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Sixteen Rivers Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective dedicated to providing an alternative publishing avenue for Northern California poets. Founded in 1999 by seven writers, the press is named for the sixteen rivers that flow into San Francisco Bay.
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Helen Wickes’ poem “Strategies in Pink” nominated for a Pushcart Prize
Helen Wickes' poem "Strategies in Pink" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Read Nina Lindsay’s poem “The Two Worlds” in Blue Fifth Review
Read Nina Lindsay's poem, “The Two Worlds,” in Blue Fifth Review.
Sixteen Rivers Press has submitted Pushcart nominations
Sixteen Rivers Press has submitted the following Pushcart nominations: “Crucifixion, Kinetic,” and “Passencore,” from Gerald Fleming’s The Choreographer, and “Love Poem,” and “Arrival,” from Miriam Bird Greenberg’s All night in the new country, and “The Small Knock,”...
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