It’s Monday, and we know for many of you it has been a long week already. We are an independent publisher of poetry and sometimes (at least for this writer/editor) we have doubts about what poetry can do. But then we read your submissions, we read poets old and new. We think of poets like…
With the release of our newest chapbooks (Grist, The Ark and The Bear, and Land of Lists) comes the new issue of Pontoon Poetry. Every Tuesday and Thursday we will release new poems from Issue 12. All the poems were selected from manuscripts submitted to our annual chapbook competition. Check out Issue 12 here. And…
Drumroll please …. here is the cover for Kate Peterson’s chapbook, Grist. Grist won our chapbook competition this year and the poems inside are just as beautiful as the cover. Check out the covers for The Ark and The Bear and Land of Lists too. You don’t want to miss out on these chapbooks, so stay…
We are so excited to show you the newly finished cover for Arlene Naganawa’s soon-to-be-released chapbook, The Ark and The Bear. The Ark and The Bear was a finalist in our chapbook competition this year (find out more about the competition here). Thanks to our incredible designer, Rob Nance, for the beautiful artwork. Check out…
First, we are pleased to announce that This City is now available for purchase! Check out our shop to get your copy! Next, we are excited to share with you that Claudia Castro Luna, Seattle’s civic poet and author of This City, has some readings coming up throughout Seattle. We would love to see you there!…
We are so proud to announce that Floating Bridge Press will be releasing This City, a collection of poems by Claudia Castro Luna, this fall! The book is at the printers and will be available very soon. Check back for the official release date or follow us on Twitter and Facebook for current updates. We…
Floating Bridge Press is pleased to announce the results of its 2016 Washington State Chapbook Competition. This year’s winner is Kate Peterson, from Spokane, for her chapbook Grist. Kate earned her MFA from Eastern Washington University in Spokane, where she now works as an adjunct professor. Her poetry and prose have been published in Glassworks, The…