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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.

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.

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.

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.

KQED Radio Interview

On July 8, 2010, Margaret Kaufman along with Brenda Hillman, Kristen Tracy, and Rebecca Foust were interviewed on Michael Krasny's KQED show, Forum. Listen to the conversation here: http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R201007081000

Radio Interview

On Friday, May 21, poets Molly Fisk, Jeff Knorr, and Julia Levine, along with press member Gillian Wegener discussed The Place That Inhabits Us on the Capital Public Radio show, Insight with host Jeffrey Callison. You can listen to the podcast at http://capradio.org/programs/programdetail.aspx?showid=7878 . (Note: The interview is in the last fifteen minutes of the show, so move the button over the tracking bar about three-quarters of the way to the end.)

A Best Seller!

Sixteen Rivers Press is excited to announce that The Place That Inhabits Us, an anthology of Bay Area watershed poems of place, is #1 on the SPD Bestseller List for April. Please take a look at http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/bestsellers/poetry/default.aspx

Great Reading!

The Place That Inhabits Us had its debut East Bay reading on April 22 at Mrs. Dalloway's Books on College Avenue. An all-star line-up of poets made this a fantastic night. Many thanks to Chana Bloch, Camille Dungy, Sandra Gilbert, Forrest Hamer, Joyce Jenkins, Alice Jones, Eliot Schain, Richard Silberg, and of course, to Mrs. Dalloway's for a wonderful night. Camille Dungy blogged about the event on her Poetry Foundation blog. You can read about it here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2010/04/the-place-that-inhabits-me/. And here's a photo of Sandra Gilbert and Chana Bloch.

National Poetry Month and More!

Today, Sixteen Rivers Press' two newest books are released. Margaret Kaufman's new book, Inheritance, and Sixteen Rivers' first anthology (#4 on the SPD March best-seller list!), The Place That Inhabits Us, are both new to the world and waiting for you, dear Reader. We hope that you will join us for a reading at a location near you.

Translations

Dan Bellm has four translations, one of Pablo Neruda and three of Pierre Reverdy, in the Ecco Anthology of International Poetry, edited by Ilya Kaminsky and Susan Harris, from HarperColllins. Congratulations, Dan.

Lynne Knight's interview with Tim Green of RATTLE for their spring issue is now available online. You can download the issue and listen to the interview at http://rattle.com/eissues/eIssue8.pdf, and if that doesn't work, just go to http://rattle.com/ and click the banner at the top of the page.

Upcoming Titles!

Sixteen Rivers is pleased to announce the upcoming release of two new books, Margaret Kaufman's Inheritance and the Sixteen Rivers anthology of Bay Area region poems of place, The Place That Inhabits Us. Both books will be released on April 2, just in time for National Poetry Month. Celebratory readings are being held in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Corte Madera, Oakland, Modesto and a number of other places over the coming months. We look forward to seeing you at one or more of these events.

Poet Awarded Inaugural Honor

Jackie Kudler (Sacred Precinct, 2003) was awarded the very first Life Time Achievement Award by the Marin Poetry Center for her writing, her teaching, and her service to the Marin Poetry Community. Congratulations, Jackie.

Lunch Poems Video

On February 4, 2010, Dan Bellm (Practice, 2008) was the featured reader in the Lunch Poems series at UC Berkeley. Click here to see a reading of this event. http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu/. This link will allow you to watch on YouTube or iTunes as well, so your viewing needs should be covered. If you weren't able to make the Dan's Lunch Poems reading, this is well worth a look.

Poetry Prize

Congratulations to Christina Hutchins who was awarded the Jeffrey E. Smith Poetry Prize from The Missouri Review. She was awarded $5000.00 for her poems, and will attend a reception and reading on March 20 at 6:30 at the Country Club of Missouri in Columbia, MO. More info will be posted soon at http://www.missourireview.com/. Christina was also reappointed as Albany's Poet Laureate for another two years. Congratulations on both accounts, Christina!

Beyond the Rivers

Sixteen Rivers Press is thrilled to celebrate with Gerald Fleming as he awaits the publication of his next book of poetry. Night of Pure Breathing, a book of prose poems, will be published by Hanging Loose Press in spring of 2011. Congratulations, Gerald!

And here's a photo from last October when Gerald attended the inaugural reading for Kay Ryan's second term as the United States Poet Laurete. The evening reading was held in the Library of Congress and was followed by a reception under the magnificent rotunda dome. The following day, when this photo was taken, Kay held a small reception up in the Poetry Room of the Library of Congress. How wonderful to know that a Poetry Room exists high up in the rotunda, and how lovely to know that Kay Ryan is again our Poet Laureate.

2009 Benefit Photo

In November of 2009, Sixteen Rivers was honored to have Sandra Gilbert and David St. John read for us at our annual benefit. It was a beautiful evening. If you were able to attend, we thank you. And if you weren't able to attend, we hope to see you at our 2010 benefit this autumn.