~ hi ~
my name is teddy l. friedline (they/them/theirs and he/him/his). i'm a queer writer, artist, editor, & the like. here you can find some of my work, my social media, and my contact info. previously, i was thinking about cicadas, but now i've mostly moved on to arctic woolly bear moths.
poetry
2022 - DEAR Poetry Journal - "Ode on the Penis I Made When I Was Eleven"
2022 - streetcake magazine - "Game Show"
2021 - the lickety~split - "A Bat, Pronto!"
2021 - Collegian staff issue - "Lovers' Rondeau from the Lofted Bedspread" plus two artworks
2020 - Collegian - "Rush"
2020 - Poets.org (reprint) - "Gender of the Poet, as Evaluated Through First & Second Derivative Tests"
2020 - Burning Jade Magazine - "Notes from the Archangel Raphael Regarding Their Great Work," "Poem From the Disciple Whom Jesus Loved"
2019 - Yes, Poetry - "Gender of the Poet, as Evaluated Through First & Second Derivative Tests," "REPRODUCTION"
prose
2021 - Pigeon Review - "Untitled Larine Joke"
2021 - Badlung Press' Depression Cookbook - "A Recipe for Admiration," "A Recipe for Sorrow," "A Recipe for the Feeling of Sunshine on the Skin"
art
2021 - Collegian staff issue - "Lovers' Rondeau from the Lofted Bedspread" plus two artworks
2021 - 100 PROOF Annual Juried Student Exhibition - "OPEN LETTER"
editing
i am co-founder and co-editor-in-chief (along w/ my dear best friend Iskandar Haggarty) of FAIRY PIECE MAG, a zesty little biannual magazine interested in made-up rules, the offbeat, the peculiar, & chess. i formerly served as social media editor for Collegian, washington college's campus literary & arts magazine, as well as assistant nonfiction editor for Crashtest, a darling magazine run by and for high school students.
awards
2022 - Winner, Sophie Kerr Prize (the largest undergraduate writing prize in the US)
2020 - Winner, Jude & Miriam Pfister Poetry Prize
2018 - 2nd place, Young Minds Dreaming Poetry Contest
2017 & 2018 - Various Gold Keys, Silver Keys, & Honorable Mentions from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards