Death Rattle Literary is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing public platforms to underserved writers locally, regionally, and online by providing the public with free access to quality literary programming throughout the year.
Death Rattle’s yearly programming focuses on the bi-annual publication of Oroboro, our online and in-print literary magazine featuring poetry, fiction, and comics featuring local, regional, and international artists; the Penrose Poetry Prize, Oroboro’s poetry contest brining in esteemed guest judges and awarding cash prizes for excellence in poetry by LGBTQIA+ poets; The Spill, bi-monthly, open-mic live storytelling events with a featured writer and theme; quarterly educational workshops for adults and children, and multiple live readings with nationally recognized keynote poets alongside established and emerging local artists.
All of Death Rattle’s programming is provided free of charge to the public with the exception of The Spill, which has a $3 suggested donation that goes directly back into paying artists for sharing their time, talent, and expertise with the Treasure Valley at Death Rattle events.
All this strives to foster an accessible community for those that do not have traditional outlets available for the improvement and presentation of their literary arts, and creates opportunities for the public to engage with that community in a way that is positive, scholarly, and educational. We strive to be a resource in our community and to support work by and about those often marginalized in literary spaces, including Black and Indigenous people, and people of color; trans people, cis women, agender, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, two-spirit, and non-binary people; intersex people; LGBQA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, asexual/aromantic) people; people with disabilities; and especially people living at the intersections of these identities.
Find and check back with our calendar under Programming or follow @death_rattle_literary everywhere.
Additionally, Our small editing staff at OROBORO would like to offer our reading services. If you were ever wishing to send some of your work to a dedicated team of readers and writers for specific one-on-one feedback and editing, we are here to work with you!
Find our editing information and staff here or send us your work through our submittable.
We look forward to better serving readers and writers in our community this coming year.
You can reach us for general inquiry at deathrattlewriter@gmail.com
STAFF
Diana Forgione (they/them)
Co-founder and Programming Director
of Death Rattle Writers Festival
Editor for OROBORO
Open for editing and reading services for poetry and submissions.
Diana Forgione is a non-binary writer and workshop facilitator in the Northwest region. Diana uses poetry to examine the underlying nature of humanity as it’s experienced; attempting to discern the essence of love, suffering, lust and queerness. They are the Co-Founder of Death Rattle Writers Festival, Head Editor for OROBORO, andjudge and workshop Instructor for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Their work can be found Reality Beach among other places.
MFA in Creative Writing, BFA in Film Theory
Judge and Workshop Instructor for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
r e a c h t h e m a t
diana@deathrattle.org
Dig Reeder
(they/them)
Co-founder and Grant Writer
at Death Rattle Writers Festival
On a cold and rainy day in Burlington Ontario, amongst the machinery and whistles of the steel factories, the cry of a newborn baby was heard. That baby grew up across Canada and the US and is a painter and a playwright.
Past Artist in Residence at Bown Crossing
Judge and Workshop Instructor for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
r e a c h them a t
dig@deathrattle.org
Nicholas Darlinton (he/him)
Founder and Event Director at The Spill
Director at Idaho’s Scholastic Writing Awards
Nic has studied literature and writing as a middle and high school teacher, collaborating with like-minded educators. He has two stories in the 2015 edition of The Cabin’s Writers in the Attic collection Animal.
Masters in English Education from Boise State
Boise State Writing Project Fellow
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nic@deathrattle.org
Sarah Pincock
(they/them)
Board Member + Design and Marketing for Death Rattle Writers Festival
Editor for OROBORO
Open for editing and reading services for comics and fiction.
Sarah Pincock is an illustrator making comics that reimagine history with genderqueer and fabulist interpretations of medieval iconography and storytelling. They are currently working on a comic anthology about folklore surrounding the hawthorne tree. You can find some of their comics in Anomaly, FORGE Art Mag, Scratch Magazine, and Mountain Bluebird Magazine. You can follow their work @artmuseum.edu_ or subscribe to their monthly by-mail comic newsletter Magic Leaf here.
BFA in Illustration and Photography, AA in Creative Writing
Judge and Workshop Instructor for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
r e a c h t h e m a t
sarah@deathrattle.org
Reed Bills
(they/them)
Board Member + Event promotor and designer
A writer and artist currently living in sin.
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reed@deathrattle.org
