Our winner of the John Ridland Poetry Prize is Andrea Carter. Her manuscript, Figeater, was selected by the editors of Gunpowder Press from over 150 submissions. View the full details and list of additional finalists here.
Burial Fragments by Keith Ekiss
Our second winner of the 2024 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, Burial Fragments by Keith Ekiss is available now from Gunpowder Press.
Thank You, Readers and Poets!
This year, Gunpowder Press became a 501(c)(3), which means your donations are welcome and deductible. Please help us continue this important work as we navigate the new world of grants and funding. There is so much good work in our future, please donate today!
New from California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick
IN PRAISE OF LATE WONDER opens with memoir-like prose poems about Lee’s adoption from Korea, then presents more new poems along with highlights from his previous books. Available directly from Gunpowder Press, or through Bookshop.org, Amazon, or your favorite bookseller.
Alta California Chapbook Winners
Crystal AC Salas, author of Grief Logic, and Nicholas Reiner, author of Levitations will be featured readers for the Mission Poetry Series. Books are available now!