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Author Spotlight: Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna!
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…
Reminder! 2018 Chapbook Competition
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…
Throwback Poem | From A Fort Made of Doors by Casey Fuller
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Happy New Year from Floating Bridge Press!
We have a lot of new and exciting things to share with you this year! Stay tuned and follow along with us here (and Twitter and Facebook). And make sure to keep an eye on Pontoon Poetry — new poems are coming your way soon! To start of the New Year, here is a poem…
Claudia Castro Luna on PBS Newshour!
Our very own Claudia Castro Luna talks about her poetic grid, developed during her tenure as Seattle Civic Poet. We are so proud to know Claudia and grateful for all she has done in our community. We can’t wait to see what she does next! After you watch her segment on PBS Newshour, check out…
The Great Cover Reveal!
We are pleased to reveal the covers of our 2017 Floating Bridge Press chapbooks! Our covers were designed by artist Rob Nance for our winning chapbook, Night Watch by Katy E. Ellis, and 2 our finalists, The Meanest Things Pick Clean by Ben Cartwright and Myth of…
2017 Chapbook Competition Results!
(Drum roll please….) Okay Poets, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. But first, whether you submitted or not, we just want to say thank you for your support and interest. We again received more than one hundred submissions from all across Washington State. We feel this year’s submissions were especially strong, start to finish.…
Seattle Civic Poet on Immigration
Today Claudia Castro Luna, author of This City and Seattle Civic Poet, has both a poem and a blog post at The Seattle Review of Books about the experience of being an immigrant. Thank you, Claudia, for speaking so boldly and loudly. Check out both her poem and blog post at The Seattle Review of…
In the Cold: Seattle poetry reading & film screening
Join Seattle Civic Poet and Floating Bridge Press poet Claudia Castro Luna along with Seattle’s Youth Poet Laureate and other writers as they read poems and bring awareness to the injustice that is homelessness. There will also be a short film “US THEM WE” by Michelle de la Vega. Where: City Hall Plaza, Seattle When: January 26th, 7:00…