website updates: last updated 7/26/25
7/12/25 at 2:00 A.M. EST - Fresh start! of clouds and ink re-launch! Here are some highlights:
better page animation, smoother experience
alternative design and more descriptions for AURORA
custom content & blog posting
more direct communication on-site for updates
announcement banners and more unique themes
Though just a port for the most part, of clouds and ink is re-launching with a slightly altered color scheme, including some softer colours. The AURORA page's colour palette has been changed, so rather than having a black and purple centric theme, it now includes all sorts of shades of purple and green.
of clouds and ink literary magazine launch: In The Moment!
a sign-up link for the AVALON RPG!
The AVALON RPG (alternatively referred to as the "Poetry RPG") is a simple, fun, week by week quest. Prompts are given weekly, and you get to assemble parties and run through all sorts of predicaments and strange occurrences together! Attune to a class and read the backstory here, and gain access to the channel in of clouds and ink!
7/26/25 at 3:40 A.M. EST - Major quality of life improvements, more changes. Website building is hard. More highlights!
Poetry Vault and Prose Vault merged, one better-managed page simply dubbed "The Vault."
Better structuring for Home page.
Rather than a bunch of buttons, now they're individual sections with descriptions.
AURORA is now a subpage for the "Books" category! Yes, I have multiple planned. Will they take years to actually fulfill? Yeah, probably. Don't blame me, blame my writing speed. I get distracted easy.
Finally getting to post the Poetry Showcase Competition winners for months 3 & 4! I probably should've done that a month ago, but better late than never, right? Cut me some slack, I'm working alone right now.
In The Moment submission opening! It'll be open until mid-October, so you should probably get to submitting instead of reading a random website's patch notes.
More social links added.
Just Instagram and Bluesky is boring, if I'm completely honest... so, I added a Linktree link, Discord link, and Substack link. Pretty cool, right?
side note: spread the word. I need more people. super badly. why do you think the AVALON RPG isn't up yet? That's way too much to do alone!
3/1/25 - 3/31/25: Showcase Poetry Month 1: Dependence! 🦋
Show us what you depend on, or love - whether that be a special item, a person that helps you keep going, or just anything that you've found an interest or comfort in!
This theme can be fit by abstract methods, conventional poetry, anything - so feel free to experiment or use what makes you comfortable!
Votes Decided! Month 2 Started!
4/1/25 - 4/30/25: Showcase Poetry Month 2: Springtime Nostalgia 💐
Oftentimes, I found myself writing poems about dreams, and that is found in a lot of my work. Using odd imagery, ethereal environments, memories of those held close - so, for this month, I'd like you to show us a personal side of you - as vague or as specific as you want! Recall a short interaction over coffee with a friend, reflect on a past relationship, or maybe a teary night thinking about what could've been!
Votes Decided! Month 3 Started!
5/1/25 - 7/7/25: Showcase Poetry Months 3/4: Icon🏆& Idol 🌃
icon: In life, everyone has to deal with a false sense of perfection, or the weight of their own imperfection. In the spirit of this month also being mental health awareness month, make a poem concerning the issue of feeling like you have to be "fine". Like always, go crazy! If it means that to you, feel free to venture into some of the worst thoughts you've had.
idol: As we lead into June, we'd like to come to you to announce an extension for last month's theme icon, and the pairing theme idol!
While icon encompassed mental health and the feeling or obligation of having to be "okay," idol will encompass all manner of Pride! that means poetry reflecting on your experience, what it means to you, and being comfortable in your own skin! you don't have to be part of the LGBTQ+ to participate in this month - it's whatever being comfortable in your own skin means for you.
Votes Decided! Month 5 Started!
7/1/25 - 8/1/25: Showcase Poetry Month 5: Melt 🏔️
Transitions happen so often in life, and they're underappreciated and over-described. Sometimes, you don't know when change is happening. Sometimes, you want it to happen too much. So, for this month, describe change. Whether that be by a poem that changes its structure partway through, or more symbolically than anything, feel free to run wild! Rather than taking the top three poems like I'm now doing for showcase poetry, I'll be taking those, plus doing a tiebreaker for the first issue of In The Moment!
