Saquina Karla C. Guiam is a writer from the Philippines. They mostly write poetry, with some short fiction on the side. Once nominated for Best of the Net in 2016 and 2017. Was an editor for Rambutan Literary and Umbel and Panicle. Currently, they can be reached via email, or their lone social at Bluesky. They like milk tea, cats, video games, and stationery.

written work

published locally, nationally, internationally; in print and online

PROSE
- Kyouka Suigetsu on Dagmay
- Old and New on Sea Foam Mag and (reprint) Augur Mag
- Pasig on Philippine Speculative Fiction, Volume 11 and (reprint) Dadiangas Review, Issue 1

POETRY
- Breakwater Girls on Dagmay
- The Legend of the Sampaguita on The Fem Lit Mag
- An Open Letter #1 on Rising Phoenix Review
- Skin on Transcending Shadows Reivew
- Fake Immortality on sister-hood mag
- Maria on The Machinery
- #BigasHindiBala on Rising Phoenix Review
- no one understood and The Fall of Atkascha on Fan/Verses
- Conversations on Werkloos Mag
- rejecting beauty standards on Transcending Shadows Review
- Same Shit, Different Day, God Descends and Then Some, and Upon A Blooming
- Bones Uncovered in the Dirt and God Body on Public Pool
- How to be an Ally on Rising Phoenix Review
- Heretic and Acolyte and stop bringing your regrets to a knifefight on Dulcet Quarterly
- Tapestry on Glass: A Journal of Poetry
- Dua and Cynosure on
- Dear Imee on Mindanews
- Avatar and Berenice and the Beach on Venus Mag
- Divergence and Dream Wedding
- Creation Myth on Crab Fat Magazine
- The Politics of Rice on Feminine Inquiry
- Virginity
- by a hanging on Red Queen Literary Mag
- There is Still Something Worth Fighting For
- Mythology
- Bloodroot, Vernal Equinox, and Crush
- The Commandments of Virtue on Geoliterary
- Half
- Collective Amnesia and Bridge
- The Killing, Haram, Image, and Kairos
- Keeping
- Cautionary Tale and Voluntary State of Apart on Line Break
- Departure/Arrival
- Lunar and Lux
- Topography of A Return
- On Naming, how to talk to girls with headphones on, and The Commandments of Virtue (reprint) on Bangsamoro Literary Review, Issue 1

Credentials

as a workshop fellow, guest speaker, awardee

- Fellow for the 2014 Ateneo de Davao University Writers Workshop
- Fellow for the 2015 Davao Writers Workshop
- Fellow for Winter Tangerine's Sing That Like Dovesong Flash Workshop (2016)
- Fellow & Manuel E. Buenafe Fellow for the 23rd Iligan Writers Workshop (2016)
- Guest Speaker for PENTAKASI 2016 at Mindanao State University in General Santos City
- Nominee for Best of the Net (2016)
- Panel member for KUMBIRA: A Panel Discussion on Mindanawon Writing (2017)
- Guest speaker for PENTAKASI 2017 at Mindanao State University in General Santos City
- Nominee for Best of the Net (2017)
- Guest Speaker for PENTAKASI 2018 at Mindanao State University in General Santos City
- Panel member for BLTX Davao's Round Table #1: Who's Afraid of Self-Publishing and the Independent Small Press?
- Poetry mentor for the SOX Writing Camp (2019)
- Panelist and Facilitator (for the zine-making workshop) for Gandang-Ganda sa Sariling Gawa Art Expo: Mindanao Leg
- Guest Speaker for PENTAKASI 2019 at Mindanao State University in General Santos City