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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
2. Visit the website of the StoryTree Quarterly
(Scotland, United Kingdom)
Poem forthcoming in Issue 6 (forthcoming- January)
Revolution
4. Visit the website of Feed the Holy
Four poems online (forthcoming)
Left Behind (March 21, 2027)
Remove the Rain (April 20, 2027)
Dwelling Place (May 22, 2027)
YEAR of 2026
1. Visit the website of Write Where We Belong
(Ottawa, Canada)
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
Purchase 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
Two Poems- forthcoming
Read poem: Admiration for Native Americans
as a Neurodivergent Black Woman
Read poem: Grandmas Granted Access
Read poem: Bounty Fills the Body
Read poem: More of a Mother
Thank You Letter to the Old Me (October 9th- forthcoming)
17. Visit the website of Red Bicycle Books
Read poems in Poetry Moves Us (cover- 2026 Edition)
Add A+ Ingredients
Tornado Turns Around
Come Out of the Cold
18. Visit the website of Wirral Poetry Festival
(Port Sunlight, Wirral, United Kingdom)
Poem Featured- Video Anthology 2026 (forthcoming- October)
Hiding Behind the Corner (previously published video)
19. 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)
20. Visit the website of Evryday Blk Magazine
Read the article online:
21. Visit the website of Pressed Flower Review
Poem (forthcoming - October issue)
Help Hearts Thrive
22. Visit the website of Poems For Ephesians
(McMaster Divinity College)
Read the poem online (title and name: Traci Neal)
24. Visit the website of Rundelania
Five Poems (forthcoming- November issue)
Wait for the Encore
Tame the Temple
Sonnet Sends Signals
Say What You Mean
Found Freedom
27. Visit the website of Coffee and Conversations Magazine
Poem in Winter Theme (forthcoming- November)
Song to Celebrate the Winter
28. Visit the website of TurnAround, Inc
Poem in the 17th Purple Book anthology (forthcoming- October)
Courage to Speak Up
29. Visit the website of Lightletter Literary Magazine
Three poems in Issue #2 (forthcoming- September/October)
Bodies Bathe and Bask
Home of a Chinese Homeless Man
Motion to Breathe
31. Visit the website of Pottage Literary Magazine
Two poems in Issue #2 (forthcoming- December)
Things I Carry
Deeper than Skin
32. Visit the website of Tyger in Ink
Read the four poems online (September edition)
Sonnet to St. Peter Port
Ridden to be Carried
Consumption
Back Together Again
33. Visit the website of Litterateur RW English Magazine
(Kerala, India)
Read the poem for the September edition (pg. 10)
Blossom from Seeds
34. Visit the website of The Big Question- Literary Arts Magazine
Three Poems in Volume 3 (October/November forthcoming)
Clown Tears
Who You Are
Stand
36. Visit the website of The Simla Review
(Shimla -Himachal Pradesh, India)
Three Poems (September Edition- forthcoming)
The Cleaning Woman's Hands
Within
Dear Homeless Person
37. Visit the website of Peony Magazine
Three Poems online (Upcoming Edition)
How Humans Heal
Cousin with Down Syndrome
My South Carolina
38. Visit the website of Aurelia Literary Magazine (Substack)
Poem online (forthcoming- October)
Inhale Neurodivergence
39. Visit the website of Lake Country Journal
2026 Poetry Contest- Winning Entry
Poem (forthcoming- October/November issue)
A Black Woman's Guide to Baseball
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