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THESE gorgeous words from @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social about MORE FLOWERS (@triohousepress.org)! I am so happy to have one of my favorite poets (& people!) endorse this collection & with a book about being seen, it is wonderful to see myself in her insights & to feel so affirmed. Thank you, Cynthia!

We're offering 30 free submissions on December 24! Opens at noon MST, closes at 11:59pm MST (or once our cap is reached). If you have a submission pending, please wait until you receive a response. Full guidelines: shopoetryjournal.com/submissions/

Vannida S. Kol 💙 “…souls remembering their way / back to the body…” Really loving this poem, first featured in @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social Number 4.

Sometimes at dusk I walk around and look (ok snoop) through people's windows, after they turn on lights and before they close the curtains. This poem just out in the lovely Dawntreader (from @indigodreamspub.bsky.social) is in part about that - in part about heartache.

So much done so swiftly here - grief, suspension, dailiness, wonder and terror, in the fourteen lines of a pared down sonnet. shopoetryjournal.com/robert-okaji...

What has 464 poetry collections, chapbooks, and anthologies? Our Poetry of 2025 roundup, featuring an incredible wealth of poetry published by independent literary presses this year! www.clmp.org/news/poetry-...

Super stoked to be a finalist for the Nine Syllables Press Chapbook Contest! I just love this list of poets, and I’m so happy to be among them! Congrats to all! Thanks to all! 💜🩵

Calling poets! Shō Poetry Journal opens for submissions tomorrow, December 15, at midnight MST. Full guidelines: shopoetryjournal.com/submissions/ Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

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We are thrilled to announce that Betsy Mitchell Martinez has been awarded the Shō Poetry Prize for ”Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo with Prickly Pear,” ”Girl with Death Mask,” and “Diego Weighs in on Quality”! Shō No. 8: tinyurl.com/shono8. Congratulations, @betsymitchellmtz.bsky.social!

I’m thrilled that @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social published my poem “Wakulla.” What a highlight to be in the same issue as Chen Chen! #poetry #poem #literature shopoetryjournal.com/product/sho-...

We are thrilled to announce that Cheyenne C. Fletcher has been awarded the Sita Martin Prize for three poems: “Lady of the Holler,” “Obit #1,” and “Obit #2.” Cheyenne’s poems will be published in Shō No. 8 (Winter 2025/2026)—preorder your copy at tinyurl.com/shono8. Congratulations, Cheyenne!

Thank you @triohousepress.org for the opportunity to reflect on MORE FLOWERS and, of course, the sincerest, most heartfelt gratitude to Lili Gourley for asking the smartest questions that helped me see the poems anew! Check out the interview, friends! 🌸🌼🌺 tinyurl.com/n4uavefb

We are excited to announce the prize honorees for our winter issue! Rebecca Morton is the runner-up of the Shō Poetry Prize for three poems titled “Uncertainty Principle.” Rebecca’s poems will be published in Shō No. 8 (Winter 2025/2026). Reserve your copy at tinyurl.com/shono8

We are excited to announce the prize honorees for our winter issue! Rukan Saif is the runner-up of the Sita Martin Prize for her poem “Harami Ghazal.” Rukan’s poem will be published in Shō No. 8 (Winter 2025/2026). Get your copy here: tinyurl.com/shono8 Congratulations, Rukan!

Loved chatting with the brilliant @summ.bsky.social about my book! Cannot WAIT for her forthcoming debut The Hungering Years!!!

A most marvelous sonnet, no joke—

“when you ask your love for something, make it small” / new poem I’m so pleased to have arriving in mailboxes 🩷

Today's the 5-month anniversary of the release of ESTATE SALE by @uofupress.bsky.social & while it had a kind of soft launch over the lazy summer, I'm pleased w the response this fall. If yr interested, here's a list of places where you can find a copy: dmurphy.online/estate-sale/ #writingcommunity

It IS on sale! Ten dollars for you and yours! @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social

I’m excited for everyone to hear this episode! @hanvanderhart.bsky.social is such a careful and kind reader, and a great interviewer

So excited to have two poems from the book alongside such great company! Preorder at the link :)

Cover reveal: Shō No. 8 | Winter 2025/2026 Cover art: “Hopi Leia” by Sikuyva Dawavendewa. Our winter issue features 72 poems by 48 poets (names threaded below). Pre-order link: tinyurl.com/shono8 The winners and runners-up of the editors’ prizes will be announced this week!

Announcing our nominations for the Nina Riggs Poetry Award! Dorsey Craft @dorseycraft.bsky.social Maja Lukic @majalukic.bsky.social Nina C. Peláez @ninacpelaez.bsky.social Jessica Nirvana Ram @jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social Jeddie Sophronius Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social

After the fracture, the tending—send us what gathers in the fragile quiet. Our spring web issue, Aftercare, turns to what follows intensity, crisis, or rupture. Borrowed from the language of kink, aftercare asks what it means to stay, to tend, to rebuild. Links in comments for more info!

COVER REVEAL! Good morning & afternoon to Preeti Vangani’s Fifty Mothers, design by @alban-fischer.bsky.social 📚💙✨ Preorder here: riverriverbooks.org/store/-Preor...

My poem from the new beautifully done Nixes Mate

Very excited to reveal the cover for The Broken Buddha, my forthcoming poetry collection from Roadside Press. Immensely grateful to Harim Choi (@harimmch on IG) and Dominique Ahkong for their work on the cover art and design. You can reserve a signed copy here: tinyurl.com/brokenbuddha

Announcing Shō Poetry Journal’s nominees for the inaugural Monarch Queer Literary Awards (@monarch.gay)! • William Ward Butler @williamwardbutler.bsky.social • Ranudi Gunawardena • Mickie Kennedy @mickimaynard.bsky.social • Jackson D. Moorman • Ciaran Pierce

Just saying, it's not too late to order this for Christmas or whatever. And if you have it already, give it some stars or a review or if you're cold, use it to start a fire. bookshop.org/p/books/temp...

Has loss or change or time made you rethink how you define yourself? Then you or someone you know might like Unrivered. Get yours at the link in bio or from your indie bookstore at bookshop.org/p/books/unri... (I also have some at home that I can sign & mail (US only). DM for that option.)

Congrats to our Pushcart nominees! • Jo Bear: “After the Gulls” • Christian J. Collier: “Nocturne” • Erica Dawson: “Portrait of the artist as sonnet for Dickinson’s line A wounded deer—leaps highest—” • Chris Hoshnic: “Event / Response” • Maja Lukic: “Wings of Desire” • Meg Reynolds: “Milkstone”

Special sneak peek of our winter issue for blue sky: Elizabeth Loudon’s remarkable poem “Renunciation.” Coming soon to Shō No. 8 in print—and to Best New Poets 2025 😉

The Holiday Bundle has arrived, looking cuter than a December snowflake ❄️✨ Purchase NOW — orders after Dec 10 will jingle their way to you in January. Swing by the HFR Store to peek at other issues or treat yourself to a subscription. Give your bookshelf something to celebrate! 📚🎄

POETS: If you're not exactly a spring chicken (I consider myself a mid-to-late-summer bird) I highly recommend taking a gander (sorry, not trying to pun, it just happened) at The Stern Prize. What a lovely framework for a prize: 50 & over. I mean, it takes a half-century to unlearn some things, yes?

Your morning reminder that we have a newsletter with cover reveals, coupon codes, author interviews, and more 📚💙

So for #GivingTuesday I have a request. My laptop is old, and practically unusable. I am a writer, poet mostly, working on 2 manuscripts and also trying my hand at fiction. I am looking to raise at least $200 towards a new one with your help. Thanks for your support 💜 Venmo Nikki-Wallschlaeger

Also, hello from my cluttered kitchen counter. I have two (2) copies of Field Notes that received VERY light rain damage on the lower back pages in transit home from Punch Bucket Lit, so they cannot be sold, but I’d love to send them out as review copies. Holler at me me if you’d like one. —Han

Today’s Featured Poem: “Turkeys & Church” by @dmurphy.bsky.social from Estate Sale published by @uofupress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/turkeys...

Beautiful to have a new poem in the PRECARIOUS Issue of Cordite Poetry Review: cordite.org.au/poetry/preca... Tx to Editor Andy Jackson. From his editorial: ‘The poems needed to themselves be teetering, staggering, bedridden or exposed.’ #CripLit

On December 20 I'll be the featured poet at the online Wordhive poetry series. Hope you can join. wordhiveorg.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/g...

“I am / not ready to hatch. Teach me / to harden in the air” — Dominique Ahkong (@domkeykong.bsky.social) . . . This poem appeared in Pirene’s Fountain Volume 18, Issue 26, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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We’re open for submissions! This winter’s reading period is for individual poems for our first anthology rather than full-length manuscripts. Details at www.juneroadpress.com/submissions!

✨ Good news! You still have time to send us your work. ✨ Hayden’s Ferry Review has extended our submission deadline to December 31st. No caps, all genres welcome — we’d love to read what you’ve been creating. guidelines link in comment. #litmag #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #flash #submityourwork

Good morning to our newest cover: The Visible Field by Zoë Ryder White, design by Alban Fischer! 📚🎉 ✨ Preorder here: riverriverbooks.org/store/-Preor... @zoeryderwhite.bsky.social @alban-fischer.bsky.social