We have enjoyed reading the 400+ chapbook manuscripts submitted during our open-reading period. We are excited to announce that we have selected for publication Fat for Our Stories by Vivian Faith Prescott, forthcoming spring 2024!
Born and raised on the small island of Wrangell, Alaska, Kaachxana.áak’w, in Southeast Alaska on the land of the Shtax’heen Kwáan, Vivian Faith Prescott lives and writes at her family’s fishcamp. She’s a member of the Pacific Sámi Searvi and a founding member of the first LGBTQIA group on the island. She’s the author of several poetry collections and works of non-fiction and fiction. Along with her daughter, Vivian Mork Yéilk’, she co-hosts the award-winning Planet Alaska Facebook page and the Planet Alaska column appearing in the Juneau Empire.
We would like to honorably mention the following poets, whose manuscripts stood out:
— Jonathan Conley for Deadheading
— Richard Jordan for The Squannacook at Dawn
— James Scruton for Now Serving Customer Zero
— Don Thompson for Indelible
— André Le Mont Wilson for Landfill
Our next open-reading period for poetry chapbooks will be from December 21 to March 19.
