Issue 9 is here! So excited to share ten stellar poems from Kristian Macaron, Maddie Ticknor, Ashley Steineger, and Catherine Weiss.
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Author: James Croal Jackson
Nominations for Best New Poets 2019
Best New Poets is an annual anthology that celebrates emerging poets who have yet to publish a full-length collection. After much deliberation (and a months-long delay in the announcement due to a busy schedule), The Mantle is happy to announce our two nominees from eligible poets we published in 2018:
Sheena Carroll
Catherine Weiss
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Issue 8
Proud to release Issue 8, including eight fantastic poets:
Rikki Angelides
Tiffany Belieu
Mela Blust
Lisa Folkmire
Courtney Leigh
Sara Rose Lieto
Max Orr
Joanna C. Valente
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Issue 7
Issue 7 Contributors
Ace Boggess
Stefani Cox
Terri Kirby Erickson
Nancy Byrne Iannucci
Leah Kiureghian
Kristin LaFollette
Mateo Lara
Terry Tierney
Sara Trattner
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2018 Pushcart Prize Nominations
These were not easy to narrow down, but The Mantle is honored to announce our six poems nominated for the Pushcart Prize:
Alicia Hoffman – History Suggests This Is Only the Beginning (Issue #3, February 2018)
Amy Poague – The Time Inside Our Bodies Keeps Us Young (Issue #4, May 2018)
Julia Norton – Don’t Bring This One to Adam (Issue #5, August 2018)
Hunter Lewinski – Usufruct (Issue #5, August 2018)
Gregory Kimbrell – [Utility] SA (Issue #6, November 2018)
Ben Kline – Boy in Repetition (Issue #6, November 2018)
Congrats! Hoping for good news for these poets.
Submissions for Issue 7 are open!
Issue 6
November 2018 (Issue 6) includes poems from:
Daniel Bailey
Ariana D. Den Bleyker
C.M. Donahue
Howard Faerstein
Gregory Kimbrell
Ben Kline
Xiaoly Li
Donora and Andrew Rihn
Jake Sheff
Troy Varvel
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Issue 5
It has been one year since the release of our first issue! Happy to rein in our second year of The Mantle with eight excellent poets. Click the cover below to read!
Issue 5 contributors:
sally burnette
Virginia Bach Folger
Mimi German
Hunter Lewinski
Julia Merante
Julia Norton
Michael Prihoda
Catherine Weiss
Our next issue arrives in November. Submit today!
