Get those manuscripts ready: the reading period for this year’s Keystone Chapbook Prize opens tomorrow, July 1. Writers eligible for the Keystone Chapbook Prize include those who live in or have lived in Pennsylvania, those who were born here, and those who are writing with some Pennsylvania connection in their work. See full guidelines here, and good luck!
Please join us in congratulating RJ Gibson, whose chapbook, Scavenge, is now in its third printing! Co-winner of the 2009 Robin Becker Prize, this title is one of our best sellers and absolutely deserves its ever-widening readership. We can’t wait till RJ has a full-length book, but till then, we wholeheartedly recommend this collection: 24 pages of smart, sharply observant poems whose titles alone–from “Coming from a Farm” and “Earthly Delights” to “Erotics” to “Ontology: Britney Spears”–let you know you’re in for an original treat. Congrats, RJ!
Never a Note Forfeit. Number 8 in the Keystone Chapbook Series and co-winner of the 2010 Keystone Chapbook Prize, selected by guest judge Betsy Sholl, this chapbook is scheduled for publication on July 1. Pre-orders are welcome–please click here.
Zowie! The pre-orders have flooded in for Celeste Gainey’s chapbook, and right now we have only three two copies left. If you have placed an order through snailmail, please e-mail us immediately and we’ll hold you a copy: sevenkitchens at yahoo dot com. Once our copies are spoken for, you’ll have to contact Celeste about purchasing directly from the author. Also, this means that if you were planning to buy the whole set–all five titles with free shipping–there are only three two chances left to do so.
Thanks for your overwhelming support of this title, and congratulations to Celeste!
June 21 update: That’s it, folks. This title is sold out. Thank you all so much!
The links are up and it’s time to pre-order your Summer Kitchen chapbooks. Click on each title below to place your order, or click here to order all five titles with free shipping!
Robin Reagler: Dear Red Airplane
Celeste Gainey: In the land of speculation & seismography
Jonathan Bracker: Civilian Aboard U.S. Navy Ship at Sea
Mary Meriam: The Poet’s Zodiac
Ava Sayaka Rosen: The Express
Here’s a peek at our upcoming Summer Kitchen Series: five limited-edition chapbooks launching over the months of July and August. We’ll be set up for pre-ordering by this weekend!
Please join us in congratulating the co-winners of our inaugural Editor’s Prize: Roxanne Halpine Ward (for This Electric Glow) and Jeffrey Ethan Lee (for Towards Euphoria). Both manuscripts will be published by Seven Kitchens Press; our preliminary schedule has the release dates set for January and February of 2012. These new titles will launch Volume Two of our Editor’s Series.
Our sincere thanks to everyone who submitted work and shared the word. We couldn’t do this without you.
We’re delighted to announce that Sascha Feinstein will judge this year’s Keystone Chapbook Prize. Feinstein received the Hayden Carruth Award for his poetry collection Misterioso. Recent books include a memoir, Black Pearls: Improvisations on a Lost Year, and a collection of interviews, Ask Me Now: Conversations on Jazz & Literature. He is Professor of English at Lycoming College, where he co-directs the Creative Writing Program and edits Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz & Literature.
The reading period for this year’s Keystone Chapbook Prize opens July 1. Check our submission guidelines tab for full details.
We’re so happy to announce the publication of our first full-length collection, Pedro Ponce’s HOMELAND: A Panorama in 50 States, selected as Number Twelve in our Editor’s Series. The cover art is by Roxanne Carter, and the cover design is by the amazing Kari Larsen. This gorgeous 59-page (chap)book is assembled using Japanese stab binding; we know you’ll love it as much as we do.
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