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Exist Otherwise

Exist Otherwise is a Literary & Art Journal inspired by the gender-nonconforming artists and anti-fascist activists, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.

Oakland, CA

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July 17, 2026

Next Issue is March 2027

Excerpt of a collage showing a large eyeball being help up by two hands.

July 13, 2026

Issue 19 is Live

I’M GOIN HOME NEW JERZEY Post feature image

July 09, 2026

I’M GOIN HOME NEW JERZEY

There Goes the Neighborhood Post feature image

July 09, 2026

There Goes the Neighborhood

A woman wearing a dark brown hijab and a delicate silver forehead chain stands outdoors surrounded by trees. She is dressed in a black and white dress.

July 09, 2026

She Was Born of the Sea

Writer Nicholas Alti smiling outside with his dog

July 09, 2026

Eco Mori

Beautiful Post feature image

July 09, 2026

Beautiful

July 09, 2026

Tongues

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July 09, 2026

untitled

The author, standing and smiling.

July 09, 2026

Apple Poem

A person in the forest in a white dress holding antlers.

July 09, 2026

Pie

Meet Me in the Dead Letter Office Post feature image

July 09, 2026

Meet Me in the Dead Letter Office

Quinn (she/they) is an artist living in London. When she is not feeding pigeons in green park, she writes about queer and trans experiences, and loves to draw both cute and ugly critters.

July 09, 2026

roadkill eulogy for jane doe

July 09, 2026

Volcanoes on the Moon

Caedes Tyranni Post feature image

July 09, 2026

Caedes Tyranni

Q&A After Flogging The Bankers Post feature image

July 09, 2026

Q&A After Flogging The Bankers

GRWM Post feature image

July 09, 2026

GRWM

Baby Boomerang Dream for the Disenchanted Post feature image

July 09, 2026

Baby Boomerang Dream for the Disenchanted

July 09, 2026

Multiball

Ana Hein, a twenty-something white Latina, stands in front of flowers. She's wearing black glasses, a burgundy dress, and a cameo necklace, and has red lipstick on.

July 09, 2026

Renfield Prays

Submission Responses Complete Post feature image

July 02, 2026

Submission Responses Complete

June 02, 2026

Submissions Closing Thursday

Website Access Problem Post feature image

April 15, 2026

Website Access Problem

Submission Guidelines Have Changed Post feature image

April 14, 2026

Submission Guidelines Have Changed

Azalea Withrow posing on a Brooklyn rooftop while in New York for a visit in March.

April 09, 2026

My Girlfriend’s Ex-Girlfriend Has a Gun

April 09, 2026

Gluttony

Susan is outdoors; the sun is shining on her face. She has shoulder-length black hair and wears glasses with purple tortoiseshell frames.

April 09, 2026

NOT WAS THIS

Watercolor painting of a tomato sliced in half with the flat side up. The image is somewhat sensual.

April 09, 2026

Our Neighbours Are Making Love

Bald male who looks 30 to 40 years old, with brown eyes and a short graying beard. His eyes are looking up and to his right, away from the viewer.

April 09, 2026

Villain

An androgynous person with bleached, shaved hair and dark eyebrows smiles widely. They are wearing large gold hoops and a necklace that reads Auslander.

April 09, 2026

gender is a scam

Selfie taken in a bathroom mirror framed with ornately painted tiles.

April 09, 2026

Angel

Candid snapshot of Deanna Faye looking at her camera.

April 09, 2026

Why Bother?

Slur Post feature image

April 09, 2026

Slur