In this landmark year, Sundress Publications celebrates both its 15th birthday and first open reading period for full-length poetry manuscripts. From the overabundance of strong and engaged work submitted, we are excited to announce our seventeen semifinalists:
Iron Ardent by Sheila Black
Hands That Break & Scar by Sarah A. Chavez
The Wolf Declassified by Carlo Matos
Before Isadore by Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick
Turning In the Virgins by Theodora Ziolkowski
Hagia Animalia by Sara Biggs Chaney
Chapel by Jaclyn Dwyer
They Were Bears by Sarah Marcus
Strange Fish Something Fierce by Brandi Homan
Big Thicket Blues by Natalie Giarratano
The Knowledge Weapon by Annette C. Boehm
Lucky Break by Melanie Figg
The Trouble with New England Girls by Amy Miller
Remake by Colleen Abel
Krakatoa Picnic by James Heflin
How to Swallow the Sun by Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach
Swan Hammer by Maggie Graber
Congratulations, poets!
And thank you to everyone who submitted. Finalists and the three winning manuscripts will be announced by the end of October!
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