Alkali Sink nominee for Northern California Book Award
Alkali Sink by Stella Beratlis has been nominated for a Northern California Book Award for Poetry published in 2015. Dan Bellm, whose book Practice was published by Sixteen Rivers in 2009 is a nominee in Poetry in Translation for his translation of Description of a Flash of Cobalt Blue by Jorge Esquinca (Unicorn Press). The awards ceremony will be held…Read More
Pushcart Nominations from the press and for press members
Sixteen Rivers is proud to nominate poems from our 2015 publications for the Pushcart Prize. From Stella Beratlis’s ALKALI SINK, “Koda Farms, South Dos Palos” and “Patterson Pass.” From Lisa Erin Robertson’s THE ORBIT OF KNOWN OBJECTS, “Engagement” and “The Mineral Kingdom.” And from Helen Wickes’s WORLD AS YOU LEFT IT, “North” and “Daedalus.” Meanwhile,…Read More
Nina Lindsay’s work appears in two journals
Nina Lindsay, author of Today’s Special Dish (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2007) and the forthcoming Because, has recent work in two journals online: The Cortland Review and Serving House Journal.
Call for submissions
Our submission period opens November 1. Please see our Submit Work page for complete guidelines.
Zocalo Public Square 2015 Poetry Prize
Congratulations to Gillian Wegener, whose poem “The Old Mill Cafe” won the Zocalo Public Square 2015 Poetry Prize for a poem of place.
Modesto Bee Article About Modesto Poet Laureate Gillian Wegener
In June of 2015, an article about Gillian Wegener, poet laureate of Modesto, appeared in the Modesto Bee.