FBP Events Saturday, March 9th, Bellevue Community College, Book Fair Saturday, March 30th, Portland AWP and NW Micropress Fair Author News Holly Hughes’ chapbook, Passings, the first edition from Expedition Press sold out last year, but Wandering Aengus Press will be reprinting it and it’s due out in March, in time for AWP. AWP Portland…
We are so pleased to announce that Jory Mickelson’s book Wilderness//Kingdom is the winner of our inaugural Evergreen Award Tour Full-length Book Competition! We cannot wait to share this book with you. We will keep you updated on when Jory’s book will be released. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to keep up to…
Dear poets and supporters of Floating Bride Press, It’s time to announce the winner of our 2018 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Competition! We received one hundred submissions from across Washington State (with a strong showing from Bellingham!) The editors were particularly impressed with the range of voices and styles this year. After much deliberation, we…
Congratulations to Floating Bridge Press author Claudia Castro Luna who recently took over as Washington State Poet Laureate. We are over the moon for Claudia and the State of Washington! We can’t wait to see the waves she makes in her new role bringing poetry to every valley and seaside town of our state. Get…
It’s the month of love and we love books & their readers! So this month we are giving you a free book for every book you purchase. Give the extra book away to someone you love (even if that someone is you). Let’s spread some book love this month. No need for a coupon code,…
“Pluck what glints. Fold it into home.” Check out three poems by Floating Bridge author Ben Cartwright over at Pontoon Poetry. If you love these poems, grab Ben’s chapbook, The Meanest Things Pick Clean. (And remember, until the end of January get 25% off your order by using code ‘RESOLUTION’ at checkout.
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Attention Washington State poets! We are ready to read your chapbooks! Our annual chapbook competition is open to submissions. Floating Bridge Press’s Poetry Chapbook Competition began in 1995 with the publication of Joannie Kervran’s A Steady Longing for Flight. Our annual competition is an open competition for Washington State poets in which manuscripts are judged anonymously. The winning…
AN EVENING OF POETRY At Fremont Library Monday, January 8, 2018, 6:30 – 7:45pm Join us for a quarterly poetry series where local poets read from their work and discuss poetry with the audience. This evening’s featured readers are: Claudia Castro Luna, Catherine Bull, & Scott Ferry. Claudia Castro Luna served as Seattle’s Civic Poet from 2015…