ABOUT ME

Serious Bio 

Rachel Alarcio (all pronouns) is a Filipino-American multi-disciplinary artist from Los Angeles, California whose poetry and prose are published or forthcoming in two award-winning WriteGirl anthologies, The Lumiere Review, winnow magazine, Rogue Agent, Wrongdoing Magazine, Exposition Review, at LAX's Terminal 7-8, and elsewhere. They are a 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Medalist in Short Story and once opened for internationally-touring slam poet Caroline Rothstein. They attended the GRAMMY Museum Summer Session 2019 and have mentorship experience through WriteGirl, Las Fotos Project, Fresh Films, and the New York Arts Program. Find Rachel at rachelalarcio.com, @rachelandthecreators on Instagram, and @rachelalarcio on Twitter. 

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Fun Bio 

Rachel Alarcio (all pronouns) is a Filipino-American poet, filmmaker, and musician hailing from the eternal sunshine of Los Angeles, California whose poetry and prose are published or forthcoming in two award-winning WriteGirl anthologies, The Lumiere Review, winnow magazine, Rogue Agent, Wrongdoing Magazine, Exposition Review, at LAX's Terminal 7-8, and elsewhere. They are a 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Medalist in Short Story and once opened for internationally-touring slam poet Caroline Rothstein. In addition to writing, they frequently play paparazzi to her friends with his DSLR, can be found descending progressively down strange and interesting Internet rabbit holes, and finds solace in music. They attended the GRAMMY Museum Summer Session 2019 and have mentorship experience through WriteGirl, Las Fotos Project, Fresh Films, and the New York Arts Program. They tweet about their interests @rachelalarcio. His Instagram is part photo dump, and a part-time experiment in marketing @rachelandthecreators. Find Rachel at rachelalarcio.com. 

Awards

• 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Medalist in Short Story

• two-time LA Youth Poet Laureate Honorable Mention

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Experience 

• Co-EIC - The Cauldron at Kalamazoo College

• Poetry Reader - Quarterly West (2022)

• Prose Mentor - Incandescent Summer Studio (summer 2022)

• Editorial Intern - Exposition Review (2021-2022)

• Reader/Staff Contributor - The Incandescent Review (2021-2022)

• Editor - Out of the Blue (HS Lit Mag) (2018-2019)

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Readings

• once opened for internationally-touring slam poet Caroline Rothstein

• once read an original poem at the L.A. Times Festival of Books Hoy Stage

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Education

BA in English (2023) from Kalamazoo College - expected