Sixteen Rivers Press is seeking submissions for a chapbook by a poet under forty years of age, to be published in Spring 2013. All styles and forms are welcome. The winner will receive $500 and 25 free copies of the chapbook. The winner will not be required to become a member of the collective, though he or she must commit to giving three or four readings in the Greater Bay Area to support the chapbook. The final judge for the manuscripts will be Camille Dungy. See our guidelines on the Submissions Page.

Welcome to our new website, with the same address, and same beautiful books of poetry you have come to expect from Sixteen Rivers Press. We have a little more room to breathe in our new layout, and our blog and Readings & Events sections should be easier to find. Our new website was designed on a WordPress platform, which will allow our collective members to add content without having to know code or sophisticated website layout techniques.

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We’d like to thank our designer, Cathi Bosco, of Madison, Connecticut, who was able to intuit the look of our press and give us a new design that preserves but enlivens the spirit of our rivers logo.

Terry Ehret’s new book Night Sky Journey will be published by Kelly’s Cove Press in September, 2011. It is one of six books selected to launch an annual series of new work and classic reprints of California writers and artists. Books may be ordered through the website, www.kellyscovepress.com (live September, 2011) or by calling 510-338-3480.

Helen Wickes has a new interview on the Dzanc Books blog, The Collagist, where she discusses her writing process and her new poem “Postcard from Venice.” Check it out at http://dzancbooks.squarespace.com/blog/2011/8/8/helen-wickes-i-was-making-a-verbal-postcard.html and enjoy.

Congratulations to Barbara Swift Brauer whose manuscript was selected as the winner of our 2011 Manuscript Competition. Her book will be published in spring of 2013 along with a new collection by current Sixteen Rivers poet, Gerald Fleming.  Thank you to all the poets who have trusted us with their work, and congratulations again to Barbara.

Congratulations to Judy Halebsky, the winner of the Sixteen Rivers chapbook contest with her manuscript Space, Gap, Interval, Distance. Our judge, Forrest Hamer, made the final selection from a strong list of entries. Judy’s first book, Sky=Empty, won the 2009 New Issues Poetry Prize and was published last year. Her chapbook will be published in spring, 2012. Congratulations to Judy, and thank you to all those who entered this contest.