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Archive for August 1st, 2008

For Your Consideration: Roan Press

One of my former contributors, Bradley Buchanan, emailed me the other day with a couple of announcements some of you might be interested in. For those of you who’ve never heard of Brad, he’s a rather fine poet and is an associate professor of English at California State University at Sacramento.

Anyway, Brad tells me that he and his wife, Kate, have started their own publishing company, Roan Press. They are now seeking book submissions (with preference given to writers from Northern California) and are hoping to do 1-2 books a year. They are seeking poetry, fiction, essays and memoirs. You can find more information on their website.

In other news, Brad has also made me aware of his involvement in the Sacramento Poetry Center’s First Annual Book Contest. The winning book manuscript will be published by The Sacramento Poetry Center Press and the winner will also receive a cash prize of $1000.00 plus 50 contributor’s copies of their winning book.

Anyone interested in entering should submit a manuscript of 48-70 numbered pages of original poetry in any style. Manuscript must contain 2 title pages: Name and contact information (including email address, if possible) should appear on first title page only. Name should not appear anywhere else. Manuscript should be typed, single-spaced, paginated, and bound with a clip.

The Sacramento Poetry Center will also consider publishing additional manuscripts from the contest.
A check for $20.00 US per entry (multiple entries OK) should be made out to The Sacramento Poetry Center. Paid-up members of the Sacramento Poetry Center may enter the contest for a reduced fee of $15. Please note that members of SPC will not receive preferential treatment in the judging process. Include a table of contents page and an acknowledgments page for magazine or anthology publications. Will read entries postmarked between January 1, 2009 and March 31, 2009. Enclose an SASE for announcement of the winner.

Entries should be mailed to:

The Sacramento Poetry Center
Poetry Book Contest
P.O. Box 160406,
Sacramento, CA 95816

For more information, please visit their website: www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org

So, go on, my people, and check it out.

Let me leave you with a shout-out and a hearty, congratulations to Brad on both projects. Good luck too! I speak from experience when I say, “You will need it.”