Youth Poetry Contest Winners
Sixteen Rivers Press is pleased to announce the winners and finalists of our first Youth Poetry Contest. This nationally advertised contest for teen poets opened with a call for submissions on August 4, 2021. The contest was limited to 100 entrants. Ninety-seven teens, from 15 states and the District of Columbia, entered. Thanks to an…Read More
Sixteen Rivers Press Pushcart Nominations
Sixteen Rivers Press is pleased to have nominated two poems published by us in 2021 forPushcart Prize: Stella Beratlis’s “Prayer for You on the Way to Wherever You’re Going,” from her book, DustBowl VenusDane Cervine’s “In My Dreams,” from his book, The World is God’s Language. The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published…Read More
New press members Matthew Monte & Joseph Zaccardi
Sixteen Rivers Press is happy to introduce our new members, whose books will appear in 2023: Matthew Monte and Joseph Zaccardi. Matthew M. Monte grew up near San Francisco, California and went to the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where he studied botany. His fiction, poetry, book reviews, music reviews, journalism, and essays have appeared in Sidestream, Creosote Journal, Transfer, Ashcan Magazine, The…Read More
NCBA in Poetry Translation goes to PLAGIOS/ PLAGIARISMS Vol. 1
Congratulations to Terry Ehret, Nancy J. Morales, and John Johnson, who won the NCBA this afternoon for Poetry in Translation for their work on PLAGIOS/PLAGIARISMS VOL I by Ulalume González de Leόn. What an honor to be chosen among such a strong field of nominees. Watch the ceremony on YouTube.
Spring Readings for 2021 Authors
Sun August 15: Poetry on Sundays featuring Stella Beratlis and Dane Cervine; 2 pm, hosted by Gary Thomas with open mic following featured readers. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83375142037. Sun August 29: Sixteen Rivers Presents Dane Cervine and Stella Beratlis, Please join us on Sunday, August 29, 3 PM in person, at the Northbrae Community Church, 941 The…Read More
2021 Books by Dane Cervine and Stella Beratlis
Sixteen Rivers is pleased to announce the April 2021 publication of two collections of poetry: The World Is God’s Language by Dane Cervine and Dust Bowl Venus by Stella Beratlis. Both titles are available for purchase in a bundle for $30 or separately at $16.00 each on our Order Books page. You can also become…Read More