SM Stubbs was selected as a finalist for the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize and we just couldn’t pass up the chance to publish his collection: “…the poems in Learning to Drown shine an incandescent and intimate light upon memory, childhood, and survival in the aftermath of trauma.” Shipping now from Gunpowder Press. Also available via Amazon, BN.com, […]
Empty Me Full
The latest collection from Catherine Abbey Hodges is available now. 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 […]
Alta California Chapbook Prize
Submissions are currently being accepted for the next Alta California Chapbook Prize. Two sets of 8-12 pages of poems will be selected for publication in bilingual editions. The judge for this year is Alexandra Lytton Regalado. Send poems, in either English or Spanish, by October 1, 2023. Full details on our Submittable page.
Final Days! Dryden-Vreeland Book Prize for K-12 educators
Poets working full- or part-time for any K-12 school, public or private, are encouraged to submit a full-length manuscript (48-100 pages) for the Dryden-Vreeland Book Prize. Your poems need not focus on schools or teaching, and all school employees—teachers, tutors, custodians, administrators—are eligible. Gunpowder Press editors David Starkey and Chryss Yost named this prize to […]
Alta California Winners Available Now
Florencia Milito’s SOR JUANA and Gabriel Ibarra’s ON DISPLAY are here!
Gary Soto to judge 2023 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize
Submissions are open now for the 2023 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize. The editors are thrilled that Gary Soto will be our final judge this year. The Spacks Prize is awarded to a full-length manuscripts and includes publication, $1000, and 50 copies of the winning book. Read more here.