Call for submissions

Our submission period opens November 1. Please see our Submit Work page for complete guidelines.

Benefit party with Zapruder and Young supports future books

Photos from our benefit party, which was held Saturday, October 17, 2015.    

Sixteen Rivers Showcase at Litquake San Rafael, October 11, 2015

Join Gerald Fleming, Jacqueline Kudler, Lisa Erin Robertson, and Stella Beratlis on October 11, 2015 at West End Café from 4:30 to 5:45 for a Sixteen Rivers Press Showcase. 1131 4th St., San Rafael, CA. Free!

Stella Beratlis & Christina Hutchins at Moe’s, October 8, 2015

 Thursday, October 8, 2015 7:30 PM 9:00 PM Poetry Flash presents Christina Hutchins and Stella Beratlis at Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley; (510) 849-2087.

16R Anniversary Party

    SAVE THE DATE! Sixteen Rivers Press Invites You to  A Poetry Reading & Anniversary Party To celebrate the sixteenth anniversary of our founding, Sixteen Rivers Press welcomes you to a party featuring a reading by two acclaimed poets at a private home in the East Bay. Tickets are priced at four levels, beginning…Read More

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.

Wherewithal 1st Annual Poetry Prize

Congratulations to Gillian Wegener, who won the 1st annual poetry prize awarded by Wherewithal, for her poem “A Boy Comes Toward You.”