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2023 Burnside Review Chapbook Contest

Deadline: June 30, 2023

Winner receives $200 and 10 copies. Chapbooks are elegantly designed with letter-pressed covers. Runs May 1–June 30. Submit 18–24 pages of poetry. $15 entry fee.…
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New Book :: Prayersrheds

In Prayershreds, Bruce Beasley confronts the apocalyptic zeitgeist of our time and the crisis of faith in the human future.
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Magazine Stand :: Posit – Issue 33

The newest issue of Posit online journal of literature and art feature poetry and prose, text+image, painting, collage, and ceramic sculpture.
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