Corazon Stegelin is a confessional, queer and nonbinary poet, editor, and community activist born and raised in the American South. Stegelin writes as catharsis, and shares their work with the intentions of collective connection, vulnerability, and healing. They are deeply humbled to have been recognized as a champion for mental health and human rights as the first place winner of the 2024 Voices for Mental Health contest and 2025 recipient of the Charleston Pride Award with Charleston Pride. They are also incredibly honored to build community with and provide a publishing platform for other historically marginalized individuals as a founding fae and managing editor of The Writing Fae literary magazine. Stegelin's simple pleasures in life include drinking iced coffee, listening to records, and spending quality time with their cat and other loved ones.
- “Borderline Personality Disorder be like…” won first place in the 2024 Voices for Mental Health writing contest and was subsequently published on the Voices for Mental Health website.
- “Dear Self” was originally published in the anthology 12 Thoughts to Self, published by Win’s Books Publishing.
- “a dilapidated lighthouse” was originally published by The Poetry Lighthouse on both their Instagram and website.
- “Epitaph of the Hopeless Romantic” was originally published in the anthology 12 Thoughts to Self, published by Win’s Books Publishing.
- “Finger Fuck Me and Call Me Dyke” was originally published in Issue 1.1 of Radical Catalyst magazine.
- “For Tammy,” was originally published in Issue 1.1 of Radical Catalyst magazine.
- “gay panic” was originally published in the anthology 12 Thoughts to Self, published by Win’s Books Publishing.
- “Kate Minola’s Apocryphal Soliloquy” was originally published in the inaugural issue of The Other Twin Lit Review.
- “Persephone Spends Autumn Earthside” was originally published in the Fall 2025 issue of Persephone Literary Magazine.
- “Squid (A Letter to My Long Lost Brother)” was originally published in Issue 15 of Livina Press.
- “thank god for pollen season” was originally published in the Spring 2025 issue of Pumpernickle House, published by PumpernickleHouse Publishing.
- “Welcome to America” was originally published in Issue 1.1 of Radical Catalyst magazine.
- I am the 2025 recipient of the Community Pride Award with Charleston Pride.
- I am a founding fae and managing editor of The Writing Fae literary magazine.