Tips For Publishing Chapbooks by Susan Rich

This excellent article by Susan Rich provides insights and tips on how to best present your chapbook to presses and contests. The article includes ten well-described tips from her personal editing experience, including: Persistence. Persistence. Persistence. Follow the Rules Create a Theme that Provides Coherence Ordering your Manuscript […]

"Moving forward with poetry and prose" an offering from espnW to mark the worldwide women's marches today + more poems

There’s not much more to be said about this exceptional offering of poems and prose presented by espnW. Click on the article link below and spend some time with the words of these honest and masterful human beings, including Meg Day, Ada Limón, Mahogany L. Browne, Allison Glock, and Jessica Jacobs. Also […]

“Moving forward with poetry and prose” an offering from espnW to mark the worldwide women’s marches today + more poems

There’s not much more to be said about this exceptional offering of poems and prose presented by espnW. Click on the article link below and spend some time with the words of these honest and masterful human beings, including Meg Day, Ada Limón, Mahogany L. Browne, Allison Glock, and Jessica Jacobs. Also […]

Need poetry/writing prompts? Check out this list compiled by Bernadette Mayer . . .

The Poetry Foundation describes Bernadette Mayer as "an avant-garde writer associated with the New York School of poets . . . known for her innovative use of language." The list starts with journaling ideas and then continues with a HUGE list of writing experiments. Scroll down about a […]

Book review call, AWP event, FREE stuff + editor interview —— Five Oaks Press/Live Oak Review

Five Oaks Press is a small press comprised of editor-in-chief Lynn Houston and assistant editor Stacey Balkun. They have been publishing poetry since 2014 and will be releasing their first novel-length work of literary fiction in the summer of 2017. They are always accepting submissions of reviews for […]

Book review call, AWP event, FREE stuff + editor interview —— Five Oaks Press/Live Oak Review

Five Oaks Press is a small press comprised of editor-in-chief Lynn Houston and assistant editor Stacey Balkun. They have been publishing poetry since 2014 and will be releasing their first novel-length work of literary fiction in the summer of 2017. They are always accepting submissions of reviews for […]

Honor Martin Luther King Jr. day in poetry —— poems & national events

This weekend has been a whirlwind of amazing events for me here in Utah, including the exceptional performance by Taylor Mac kicking off MLK week and the inspirational, packed #writersresist event last night at Mandate Press. Today, I’m immersing myself in reading poems to honor Martin Luther King Jr. […]

Honor Martin Luther King Jr. day in poetry —— poems & national events

This weekend has been a whirlwind of amazing events for me here in Utah, including the exceptional performance by Taylor Mac kicking off MLK week and the inspirational, packed #writersresist event last night at Mandate Press. Today, I’m immersing myself in reading poems to honor Martin Luther King Jr. […]

First Book Publication: Keep at it and you will succeed —— guest blog post by Erica Goss

Night Court, a poetry collection by Erica Goss, is the winner of the 2016 Lyrebird Award from Glass Lyre Press. The collection will be published in the summer of 2017. When I received the news that Night Court was a semi-finalist for the Lyrebird Award from Glass Lyre […]

First Book Publication: Keep at it and you will succeed —— guest blog post by Erica Goss

Night Court, a poetry collection by Erica Goss, is the winner of the 2016 Lyrebird Award from Glass Lyre Press. The collection will be published in the summer of 2017. When I received the news that Night Court was a semi-finalist for the Lyrebird Award from Glass Lyre […]

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