Manuscripts selected: A.V. Christie Series

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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.

New chapbook release: Karen McPherson, Long for This World [Summer Kitchen Series]

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Our hot, hot Summer Kitchen Series continues with Karen McPherson’s Long for This World, #2 in this year’s volume. Published in a limited edition of only 49 copies (25 go to the poet, and the other 24 are only available on the Seven Kitchens site). Please join us in welcoming Karen to the Seven Kitchens family, and then click here to read a sample poem and order your copy!

Manuscripts selected: Robin Becker Series

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We’re thrilled to announce the newest titles to be included in the Robin Becker Series. Our series editor, Steve Bellin-Oka, has selected Kitchen Small-Talk by Regina Ruggiero of Manchester, UK, and Forests of Woundedness by Jan Wiezorek of Buchanan, Michigan. 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 would also like to announce the runner-up manuscript, Dead Time Carousel by Michael Russell of Toronto, Ontario, and to thank everyone who sent us their poems, which were read with great care and deliberation.

Seven Kitchens Press never charges a reading fee. We rely solely on your purchases to fund our literary endeavor. Thank you, one and all, for your support.

New chapbook release: John Repp, Star Shine in the Pines (Editor’s Series)

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We are proud to announce the release of our third July chapbook: John Repp’s Star Shine in the Pines is the first title in Volume 6 of our Editor’s Series, and it’s John’s third chapbook with Seven Kitchens Press. Please check out his poems, and click here to order your copy now!

New chapbook release: Erik Schuckers, Pretty Boys in Trouble (Keystone Series)

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We are proud to announce the release of our second July chapbook: Erik Schuckers’ Pretty Boys in Trouble was selected by Keystone Series editors Karen J. Weyant and Jeff Walt as #27 in our longest-running chapbook series. Please join us in welcoming Erik to the Seven Kitchens family, and click here to order your copy now!

New chapbook release: Trevor Moffa, Always, hopefully, soon [Summer Kitchen Series]

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Our hot, hot Summer Kitchen Series is back! Leading off is Trevor Moffa’s Always, hopefully, soon in a limited edition of only 49 copies (25 go to the poet, and the other 24 are only available on the Seven Kitchens site. Please join us in welcoming Trevor to the Seven Kitchens family, and click here to order your copy now!

Manuscripts selected: Summer Kitchen Series

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We’re delighted to announce the lineup for this year’s Summer Kitchen Series. Thank you to everyone who sent in their manuscripts for consideration. Each of the following titles will be published this summer in a limited edition of 49 copies. Authors will receive 25 copies of their work, and the remaining copies will be available–while they last–on our website. Congratulations to:

  • Trevor Moffa, for Always, Hopefully, Soon
  • Karen McPherson, for Long for This World
  • Robert Fanning, for Prince of the Air
  • Connie Wieneke, for What Couldn’t Be Fixed

Please join us in welcoming these poets to the Seven Kitchens family!

Now reading manuscripts: The Keystone Chapbook Series

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Our original and oldest-running series welcomes manuscripts by poets with a Pennsylvania connection during the month of June. Series editors Karen J. Weyant and Jeff Walt look forward to reading your work! Full guidelines available here.

Allison Joseph Series: manuscripts selected

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We are proud to announce the selection of two manuscripts for the Allison Joseph Series: elegy-ish by Sheila Carter-Jones, and Everything But the Bones by Fia Montero. We hope to publish both chapbooks this October. Please join us in welcoming these poets to the Seven Kitchens family.

Thank you to everyone who submitted work to the Allison Joseph Series. It was an honor to read such brilliant, diverse voices. Our next reading period will open in November.

Now reading manuscripts for the Robin Becker Series

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Since 2008, Seven Kitchens Press has proudly sponsored the annual Robin Becker Chapbook Series for original, unpublished poetry manuscripts by writers identifying as LGBTQ+. To date, we have published 30 titles in the series; 29 are still in print. Our series editor is Steve Bellin-Oka. Won’t you send us your work?