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Thank You,

Featured Publishings

YEAR of 2025

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1. Visit the website of Autism Digest

Read the digital issue of February 2025 - April 2025

  • Heavy Heart Turns Into Helpful Hope

(Neal's story) -  pg. 32

  • Most Valuable Player (poem)-  pg. 33

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5. Visit the website of Poetic Voices Live

(Enfield, United Kingdom)

Listen to the audio poems

Grandmas Give Grace in Childcare

Shoes Shape a Soul

Take Time

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6. Visit the website of The Faraway CIC

(Grimsby, England)

Unique Minds: Anthology by Autistic People

In print (Purchase link)

Poem- Neurodivergents Need a Nest

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7. Visit the website of Moonstone Arts Center

Betrayed: Violence Against Women (Anthology)

In print (Purchase link)

Poem- Dedication to the Nameless Doctor from Kolkata

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9. Visit the website of Safe Passage

Survival & Beyond Issue

In print 

Poem- There's Nowhere Else To Go, But Up

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10. Visit the website of Kin + Dignity Magazine

Theme: Overcoming- June Issue (in print)

Permanent Records- National African American Museum

Purchase a magazine copy online

Neal's Story- Reflection of a Simple Southern Woman's Late Diagnosis 

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12. Visit the website of Ericka Kay

Traci Neal-Guest Poet

Read the two poems online

 Layer the Avenue of Hearts

Be a Helper

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13. Visit the website of Taiwan&Masticadores

Two poems- online (forthcoming)

Let Go of the Afflictions

A Reflection​

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14. Visit the website of Ella Poems (Penned in Rage Journal)

(Hampshire, United Kingdom)

online August - December Edition 

poem- for the death of Ka'Niyah Baker from South Carolina​

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15. Visit the website of Zest of Lemon

One poem- online (forthcoming)

What Freedom Feels Like​

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​16. Visit the website of Gaining Grounds

Read the poem- Bloom and Grow

Poetry on the Farm

(cell phones need to download PDF to view)

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19. Visit the website of A Long House

Chronic: A Chapbook on Living with Illness

Two poems- in print (forthcoming)

Blood Blobs in Hopkins Middle School

what a black-autistic-adhd-girl goes through â€‹

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​20. Visit the website of Art Labbe

on Liberte 2025 in Santa Barbara

Theme: Self Portrait- "This Is Me"​

in the exhibit for Santa Barbara ArtLabbe gallery (forthcoming)

poem- Spiritual Soldier from South Carolina

21. Visit the website of the Eastport Arts Center

2025 Charles Moore Poetry Prize Competition (participant)

Theme: Work

In print (poem)- Dirty Hands Made a Woman Clean

YEAR of 2024

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5. Visit the website of Newsweek (My Turn)

Read the featured article:

​Kids at School Threatened Me-

I Masked Who I Was for 34 Years

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9. Visit the website of Braver Collective

Content Warning: sexual & physical abuse

Read the poem, To Be Honest

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YEAR of 2023

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1. Visit the website of the Mahogany-Hallmark blog

Read the article- Failure Forces Faith

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2. Visit the website of Candidly Christian

Read the article-

4 Benefits of Letting God

Lead in Your Life

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3. Visit the website of The Race Card Project

Read Traci Neal's Race Card- short post 

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4. Visit the website of EIN Presswire

Read Press Release-

From Teenage Suicide Attempts

To Uplifting Others

 

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5. Visit the website of the Sims Library of Poetry

Featured Poet Contributor 

1619 Speaks Anthology

In print (poem)- On Imagination 

(Dedicated to Phillis Wheatley) â€‹

6. Visit the website of Challenge News-

United States of America (USA)

In print- Featured Testimony 

May 2023 (USA Edition)

In print- Featured Testimony 

June 2023 (Australia Edition)

7. The Elevation Review (defunct)

In print (two poems- Fall 2023 Issue)

- Crown of my South 

- Hear What Hands Are Saying

11. Visit the website of the Local Gems Poetry Press

South Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology

In print (poem)- A Beautiful Butterfly

12. Visit the website of the Eastport Arts Center

2023 Charles Moore Poetry Prize Competition (participant)

Theme: Of Woods and Waters

In print (poem)- The Lesson in the Sea

13. Visit the website of the

South Carolina Career Development Association

State & National Winner- (2nd Place: Traci Neal)

Read the poem- Connection (Click on PDF)

YEAR of 2022

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1. Visit the website Popwe (Matthew West)

Read the testimonial story- Fighting With God

 

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2. Visit the website Carolina Panorama Newspaper

Read the article about Traci Neal's

First state win

Digital newspaper edition of the article

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3. Visit the website for Dear Fathers

Read the article- A Daughter's Memoir

Traci Neal honors her father

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4. Visit the website of New Hampshire Public Radio

Read the poem- The Solution

(Category: Mistakes & Solutions)

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5. Visit the website of Our Better World-

Singapore International Foundation

Read the Silent No More: Childhood Trauma

(Content Warning: Domestic Violence)

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6. Visit the website of South Carolina

Voyager Magazine

Read the interview with Traci Neal

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7. Soigne' + Swank Magazine (defunct)

(in print) poem- Grateful

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8. Visit the website of the Maitland Public Library

In print (poem)- My Root

Theme: Grounded

(Annual Poetry Contest- participant)

YEAR of 2020​​

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1. Visit the website of Freed Magazine

Read Issue V (#58)

Create A New Finale â€‹

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