Poem "Midnight Specials" appears at Sledgehammer Lit!!!

October 25, 2021 - Poem "Midnight Specials" appears today at Sledgehammer Lit. So glad to return to prose poetry for a bit and also be a part of this amazing lit mag. Absolutely LOVE what they did with this piece. This was the first original piece of work written outside the pieces written for the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project: a true work of desire that was the first of many.

Poems "Blue Light", "Evening Machines", "Street Flowers" and "Sepscendence" accepted for reprint at Horror Sleaze Trash!!!

October 23, 2021 - Poems "Blue Light", "Evening Machines", "Street Flowers", and "Sepscendence" accepted at Horror Sleaze Trash for reprint (publication date TBD). Always excited to have my work appear at HST, which has to be one of my favorite lit mags EVER! BIG thanks to EIC Arthur Graham for yet another acceptance and to Terror House Magazine and Alebrijes Review for originally publishing these pieces.

Poem "Fireflies" wins Synkroniciti Magazine's 'Transcend' Poetry Contest!!!

October 23, 2021 - Poem "Fireflies" will be featured at Synkroniciti Magazine on November 30, 2021 (in issue #10) as the winner of their 'Transcend' Poetry Contest.

Synkroniciti Magazine says, "Synkroniciti is honored to select Texan poet David Estringel’s “Fireflies” as the winner of our “Transcend” poetry contest. Lush and vulnerable, “Fireflies” invites us to gaze in wonder at the joy of childhood–that brief time when we are carefree and unaware of sorrow. Hope, memory, and regret weave themselves together in a bittersweet tribute to playfulness. David’s poetry is full of sensual music that celebrates the simple miracles of being alive, all the while acknowledging the agony of their inevitable passing." 

*Featured image by the winner of Synkroniciti's 'Transcend" cover art contest Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier, who is an indigenous visual artist, writer, and photographer residing in Stittsville, Ontario, Canada. Click here for additional information about this amazing artist and visit Karen’s website www.kcbgphoto.com for more.

Poem "Neon Gods" accepted for publication at Cephalopress!!!

October 19, 2021 - So very happy to report that one of my newer pieces, "Neon Gods", has been accepted for publication at Cephaloress. The piece will be a feature in "Ink Sac" and marks a third go-round at this gorgeously designed and uber-hip (yet cooly edgy) UK lit mag. Always psyched to get an acceptance from there and REALLY thrilled "Neon Gods" found a home. This piece comes with a lot of acute angles and sharp edges. Love that Cephalopress can see past all that and into the spirit of the piece. Quite in love with it, actually.

Short story "When Blood Wants Blood" accepted for reprint at LatineLit!!!

October 12, 2021 - Just got word this morning that my short story, "When Blood Wants Blood", has been accepted for reprint at LatineLit for publication in their inaugural issue on January 3, 2022. Very excited by the opportunity to have this piece appear in another Latinx literary publication. Definitely feel privileged to be one voice of many, representing an amazing people and culture that are rich in diversity and tradition. Many thanks to Editor Russ Lopez for the acceptance.

Poem "Santero" accepted for publication at Red Fez!!!

October 11, 2021 - Got the best news today! Red Fez accepted one of my new poems, "Santero", for publication. It is one of three Santeria-themed poems that came out of my stint in Tupelo Press' 30/30 Project for August 2021. So very thrilled to have my work included in Issue #151. It has been a long wait but was definitely worth it. BIG thanks to Editorial Director Doc Sigerson for the acceptance and for taking a chance on this unique culturally and spiritually meaningful piece.

Poems "Dandelion Wine", "Sepscendence", and "Fireflies" accepted for reprint today at Impspired Magazine!!!

September 29, 2021 - So happy that Impspired Magazine accepted poems "Dandelion Wine" and "Fireflies" (both originally published at Lothlorien Poetry Journal) and "Sepscendence" (originally published at Alebrijes Review) for reprint, online, on December 1, 2021. They will also appear in the magazine anthology's 7th edition (print) in January 2022. As usual, many thanks to Editor Steve Cawte for the acceptance and continued support.

Poems "Boy with a Box Full of Wasps", "Son Rise", and "Raspberry Bushes" accepted for publication today at Beir Bua Journal!!!

September 26, 2021 - Woke up to amazing news this morning! Beir Bua Journal accepted three new poems, "Boy with a Box Full of Wasps", "Son Rise", and "Raspberry Bushes". Was happy to hear the news as I had just submitted last night (I love expedited submissions). Decided to keep some of the 'edge' from "Cough Syrup", "Blood Honey", "3 AM", and "Dopamine" (soon to be published at Fugitives and Futurists) going a bit longer with "Boy..." and "Son...". "Raspberry Bushes" is one of many bucolic-themed pieces that explores the 'black and white' of life but with lascivious undertones (I am quite fond of all these, actually). Publication date scheduled for December 10, 2021. A huge THANK YOU to Publishing Editor Michelle Maloney King for the very quick acceptance!