lost poets / bureau of anti-loneliness
FIND THE
OTHERS.
A place for your art.
A place for you.
A home for the creatively marooned. For the art and poetry and books waiting to be seen. For the person on the other side of the work.
Four ways to find each otherWe are all islands.
Art is a bridge.
Being human can be lonely. So can being an artist, making the work, and trying to get it into the world. We write alone. We paint alone. Too often, the finished thing is left alone too.
But art shares the most intimate thing we have: our own experience of being here. When we share it, we bridge the silo of self. Find the Others is about building community inside that loneliness—and getting art to the people who need it.
the work deserves somewhere to land
A book. And a world beyond it.
In 2027, we'll publish Find the Others with major publishers. Every campaign submission will be considered for that book—and also for our website, newsletters and online galleries.
Every submission is considered. Not every submission will be selected for publication.
Four invitations. One less lonely world.
01 / the instagram collaboration
Make something together.
A poem and a painting. A film and a song. Something none of you could have made alone. Any subject is welcome—as long as it's a collaboration.
- ✶ Two or more artists, posting together on Instagram.
- ✶ Every participating artist must be a Lost Poets member.
- ✶ Tag your collaboration #findtheothers.
We'll consider it for the book, our website, newsletters and Instagram galleries.
02 / the writing challenge
Tell the honest thing.
Write prose or poetry about loneliness. Take it through any lens—the absurd, the tender, the angry, the everyday. Preferably, the honest one.
Any length. The subject is loneliness.
Send your writing through our submission platform. Every entry will be considered for Find the Others and the wider campaign.
03 / the art-only matchmaker
An artist, not a selfie.
Our Tinder for artists matches the work, not the selfies. Say yes to someone's art. When they say yes to yours, the conversation opens.
Talk, receive ideas for a collaboration, and make a #findtheothers post. Start a local Lost Poets salon. Or simply be Lost Poets together.
04 / the monthly live salon
Pull up a chair.
Find the others in a room, not just a feed. Join our monthly live salon: a place to show up as you are, share the work and meet the people behind it.
Next: Artists Anonymous
December 12, 2026
Online — Zoom (link sent after RSVP)
You were never the only one.
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