We are thrilled to announce our first publication of 2021: Peg Quinn, a multi-year finalist for the Spacks Prize, was selected for the first Gunpowder Press Editors’ Choice publication.
Celebrating Poetry

This December, support independent poetry! Choose any three books from Gunpowder’s catalog (excluding 2020 publications) for a special price of $30 for all three, plus $3 shipping. Be sure to tell us which 3 titles to include in your pack.
Drinking with O’Hara
Winner of the 2019 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize is Drinking with O’Hara, by Glenn Freeman. It’s a hard thing, not knowing, and learning about the death and despair of those who were once close, once known, becoming a “caesura /in the shortened line /a breath /in the midst of /the ongoing world.” Here, subtle formal aspects […]
What Breathes Us: Santa Barbara Poets Laureate 2005-2015
By Barry Spacks, David Starkey, Paul J. Willis, Perie Longo and Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
Includes poems and intro to each poet laureate and a forward by Santa Barbara’s mayor.
What’s Up, Gunpowder?

First Editors’ Choice Prize to Peg Quinn
We are thrilled to announce our first publication of 2021: Peg Quinn, a multi-year finalist for the Spacks Prize, was selected for the first Gunpowder Press Editors’ Choice publication.
Other recent announcements:
Barry Spacks Poetry Prize
Lynne Thompson to serve as final judge for the 2021 Spacks Prize
The editors are honored that Lynne Thompson has agreed to serve as the final judge for the 2021 Spacks Prize. The Spacks Prize is awarded annually to a full-length manuscript of original poems. Previous judges include Dan Gerber, Thomas Lux, Jane Hirshfield, Lee Herrick, Stephen Dunn, and Jessica Jacobs. We are grateful for their generous […]