Anastasia Cojocaru
Anastasia Cojocaru is a queer person of Romanian heritage. Their poetry and prose are inspired by memories growing up in post-communist Romania, time spent abroad, and Romanian superstitions, myths & folklore. They use poetry to wrangle meaning from a senseless world, to crystallise profound moments into words, and spread awareness about the climate crisis. Find them @lavenderfaerie.bsky.social on Bluesky.
Published work
Squawk Back Magazine (July 2021)
Brussels Writers' Circle Anthology (November 2019)
Door is a Jar Magazine (October 2019)
Re-Analogue Magazine (September 2019)
Meanwhile Magazine (April 2019)
Causeway/Cabhsair (December 2018)
The Gaudie Student Newspaper (November 2018)
Cahoodaloodaling (October 2018)
Amberflora Magazine (September 2018)
Squawk Back Magazine (August 2018)
Rose Quartz Journal (August 2018)
Juked Magazine (July 2018)
The Write Launch Magazine (October 2017)
The Lamp Journal (June 2017)
Edge to Edge: The Aberdeen-Curtin Anthology (February 2017)
They have also been longlisted for the Climate Change Issue of Magma, the Algebra of Owls, and Noon: Solstice Shorts 2018 for Arachne Press. In September 2018 three poems of theirs were included in the John Byrne Award exhibition in Moray College as a part of Findhorn Bay Arts Festival.