You may wonder what those in the theatre industry have been doing this last year. Samantha Malay has spent many years in the wings of Seattle's Broadway plays, sewing and mending costumes for our favorite productions, even the likes of Hamilton! Hear Samantha read her poetry on Sunday and you can call in to read a poem too! Call in to the Ketchupedia Radio Show live July 4th. You can read a short poem (up to 25 lines). The prompt is "You are my sunshine" but we leave it to y

Our Spotlight poet for March is Gary Beaumier. A graduate of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in English Literature, he has been a long time poet. His work has been a finalist for the Luminaire Award, and he was a finalist for the Joy Bale Boone Award for his poem, “The Migratory Habits of Dreams in Late Autumn.” He was a finalist for “Best of the Net” award for his poem "The Rio Grande" and first prize for Streetlight Magazine for "Night Train to Paris." A finalist for the

Steven Sassmann is the author of nine books of poems and poetry. His most recent released Spring 2019 from Spartan Press. Published in many magazines and anthologies including Chiron Review, Men in the Company of Women, Wingposse Art, Sassmann has also written and performed a poetry series on High Plains Public Radio. Not content with formed or narrative poetry printed in journals, Steven created his own form of poetry with a nod to popular memes he saw circulating on soci

We are so thankful to everyone who came out to celebrate our one year anniversary and the launch of our first seven poetry books! So what is the Fountainverse Poetry festival like? "We’re a 3-day, small-press, poetry festival and book fair. We’re a showcase for performing poets from all over the country. We’re open mics and guerrilla readings. We’re a writing workshop and a smallpress publishers’ panel. And we’re full of books. So many books!" We collected some intel on how d

In 2016 TL Sanders performed a poem we later named “Paper Poet” at Paper Birch Landing Art Gallery’s third ever art opening in honor of visiting National Poet Laureate at the time, Juan Felipe Herrera. When he became the 2019 Poet in Residence little did we know that his amazing performance style and his stunning poetry would evolve into a poetic screen play and an award-winning one man show at Fringe Fest KC with more evolutions in the works including the launch of our new p

A FountainVerse Poetry Festival event and open mic hosted by Flying Ketchup Press will be celebrated this October 12th from 11 am to 2 pm at Our Daily Nada to celebrate our one year anniversary and the launch of our first seven books! Flying Ketchup Press-- to discover and develop new voices in poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction with a special emphasis in new short stories. To share worlds of wonder and delight; Maybe yours. Read about our Featured Poets and more informat

KC Fringe Fest: During this multi-character solo show, Poet T.L. Sanders will transport you on a lyrical journey like you’ve never experienced. In this performance of his forthcoming hybrid screenplay, kNew, published by Flying Ketchup Press (July 2019), Sanders shares an original story of one September open mic night at the Blue Room on 18th and Vine. It’s a night where a grown son mourns his prodigal father and something new emerges in the hearts of those willing to speak t