Our latest reprint of “Sublime Subliminal” by Rena Priest is now in stock! Go to our shop and get your copy before we run out again! While you’re there, check out our other books by Washington State authors such as Jory Mickelson, Brenda Miller, Judith Skillman, Margot Kahn, and more!
2019 Book Cover Reveal: Endangered [Animal] by Elizabeth Vignali
In our 25th year of publishing chapbooks, we are so excited to share the cover for our Floating Bridge Chapbook Competition finalist, Endangered [Animal] by Elizabeth Vignali! The poems are poignant and heady, the cover is glowing—you should probably go pre-order it now! Thank you to Rob Nance for the cover design, Elizabeth Vignali for the amazing poems,…
2019 Book Cover Reveal: Lace by Katrina Roberts
In our 25th year of publishing chapbooks, we are so excited to share the cover for our Floating Bridge Chapbook Competition winner, Lace by Katrina Roberts! The poems are lush and wild, the cover is evocative—you should probably go pre-order it now! Thank you to Rob Nance for the cover design, Katrina Roberts for the amazing poems,…
2019 Book Cover Reveal: Wildnerness//Kingdom by Jory Mickelson
We are so excited to share the cover for our first ever Evergreen Award Tour winner, Wilderness//Kingdom by Jory Mickelson! The poems are brilliant and sharp, the cover is gorgeous—you should probably go pre-order it now! Thank you to Connor Rentz for the cover design, Jory Mickelson for the amazing poems, and all of…
July Book Sale!
Bellingham Author Deal! Pre-order Bellingham’s own Jory Mickelson’s debut full-length collection, Wilderness//Kingdom and we will send along Bellingham-ster Nancy Pagh’s winning chapbook, After (2008), for free!
Announcement: Winner of our 2019 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Competition!
Dear poets and supporters of Floating Bride Press, It’s time to announce the winner of our 2019 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Competition! We received many wonderful chapbooks from across Washington State. Each year our task gets harder and harder (much to our joy!) After much deliberation, we chose this year’s winner, Lace, by Katrina Roberts…
Jack Straw May Reading Series: Rena Priest
As part of Jack Straw May Reading series, Rena Priest (Floating Bridge Press author of Sublime Subliminal) will be reading with Jack Straw Fellows Dianne Aprile, Shankar Narayan, and Sylvia Byrne Pollack this Friday, May 3rd, 7pm. The event is hosted by program curator Kathleen Flenniken (former Floating Bridge Press President). Admission to each reading is a $5…
Award Announcement | Paula Jones Gardiner Memorial Award
To access links and download announcement, please click here. To read the winning poem, please click here. To learn more about the Paula Jones Gardiner Memorial Award, please click here.
Evergreen Award Tour 2019 | New States & Now Accepting Submissions
Floating Bridge Press is now accepting submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts for our Evergreen Award Tour. The Evergreen Award Tour is an innovative ten-year-long poetry competition that began in AK/ID/MT/OR/WA. In 2019, our award winner, Jory Mickelson, chose the following region to add: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming. So, entrants for the year…
Share to win our new books!
Hi, friends! We have so much to be excited about right now, our 2018 chapbooks are available for pre-order, our launch reading is coming up on October 21st, and our first ever full-length poetry competition, the Evergreen Award Tour, is accepting submissions. To celebrate all of this good news we want to give you a…