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…
Fall Book Deal
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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…
Letter from the new President of Floating Bridge Press
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,…
Event: SoulFood Coffee House June 15th
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!
Student & Teacher Discounts
The editors of Floating Bridge Press believe poetry engages individuals, enriches communities, and enlivens the arts. We want to make sure poetry reaches as many people as possible, so we’ve made it easier for students and teachers to get our books. Students get 25% off their entire order with the code ‘READUP’ at checkout. Teachers and professors…
October Readings
October is an exciting month for Floating Bridge Press. We have 3 new chapbooks coming out to join the recently published This City. Here is where you can catch our poetry in October: This Thursday, October 6th Claudia Castro Luna will be reading for her book launch at The Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle at…