Rayne Alarcio (he/they) is a Filipino American transmasculine poet and media artist from Los Angeles. Their work appears or is forthcoming in journals including Chicago Quarterly Review, Cimarron Review, failbetter, 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.

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Their writing explores queer and transmasculine becoming, diaspora, family mythologies, digital intimacy, and the boundaries between folklore, video games, and the body.

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A National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Medal recipient in Short Story, Rayne is committed to literary community and youth mentorship. They are a reader for Exposition Review, have served as a National Writing Juror for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and mentor emerging writers through organizations including WriteGirl and The Incandescent Review.

 

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

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For mentorship, workshops, speaking engagements, literary events, or general inquiries, please reach out at:

raynealarcio@gmail.com