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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 (project- forthcoming)

2. Visit the website of the StoryTree Quarterly​

(Scotland, United Kingdom)

Poem in Issue 6 (forthcoming- January)

Revolution

3. Visit the website of Blinker Lit Journal

Print version of poem (forthcoming)

Cake in the Oven

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)

5. Visit the website of The Scandinavian Quarterly

(Stockholm, Sweden)

First Issue- Spring 2027 (forthcoming)

Iceberg

Deserted Island

6. Visit the website of Penwood Review

Digital version: two poems (forthcoming- Spring 2027)

Elevation

Miracle Mystery

7. Visit the website of the Taiwan&Masticadores

(Taiwan)

One poem online (January forthcoming)

Never Skip the Shower

YEAR of 2026​

1. Visit the website of Write Where We Belong​

Mary Simmerling

(Ottawa, Canada)

print anthology: Making Space for Light

Disclaimer: (healing from sexual trauma)

poem: Why I Claim Victory and Not Victim

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

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

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11. Visit the website of USA Today​

Read the article: I took a huge risk after graduating college.

You should, too| Your Turn

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

Read & listen to the poem: Win Against Destruction

15. Website of Poetry for Mental Health (closed)​

Neal's interview is featured in the publication (pg. 98-100)

Purchase the book on Amazon: My Mental Health

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)

20. Visit the website of Poems For Ephesians

(McMaster Divinity College)

Read the poem online (title and name: Traci Neal)

Through Longsuffering​

21. Visit the website of Off Main Review

Poem (forthcoming - December issue)

Childhood Candy​

22. Visit the website of Rundelania​

Read five Poems in PDF

Wait for the Encore

Tame the Temple

Sonnet Sends Signals 

Say What You Mean

Found Freedom 

23. Visit the website of Pandemonium Journal

(Lahore, Pakistan)

Read the poem online:

Uplift Lives

24. Visit the website of TurnAround, Inc

Poem in the 17th Purple Book anthology (print)

Courage to Speak Up

27. Visit the website of Pottage Literary Magazine

Two poems in Issue #2 (forthcoming December 15, 2026)

Things I Carry

Deeper than Skin

28. 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

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29. Visit the website of Litterateur RW English Magazine

(Kerala, India) â€‹

Read the poem for the September edition (pg. 10)

Blossom from Seeds

30. Visit the website of Blinker Lit Journal

Read the poem in PDF for Fall 2026 (pg. 63)

Cake in the Oven

32. Visit the website of Aurelia Literary Magazine (Substack)

Read the poem online

Inhale Neurodivergence

Four poems in the Autumn is Golden Seasonal Issue (forthcoming)

Songs in Nature

Give Thanks

Flavor 

Heart to Love

33. Visit the website of Lake Country Journal

2026 Poetry Contest Winners- Honorable Mention

Read poem online (click View Poem)

A Black Woman's Guide to Baseball

35. Visit the website of Mama Rosie's Dream- Poetry Walk

Mountain-Bay Trail Poetry Walk

Click to purchase the collection

Where The Journey Takes Us: Poetry & Photography collection

Winning Poem Entry- 2nd Place

Just Open the Door

37. Visit the website of Literary Cocktail Magazine

Fall 2026 Issue (forthcoming)

Call for Help

38. Visit the website of Catena Literary

Issue #2: River Styx (forthcoming)

A Mother's Memory

Recipe Manual

39. Visit the website of Beyond Books Magazine (Linktree)

Read online: Issue #3: Prism 

Treasures in My Treasure Chest

Conform or Confess

How to Play the Game

40. Visit the website of Starboard Press (First Light Journal)

Fall 2026 Issue (forthcoming)

That Feeling

41. Visit the website of The Scandinavian Quarterly

(Stockholm, Sweden)

Read poems online

Iceberg

Deserted Island

(Poem of the Week- October 19)

43. Visit the website of Good Company Lit

Two poems for Issue 3: Authenticity (forthcoming)

Heal

Mathematical Method for a Black Woman in Baseball

44. Visit the website of The New Recusant

(United Kingdom)

Read poems online

Soul Under Skin

Teach Resilience

45. Visit the website of the Taiwan&Masticadores

(Taiwan)

Two poems online (December forthcoming)

Fallen

Prison

46. Visit the website of Ta Adesa

(Greater Accra, Ghana)

Read the poems online

Never Forget Resilience

My Mr. Fix-It

Dumpster on Display

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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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 Faraway CIC

(Grimsby, England)

Unique Minds: Anthology by Autistic People

In print (Purchase link)

Poem- Neurodivergents Need a Nest

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7. 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 Safe Passage

Survival & Beyond Issue

In print and online

Read poem- There's Nowhere Else To Go, But Up

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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 

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12. Visit the Linktree of Ericka Kay

Purchase the anthology, Even So

 Layer the Avenue of Hearts

Be a Helper​​

​13. Visit the website of Gaining Grounds

Read the poem online

Bloom and Grow

Poetry on the Farm Exhibit

(Cell phones need to download the PDF to view)

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17. 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

18. Visit the website of Ave Astra​

Read the inaugural issue online- Volume 1

poem- A Female Adult Finds Her Instructors (page 6)

19. Visit the website of Young Writers Journal​

Runner-Up Winner for Weekly Contest: September

(name recognition, but poem unpublished)

poem- Blossom from Seeds

22. Visit the website of ArteLabbe

Liberte 2025 in Santa Barbara

Theme: Self-Portrait "This Is Me"

Exhibition- Santa Barbara ArtLabbe gallery​

poem- Spiritual Soldier from South Carolina​​

23. Visit the website of the Dirigible Balloon​

(Yorkshire, England)

Read and listen to the poem online 

The Lesson from the Ant

25. Visit the website of Literary Undoings​

Read the two poems online (September 2025- archive)

Paddle Through the Red Sea

Step Into My Southern Childhood

27. 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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29. Visit the official website of The Khaotic Good Magazine

November- Issue 04: All That We've Gathered 

Read the poem online (pg. 11)

Defy the Labels

30. 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

31. 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 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

35. Visit the website of the Faoileánach Journal

Issue #3- Estuaries 

Read the poem online

Waves (pg. 12)

37. 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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38. Visit the website for the City of Palmdale

Read the winning poem and honorable mentions

(no title) poem selected for Honorable Mention in 2025

Theme: Earth Day

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39. 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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42. Visit the website for South Carolina Educational Television

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

poem: Legacy Lives On

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44. Visit the website of Star to Write

Read five poems online in the order below (12/18/2025)

The Night Sky Never Sleeps

Voluntary Application Comes Alive

Counterfeit Love

Enemy of Disabilities

Prepare to Take Flight

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45. Visit the website of The Flock Magazine

(South Wales)

Scroll down: Issue #3 Childhood Home (Winter 2025)

Read poem: Southern Black Grandmothers Feed the Hungry

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46. Visit the website of Still Here Magazine​

Holiday mini issue: Theme: A Light in December

Read two poems online (PDF Download for phones/tablets)

Warm the Cold- page 54

A Winter Wonderland- page 57

47. Visit the website of Eterna Journal​

Read three poems online- Issue IV: Serendipity

(start on page 22)

Colorful Canvas

Blanket Swallows Bruises

Word Welcomes a Message

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)

Summer 2024 Issue

Read the poem online-

Message from a Neurodivergent Black Woman

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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. Website of Poetry for Mental Health (closed)

(United Kingdom)

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 pg. 9

Spectrum Magazine (Issue 118)

(Download the online copy)

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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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YEAR of 2023

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1. Visit the website of Candidly Christian

Read the article-

4 Benefits of Letting God

Lead in Your Life

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2. Visit the website of The Race Card Project

Read Traci Neal's Race Card- short post 

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3. Visit the website of EIN Presswire

Read Press Release-

From Teenage Suicide Attempts

To Uplifting Others

 

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4. 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€‹

5. Visit the website of Challenge News (website defunct)

Poem: The Blood of Jesus

In print- Featured Testimony 

May 2023 (USA Edition)

In print- Featured Testimony 

June 2023 (Australia Edition)

6. The Elevation Review (website defunct)

Purchase link on Amazon (two poems- Fall 2023 Issue)

- Crown of my South 

- Hear What Hands Are Saying

10. Visit the website of the Local Gems Poetry Press

South Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology

In print (poem)- A Beautiful Butterfly

11. 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 Alamance County Public Libraries

Poetry Stroll: April 1 - April 30

Featured poem displayed in the Graham Public Library

poem: By Design

14. 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)

15. 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. Click the link to purchase The Perspectives Project

Book compilation by Katia Kriakova

of The New York Times submissions

Article from April 2021- Be Kind Whenever Possible

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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 for Dear Fathers

Read the article- A Daughter's Memoir

Traci Neal honors her father

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3. Visit the website of New Hampshire Public Radio

Read the poem- The Solution

(Category: Mistakes & Solutions)

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4. 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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5. Visit the website of South Carolina

Voyager Magazine

Read the interview with Traci Neal

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6. Visit the website of the Maitland Public Library

In print (poem)- My Root

Theme: Grounded

(Annual Poetry Contest- participant)

11. Website of the Starkville Arts Council (closed- 2025)

poem: Freedom Is Here (also in an exhibit)

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

12. Visit the website of the Empowering Justice Foundation

Theme: Retribution- 2022 poetry winner (overall)

poem: My Poem to Fight

YEAR of 2021

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1. Visit the website of the New York Times 

Read the article: Be Kind Whenever Possible ( 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€‹â€‹â€‹

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