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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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News and Events
Announcing the 2012 Sixteen Rivers Press Chapbook Contest for Poets Under Forty
Sixteen Rivers Press is seeking submissions for a chapbook by a poet under forty years of age, to be published in Spring 2013. All styles and forms are welcome. The winner will receive $500 and 25 free copies of the chapbook. The winner will not be required to become...
Our Upcoming Benefit
We are excited about our annual benefit, to be held this year on October 22. Our reader is the internationally acclaimed poet Eavan Boland, author of New Collected Poems (W.W. Norton & Co., 2009) and winner of a Lannan Foundation Award in Poetry, among other...
New Publication
Terry Ehret's new book Night Sky Journey will be published by Kelly's Cove Press in September, 2011. It is one of six books selected to launch an annual series of new work and classic reprints of California writers and artists. Books may be ordered through the...
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