Rayne Alarcio

Rayne Alarcio (he/they) is a Filipino American transmasculine poet and media artist from Los Angeles. Their work appears or is forthcoming in Chicago Quarterly Review, Cimarron Review, and Up the Staircase Quarterly, among others. Their debut chapbook, Starving the Wolf (Bottlecap Press, 2025), is housed in the Poets House Permanent Collection in New York and was ranked #1 in Poetry on Reedsy Discovery’s “Recently Discovered” list (February 2026)

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Rayne’s writing explores queer and transmasculine becoming, diaspora, family mythologies, digital intimacy, and the boundaries between folklore, video games, and the body. Committed to literary community and youth mentorship, they serve as a National Writing Juror for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and support emerging writers through organizations including WriteGirl and The Incandescent Review.

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They hold a BA in English with a Film & Media concentration from Kalamazoo College and are currently developing new poetry and hybrid projects while splitting time between Los Angeles and abroad.