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Lillian Navales

she/her | Writer, editor, designer-artist | Philippines

Lillian Navales (she/her) is a trans woman writer-designer based in Bacolod City. Her work can be found in Kinaiya - PUSO(K): Mga Tula, Sidlak - The Mutien Marie Journal, and in the zines of the Santermo Writers Guild. Having grown up in the Middle East, she looks to write poems and columns free from barriers and bureaucracy.

Selected work

Cover of Santermo Writers Guild

SA MAY BANWA SANG ILOG DAMPI

Santermo Writers Guild, 2026

Poetry
Cover of Kinaiya Kolektib

KASILYAS/RESTROOMS

Kinaiya Kolektib, 2025

Poetry
Cover of Sidlak

INFRASTRUCTURE

Sidlak, 2025

PoetryProse Poetry
Cover of Sidlak

Rule of Three

Sidlak, 2024

Poetry
Cover of Sidlak

Manananggal

Sidlak, 2024

Poetry
Cover of Sidlak

Ceremony

Sidlak, 2024

Poetry
Cover of Hut;k

Prophets & Birdsongs

Hut;k, 2024

Poetry

Projects

Zine ยท 2026-present

Ipot-ipot: Inchakto

Pioneering volume of Santermo Writers Guild zine 'Ipot-ipot': Inchakto, a work on decisions in Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Aklanon, and Waray.

Image 1 of Ipot-ipot: Inchakto