Dear Floating Friends, Some of you know me, others may not. Either way, please allow me to introduce myself. Hi, my name is Michael Schmeltzer. I am a reader, author, editor, and as of a few short weeks ago, the newly appointed President of Floating Bridge Press. It’s a role I take on with joy,…
This past Sunday we had the honor of hosting our release reading at Elliott Bay Book Company. We loved getting to see so many people from the community come out to support our amazing poets! New Floating Bridge Press President, Michael Schmeltzer, (more on that soon) got things started. …
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…
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…
Join us Monday July 10th from 6:30-7:45 PM at the Fremont Branch of the Seattle Library for a poetry reading! We are excited to feature Floating Bridge Press & Pontoon Poets: Lydia Swartz, afrose fatima ahmed, and Keith Moul. We will see you at the Fremont Library: 731 North 35th Street…
(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.…
Join Floating Bridge Press for a night of poetry at SoulFood Coffee House in Redmond, Washington on June 15th! We can’t wait to share some of our favorite FBP & Pontoon Poets with you. Check out some poems by afrose fatima ahmed, Cynthia Neely, and Dennis Caswell. See you soon!
We believe that poetry deserves promotion and increased attention in our community. We want to bring well-written, well-edited poetry to the attention of as many people as possible, including those who cannot afford to buy our books. So, each month we give away multiple copies of a single book on Goodreads. Each title repeats every…
The lovely Kimberly Ann Southwick reviewed 3 award-winning chapbooks (all by women!) over at Ploughshares and Floating Bridge Press’s very own Kate Peterson was included. Read the whole review here. Thank you Kimberly, for this great review! Peterson is at her best when allowing her speaker to muse on a body’s perceived abnormalities in a way…
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…