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 for Pushcart Prize: Stella Beratlis’s “Prayer for You on the Way to Wherever You’re Going,” from her book, Dust Bowl Venus Dane Cervine’s “In My Dreams,” from his book, The World is God’s Language. The Pushcart Prize: Best of the…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.

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 in our store. You can also become a Friend of Sixteen Rivers Press and receive both titles as part of your…Read More

Submission period now open through Feb. 1, 2021

We invite authors to submit book-length poetry manuscripts between November 1, 2020 and February 1, 2021.Selected manuscripts will be scheduled for publication in Spring 2023. Please read our Submission Guidelines for details.