Winner of the Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Contest Descent by Arria Deepwater Exploring boundaries of intimacy, fluidity, & grief, Deepwater brings an eco-feminist speculative twist to growing canon of writers with marginalized identities Available for pre-order press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Bloodletting: poems by Kimberly Reyes / @omnidawn.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/bloo...

Many congratulations to David Leftwich, winner of the 2025 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book Contest, selected by Daniela Molnar! Congratulations also to the finalists Robert Black Xinyue Huang Annie Rovzar Jackson Watson JinJin Xu

newly posted: Laynie Browne : on Daily Self-Portrait Valentine / @omnidawn.bsky.social @pamenarpress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/09/layn...

"Ronk’s poems centre delicate care and human touch, the importance of physical and human connection, and the physical making of objects with care, and with one’s hands." robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/06/mart... press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

i seem to have posted a quiet update on my patreon patron-only blog: www.patreon.com/robmclennan

We're extended the 2025 Omnidawn Open Poetry Contest to August 31st, 2025! Poet Jose-Luis Moctezuma is our judge this year. He's looking forward to reading your work! Prize: $3000, 20 copies, and publication Submit your best work here: omnidawn.submittable.com/submit

reading recent interviews online at @parisreview.bsky.social : Fanny Howe, and Rosmarie Waldrop (my third time rereading); such remarkable writers, such remarkable thinking;

Flum manages to make the reader an intimate outsider, rather than simply a voyeur. Steven Leyva www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Coming up in just a few weeks: me and Randall Mann present "Poetry and Sex in Public Places," a tribute to Mutsuo Takahashi. Guest readers include Josh Tvrdy, Armen Davoudian, Dodie Bellamy and Sam Sax. This is a free event, sponsored by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social. 2pm Sunday, 10 August.

“The arts allow us to dance at the edge of uncertainty.” Barbara Groth Join our 2025 Breaking the Bowl class led by David Koehn! www.omnidawn.com/breaking-the...

On Poetry: June 2025. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... @stevenleyva.bsky.social @omnidawn.bsky.social #Booksky

"trap a thought and sit with or wrestle with it until it reveals its purpose..."  An Interview with Kimberly Reyes on Bloodletting www.letraslatinasblog2.com/post/intervi... To find your copy of Bloodletting: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Announcing the 2025 Omnidawn Poetry Open Book Contest judged by Jose-Luis Moctezuma! Prize - $3,000, publication, and 20 copies Dates: July 1 - August 16 Submit here: omnidawn.submittable.com/submit Send us your best work!

Martha Ronk, Clay / @omnidawn.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/06/mart...

Extending the 2025 Omnidawn Chapbook Contest to June 30th! Judged by Ewa Chrusciel! Fee: $30  Prize: $3,000, publication and 20 copies! omnidawn.submittable.com/submit

Descent is at the printers! 🙏🏽 @omnidawn.bsky.social for supporting my weird vision and to Teagan Berard for the beautiful artwork. And to @cindyashton.bsky.social @rebelgrrlraechel.bsky.social @michelleruizkeil.bsky.social @amandaleduc.bsky.social Rebecca Burke, Lorrie Potvin, Brenda Missen 💗

Join our free virtual Spring 2025 Book Launch  with Evan Karp and Quiet Lightning! Sunday July 13, 2025 at  1:00 pm Pacific. Event is free to the public. Register in advance! www.omnidawn.com/readings

Kudos to Maw Shein Win! Well-deserved! 👏

Craig Santos Perez’s HABITAT THRESHOLD “explores his ancestry as a native Pacific Islander, the ecological plight of his homeland, and his fears for the future.” Read this @omnidawn.bsky.social poetry collection! #APAHeritageMonth bookshop.org/p/books/habi...

Congratulations Maw Shein Win for Lifetime Achievement Award from Berkeley Poetry Festival! Anyone in the Bay Area--join us on Sun June 8: 3-5pm @ Berkeley Art Center ! www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com @mawsheinwin.bsky.social

Announcing the 2025 Omnidawn Poetry Chapbook Contest, judged by Ewa Chrusciel! Dates: May 1 - June 16 Prize: $1000, publication & 20 copies Submission fee: $30 Send your best work! omnidawn.submittable.com/submit

Join Canto Mundo tomorrow for a virtual release party for Kimberly Reyes's Bloodletting! Sunday May 4, 2025 12 noon PST, 2 pm CST, 3 pm EST Link: lnkd.in/ehXnE-4X Join us there!

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : C Pirloul-Broshi : The Thinking Jar, by Maw Shein Win / @omnidawn.bsky.social @mawsheinwin.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/05/c-pi...

Bloodletting by Kimberly Reyes--Poetry that considers the nature of relationships in an age mediated by social media and impacted by violence. Click here to get your own copy: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Liza Flum's Hover focuses on queer polyamorous families, considering the ways people in radical family structures are both highly visible and erased. Click here to bring a copy home: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Alibi Lullaby by Norma Cole--A collection of poems that embrace musicality and locate the patterns of ancient songs in the body, nature, and world events. Click here to bring a copy home: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

In this vibrant encomium to fragility and what endures, Martha Ronk engages the practice of pottery, an “ancient material language, each letter felt by hand.” Click here to get a copy of Martha Ronk's book Clay: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Two weeks left for the Broadside Contest! We're extending the deadline to the 2025 Broadside Poetry Contest to April 30th at midnight. The prize is $1,000 and 20 framable broadsides. Judged by Jennifer Hasegawa. We look forward to reading your best work! omnidawn.submittable.com/submit

Norma's new book, ALIBI LULLABY @omnidawn.bsky.social matches my frames! www.omnidawn.com/product/alib...

NAOMIE ANOMIE A Biography of Infinite Desire--A surreal story in verse that follows a woman facing the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic alongside ecological crisis and crumbling social norms. Click here to get a copy of the book: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Sam Creely’s Inventorys is the winner of the 2022 Omnidawn Poetry Open Book Contest, selected by Shane McCrae. Click here to get a copy of this book: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The poetry of Laynie Browne’s Apprentice to a Breathing Hand explores alchemy, connectivity, and perception. Click here to get a copy of this book: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

"HOVER is smart and it smarts—each poem lands like a dart into the cork of the mind and heart." —Benjamin Garcia, author of Thrown in the Throat From our Spring 2025 Season, Hover by Liza Flum is now available! You can get your copy at this link: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Sign up now for our Prosody 2025 Workshop led by David Koehn to increase your writing’s vibrance! Don’t miss this excellent online course/workshop held once a week on Sundays! Duration: April 6th- May 11th For more information: www.omnidawn.com/prosody-onli...

Our 2025 Broadside Contest, judged by Jennifer Hasegawa, is currently underway! The contest is open until April 16th, midnight Pacific time. All submissions must be done through submittable: omnidawn.submittable.com/submit We're excited to read your work!

#blackhistorymonth Tyrone Williams‘s poems challenge and investigate language, history, and race.  Click here to get a copy of his book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/O/bo43350113.html

“If our stories meant nothing, they wouldn’t have to cut out our tongues.” @erinvachon.bsky.social reviews Jamie Hood's memoir Trauma Plot: A Life. ➡️ https://buff.ly/41uABok

Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book contest extended to February 28th at 11:58 Pacific. Send us your best work! omnidawn.submittable.com/submit

"I love you without knowing how or when this world will end. I love you organically, without pesticides." Happy Valentine's Day, poetry-lovers! From "Love in a Time of Climate Change" by Craig Santos Perez (Habitat Threshold, @omnidawn.bsky.social). www.brinkerhoffpoetr...

Ian Lockaby, Defensible Space / if a crow / @omnidawn.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/02/ian-...

Happy New Year! Announcing our 1st/2nd Poetry Contest judged by 2024 Oregon Book Award winner Daniela Molnar!  Fee $30 and prize $3000, publication and 20 copies. Send us what you have!  & thank you for trusting us with your work! https://omnidawn.submittable.com/submit

Today is the last day to contribute to our end-of-year campaign and help us meet our board match! Everyone who donates to our end-of-year campaign will receive a discount for 24% off all of our books sold through our distributor through 1-31-2025!   https://www.omnidawn.com/donate/

A Hooded Crow in the snow. Yep I also do a little poetry. 😁 #birdphotography 🪶

During wee daughter’s ringette practice, opening up consuelo wise’s new poetry title boy, from @omnidawn.bsky.social ,

Help @omnidawn.bsky.social Publishing reach its end of year fundraising goal! Board match in place… #poetry #creative #esalen #bigsur #omnidawn mailchi.mp/omnidawn/joi...

Paul Celan said that the poem was no different from a handshake... The handshake is our decided ritual of both asserting (I am here) and handing over (here) a self to another. Hence the poem is that—Here. I am here. —Claudia Rankine, from Don't Let Me Be Lonely

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : David Koehn : Process Note #47 : on Sur (Omnidawn, 2024) periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2024/11/davi...