We are delighted to present Gail benEzra’s Sunflowers & Bony Wings, Number 8 in our A.V. Christie Series. Please join us in congratulating Gail, and click here to read a sample poem and order your copy.
We are pleased to announce this year’s selections for the A.V. Christie Series. Our series editor, Sandy Yannone, has chosen irene cooper’s disintegration and Iris Rosenberg’s Subway’s like a bell curve to be published in early spring of 2027. We extend our gratitude to Sandy and to our readers, Liz Ahl and Ellen Miller-Mack. Please join us in congratulating the poets!
irene cooper wrote the poetry collections spare change, finalist for the Stafford/Hall Award, even my dreams are over the constant state of anxiety, and octets, a chapbook of original form. she is the author of two novels and a clutch of short stories & essays. irene supports AIC-directed
creative writing, teaches in community, & co-hosts Raging Writers/Spoken Words in the middle
of oregon, where she lives with her people & roxy.
Iris Rosenberg‘s poetry has appeared in River Heron, SWWIM, Thimble, Rust & Moth,
Ekphrastic Review and other literary journals. She lives in New York City with her husband, Stephen Sherman, a painter.
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We are thrilled to announce the publication of Esperanza Cintrón’s My Man, Number 7 in our A.V. Christie Series, selected by series editor Sandy Yannone. Please join us in congratulating Esperanza, and click here to read a sample poem and order your copy.
Each February, we read manuscripts from women writers over age 50, and our series editor, Sandy Yannone, selects one or two poetry manuscripts to publish in our A.V. Christie Series. There are no restrictions on content or form. Please check our complete guidelines and send us your best work!
We’re very happy to announce the publication of Rebekah Wolman’s What the Hollow Held, Number 6 in our A.V. Christie Series. Please join us in congratulating Rebekah, and click here to read a sample poem and order your copy!
Seven Kitchens Press is proud to sponsor the annual A.V. Christie Chapbook Series for an original, unpublished poetry manuscript by a woman writer over the age of 50. This series honors the vision of poet & teacher A.V. Christie and was launched in 2022 thanks to the generous donations of A.V.’s friends and colleagues. We are especially proud to offer this series in her memory as part of our long-term commitment to publish women and other traditionally underrepresented voices, with the goal of making them a significant majority of our catalog.
Manuscripts are considered annually during the month of February. Full guidelines may be found here.
We’re so happy to announce the publication of Night Swimmers by Jody Winer as Number 5 in our A.V. Christie Series. Please join us in welcoming Jody to the Seven Kitchens family, and then click here to read a sample poem and order your copy!
We will reopen the reading window for this series in February.
Thank you to all the poets who sent work for the A.V. Christie Series. We have selected two manuscripts: Night Swimmers by Jody Winer of Sag Harbor, NY; and What the Hollow Held by Rebekah Wolman of San Francisco, CA. Each chapbook will be published in an edition of 100 hand-tied copies. Please join us in welcoming these poets to the Seven Kitchens family! We hope you will support their work.
We are thrilled to officially welcome Sandy Yannone as our Series Editor. The author of two poetry collections, Boats for Women and The Glass Studio (both from Salmon Poetry), Sandy is also co-founder and host of Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry, an international, intersectional, intergenerational poetry group and reading series.
We’re excited to announce the release of two new chapbooks this week:
American Parade Routes by Tim Moder is Number 21 in our Rane Arroyo Series.
The Something We Make from Nothing by Terry Hall Bodine is Number 4 in our A.V. Christie Series.
Click the links above to learn more about both these new titles. Please join us in welcoming Tim and Terry to the Seven Kitchens Press family!
Seven Kitchens Press is proud to sponsor the annual A.V. Christie Chapbook Series for an original, unpublished poetry manuscript by a woman writer over the age of 50. This series honors the vision of poet & teacher A.V. Christie and was launched in 2022 thanks to the generous donations of A.V.’s friends and colleagues. We are especially proud to offer this series in her memory as part of our long-term commitment to publish women and other traditionally underrepresented voices, with the goal of making them a significant majority of our catalog.
Manuscripts are considered annually during the month of February. Full guidelines may be found here.
