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Welcome
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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News and Events
Annual Call for Submissions: November 1, 2023 – February 1, 2024
Call for Submissions Sixteen Rivers Press invites Northern California authors to submit book-length poetry manuscripts between November 1, 2023 and February 1, 2024. All manuscripts will be read blind, and typically one or two manuscripts are selected for publication....
Sixteen Rivers 2023 Book Launch
Sixteen Rivers Press is pleased to announce our two publications for 2023: Songbirds of the Nine Rivers, by Jospeh Zaccardi and All Tomorrow's Train Rides, by Matthew M. Monte. Join us for the book launch. We'll be at Book Passage in Corte Madera on April 2 at 4 PM....
The Art of Translation, Nov 6, 2022 at Dominican University
Join us for an afternoon of readings and conversation about poetry and translation with Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Matthew Zapruder, Terry Ehret, Marjorie Agosin, Celeste Kostopoulos-Cooperman, and Nancy Morales. Go to our Events page and sign up on Eventbrite.
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