My poem “Commissioning Makeshift Antidotes” has been published in the new issue of Mushroom Rain released out of the United Kingdom. Thank you to Elizabeth Jo and Beth Cosgrove for including my work in their venue. The digital version of the issue can be read via the link below…
My poem “Water Gymnastics” has been nominated for the 2026 Pushcart Prize. Huge thank you to Samantha Terrell, editor of SHINE – International Poetry Series, for the nomination.
“Water Gymnastics” was originally published at SHINE last year along with two other poems. Those three pieces can be read via the link below…
https://samanthaterrell.weebly.com/shine-poetry-series/july-31-scott-thomas-outlar
My poems “Transcending Definitions” and “Blue Pines” were translated into Bengali and published in two newspapers operating out of Bangladesh yesterday. Huge thank you to Talukdar Lovely for the time and energy she put into her translations!
The image is from the print newspaper, Dainik Bangladesher Alo. The other publication by Dainik Desher Kantha is available online via the link below…
https://desherkantha.com/news/poetry/1f1d39ac-ab3e-6e90-86dc-df9c2a0e188c
I’m stoked to share that three of my poems were recently published in the September 2026 issue of Live Encounters. Big thank you to Mark Ulyseas for including my work in his venue. “Of Soft Lashings and the Burden of Baptism,” “It is Akin to a Bleeding Sieve, Let Us Be Honest,” and “Of Tattooed Angels and Alien Ascendence” can be read via the link below…
https://liveencounters.net/2026-live-encounters-editions-2026/scott-thomas-outlar-three-poems/
There are moments in life that serve as inflection points. I’ve reached one. No turning back.
My poem “A Blink Before Breaching” appears in the new fall 2024 issue of Pathways Magazine. Thank you to Michelle Alonso for including my work. Print copies have been distributed throughout the greater Washington, DC area since 1979 and the digital version is available here…
https://online.flippingbook.com/view/75597181/80/
I’m stoked to share that my poems “Burn, Baby, Burn” and “Original Jesters” have been published in the new 15-year anniversary edition of Live Encounters that was released this month. Big thank you to Mark Ulyseas for including my work in his venue and congratulations on reaching such a cool milestone. Those two pieces can be read here…
https://liveencounters.net/2024-anniversary-editions/scott-thomas-outlar-burn-baby-burn/
Copies of Speaking for Everyone: An Anthology of “We” Poems are available at the link below. The anthology includes my piece, “The Good Old Days.” Many thanks to the great Alan Britt for including my work.
https://www.amazon.com/Speaking-Everyone-Anthology-We-Poems/dp/B0DCDCF56S
Thank you to Dagmara K. for publishing my poem “Like a Stalking Ardeidae” recently at Spillwords Press. That piece can be read here…
I’m stoked to share that three of my poems were published in a recent issue of Borderless Journal. Thank you to Mitali Chakravarty for including my work in her venue. “Three Wishes,” “Sidereal Nectar,” and “All the World Is a Stage” can be read here…
https://borderlessjournal.com/2024/04/15/poetry-by-scott-thomas-outlar-3/
I’m happy to share that three of my poems have been published in the latest issue of Unlikely Stories Mark V. Thank you to Jonathan Penton for including my work in his venue. “Three Chambers of the Hippo,” “Into Further Temptation,” and “A Patient Path by Subtle Degree” can be read at the link below…
