Rayne Alarcio

Rayne Alarcio (he/they) is a Los Angeles–born, nonbinary transmasculine Filipino American poet, writer, and media artist. Their work appears or is forthcoming in Up the Staircase Quarterly, Cimarron Review, Cartridge Lit, Fifth Wheel Press, and elsewhere, and has been featured at LAX Terminals 7–8.

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Rayne’s writing explores queer and transmasc becoming, diaspora, intimacy, transformation, and the mythic spaces where video games, folklore, technology, and the body intersect. A Scholastic Art & Writing National Silver Medalist in Short Story and a finalist for La Poeta Publications’ Rooted in Culture Scholarship, Rayne has performed at the LA Times Festival of Books, opened for Caroline Rothstein, and appeared at the 2023 Kalamazoo Poetry Festival featuring Diane Seuss.

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Their debut chapbook Starving the Wolf (Bottlecap Press, 2025) has been featured by Cimarron Review. Rayne also serves as a reader for Exposition Review and has worked across publishing, film, and nonprofit media, including at The Center for Fiction and Aubin Pictures. They hold a BA in English with a Film & Media concentration from Kalamazoo College, where their thesis received honors.

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They live for a good story—whether in a poem, a game, or on the screen.

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Connect at www.raynealarcio.com or @raynealarcio.