receiving rejections), not just positive ones.

I think that it is important for me to share my list publicly as a genderqueer bisexual disabled Latinx writer because mainstream discourse tries to either pretend voices such as mine do not exist or actively tries to suppress them. Whether one is part of an oppressed group or not, writing is an essential act of resistance in these terrible times (WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY TERRIBLE IN THE U.S.A. RIGHT NOW–make no mistake, the current “presidential” administration is a fascist one), so I hope that my list offers encouragement to others.

The list is basically in chronological order.

1. Had a poem chosen for the 2026 Midwest Haiku Traveling Rock Garden.

2. Submitted fifteen poems to Modern Haiku and had one accepted.

3. Submitted fifteen poems to Acorn and had one accepted.

4. Read poems during Frogpond‘s submission period in my role as one of the journal’s haiku/senryu co-editors.

5. Submitted two poems to The Solitary Daisy and had both rejected.

6. Received an invitation from Red Moon Press to submit work to their next A New Resonance anthology and submitted approximately 80 poems for consideration (they ask for 75-100!).

7. Submitted a commissioned essay for a forthcoming collection about Mennonot.

8. Submitted five poems to Frogpond.

9. Had three poems published in #FemkuMag 42 (Summer 2026).

Writing Activity, June 2026

Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of our times, and partly as an archive that I can look back on in the future. As such, I include negative happenings (e.g., receiving rejections), not just positive ones.

I think that it is important for me to share my list publicly as a genderqueer bisexual disabled Latinx writer because mainstream discourse tries to either pretend voices such as mine do not exist or actively tries to suppress them. Whether one is part of an oppressed group or not, writing is an essential act of resistance in these terrible times (WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY TERRIBLE IN THE U.S.A. RIGHT NOW–make no mistake, the current “presidential” administration is a fascist one), so I hope that my list offers encouragement to others.

The list is basically in chronological order.

1. Had three poems that I submitted to Sundog last month accepted.

2. Had a poem, “her train running alongside the river in the Find My app,” published in Stars in the Seaweed: 2026 Haiku Canada Members’ Anthology, edited by Pam Cooper and Mike Montreuil.

3. Submitted twelve poems to Blithe Spirit and had two accepted.

4. Had three poems published in the 2026 issue of seashores.

5. Had a poem, “driving to her funeral the snowed-over baseball field,” published in Modern Haiku 57, no. 2 (Summer 2026).

6. Had two poems accepted by Frogpond.

7. Attended confluence‘s annual virtual reading. It included a poet from India, a poet from South Africa, a poet from Germany, a poet from the Philippines, a poet from Canada, and several poets from the U.S. What other genre is holding such international readings? It was such a powerful event, a strong rebuttal of the U.S. government’s isolationism.

8. Had a poem accepted by Trash Panda.

Writing Activity, May 2026

Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of our times, and partly as an archive that I can look back on in the future. As such, I include negative happenings (e.g., receiving rejections), not just positive ones.

I think that it is important for me to share my list publicly as a genderqueer bisexual disabled Latinx writer because mainstream discourse tries to either pretend voices such as mine do not exist or actively tries to suppress them. Whether one is part of an oppressed group or not, writing is an essential act of resistance in these terrible times (WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY TERRIBLE IN THE U.S.A. RIGHT NOW–make no mistake, the current “presidential” administration is a fascist one), so I hope that my list offers encouragement to others.

The list is basically in chronological order.

1. Submitted eight poems to #FemkuMag and had three accepted.

2. Had a poem accepted by Mariposa.

3. Submitted six previously-published poems to the Midwest Traveling Haiku Rock Garden, which has a baseball theme this year.

4. Had two poems published in Kingfisher 13 (April 2026).

5. Had a poem, “crossing the street the constellation of stickers on the light pole,” published in Blithe Spirit 36, no. 2 (May 2026).

6. Received a positive review of a good possible year for an apocalypse: poems in Blithe Spirit.

7. Had an entry created for my work in the Living Haiku Anthology.

8. Submitted eight poems to Akitsu Quarterly (my first time submitting to this journal!) and had one accepted.

9. Submitted four poems to this year’s Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology and heard which one was chosen.

10. Submitted fifteen poems to a new journal, Sundog.

11. Was asked to peer review an article for a journal in one of my fields and said no because I did a quick skim of the article and saw that it did not cite any of the sizeable body of related scholarship, so it wasn’t worth giving the article a detailed reading.

Writing Activity, April 2026

Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of our times, and partly as an archive that I can look back on in the future. As such, I include negative happenings (e.g., receiving rejections), not just positive ones.

I think that it is important for me to share my list publicly as a genderqueer bisexual disabled Latinx writer because mainstream discourse tries to either pretend voices such as mine do not exist or actively tries to suppress them. Whether one is part of an oppressed group or not, writing is an essential act of resistance in these terrible times (WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY TERRIBLE IN THE U.S.A. RIGHT NOW–make no mistake, the current “presidential” administration is a fascist one), so I hope that my list offers encouragement to others.

The list is basically in chronological order.

1. Gave a reading of creative nonfiction and poetry at Utica University.

2. Had a good possible year for an apocalypse: poems longlisted for the 2025 Haiku Foundation Touchstone Distinguished Books Award.

3. Got invited to submit and began writing an essay for a forthcoming collection about Mennonot.

4. Updated the Mennonite/s Writing Bibliographies.

5. Submitted five poems to Trash Panda.

6. Had a poem, “late leaves / in the wind / the weight of family obligations,” and two book reviews published in Frogpond 49, number 1 (Winter 2026).

7. Had a good possible year for an apocalypse positively reviewed in Frogpond.

8. Had a poem, “shortest day looking for a front-page obituary,” published in Acorn 56 (Spring 2026).

9. Had Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature positively reviewed in the Journal of Mennonite Studies.

10. Attended the Haiku Poets of Northern California’s quarterly virtual meeting.

Writing Activity, March 2026

Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of our times, and partly as an archive that I can look back on in the future. As such, I include negative happenings (e.g., receiving rejections), not just positive ones.

I think that it is important for me to share my list publicly as a genderqueer bisexual disabled Latinx writer because mainstream discourse tries to either pretend voices such as mine do not exist or actively tries to suppress them. Whether one is part of an oppressed group or not, writing is an essential act of resistance in these terrible times (WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY TERRIBLE IN THE U.S.A. RIGHT NOW–make no mistake, the current “presidential” administration is a fascist one), so I hope that my list offers encouragement to others.

The list is basically in chronological order.

1. Found out which poem I had submitted to the 2026 British Haiku Society members’ anthology last month got accepted.

2. Had a poem, “morning train everyone’s fast fashion,” published in Trash Panda 10 (Winter 2026).

3. Submitted eleven poems to Modern Haiku and had one accepted.

4. Attended the 2026 Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Baltimore. It felt really good to be in community with other writer weirdos during these terrible times.

5. Had a poem, “shoestring fries another tariff,” published in Modern Haiku 57, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 2026).

6. Read a bunch of poems during Frogpond‘s March submission window in my role as one of the journal’s haiku/senryu co-editors.

7. Submitted a poem to confluence‘s 2026 poetry prize contest.

8. Submitted eight poems to Frogpond.

9. Submitted eight poems to Blithe Spirit and had one accepted.

10. Wrote and submitted a commissioned book review to Frogpond.

Writing Activity, February 2026

Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of our times, and partly as an archive that I can look back on in the future. As such, I include negative happenings (e.g., receiving rejections), not just positive ones.

I think that it is important for me to share my list publicly as a genderqueer bisexual disabled Latinx writer because mainstream discourse tries to either pretend voices such as mine do not exist or actively tries to suppress them. Whether one is part of an oppressed group or not, writing is an essential act of resistance in these terrible times (WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY TERRIBLE IN THE U.S.A. RIGHT NOW–make no mistake, the current “presidential” administration is a fascist one), so I hope that my list offers encouragement to others.

The list is basically in chronological order.

1. Updated the Mennonite/s Writing Bibliographies.

2. Submitted ten poems to Kingfisher and had two accepted.

3. Found out which poem I had submitted to the 2026 Haiku Canada members’ anthology last month got accepted.

4. Submitted three poems to the 2026 British Haiku members’ anthology.

5. Submitted fifteen poems to Mariposa.

6. Turned down an invitation to peer review a book.

7. Had to withdraw from a writing retreat I was scheduled to be a speaker at in March due to some events in my personal life.

    Writing Activity, January 2026

    Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of our times, and partly as an archive that I can look back on in the future. As such, I include negative happenings (e.g., receiving rejections), not just positive ones.

    I think that it is important for me to share my list publicly as a genderqueer bisexual disabled Latinx writer because mainstream discourse tries to either pretend voices such as mine do not exist or actively tries to suppress them. Whether one is part of an oppressed group or not, writing is an essential act of resistance in these terrible times (WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY TERRIBLE IN THE U.S.A. RIGHT NOW–make no mistake, the current “presidential” administration is a fascist one), so I hope that my list offers encouragement to others.

    It was a good month, highlighted by a book manuscript acceptance! The list is basically in chronological order.

    1. Sent some rejection emails in my role as one of Frogpond‘s haiku/senryu co-editors.

      2. Had a good possible year for an apocalypse: poems assigned in a college course.

      3. Submitted eight poems to seashores.

      4. Submitted fifteen poems to Acorn and had one accepted.

      5. Had a poetry collection manuscript that I sent to a publisher’s open call accepted for publication later this year.

      6. Had six poems accepted by a forthcoming saijiki project.

      7. Submitted five poems to Haiku Canada’s 2026 members’ anthology.

      8. Participated in a Zoom meeting announcing the results of the Haiku Poets of Northern California’s 2025 San Francisco International Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka contest, for which I judged the senryu category.

      Writing Activity, December 2025

      Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of our times, and partly as an archive that I can look back on in the future. As such, I include negative happenings (e.g., receiving rejections), not just positive ones.

      I think that it is important for me to share my list publicly as a genderqueer bisexual disabled Latinx writer because mainstream discourse tries to either pretend voices such as mine do not exist or actively tries to suppress them. Whether one is part of an oppressed group or not, writing is an essential act of resistance in these terrible times (WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY TERRIBLE IN THE U.S.A. RIGHT NOW–make no mistake, the current “presidential” administration is a fascist one), so I hope that my list offers encouragement to others.

      It was a good month, highlighted by two Pushcart Prize nominations. The list is basically in chronological order.

      1. Received and accepted an invitation to do a reading at a university during the Spring 2026 semester.

      2. Had a poem published as The Haiku Foundation’s “Haiku of the Day” on 3 December. (Note that at the time of writing the poems for December have not yet been added to the 2025 archives, but they will be there soon.)

      3. Received nominations for a Pushcart Prize, a Touchstone Award, the Contemporary Haibun Anthology, and the Red Moon Press anthology for my haibun “After the Election” that was published in #FemkuMag earlier this year.

      4. Submitted twelve poems to Blithe Spirit and had two accepted.

      5. Submitted four poems to American Review and had two accepted (and got paid for them!).

      6. Updated the Mennonite/s Writing Bibliographies.

      7. Received a Pushcart Prize nomination for my poem “when did the magnolia blossoms disappear campus protests,” which was republished in confluence earlier this year after first appearing in Acorn.

      8. Received my contributor’s copy of Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons, which includes a preface by me.

      9. Had a poem accepted by Trash Panda Haiku.

      10. Had a poem accepted by Frogpond.

      11. Wrote and submitted two book reviews to Frogpond.

      Writing Activity, November 2025

      Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of our times, and partly as an archive that I can look back on in the future. As such, I include negative happenings (e.g., receiving rejections), not just positive ones.

      I think that it is important for me to share my list publicly as a genderqueer bisexual disabled Latinx writer because mainstream discourse tries to either pretend voices such as mine do not exist or actively tries to suppress them. Whether one is part of an oppressed group or not, writing is an essential act of resistance in these terrible times (WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY TERRIBLE IN THE U.S.A. RIGHT NOW–make no mistake, the current “presidential” administration is a fascist one), so I hope that my list offers encouragement to others.

      The list is basically in chronological order.

      1. Wrote a haiku or senryu on most mornings.

      2. Had a poem published in the Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2025.

      3. Judged a senryu contest for an organization that I am not yet at liberty to name.

      4. Read about 1,500 poems in my role as a haiku/senryu co-editor for Frogpond.

      5. Had one of the poems I submitted to Modern Haiku last month accepted.

      6. Submitted eight poems to Frogpond.

      7. Had a poem published in the 2025 British Haiku Society members’ anthology.

      8. Had two poems published in Blithe Spirit 35, no. 4, including “evening train the sun disappearing into the Hudson.” 

      9. Updated the Mennonite/s Writing Bibliographies.

      10. Submitted a poetry manuscript to a publisher’s open call.

      11. Filed a claim in an AI lawsuit settlement because my first book, Queering Mennonite Literature, was fed into an AI system without my permission.

      12. Attended the Haiku Society of America virtual conference.

      13. Had two poems and a book review published in Frogpond 48, no. 3, including “newly-painted crosswalk pigeon prints.”

      14. Had three poems published in #FemkuMag 40, including “thinking about revolution their new lingerie.”

      Writing Activity, October 2025

      Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of our times, and partly as an archive that I can look back on in the future. As such, I include negative happenings (e.g., receiving rejections), not just positive ones.

      I think that it is important for me to share my list publicly as a genderqueer bisexual disabled Latinx writer because mainstream discourse tries to either pretend voices such as mine do not exist or actively tries to suppress them. Whether one is part of an oppressed group or not, writing is an essential act of resistance in these terrible times (WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY TERRIBLE IN THE U.S.A. RIGHT NOW–make no mistake, the current “presidential” administration is a fascist one), so I hope that my list offers encouragement to others.

      The list is basically in chronological order.

      1. Wrote a haiku or senryu on most mornings.

      2. Had a poem, “subway the sweat travels down my back,” published in Acorn 55 (Fall 2025).

      3. and 4. Had a poem, “dahlias in the post office window new collector’s stamps,” published in Modern Haiku 56, no. 3 (Autumn 2025). The issue also includes a positive review of a good possible year for an apocalypse: poems.

      5. Had an essay, “I Look Good in Fish Scales,” published in Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons, edited by Suzanne Richardson and Edmond Y. Chang (Pittsburgh: Play Story Press, 2025), which is available as a free ebook.

      6. Submitted five poems to Trash Panda Haiku.

      7. Submitted fifteen poems to Modern Haiku.