Hydration: Spring 2025

Hydration, Spring 2025, is the second poetry collection centered on work from residential Arizona poets following the theme of "absorption". The work collected here is representative of the local spoken word, slam, and also traditional poetry scenes across the state. You will read pieces heard on stages like Ghost Poetry Show, Fruity Poetry Night, PHX Slam by B-Jam, Gay Panic, flagslam, and more. You will also find the work of published and unpublished poets alike. Volume Two's featured poets include Camille LeFevre, Skyelyn Riggs-Davis, Trevor Ruth, and Dylan Webster. This literary magazine project was edited and published by PopTab Press, a company founded and run by local Arizona poet Cierra C. Crea. Both Cierra and H.D. Dean were the editors on this edition.

Additional poets included in this volume (addtl. contributors):

Colin R. Oldham, Gracie Wong, Nicholas Viglietti, Evelyn Lagnese, Annie Ackroyd, Lessie Dingler, Abbie Arnold, Pip Stoesz, Kaden Presley, fera florescence, m lange, KJ, Jessica Swarner, Nelson, Rhianna, Cristina (Cree) Port, Amber Moreland, Hallie Pahl, Mickey Ring, Anuj Viswanathan, Jackson Ercil Evans, Xandri G. Driscoll, Cag Loveless

Cierra C. Crea is the CEO and Founder of PopTab Press. As a poet and full-time writer herself, her accolades include being a state finalist for the Blackberry Peach National Poetry Slam two years in a row and a winner of Arizona State Poetry Society's March 2024 contest for publication. She is passionate about amplifying the voices of different communities throughout Arizona. In addition to her editing and publishing work on Hydration, PopTab's literary magazine, she has run several workshops in the valley to help local writers get their work ready for publication.