Reading and Book Events for Sixteen Rivers Press: November 2025 – January 2026
Saturday, November 1, 3 to 5 pm Sixteen Rivers Presents A Celebration of Poetry Flash Featured speakers: Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman Readers: Joyce Jenkins and Richard Silberg Location: Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA Thursday, December 4, 7 pm To The Human Race | Poems from the Hope River Project for Young…Read More
Sixteen Rivers Presents: A Celebration of Poetry Flash – November 1, 2025
Join Sixteen Rivers Press in celebrating Poetry Flash and editors Joyce Jenkins and Richard Silberg at Northbrae Community Church in Berkeley on Saturday, November 1, 3 – 5 PM. Featuring tributes from Brenda Hillman and Robert Hass. Refreshments provided.
2025 Call for Submissions for Full-Length Poetry Manuscripts
Sixteen Rivers Press Poetry Collective invites Northern California authors to submit book-length poetry manuscripts between November 1, 2025 and February 1, 2026. Sixteen Rivers values diversity. We encourage poets of color, young poets, and LGBTQ poets to submit. All manuscripts will be read blind, and typically one or two manuscripts are selected for publication. The winner/s…Read More
Sixteen Rivers Press Fall Fundraiser & 26th Anniversary Celebration 2025
The Fall Fundraiser for Sixteen Rivers Press will feature readings by Kim Addonizio and D. A. Powell, plus a silent auction. Admission is free, and donations are welcomed. Sunday, Oct. 19, 2:00 – 5:00 pm at Northbrae Community Church (941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA). To reserve a spot, and/or make a donation, go to Eventbrite.
Reading and Book Events for Sixteen Rivers Press: September – November 2025
Saturday, November 1, 3 to 5 pm Sixteen Rivers Presents A Celebration of Poetry Flash Featured speakers: Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman Readers: Joyce Jenkins, Richard Silberg Location: Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA Sunday, October 19, 2 to 5 pm Sixteen Rivers Fall Fundraiser Readers: Kim Addonizio, D. A. Powell Location: Northbrae Community…Read More
Welcoming our newest members: Janet Jennings and Greg Mahrer
We are very pleased to introduce our two newest members, Janet Jennings and Gregory Mahrer. Janet Jennings writes: “I grew up in a Midwestern chocolate-making family. In my teens, I worked summers at the factory, amid the smell of roasting cocoa beans, where I packed twenty-five-pound boxes of chocolate drops and learned to drive a…Read More
Welcoming Our Newest Member, Lenore Myers
Lenore Myers’s poems and essays can be found in The Southern Review, The Massachusetts Review, Southern Indiana Review, LIT, and One, among other literary journals. Her chapbook, Regards to Balthus, was published in 2023 by Seven Kitchens Press. She teaches English as a Second Language at the Napa Adult School and is a faculty writing tutor and ESL…Read More
Announcement: Jacqueline Kudler
With great sadness, we announce that Jacqueline Kudler, a founding member of Sixteen Rivers Press, has died at age 89 from complications of ALS. She was a wonderful poet; an ardent and active supporter of the press from its founding up to the time of her death; and a dear, long-time friend and poetry companion…Read More