From the Poetry Foundation: The updated grant guidelines are now available; applications for the next cycle will open on June 2, 2025 (July 15 deadline). We encourage you to explore the new materials and reach out w/questions at grants@poetryfoundation.org. The grants staff will host an information session on these new guidelines/answer questions from the community on FEB 26, 2025. Learn more/register:

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New to me, but around for the past 20 years(!): Doug Holder's blog: 'Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene'

https://dougholder.blogspot.com/2024/12/what-no-massachusetts-state-poet.html
#boston #Massachusetts #SmallPress #Poetry #poets #blog

Just a reminder that if you love writing and small presses, you really should be following @robmclennan

This Thursday! Sage Coffey in conversation with Chan Chau for their Seattle stop of the Wine Ghost book tour! Come support small press and indie comics! Aaa! #IndieComics #SmallPress #SeattleEvents #SeattleArts

The Indie Ink Awards are open for nominations for our third year until the end of November!

To nominate your favorite small-press or self-published book for one of 24 trope and diversity based awards, go to: https://indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-awards-2024

All genres of fiction prose from YA to Adult are welcome!

For more information or to sign up as a judge, check out: https://indieinkawards.com/

@bookstodon

Found this in my attic a while ago: five copies of Superstate Funnies, published by the small press convention Caption in 1997. I'm not in it, but @MarcelRuijters is and so are Maaike Hartjes, Ge Wasco, Jacob Klemencic , Maria Björklund and many others.
Nevertheless, I don't need five of these in my home. Who wants one?

Super psyched to be a panelist at the upcoming Zine Fest at the Princeton Public Library (March 16th). I've been asked to participate in the "Zine Culture and Collections" panel along with Megan Lotts (artist and librarian at Rutgers University) and Laura Poll (overseer of the zine collection at the Trenton Public Library).

It's not yet determined what I'll be talking about, but I expect it will lean somewhat into zine culture of the late 80s and early 90s, with an emphasis on Factsheet Five, See Hear, and my teenage ability to charm my way into free copies from the overnight staff at Kinko's.

I've also been asked to select some zines from that era for display at the day-long event, so I guess it's time to start digging into old boxes for dog-eared copies of Cometbus, Bullshit Monthly, Bananafish, and Crank.

https://princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/9987623