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Thank You,

Featured Publishings

YEAR of 2026​

1. Visit the website of Write Where We Belong​

Mary Simmerling

print anthology: Making Space for Light (January- forthcoming)

(healing from sexual traumas)

poem: Why I Claim Victory and Not Victim

2. Visit the website of Spoken Black Girl Magazine​

online & print anthology: Beauty (February- forthcoming)

poem: A Neurodivergent Black Princess

3. Visit the website of Linton Press​

print anthology: Capture This (May- forthcoming)

poem: Birthday Blessing

4. Visit the website of Still Here Magazine​

digital exclusive- two poems (January- forthcoming)

Saturday Morning

The Inevitable

5. Visit the website page of Kirby Cultural Arts Complex​

Literary Arts Showcase (January- forthcoming)

poem: Travel from State to State

6. Visit the website of The Starving Artist​

Online Exhibit: Roots That Are Grounded (forthcoming)

poem: Sound the Alarm

7. Visit the website of Eterna Journal​

Three poems- Issue IV: Serendipity (forthcoming)

Colorful Canvas

Blanket Swallows Bruises

Word Welcomes a Message

8. Visit the website of Star to Write

five poems online (forthcoming)

Prepare to Take Flight

Enemy of Disabilities

Counterfeit Love

Voluntary Application Comes Alive

The Night Sky Never Sleeps

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9. Visit the website of The Flock Magazine

(South Wales)

Third Digital Issue- Theme: Childhood Home (forthcoming)

poem: Southern Black Grandmothers Feed the Hungry

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YEAR of 2025

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1. Visit the website of Autism Digest

Read the digital issue of February 2025 - April 2025

  • Heavy Heart Turns Into Helpful Hope

(Neal's story) Disclaimer: overcoming suicide -  pg. 32

  • Most Valuable Player (poem)-  pg. 33

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2. Visit the website of Spirit Fire Review

Read the poem- Love Lifts the Shade

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3. Visit the website of Spillwords Press

Read the poem- Whose Report Will You Believe?

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4. Visit the website of Poetry Potion

(Johannesburg, South Africa)

Read the "Poem of the Day" poem- 

My Neurodivergent Song

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5. Visit the website of Poetic Voices Live

(Enfield, United Kingdom)

Listen to the audio poems

Grandmas Give Grace in Childcare

Shoes Shape a Soul

Take Time

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6. Visit the website of the Breathe journal

Read the poem- Dig Through the Darkness

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7. Visit the website of The Faraway CIC

(Grimsby, England)

Unique Minds: Anthology by Autistic People

In print (Purchase link)

Poem- Neurodivergents Need a Nest

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8. Visit the website of Moonstone Arts Center

Betrayed: Violence Against Women (Anthology)

In print (Purchase link)

Poem- Dedication to the Nameless Doctor from Kolkata

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9. 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

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10. Visit the website of Safe Passage

Survival & Beyond Issue

In print 

Poem- There's Nowhere Else To Go, But Up

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11. 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 

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12. Visit the website of Feminessay

Read the poem- the world is not for black females like me

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13. Visit the website of Ericka Kay

poems in anthology- Even So

Read the two poems online

 Layer the Avenue of Hearts

Be a Helper

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14. Visit the website of Ella Poems

(Hampshire, United Kingdom)

Penned in Rage Journal

Read online August - December Edition 

poem #7- for the death of Ka'Niyah Baker from South Carolina​

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​15. Visit the website of Gaining Grounds

Read the poem- Bloom and Grow

Poetry on the Farm Exhibit

(cell phones need to download the PDF to view)

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16. Visit the website page of Poetically Yours ​

Listen & read the audio poem- Distinct Dishwasher

17. Visit the website of Donate Life Northwest​

Read on PDF the poem- To Live means to Give

​18. Visit the website page of KUNC

National Poetry Month​

Scroll down to listen & read the audio poem- 

To KUNC

19. Visit the website of the Eastport Arts Center

2025 Charles Moore Poetry Prize Competition (participant)

Theme: Work

In print (poem)- Dirty Hands Made a Woman Clean

20. Visit the website of Ave Astra​

Read the inaugural issue online- Volume 1

poem- A Female Adult Finds Her Instructors

21. Visit the website of Young Writers Journal​

Runner-Up Winner for Weekly Contest: September

poem- Blossom from Seeds

22. Visit the website of Taiwan&Masticadores

two poems- online 

Read the poems- 

Let Go of the Afflictions

A Reflection​

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23. Visit the website of Zest of Lemon

PDF purchase link for Autumn Issue Volume 3 

poem: What Freedom Feels Like​

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24. Visit the website of ArteLabbe

-Liberte 2025 in Santa Barbara

Theme: Self Portrait- "This Is Me"

in the exhibit- Santa Barbara ArtLabbe gallery​

poem- Spiritual Soldier from South Carolina​​

25. Visit the website of the Dirigible Balloon​

(Yorkshire, England)

Read and listen to the poem online 

The Lesson from the Ant

26. Visit the website of the Journal of Expressive Writing​

Read the poem online 

Enough

27. Visit the website of Literary Undoings​

Read the two poems- online (September 2025- archive)

Paddle Through the Red Sea

Step Into My Southern Childhood

28. Visit the website of The Modern Artist​

Read poem- online

An Artistic Book

29. Visit the website of Georgetown Lombardi

Arts and Humanities Program

Neal reads

poem- Connection Colors Community

10th Annual Virtual Poetry Cafe

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30. Visit the website for Poetic License Albany

Exhibit: Poetic License 2025

Read the poem online: Storm Within 

Artist: Elaine Kenyon- Internal Storms

Artist: Maureen Kelly- This Side of the Storm

31. Visit the website for The Khaotic Good Magazine

November- Issue 04: All That We've Gathered 

Read the poem online (pg. 11)

Defy the Labels

32. Visit the website page of CIUT.FM Howl

(University of Toronto, Canada)

Host: Valentino Assenza​

The first poet on Open Mic

Listen to the audio poem (Podbean)

Grateful for Grave Grandmas

33. Visit the website for Anansi Theatre

(Nottingham, England)

Mental Health Awareness Week- May 2025 (Instagram page)

Read poem & hear audio: Beneath Heaviness

34. Visit the website for The Creekside Magazine

Issue #3- read online 

poem: Uncle Charles Remembered Me

​35. Visit the website page of KRBD

One Poem A Day Won't Kill You​

Listen to the audio poem (April 4, 2025)

poem: Bounty Fills the Body

36. Visit the website for Umbrella Factory Magazine

Read three poems online (Issue #76)- start on page 24

Jar Jabs

Song to Share with Society

Educate the Educated

37. Visit the website of Cazenovia Preservation Foundation

2025 Poetry on the Trail (participant)

Read the poem online (Scroll down to All Adult Entries)

poem: Welcome to the Gorge Trail

38. Visit the website of the Faoileánach Journal

Issue #3- Estuaries 

Read the poem online

Waves (pg. 12)

39. Visit the website of Dissident Voice

Read the poem online (Poem on Sunday)

Courage to Speak Up

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40. Visit the website of Alfaaz Collective

poem in exhibit (Read about the exhibit online)

Witness the Water:

The Living & Dying Faces of Ocean Justice (Kiel, Germany)

poem: Beneath the Waves

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41. Visit the website for the City of Palmdale

Read the previous winning poems for

Walk on Words Sidewalk Poetry Contest (left sidebar)

(no title) poem selected for Honorable Mention in 2025

Theme: Earth Day

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42. Visit the website of Poetry Archive (England & Wales)

Read the winning collection for Now Wordview

poem: I Know What My Slave Ancestors Died For

 poetry participant on their YouTube Channel

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43. Visit the website for Waves of Words Literary Magazine

Read Issue 7- Theme: Rebirth & Restoration (start on page 6)

poem: My Umbrella

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44. Visit the website of the Cloudymoon Literary Magazine (Substack)

Read poems online

The Parking Lot

A Child is a Mother's Musical

Beyond the Surface

What My Aunt Taught Me 

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45. Visit the website for South Carolina Educational Television

Never Forgotten- Emanuel Nine: Voices Collected (June 2025)

poem: Legacy Lives On

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YEAR of 2024

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1. Visit the website of Spoken Black Girl Magazine

Poem- Mama's Roots Are Deep in Issue #5 Motherhood

Read the Digital Edition- Poem on pg. 37 and Bio on pg. 38

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2. Visit the website of Text Power Telling Magazine

Read the poem, Reclaim

(Content Warning: sexual abuse)

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3. Visit the website of Black Art Magazine (BAM)

Read the poem- Message from a

Neurodivergent Black Woman

 Summer 2024 Issue

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4. Visit the website of Learn from Autistics

Read the featured interview #213

Traci Neal on Poetry and Advocacy

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5. Visit the website of Newsweek (My Turn)

Read the featured article:

​Kids at School Threatened Me-

I Masked Who I Was for 34 Years

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6. Visit the website of Poetry for Mental Health

(United Kingdom)

Read the featured poet interview

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7. Visit the website of the National Autistic Society (London, England)

Read the poem, Not Another Therapy Session

 In Spectrum Magazine (Issue 118) on pg. 9

(Download the online copy)

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8. Visit the website of Thinking Person's

Guide To Autism

Read the interview- Black and Late Diagnosed:

Talking With Autistic Poet Traci Neal

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9. Visit the website of Braver Collective

Content Warning: sexual & physical abuse

Read the poem, To Be Honest

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10. Visit the website of DSTL Arts- the Aurtistic Zine

Purchase a print copy of the Aurtistic Zine, Theme: Play

Poems:

A Different Mind Game

Place of Possibilities

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11. Visit the website of Good News Post

(United Kingdom)

Read the article: Late Autism Diagnosis Transforms 

Local Poet's Mission to Serve Others

12. Visit the website of The Survivor's Trust

(Warwickshire, England)

Read the poem, Build Back The Body

Content Warning: sexual abuse

13. Visit the website of Wildfire Words

(Cheltenham, England)

Read the poem, Normal Never Knew My Name

Read the poem and listen to the audio

14. Visit the website of the Faraway Unique Minds

(Grisby, England)

Read the poem, Change in the Season

Scroll down to read the

participating poem in the poetry contest

15. Visit the Spokane Public Radio- Poetry Moment

Listen to three original poems by Traci Neal

Heartbeat​

Place of Possibilities

How I Put On Makeup & Remove It

YEAR of 2023

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1. Visit the website of the Mahogany-Hallmark blog

Read the article- Failure Forces Faith

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2. Visit the website of Candidly Christian

Read the article-

4 Benefits of Letting God

Lead in Your Life

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3. Visit the website of The Race Card Project

Read Traci Neal's Race Card- short post 

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4. Visit the website of EIN Presswire

Read Press Release-

From Teenage Suicide Attempts

To Uplifting Others

 

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5. Visit the website of the Sims Library of Poetry

Featured Poet Contributor 

1619 Speaks Anthology

In print (poem)- On Imagination 

(Dedicated to Phillis Wheatley) â€‹

6. Visit the website of Challenge News-

Poem: The Blood of Jesus

In print- Featured Testimony 

May 2023 (USA Edition)

In print- Featured Testimony 

June 2023 (Australia Edition)

7. The Elevation Review (website defunct)

In print (two poems- Fall 2023 Issue)

- Crown of my South 

- Hear What Hands Are Saying

8. Visit the website of Autistic Women Everywhere

Read Traci's Story

9. Visit the website for Art of Autism

Read the poem, Remember My Spectrum

10. Visit the website of Poetry X Hunger

Read the poem, The Bottom of the Bowl

11. Visit the website of the Local Gems Poetry Press

South Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology

In print (poem)- A Beautiful Butterfly

12. Visit the website of the Eastport Arts Center

2023 Charles Moore Poetry Prize Competition (participant)

Theme: Of Woods and Waters

In print (poem)- The Lesson in the Sea

13. Visit the website of the

South Carolina Career Development Association

State & National Winner- (2nd Place: Traci Neal)

Read the poem- Connection (Click on PDF)

14. Visit the website of the Alamance County Public Libraries

Poetry Stroll: April 1 - April 30

Featured poem displayed in the Graham Public Library

poem: By Design

15. Visit the website of the Livingston Center for Art and Culture

National Poetry Month- Poetry in the Window

Two featured poems in two locations

-Look at the Sky (location: Livingston Home Outfitters)

-One Doorway (Location: Riverside Hardware)

16. Visit the website of the Wingless Dreamer

My Sanskriti in Teal anthology (online & print)

Read the poem online in flipbook- page 89

poem: A Southern Black Woman's Sonnet

17. Visit the website of The Poetry Archive (England & Wales)

Read the winning collection for Now Wordview

poem: A Reason to Live (poetry participant on YouTube channel)

YEAR of 2022

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1. Visit the website Popwe (Matthew West)

Read the testimonial story- Fighting With God

 

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2. Visit the website Carolina Panorama Newspaper

Read the article about Traci Neal's

First state win

Digital newspaper edition of the article

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3. Visit the website for Dear Fathers

Read the article- A Daughter's Memoir

Traci Neal honors her father

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4. Visit the website of New Hampshire Public Radio

Read the poem- The Solution

(Category: Mistakes & Solutions)

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5. Visit the website of Our Better World-

Singapore International Foundation

Read the Silent No More: Childhood Trauma

(Content Warning: Domestic Violence)

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6. Visit the website of South Carolina

Voyager Magazine

Read the interview with Traci Neal

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7. Soigne' + Swank Magazine (website defunct)

(in print) poem- Grateful

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8. Visit the website of the Maitland Public Library

In print (poem)- My Root

Theme: Grounded

(Annual Poetry Contest- participant)

9. Visit the website of the

Ink People Center for Arts

Archive Artwork & Poems

Read the poem- How To Repair (#11)

10. Visit the website of the New Lenox Public Library

2022 Poetry Contest (participant)

Theme: in del i ble

Read the poem- I Am Poetry

11. Visit the website of the

South Carolina Career Development Association

Third Place State Winner

Read the poem- The Work of Humans (Click Traci Neal- name)

12. Visit the website of the Written Tales

Read the poem- Freedom To See

13. Visit the website of the Rural Oklahoma of Poetry

Read the poem- (scroll down) Celebrate Your Ten

Ten-Tin Poem Contest- 3rd place winner

14. Visit the website of the Starkville Arts Council

poem: Freedom Is Here (also in an exhibit)

Juneteenth Art Competition- 1st place winner (Adult Category)

15. Visit the website of the Empowering Justice Foundation

poem: My Poem to Fight 

Theme: Retribution- 2022 poetry winner (overall)

16. Visit the website of The Poetry Archive (England & Wales)

Read the winning collection for Now Wordview

poem: Where It Starts (participant on their YouTube channel)

YEAR of 2021

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1. Visit the website of the New York Times 

Read the Letter to the Editor ( 7th Letter )

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2. Visit the website of Sheen Magazine

Read the article

From Humble Beginnings

To The New York Times

 

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3. Visit the website of Say It Forward 

Read the article- Prepare For Your Purpose

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4. Visit the website of StoryCenter

Read the article- Finally Free

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5. Visit the website of Storyberries

(New South Wales, Australia)

Read the poem- Field of Grass​

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6. Visit the website of Castle of our Skins

Haiku poem- Women Will Win

Black Miniature Poetry Festival 

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7. Visit the website of the Jasper Project

Read the post about Poetry on the Comet

when it's over

(in print & was on the Comet bus) poem- Traveling

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8. Visit the website of The Poetry Archive (England & Wales)

Read the winning collection for Now Wordview

poem: What the Pandemic Taught Me

 (participant on their YouTube channel)

YEAR of 2020​​

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1. Visit the website of Freed Magazine

Read Issue V (#58)

Create A New Finale â€‹

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