Results of the Open Chapbook Reading Period

We are very pleased to announce the following:

Chapbooks forthcoming from Bloof   

Packing by Hailey Higdon 

WindowBoxing by Kirsten Kaschock

Nonstop Pop by Becca Klaver

scenes from the lives of my parents by Pattie McCarthy 

Poems Are the Only Real Bodies by Jennifer Tamayo 

This Is What It Is Like to Be Loved by Me by Jared White

We will be telling you more about these poets and their chapbooks as we begin working together on the projects.

The first chapbook in the series will be scheduled for later this year, and the remainder throughout 2013. Each will be released in a limited edition of 100 printed copies, with digital versions thereafter.

We would also like to recognize the following poets:

Finalists in the 2012-2013 Open Chapbook Reading Period  

Allyson Boggess, The Heck Point 

Tina Brown Celona, Letters from the Underworld 

Todd Colby & Joanna Penn Cooper, Age of Wonder 

Joanna Penn Cooper, Crown 

Marisa Crawford, 8th Grade Hippie Chic(k) 

Jessica Dyer, Uterus Poems 

Tim Earley, Catfish Poems 

Jess Rowan, the living 

Kate Schapira, Dogbook 

Nicole Steinberg, Undressing 

Dawn Akemi Sueoka, Not One Thing but Every Thing 

Paige Taggert, Smothered in Emu Milk

We got many more submissions than we expected--a thrilling circumstance. Some of us have been reading submissions for a long time (decades even), and could hardly believe how exceptional these projects and proposals were. What a pool!

We understand each submission to be gesture of support for what we are doing here. We thank everyone who shared their work with us.