Monday, October 4, 2010
Blog Difficulties
We have moved our blog to a new location at http://sixteenrivers.wordpress.com. You can also find us by clicking on the Readings and Events tab at our website: http://sixteenrivers.org.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
2010 Benefit Reading
Sixteen Rivers is proud to announce that Mark Doty, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008, will be the featured reader at this year's benefit. The benefit will be held on November 6 in Ross. Tom Killion, whose art graces the cover of The Place That Inhabits Us, will be a guest of honor as well. Tickets to the event are $100 per person or $150 for two. If you would to to be on the mailing list for the event, please email us at info@sixteenrivers.org.
More Accolades
Christina Hutchins is the winner of the 2010 Robin Becker Chapbook Prize from Seven Kitchens Press. "Radiantly We Inhabit the Air" will be published in January 2011. Congratulations, Christina!
West Ireland Literary Tour
Terry Ehret will be leading the West Ireland Literary Tour in June of 2011. Please see this link for details http://www.westireland.wordpress.com/ or contact Terry directly at tehret99@comcast.com.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Sixteen Rivers Press Chapbook Competition
Sixteen Rivers Press is excited to announce a chapbook competition for poets under 40, to be published in spring 2012. Submissions will be accepted between August 15 and December 15. The winner will receive $1000 prize and 25 copies of the chapbook. The winner will not be required to become a member of the collective, though he or she must commit to giving three to four readings in the greater Bay Area to support the chapbook. The final judge for the manuscripts will be Forrest Hamer.
* Send TWO copies of your manuscript.
* The manuscript must be postmarked no later than December 15, 2010. Authors must be under 40 on that date.
* The manuscript must be between 26 to 30 pages in length, 1 1/2-spaced lines.
* Manuscripts must be paginated.
* Include two title pages, one with full contact information, and one with the title only.
* Do not include your name anywhere in the manuscript, as it is important to us that these be blind submissions.
* Include an acknowledgments page listing previous publications of the poems.
* Include a table of contents page.
* Clip your manuscript using a butterfly clip. Don't use folders or any type of binding.
* Include a $15 reading fee, payable to Sixteen Rivers Press.
* Include an SASE for contest results.
* Send your manuscript to Sixteen Rivers Press, P.O. Box 640663, San Francisco, CA
94161-0663.
* Manuscripts cannot be returned. If you would like verification of receipt, please clip a stamped, self-addressed postcard to one copy of the manuscript.
* Send TWO copies of your manuscript.
* The manuscript must be postmarked no later than December 15, 2010. Authors must be under 40 on that date.
* The manuscript must be between 26 to 30 pages in length, 1 1/2-spaced lines.
* Manuscripts must be paginated.
* Include two title pages, one with full contact information, and one with the title only.
* Do not include your name anywhere in the manuscript, as it is important to us that these be blind submissions.
* Include an acknowledgments page listing previous publications of the poems.
* Include a table of contents page.
* Clip your manuscript using a butterfly clip. Don't use folders or any type of binding.
* Include a $15 reading fee, payable to Sixteen Rivers Press.
* Include an SASE for contest results.
* Send your manuscript to Sixteen Rivers Press, P.O. Box 640663, San Francisco, CA
94161-0663.
* Manuscripts cannot be returned. If you would like verification of receipt, please clip a stamped, self-addressed postcard to one copy of the manuscript.
Accolades
Christina Hutchins is the 2010 winner of the Fitch Prize of the National Poetry Review for a single poem, "Tintinnabulations Above the Bay." Christina also received a Special Mention for a new manuscript in the Tupelo Press' Dorset Prize, chosen by judge Jane Hirshfield.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Upcoming Benefit
Sixteen Rivers is pleased to announce that Mark Doty will read at this year's benefit. The benefit reading will be held on November 6 at a home in San Rafael. Tickets are $100 for one person and $150 for two. More information is forthcoming, but if you would like to be added to our email contact list before then, please email us at info@sixteenrivers.org.
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