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Summer 2026 in Print: Arroyo Seco
The Rust & Moth Summer 2026 issue is now available in print! Great distances, uncommon strength, and a changing world await within.
With new poetry from Youtao Cao, Anthony Frame, Piper Rasmussen, Erin Redfern, Ed Robson, Laurie Koensgen, LC Gutierrez, JW Burns, Kate Choi, Steph Sundermann-Zinger, Kurt Olsson, Nicholas Yingling, Chad Rutter, Shannon K. Winston, Mary Whitlow, Elena Rotzokou, Abbey Green, Chris Davidson, Shannon Cates, Sarah Gill, Steven Van Der Heyden, Doug Fritock, Vani Venugopal, Carole Anzovin, James King, K.M. Hanslik, Argelia Leon Frizzell, and Carol Hart.
Find these and other poems on Bluesky! Also available in PDF and ePub.
Ziqr Peehu in Best of the Net 2026
Rust & Moth is delighted to announce that contributor Ziqr Peehu’s poem “Every Grave Starts as a Hole” has been selected for inclusion in the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology. We are always on the lookout for powerful last lines, and Ziqr’s volta echoes after the poem like thunder after brilliant lightning. Congratulations Ziqr!
With gratitude to Best of the Net poetry judge Cyrus Cassells, editors Shipra Agarwal, Darren C. Demaree, Erin Elizabeth Smith, Clayton Bradshaw-Mittal, Ariadne Alexis Macquarie, Chekwube Ozieh, Mohammed U. Yusuf, social media manager Caroline Majewski, poetry coordinators Sarah A. Chavez and Robin LaMer Rahija, and an impressive cast of assistant editors and readers.