Floating Bridge Press is pleased to announce the results of its 2016 Washington State Chapbook Competition. This year’s winner is Kate Peterson, from Spokane, for her chapbook Grist. Kate earned her MFA from Eastern Washington University in Spokane, where she now works as an adjunct professor. Her poetry and prose have been published in Glassworks, The Sierra Nevada Review, Sugar House Review, Hawai`i Pacific Review, Aethlon, Packingtown Review, and others. Her website is www.katelaurenpeterson.tumblr.com.

The 2016 finalists are Arlene Naganawa for The Ark and the Bear and Lydia Swartz for Land of Lists.

Grist, The Ark and the Bear, and Land of Lists are scheduled for release in October 2016. A reading will be held in the Seattle area to celebrate. Check back soon for details!

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(photo credit: Charles Pétillon – White Balloon ‘INVASIONS’)