as flowers — literary magazine

Poetry✦ Prose✦ Experiments✦ as flowers✦ Writings grow af✦ Submissions Open✦ Go loud, go floral✦ Poetry✦ Prose✦ Experiments✦ as flowers✦ Writings grow af✦ Submissions Open✦ Go loud, go floral✦

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as flowers

issue 01

as
flowers

words that needed to exist

Issue 01
First-Time Blooms

Our inaugural issue features ten incredible voices from around the world, each bringing their unique perspective to the page. This collection showcases the vibrant spectrum of contemporary poetry and prose.

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Read all our poems, submit your work, and follow the magazine — all from the official as flowers Android app. Same brutalist aesthetic, same bold voices. Beautifully dark.

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as flowers

A LITERARY MAGAZINE

as
flow
ers.

A magazine where writings grow af

POETRY — ISSUE 01

Sweet God

TheQuietstorme → READ

POETRY — ISSUE 01

The Garden Within

C. Louise → READ

POETRY — ISSUE 01

Ever Since A Kid

Userunknow___999 → READ

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Poetry, prose, experiments. We love color and courage. Each issue blooms in its own time — we publish with deliberation, allowing work to take the shape it needs.

Simultaneous submissions welcome with immediate withdrawal notice. We read everything.

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What We Publish

01. Poetry — any form, any length. We have no preferred form; we prefer precision and voice above all.

02. Prose — flash fiction, lyric essays, experiments. Work that resists easy categorization is very welcome.

03. Experiments — anything that doesn't fit neatly. If you're unsure, send it anyway.

04. Submissions remain open year-round. We publish with deliberation, allowing each issue to bloom in its own time.

SUBMIT AT: tally.so/r/2E8L6L

Editorial Statement

as flowers is a meeting point of incisive writing and artful design. A magazine where bold ideas take root and unfurl af(as flowers).

Clean lines, deliberate color, and a quiet thread of floral imagery shape our visual identity. We value clarity, resonance, and work that lingers. A home for bold voices.

Ashikur Rahman

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Curated by Ashikur Rahman — building a home for bold voices.

Publication Cycle

Each issue blooms in its own time. We publish with deliberation, allowing work to take the shape it needs. Submissions remain open year-round.

Issue 01First-Time Blooms

as flowersin yourpocket.

Issue 01
First-Time Blooms

as flowers
in your
pocket.