It’s here! One of two winners of the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, Holly Karapetkova‘s DEAR EMPIRE, scheduled for release on January 20, is available now.
In Praise of Late Wonder
In his most personal collection of poems to date, Lee writes with openness about his adoption from Korea in more than 25 new memoir-like prose poems. This expansive collection also includes a section of new poems, as well as highlights from his previous books.
Learning to Drown
SM Stubbs was selected as a finalist for the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize more than once, so we decided this book was meant to be. Gunpowder Press is honored to be the home for this collection. Praise for Learning to Drown: “Learning to Drown is that rare book of poems you read over and over again, savoring […]
Empty Me Full
“Empty Me Full is an invitation to intimate conversation with a wise and affectionate seeker. Here is a wit-laced and vulnerable wondering. In poems that turn grief to awe and sadness to wonder, the poet celebrates our stunning, imperfect lives.”
—Barbara Rockman, author of to cleave
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Alta California Chapbook Winner!
The winner of this year’s Alta California Chapbook contest is Michelle Moncayo for her chapbook, Here on this 76L, forthcoming from Gunpowder Press! From our distinguished final judge Richard Blanco: “Michelle Moncayo’s poems burn strong with authentic feeling and personal icons swirling with wings, food as a form of prayer, and the poignant music of […]
Joshua McKinney on Verse Daily
We love seeing Gunpowder poems out in the world! Thank you, Verse Daily, for sharing a poem from Joshua McKinney’s Sad Animal. The book is the winner of our inaugural John Ridland Poetry Prize. Congratulations, Josh!
Other recent announcements:
Barry Spacks Poetry Prize
New! Dear Empire
It’s here! One of two winners of the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, Holly Karapetkova‘s DEAR EMPIRE, scheduled for release on January 20, is available now.
Congratulations, Kellam Ayres!
Selected by Gary Soto as the winner of the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, her manuscript In the Cathedral of My Undoing will be available from Gunpowder Press in early 2024. Read the full announcement, including finalists, here.