arushi (aera) rege

Select publications

  • congressional inception meets tournament of champions

  • but baby, i love the heat

  • twin exit wounds & a love song

forthcoming publications

BROWN GIRL EPIPHANY with fifth wheel press (march, 2025)

  • i deserve to be angry i just want to be more (querencia press)

  • ode to goa (the tide rises, the tide falls)

  • goa (incandescent review blog post)

  • nuclear winter, burning planet (koru magazine)

  • the person you love has a chemical reaction in the medial prefrontal cortex (the cloudscent)

  • catfight (burn book zine, prismatica press & manicpixie mag)

  • secret of youth (persephone's fruit)

  • signed letters of love (persephone's fruit)

  • saturday mornings (filter coffee zine)

  • i want to be wanted is that a sin (paper crane journal)

  • romantic tragedies (the bk & paper crane journal)

  • mama wants her body back darling (reprint) (the bk)

  • kiss me before you kill me (circus collective)

  • i write love | like men dream about sex (brawl lit)

  • this is not a poem. (DOGTEETH)

publications

poetry

2023

2024

Collections

Titlepressyearformat
exit wound (no point of entry)kith books2024poetry
Brown Girl Epiphanyfifth wheel press2025poetry

awards & nominations

  • Best Small Fictions 2023 (tangerines / fifth wheel press)

  • Garden party Collective Flyover States Competition Winner (twin exit wounds & a love song)

  • garden party collective chapbook contest finalist (myths untold)

  • National society of arts and letters arizona chapter 2023/2024 poetry contest winner (dust storm season / full house literary)

  • davidson fellowship mention

  • scholastic young writer's awardee (two gold keys, one honorable mention)

  • national students poet program semifinalist (top 45/38000)

  • pushcart prize nomination 2025 (but baby, i love the heat / underscore_mag)

  • pushcart prize nomination 2025 (congressional inception meets tournament of champions / beestung mag)

masthead

  • nightshade lit mag (EIC + founder)

  • bus talk lit (co-eic + founder)

  • draupadi interviews (EIC + founder)

  • the afterpast review (editor)

  • the cloudscent journal (poetry editor)

  • the incandescent review (writer)

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contact

about

Arushi (Aera) Rege is a queer, Indian-American poet who simultaneously attends senior year in high school. In their free time, they can be found reading good books, listening to R&B, and stressing over college. They tweet occasionally @academic (underscore) core and face the perils of instagram @_ aera ._writes. They are the proud authors of BROWN GIRL EPIPHANY and exit wound (no point of entry). They are the EIC of nightshade lit, Bus Talk, and Draupadi Interviews & Micropress. They are the winner of the NSAL AZ's High School Poetry Prize and the Garden Party Collective's Flyover States Contest. Their works have been recognized with nominations to the Pushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions, the Scholastic Young Writer's Award with two Gold Keys and one honorable mention, as well as the Davidson Fellowship. You can find their website at arushiaerarege.carrd.co.