I'm holding a green linocut print of a Jack-in-the-Pulpit above my workbench, which has a green cutting mat and various carving and printmaking tools on it. Jack-in-the-Pulpit is a small, curved woodland flower with three large leaves emerging out of its stem behind the flower.
I've been working with new forms . . . introducing Ironweed Arts, named after my favorite native flower 💜 ironweedarts.com
Made a little DIY notepad for making calls and taking action… sharing a simple how-to/free design template if you too are phone-shy but still trying to make calls to senators, representatives, various wannabe-overlords…
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stop submitting to this storefront pretending to be a literary magazine!!
this means my book is on sale for $15.30, serendipitous for a book where the numbers 1-5-3 are so important... if you're also into numerology, or myths where the numbers aren't there by accident, hi, I made this for you:
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For the poets! Data on submission fees and more for first or second poetry books in 2025:
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I find it helpful to put submission fees in context and tried to do that here, especially for poets who can only afford to take it one deadline at a time this year.
Photo of 3 poetry books by Emily Stoddard, Summer Farah, and Lyd Havens; all published by Game Over Books
Oh look it's my future pressmates! Excited to read poems by @emilystoddard.bsky.social @summ.bsky.social and Lyd Havens, all from @gameoverbooks.bsky.social 💜
yeah, I'm originally from GR, now up north - always hoping the Poetry Bulletin aims for the fair labor/union vibes my grandpa shared as I grew up here... it's great to find other Michigan poets who get it!
the "my book found its home" messages seriously mean so much! thanks for getting this resource out to more folks <3
yes to vetting... alllll the vetting... grateful to be in the work with you! <3
thanks so much for helping to get the word out!
thank you for sharing this with more folks!
thanks so much for this and for getting the word out! I'm hoping to nudge more presses on the fees this year, and it helps when more of us push on it... the data just makes it so clear which publishers actually care about access and which don't.
thank you for passing it along to others! <3
Your 2025 poetry publishing spreadsheet (173 reading periods this year!) and trend report is here. Now I go collapse on the couch with my dog, thank you, love you, happy new year, submit with care! submit in solidarity! it matters, really!
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December issue of the #Poetry Bulletin is out: poetrybulletin.substack.com/p/poetry-bul...
this means a lot, thank you so much <3
