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Issue 6

Cover illustration by Nina Goodyer.

Special edition issue produced in partnership with Deptford Literature Festival 2022, funded by Arts Council London.

Featuring work from: Rhiya Pau, Elspeth Wilson, Luan Goldie, Joanna Sing, Chris Bridges, Annie Hayter, Lumiere Chieh, Mark Thompson, Liz Bentley, Himmi Kari, Clio Isadora, Jess Nash, Javie Huxley, Leone Ross and Sara Jafari.

Issue 1

Cover illustration by Ceylan Aran.

TOKEN Magazine’s first ever issue features life writing, short stories, poetry, art and illustrations from: Louisa Adjoa Parker, Laurence Philomène, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Yzobella Dennis, Yemi Abiade, Nicholas Hayden, Hannah Brewin, Sara Jafari, Brooklyn White, Hina Fujimountain, Alfie Shiukai, Susannah Lohr, Dave Wakely, Daschielle Louis, Gitan Djeli, Estefania Palacio, Flora Symons, Ceylan Aran, and Peter Cooper.

There was no particular theme for this issue but the pieces link through their exploration of isolation, race, sexuality, mental health, and/or the experience of loss.

You can read Sara Jafari's piece 'Paki' here.

Click here for the Editor's Note.

Issue 2

Cover illustrations by Clio Isadora.

TOKEN Magazine’s second issue features short stories, life writing, poetry and artwork on the theme 'bodies' from Efemia Chela, Louisa Adoja Parker, Nicholas Hayden, Melissa Legarda Alcantara, Marianne Tatepo, Sara Jafari, Bethany Rose Lamont, Clio Isadora, Presley Nassise, Thalia Ostendorf, Hogarth Brown, Nicola Webb, Sara Saleh, Christine Yahya, Shreeta Shah, Touran Soltanifard, Diana Branzan, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Brooklyn White, Neeki Chitsaz and Eiman Alubudy.

Click here for the Editor's Note.

 
 
 
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Issue 3

Cover illustrations by Jennifer Ho.

TOKEN Magazine’s third issue features work on love by: Sabba Khan, Eishar Kaur, Chloe Smith, Alyssa Alarcon Santo, Armeghan Taheri, Elizabeth Lovatt, Kirsty Capes, S. Niroshini, Aditi Joshi, Anike Idowu, Naomi Folta, Joelyn Rolston-Esdelle, Laura Bui,
Louisa Adjoa Parker, Shristi Uprety, Rakaya Fetuga, Natasha Dutta, Raahat Kaduji, Simi Abe, Asha Mohamed, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Neeki Chitsaz, Melissa Smith, Claudia Guariglia, Jamia Wilson, Andrea Pippins, Jennifer Ho, Nicholas Hayden, and Sara Jafari.

Click here for their bios.

Click here for the Editor’s Note.

 

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Issue 4

Cover Illustration by Chung-Yun Yoo
TOKEN Magazine’s fourth issue on hope features work from: Sareeta Domingo, Elijah Lawal, Pegah Gashtasbi, Dina Ali Razin, Nicola Webb, Elspeth Wilson, Abdul-Ahad Patel, Dave Wakely, Marcia Veiga, Nuura Axmed, Armani Syed, Kayleigh Cassidy, Roz Weaver, Suruthi Gnanenthiran, Touran Soltanifard, Eishar Kaur, Neeki Chitsaz, Raahat Kaduji, Alyssa Alarcon Santo, Tomekah George, Melissa Smith and Sara Jafari.

Click here for the Editor’s Note.

 
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Issue 5 – Special Edition Issue

Cover illustration by Jess Nash

Special edition issue of TOKEN Magazine, commissioned for Deptford Literature Festival.

Featuring work from: Inua Ellams, Melissa Legarda, Pegah Gashtasbi, Jamie Hale, Barney Harper , Mireille Harper, Clio Isadora, Sara Jafari, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Neha Maqsood, Joanna Sing, Aimeé Felone and Olivia Wilson.

Click here for the Editor’s Note.