This week on The Wardrobe, Merrick Sloane has chosen selections from Soon Jones’s poetry collection, These Aren’t My Woods Anymore, from Poetose Press! https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/15/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-these-arent-my-woods-anymore-by-soon-jones-3/

Upon the release of their debut poetry collection Bloodroom, author Kay E. Bancroft spoke with Sundress Publications editorial intern Ruoyu Wang. Read more at https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/06/an-interview-with-kay-e-bancroft-author-of-bloodroom/

Jessica Ballen, MFA, is a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet. She is a senior editor at Small Harbor Press, a guest editor for Frontier Poetry and Palette Poetry, and on the reader board for Sundress Publications.

This week on The Wardrobe, Merrick Sloane has chosen selections from Soon Jones’s poetry collection, These Aren’t My Woods Anymore, from Poetose Press! https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/14/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-these-arent-my-woods-anymore-by-soon-jones-2/

Read how former intern Leila Tilin reads fantasy for the reflection of human life https://sundressblog.com/2026/06/30/project-bookshelf-leila-tilin/

Contemplating her fear of ghosts alongside her fear of white supremacists, Bermejo exemplifies exactly why dialoguing with our fears becomes a vital part of existing as an instructor and writer in the current terror of our contemporary backdrop. www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/...

We are excited to announce the release of herb of the sun by jay délise. Find out more and download at: https://www.sundresspublications.com/e-chaps/herb_of_the_sun

i liked this book alert!

This week on The Wardrobe, Merrick Sloane has chosen selections from Soon Jones’s poetry collection, These Aren’t My Woods Anymore, from Poetose Press! https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/13/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-these-arent-my-woods-anymore-by-soon-jones/

"With Floralia, Kimberly Ann Priest takes readers into the aftermath of sexual abuse—the flashes of memory, the gaps, the therapy, the survivor’s strange relationship with her family and her own body." —Katie Manning sundress-publications.square.site/product/flor...

Tola Sylvan is a poet and translator. Her work can be found in Ploughshares, The Iowa Review, Poetry Magazine, and The Common, among other journals.

SAFTA Alumnae Dana Diehl's Hudson Prize winning short story collection, The Earth Room, was just released this past January with Black Lawrence Press! Find out more at: https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-earth-room/

Write a story from the perspective of someone observing you on the street, in a restaurant, a classroom, an airport, or another public place. What can they see, hear, and infer about you? #WritingPrompt #SundressPublications

Write from the perspective of a favorite animal or pet and how they might view you or other humans.

This week on The Wardrobe, Merrick Sloane has chosen selections from Chiagoziem Jideofor's poetry collection, local remedies, from Host Publications. https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/10/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-local-remdies-by-chiagoziem-jideofor-5/

Don’t miss job, fellowship, and volunteer openings at indie publishers and other literary orgs! Browse our job board for open positions: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...

"This is how it feels to also be gendered: 'Something struck through / me against my will, something I am forced to feel around.' How remarkable to witness and feel along with them." –Diana Khoi Nguyen sundress-publications.square.site/product/bloo...

Ariadne Alexis Macquarie (she/they) resides in Lexington, Kentucky, where she recently earned her MFA in Poetry from the University of Kentucky. She is an Assistant Editor for the Best of the Net Anthology and a Wildlife Conservationist-turned-Educator.

This week on The Wardrobe, Merrick Sloane has chosen selections from Chiagoziem Jideofor's poetry collection, local remedies, from Host Publications. https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/09/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-local-remdies-by-chiagoziem-jideofor-4/

Abigail Raley curates a portrait of desire that moves through ecoscapes, homescapes, & genderscapes. Lush with surreal metaphors & fiercely devoted to a corporeal lexicon, these poems echo slick humor while protesting gendered power dynamics. sundress-publications.square.site/product/wet-...

Sundress Publications is now open for full-length poetry manuscripts until August 31! Learn more at https://www.sundresspublications.com/news/2026/06/sundresss-publications-is-now-open-for-full-length-poetry-manuscripts/

This week on The Wardrobe, Merrick Sloane has chosen selections from Chiagoziem Jideofor's poetry collection, local remedies, from Host Publications. https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/08/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-local-remdies-by-chiagoziem-jideofor-3/

We are accepting applications for our Spring Residency Period (Jan 3rd-May 1st 2027). We have two available fellowships for LGBTQIA+ applicants. Deadline September 1st, 2026. Find out more at: https://www.sundresspublications.com/safta/residencies

"Floralia is unsettling and cinematic, as if, on the other side of these pages, someone was holding a showing of Hiroshima Mon Amour." —Sam Cha sundress-publications.square.site/product/flor...

Charlotte Ungar recently graduated from the University of Connecticut, where she studied English and creative writing. Her poetry was awarded the 2024–2025 Wallace Stevens Poetry Prize. Her most recent work appears in the Sugar House Review, Barnstorm, and elsewhere.

This week on The Wardrobe, Merrick Sloane has chosen selections from Chiagoziem Jideofor's poetry collection, local remedies, from Host Publications. https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/07/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-local-remdies-by-chiagoziem-jideofor-2/

i read this and really liked it!

“Ultimately, these heartfelt & vulnerable poems are at the cusp of everything, including narrative, only momentarily beguiled by it. These poems travel 'past the raindrops' on their own road trip toward a full life of beauty and survival.” —Victoria Chang www.sundresspublications.com/e-chaps/so_r...

I've been honored to spend the last week as a resident at Firefly Farms, working on my poetry chapbook + a brand-new novel. Thanks so much to Erin, Joe, and the entire Sundress team for all they do to cultivate this beautiful space for writers!

Marian Kohng (she/her/hers) is a proud Korean American and passionate bookworm. She is a Sales Support Assistant at a local news station in Tucson, AZ and a member of the Communications team for the Young Publishers Association.

This week on The Wardrobe, Merrick Sloane has chosen selections from Chiagoziem Jideofor's poetry collection, local remedies, from Host Publications. https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/06/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-local-remdies-by-chiagoziem-jideofor/

"Like the eponymous flowers, the poems in Floralia oscillate, beautifully, between the familiar and strange, between the therapeutic and poisonous." —Sam Cha sundress-publications.square.site/product/flor...

Jack Cheney is from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is a graduate of the College of Wooster, Ohio. He primarily writes fantasy fiction, including his senior thesis at the College, Old Blood Withers, the start of an anthology set in the same, continuous world of his creation.

Recall a time where you truly felt the feeling of something being sublime, where were you? Can you personify the location in your writing?

This chapbook offers an intimate look into the speaker’s migratory relationships with himself and his communities—from sepia-toned friendships lost in Singapore parks, to long-distance loved ones scattered across the cosmopolitan Global North. www.sundresspublications.com/e-chaps/so_r...

Think of your favorite outdoor activity, such as fishing or hiking, and write about why you love it.

This week on The Wardrobe, Ezra Fox has chosen selections from Stevie Edwards's poetry collection, The Weather Inside, from University of Arkansas Press! https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/03/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-the-weather-inside-by-stevie-edwards-5/

Katherine Oung (they/them) is a creative writer and journalist from South Florida. Their writing can be found in DIALOGIST, Foglifter Journal, The New York Times, The Nashville Scene, and elsewhere. Their debut chapbook, Desire Path is forthcoming with Chestnut Review.

In this installment of #SundressReads, Rachel Bulman reads and reviews Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi's poetry collection, Dreams of Earth, available now from Deep Vellum! https://sundressblog.com/2026/06/30/sundress-reads-review-of-dreams-for-earth/

This week on The Wardrobe, Ezra Fox has chosen selections from Stevie Edwards's poetry collection, The Weather Inside, from University of Arkansas Press! https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/02/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-the-weather-inside-by-stevie-edwards-4/

“In Bloodroom, the studied pressure is dual: external and internal, societal and ancestral. The call is coming from inside the house and the speaker is unafraid to burn the whole lot down rather than repeat a forebear’s harm." –Angel Nafis sundress-publications.square.site/product/bloo...

Eleanor Ball is a librarian and assistant professor at the University of Northern Iowa. She is an editor at fifth wheel press. Her work often circles themes of grief, the body, religion, and queerness. Her writing appears in Barnstorm Journal, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere.

Hark. 'Tis a free craft chapbook from @sundresspub.bsky.social! You can download Stine An’s "On Managing Oneself: Poetry Lessons from a Former B-School Basement Research Goblin" at the link www.sundresspublications.com/wp-content/u...

Jai (they/them) is a lesbian writer and interdisciplinary artist from Atlanta, Georgia. They are an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pursuing a BA in Creative Writing and African American Studies.

Best of the Net nominations are now open!!

This week on The Wardrobe, Ezra Fox has chosen selections from Stevie Edwards's poetry collection, The Weather Inside, from University of Arkansas Press! https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/01/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-the-weather-inside-by-stevie-edwards-3/

Delighted to announce @afterpoetry.com's six nominees for @sundresspub.bsky.social's Best of the Net 2027. Congratulations to Ennis Rook Bashe, Rebekah Wolman, Victoria Spires, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Kate Vanhinsbergh and Barnaby Harsent! 🥳

W are excited to present “The Dis-Form: Disability and the Embodied Mode,” a workshop led by Abigail Raley on Wednesday, July 8th from 6:00-7:30 PM EST, on Zoom. Participants can register for the event at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MeYa_J3tQZ26rTTqSbjnRQ#/registration

i did this for a season and it was a really enjoyable and fulfilling experience!!!

Applications for Poets in Pajamas' Reading Coordinator are now open through July 10th, 2026. To learn more and apply, visit: https://www.sundresspublications.com/openings/