Samantha Malay is our first poetry editor in residence, a program that was developed to empower poets to pass on their publishing and editing skills. She offered us a few insights on her life and inspirations as a poet--those things that feed into her art. What is your work in Seattle? I'm a theatrical wardrobe technician by trade, providing the relationship between costumes and performers before, during and after their time on stage. I'm utilizing the current standstill in t

“Fly to an arid land where you can come to the table, hear stories woven from the frayed edges of our hope." Join Kansas City’s Flying Ketchup Press as it releases its first collection of international voices in poetry. Co-edited by Polly Alice McCann and Araceli Esparza, “The Very Edge" is an intense collection of urgent and inspiring voices that bring together writers in English, Spanish, and French. It features New York poet, Anne Whitehouse, and Kansas Poet Laureate, Huas

Tales from the Dream Zone our second short story collection releases August 24th, 2020 on Amazon and Kindle then coming to Barnes and Noble and Nook soon. The Dream Zone began in 2018 when we first put out our first call for short story writers. We wanted to create "a collection of weird and wonderful stories that take place inspired by remembered or imagined dreams," and you answered. Here is the story of what happened. We hope you'll follow these authors and support the ama