“For cover-to-cover excellence and poetic urgency, Frangible Operas may be Susan Kelly-DeWitt’s best-ever poetry collection.” Thank you Poetry Flash and writer Tom Goff for an extraordinary in-depth review of Susan Kelly-DeWitt’s Frangible Operas. Read the whole review in the October issue of Poetry Flash.
Welcome, Sad Animal!
The inaugural winner of the John Ridland Poetry Prize is Joshua McKinney of Sacramento, California, selected by the editors of Gunpowder Press for his manuscript Sad Animal. Welcome, Joshua!
Happy New Year!
To celebrate, we’re sharing “January One,” a poem by our Dryden-Vreeland winner, Christopher Blackman. His prize-winning book, Three-Day Weekend, is forthcoming from Gunpowder Press. This poem was first published in Rust & Moth (Spring 2021) and is reprinted with the poet’s permission:
Celebrating David Case
Happy birthday to our founding spirit! While the name Gunpowder Press was inspired by Saint Barbara (the patron saint of our city and of gunpowder), our work is inspired by David Case, the poet who motivated Publisher David Starkey to start creating books ten years ago. Starkey includes Gunpowder Press’s origin story in his foreword […]
Announcing Alta California Prize winners Florencia Milito and Gabriel Ibarra
The winners of the Alta California Prize, selected by Francisco Aragón from an incredibly rich collection of submissions, are Florencia Milito‘s Sor Juana and Gabriel Ibarra‘s On Display. Francisco also recognized Felipe De La Rosa‘s Summer Blooms in Paramount as an honorable mention. In addition to the winners and honorable mention, eight poets were distinguished […]
Congratulations, Emma Trelles!
Academy of American Poets has recognized as a Poet Laureate Fellow Emma Trelles, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Fellow! Emma is the series editor for Gunpowder’s Alta California Chapbook Prize. Gunpowder is committed to bringing the words of Latinx poets to as wide an audience as possible. Thank you to the Academy of American Poets for […]