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Video Essay of Traci Neal
PA 2024 Autism Training Conference (Pennsylvania)
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Thank You,
Featured Publishings
YEAR of 2027
1. Visit the website of Cities & Memories
(Oxford, United Kingdom)
Read about the project: Ways of Listening
Poem: Quest to Find the Quiet Moments
YEAR of 2026
1. Visit the website of Write Where We Belong
print anthology: Making Space for Light
Disclaimer: (healing from sexual trauma)
poem: Why I Claim Victory and Not Victim
2. Visit the website of Spoken Black Girl Magazine
online & print- Theme: Beauty
Read anthology online- poem: A Neurodivergent Black Princess (pg. 72)
3. Visit the website of Linton Press
Click page of links for purchase of print anthology: Capture This
poem: Birthday Blessing
4. Visit the website of Still Here Magazine
Read digital exclusive: two poems (subscribe- email address)
Saturday Morning
The Inevitable
5. Visit the website of The Starving Artist
Watch online exhibit: When Roots are Not Grounded
excerpt of poem: Sound the Alarm
6. Visit the official website of The Khaotic Good Magazine
Read two poems- Volume 2, Issue 1 (pages 18 - 19)
Theme- Wingspan: The Measure of Becoming
Labor Jobs Make a Mover
From Pain to Poetry
7. Visit the website of Kreatif Magazine
Read the two poems online (also in the Winter 2026 issue)
Play to Remember
Lady South Signs in Black Blood
8. Visit the website of the New York Public Library
Archives of Pandemic Diaries collection (2020-2021)
Restrictions Apply (Read collection description)
9. Visit the website of the Poet Laureate (Richard M. Deets)
Poetry Walk- Google Maps (poem at Dublin Ranch Golf Club)
Poem: What Rings and Reaches
10. Visit the website of the Sales Festival
( Town in Trafford District, Manchester, England)
Poetry Trail- poem displayed ( June 1-30, 2026)
Poem: What Rhythm Takes
Displayed on: The Bubble Room, located in Stanley Square
Read the Sale Festival 2026 Poetry Anthology- poem on pg. 22
11. Visit the website of USA Today
Read the article: I took a huge risk after graduating college.
Neal's advice: Build on what is meaningful to you
12. Visit the website of Portage Center for the Arts
Art That Blooms Exhibit- poem displayed
( June 5 - 28, 2026)
Poem: How The Rose Rises (inspired artwork- In My Blood)
13. Visit the website of the My Hero Project
Contest Participant- Peace Through Arts & Poetry Contest
14. Visit the website of the Poets for Science
Read Neal's poem from the Global Gallery
poem: What Waters the World
15. Visit the website of Poetry for Mental Health
Neal's interview is featured in the publication (pg. 98-100)
16. Visit the website of Helia Lit
Three Poems- forthcoming
Read poem: Admiration for Native Americans
as a Neurodivergent Black Woman
Read poem: Grandmas Granted Access
Bounty Fills the Body (September 4th- forthcoming)
More of a Mother (September 28th- forthcoming)
Thank You Letter to the Old Me (October 9th- forthcoming)
17. Visit the website of Harvest Christian Church
(Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
Harvest Christian Art Exhibition (August 19th - September 2nd)
Compassion Cures the Soul
Flow
18. Visit the website of Red Bicycle Books
Three Poems in Poetry Moves Us (forthcoming - September)
Add A+ Ingredients
Tornado Turns Around
Come Out of the Cold
19. Visit the website of Wirral Poetry Festival
Poem Featured- Video Anthology 2026 (forthcoming- October)
Hiding Behind the Corner (previously published video)
20. Visit the website of Mt Bay Poetry Walk Trail- Rosie Rey
Poem Selected: (August 15th to September 26th)
Just Open the Door
Location: E Shawano (toward Bonduel from Airport Road)
21. Visit the website of Evryday Blk Magazine
Read the article online:
23. Visit the website of Poems For Ephesians
(McMaster Divinity College)
Read the poem online (title and name: Traci Neal)
25. Visit the website of Rundelania
Five Poems (forthcoming- November)
Wait for the Encore
Tame the Temple
Sonnet Sends Signals
Say What You Mean
Found Freedom
28. Visit the website of Coffee and Conversations Magazine
Poem in Winter Theme (forthcoming- November)
Song to Celebrate the Winter
29. Visit the website of TurnAround, Inc
Poem in the 17th Purple Book anthology (forthcoming- October)
Courage to Speak Up
YEAR of 2025
1. Visit the website of Autism Digest
Read the digital issue of February 2025 - April 2025
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Heavy Heart Turns Into Helpful Hope
(Neal's story) Disclaimer: overcoming suicide - pg. 32
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Most Valuable Player (poem)- pg. 33
4. Visit the website of Poetry Potion
(Johannesburg, South Africa)
Read the "Poem of the Day" poem-
5. Visit the website of Poetic Voices Live
(Enfield, United Kingdom)
Grandmas Give Grace in Childcare
Shoes Shape a Soul
Take Time
6. Visit the website of The Faraway CIC
(Grimsby, England)
Unique Minds: Anthology by Autistic People
Poem- Neurodivergents Need a Nest
7. Visit the website of Moonstone Arts Center
Betrayed: Violence Against Women (Anthology)
Poem- Dedication to the Nameless Doctor from Kolkata
8. Visit the website of Real South/West magazine
July/August Issue
online and in print
Read the poem- Wild West Showdown of a Black Woman
9. Visit the website of Safe Passage
Survival & Beyond Issue
In print and online
Read poem- There's Nowhere Else To Go, But Up
10. Visit the website of Kin + Dignity Magazine
Theme: Overcoming- June Issue (in print)
Permanent Records- National African American Museum
Purchase a magazine copy online
Neal's Story- Reflection of a Simple Southern Woman's Late Diagnosis