SEVEN KITCHENS

mss. logged for 2008 Robin Becker Chapbook Prize:

2008-07-19T23:01:00.004-04:00

a/ long/ division
Always These Love Poems [semifinalist]
And to Think She Kissed Me at 15th and U
The Answer Is a Shudder [FINALIST]
Antes y despues del Bronx: Lenapehoking
Art at All Costs
Battle Below the Clouds
Beach Reading [FINALIST]
Beleaguered Oasis [FINALIST]
Beneath the Vanity [semifinalist]
Benedictus [semifinalist]
Blossoms and Gods, and Other Bewilderments
Breathtaking
The Cicada Lessons [semifinalist]
Closer [semifinalist]
Coming Out in Ovaltine
Cry Me a Lorca [semifinalist]
Curl [semifinalist]
The Dancer
Dangerous Curves
Dear Red Airplane [semifinalist]
Distance, Articulate
Febrile [semifinalist]
February Ice Years
Figurine [FINALIST]
Fragments of a Corridor
Hardly Planet Yet [semifinalist]
The Horizontal Poet
How to Teach Grammar
Incidental Song, and Other Poems
Journey to Endless Arrival
Just Before and Then After
Lost Lands [WINNER]
Love Cycle
Love, or Whatever It Was [semifinalist]
Luck
Man Country
Men Hugging in Hallways
Mrs. Potatohead's Uterus & Other Poems
My Imaginary Cock [semifinalist]
One Explanation [FINALIST]
Open Your Mouth
Our Passing [FINALIST]
Password
Platos de Sal [FINALIST]
Plead the River with Stones
A Poem Is Like a Woman
Poems for Girls
Postcard from P-town [FINALIST]
Question Mark
Safe and Other Love Poems
Seven Portraits and a Film
Sleeping with Tigers
Smoke and Mirrors [semifinalist]
Square Circles
The Swaying Was
Take It
Touch and Go [semifinalist]
Touch Me, Please
The Truth About the Quiet (Lost Poet in America)
Under a Public Skin [FINALIST]
What Are You, Some Kind of Angry Dyke or Something?

Deborah Burnham: STILL

2008-07-17T19:28:00.008-04:00

Still: poems by Deborah Burnham. Number Two in the Keystone Chapbook Series, selected by Jeff Mann as the runner-up for the 2007 Keystone Chapbook Prize:

". . . brims with finely phrased appreciation of the romantic and the erotic, as well as displaying remarkably fresh figurative language and sensuous imagery."

Release date: August 15, 2008

Pre-order rate: $6 postpaid (until August 15)

Robin Becker Chapbook Prize announced

2008-07-17T02:24:00.005-04:00

Many thanks to all who supported this year's inaugural Robin Becker Chapbook Prize. Our judge, Robin Becker, has selected Judith Barrington's "Lost Lands" as the winning manuscript. Lost Lands is set for release on (or as close as we can get to) October 1, 2008.

Also selected was Steven Riel's "Postcard from P-Town," which is tentatively set for publication on February 15, 2009.

Finally, we're pleased to announce the publication of Matthew Hittinger's "Platos de Sal," scheduled for release in late spring of 2009.

Entrants to this year's Robin Becker Chapbook competition will each receive a copy of Lost Lands this fall. As a special thank you, all writers who entered manuscripts to Seven Kitchens Press in 2007 & 2008 are eligible for a 20% discount off the cover price of any of our titles (this includes pre-orders of forthcoming titles) until December 31 of this year.

Underground Singing now in second printing

2008-07-04T12:57:00.000-04:00

We're pleased to announce that Harry Humes' Underground Singing is now in its second printing. The initial print run of 125 copies sold out in June. New copies are available now!

New Keystone title forthcoming

2008-06-18T13:12:00.002-04:00

We're delighted to announce the imminent publication of Deborah Burnham's Still as the second title in the Keystone Chapbook Series. Deborah's manuscript was first runner-up in the 2007 competition. We anticipate publication in mid-August; meanwhile, you may pre-order your copy at the discounted rate of $6 postpaid (good until publication date).

Please check back soon for more news on this title.

Finalists

2008-06-02T18:08:00.005-04:00

Ten finalists remain in contention for the Robin Becker Chapbook Prize. We're very close to announcing the winner and finalists; please stay tuned. (Authors will be contacted privately before the winners' information is posted here.)

Update: after consultation with our judges and authors, we've decided to publish all our titles in initial printings of 125 copies. (Previously, we stated that runner-up manuscripts would be published in editions of 100.) Authors will still receive fifty copies, which will include 13 (half) of an initial set of numbered & signed copies printed on fine papers.

Thanks again to everyone who entered and helped to spread the word.

Harry Humes: Pottsville: May 10th

2008-05-09T13:00:00.000-04:00

Harry Humes will read his poems on Saturday, May 10, 7pm at the Pottsville Arts Center. Copies of his chapbook, Underground Singing, will be available. If you're in the area, please come out and support this wonderful poet.

2008 Keystone Chapbook Prize

2008-05-03T12:22:00.005-04:00

The second annual Keystone Chapbook Prize is now open! Here are the complete guidelines:

The 2008 Keystone Chapbook Prize- for Pennsylvania poets.

Any poet who was born, has lived, or currently lives in Pennsylvania is eligible to submit to the Keystone Chapbook Prize. Additionally, poets living elsewhere may submit manuscripts which show a strong connection to Pennsylvania.

PRIZE: $100 plus 25 copies, with publication in late fall of 2008.

SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED between May 1 & July 15, 2008.

READING FEE: $12.

MS. GUIDELINES: Submit a paginated manuscript of 16-24 pages (not including front matter) of poetry. Include two cover pages: one with the manuscript title, author name, address, e-mail and phone number; the second cover page should have the manuscript title only. Include a table of contents page. Include, if applicable, an acknowledgments page for work previously published. Please include, on a separate page, a brief (100-150 words) biographical note, which must address your specific connection to Pennsylvania (if you do not currently reside here). The author’s name should not appear in the manuscript. All manuscripts will be blind judged, meaning all identifying material will be separated from the manuscripts as they are logged in. Manuscript titles and their log numbers will be posted on the web site [http:// sevenkitchens dot blogspot dot com] (type URL accordingly) as they are received. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but you must notify us promptly if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Submissions must be posted between May 1 and July 15.

The 2008 judge is G. C. Waldrep. Waldrep teaches literature and creative writing at Bucknell University, where he directs the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets. His books are Goldbeater's Skin (Colorado), Disclamor (BOA), and a chapbook, The Batteries (New Michigan Press).

The winning manuscript will be announced on or before September 15. Manuscript finalists will also be announced, and may be eligible for publication in the Keystone Chapbook Series. Manuscripts will not be returned. E-mailed submission is preferred, but you may send via regular mail. Do not staple or bind your manuscript. If you are sending by mail, please use a binder clip and mail flat in an 8.5 x 11 envelope. If you are sending by e-mail, please send one document in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .rtf files are ideal); you must include the words “Keystone Chapbook” in the subject line of your e-mail.

Include a $12 reading fee (nonrefundable once the reading period has closed, but we are happy to refund your fee if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere before July 15) with each manuscript you submit. Multiple submissions are acceptable. Checks should be made payable to Ron Mohring. Online payment may be made via PayPal to sevenkitchens at yahoo dot com.

Each entrant will receive one copy of the winning chapbook, to be published in late fall of 2008 (by mid-December, if not sooner). The winner will receive $100 and 25 copies of her or his chapbook. Additionally, the publisher will distribute ten review copies and will solicit online reviews of the chapbook.

Send your manuscript:
~ by e-mail, as a Microsoft Word attachment, to: sevenkitchens at yahoo dot com; or
~ by mail to Ron Mohring, Publisher; PO Box 668; Lewisburg PA 17837.

Two weeks remain

2008-04-30T10:12:00.003-04:00

Two weeks remain in the reading period for the Robin Becker Chapbook Prize. To date, we've received 25 manuscripts. Thanks to all who've entered their work and to those who've helped spread the word. The postmark/online deadline is May 15th.

CFS: Robin Becker Chapbook Prize

2008-02-29T15:00:00.009-05:00

Announcing the ROBIN BECKER CHAPBOOK PRIZE: Please read the complete guidelines below, and please help to spread the word!

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SEVEN KITCHENS PRESS announces the 2008 ROBIN BECKER CHAPBOOK PRIZE for an original, unpublished manuscript in English by a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgendered writer.

Prize: $100 plus 25 copies.

Submission deadline: Postmarked between March 1 and May 15 of each year.

Eligibility: Open to all L/G/B/T poets writing in English (no translations, please).

COMPLETE GUIDELINES:

Any poet who identifies as L/G/B/T is eligible to submit to the Robin Becker Chapbook Prize. The manuscript itself need not address L/G/B/T themes, though such work is welcome. The final judge for this series is Robin Becker.

Submit a paginated manuscript of 16-24 pages (not including front matter). Include two cover pages: one with the manuscript title, author name, address, e-mail and phone number; the second cover page should have the manuscript title only. Include a table of contents page. Include, if applicable, an acknowledgments page for work previously published.

Please include, on a separate page, a brief (100-150 words) biographical note. The author's name must not appear in the manuscript. All manuscripts will be blind judged, meaning all identifying material will be separated from the manuscripts as they are logged in. Manuscript titles and their log numbers will be posted on the web site [http:// sevenkitchens. blogspot. com] (remove spaces from URL) as they are received.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us promptly if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Submissions must be posted between March 1 and May 15, 2008. The winning manuscript will be announced on or before August 15. Manuscript finalists will also be announced, and may be eligible for publication in the chapbook series.

Manuscripts will not be returned. E-mailed submission is preferred, but you may send via regular mail. Do not staple or bind your manuscript. If you are sending by mail, please use a binder clip and mail flat in an 8.5 x 11 envelope. If you are sending by e-mail, please send one document in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .rtf files are ideal); you must include the words “Robin Becker Chapbook” in the subject line of your e-mail.

Include a $12 reading fee with each manuscript you submit (multiple submissions are welcome). Checks should be made payable to Ron Mohring. Online payment may be made via PayPal to sevenkitchens at yahoo dot com. Each entrant will receive one copy of the winning chapbook, to be published before December 31, 2008.

The winner will receive $100 and 25 copies of the chapbook. Additionally, the publisher will distribute ten review copies and will solicit online reviews of the chapbook.

Send your manuscript:

~ by e-mail, as a Microsoft Word attachment, to: sevenkitchens at yahoo dot com; or
~ by mail to Ron Mohring, Publisher; PO Box 668; Lewisburg PA 17837.

ABOUT THE SERIES JUDGE:

Robin Becker serves as poetry editor for the Women's Review of Books and is a professor of English and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of six collections of poems, including Giacometti's Dog (1990), All-American Girl (1996), The Horse Fair (2000) and Domain of Perfect Affection (2006), all from the University of Pittsburgh Press, and of the chapbook Venetian Blue (Frick Art & Historical Center, 2002).

Becker's honors include individual fellowships from the Bunting Institute, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She won the 1996 Lambda Literary Award for All-American Girl, and the 1997 Virginia Faulkner Prize for Excellence in Writing from Prairie Schooner Magazine. In 1998, Becker was a visiting Scholar at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the City University of New York. In 2007, she was the Sandra and Gary Sojka Visiting Poet at Bucknell University. She has served as final judge for many national poetry competitions including the Astrea Awards, the Benjamin Saltman Prize from Red Hen Press, The Idaho Prize from Lost Horse Press, the John Ciardi Prize from Bk Mk Press, and the Prairie Schooner Book Award in Poetry. Becker's column on poetry and the poetry scene, Field Notes, appears in the Women's Review of Books.

Review copies available

2008-01-31T20:28:00.000-05:00

We still have a few review copies of Underground Singing available to anyone who offers to review the chapbook. Please e-mail me for details.

Harry Humes: UNDERGROUND SINGING

2007-12-21T21:08:00.001-05:00

Underground Singing by Harry Humes. Winner of the 2007 Keystone Chapbook Prize, selected by poet Jeff Mann, who writes:

"A lyrical yet realistic description of coal-town life, this collection displays admirable lucidity and accessibility, a haunting, sharp-eyed nostalgia, and vividly evoked detail."

RELEASE DATE: December 21, 2007

Price: $8 postpaid

mss. logged for 2007 Keystone Chapbook Prize:

2007-09-15T22:29:00.002-04:00

A Motion and a Flame
after & other poems
Along the Perkiomen Creek
American Pastorals
Bayonne
Big Conneautee [FINALIST]
Blood Route [FINALIST]
By Milk Light
Cellar Door
Chameleon in Siberia
Clues for the Fake Detective
Coming Into Speech
Early Eclectica: Samples of My Cuisine
Fleeting Seasons
Getting Close to Birds
Jukebox Pennsylvania
Living in the Candy Store [FINALIST]
More Than Granaries Can Hold [FINALIST]
More Weight
Narcissus Resists
Never Like Having
Night Snow
On the blue behind me
On the Edge of a Delicate Day
Outside
Perhaps It Was Adam with the Apple
Platos de Sal [FINALIST]
Plumb Lines
Real Country Music
Recently Young in a People Gone Old [FINALIST]
Road Songs
Seasonal Words
Shadows in the Daylight
Somewhere Between the Trees
Still [FINALIST]
Still Life
Still Life with Train Tracks and a Pumpkin Patch
Summer Fire
Summer of Love
The Black Slip Poems
The Blue Train
The Capable Heart
The Dead Girls & Other Love Poems
The Margin the Light Falls On
The Night Swimmers' Club
The Old Man Draws a Horizontal Line
The Tattoo Artist
Trading Fours [FINALIST]
Trespasses
Twenty for Life
Underground Singing [WINNER]
Upon Learning the Universe Will Not End in the Big Crunch
Urban Stardust
Wolfgrin
Wyrmes Mete
You Don't Need a Nose & Other Things I've Learned [FINALIST]
Youghiogheny Baptism