The Mantle is pleased to announce these six poems from issues nine through eleven as our nominations for the 2020 Sundress Publications “Best of the Net” Anthology:
Kristian Macaron: Mothra: The Song Remains (Issue 9)
Ashley Steineger: Small Town Living (Issue 9)
Michael Akuchie: Violence (Issue 10)
Satya Dash: A fire that sings when doused (Issue 10)
Jude Nguyen: acromantis grandis (Issue 11)
Madeleine Grossman: potty training (Issue 11)
Congrats!
Excited to share with you Issue 12 (exactly three years after the release of the first)!
Please click the cover image below to read work from:
Ayesha Asad
Mohamed Elhassan
Katherine Fallon
Eunice Kim
emilie kneifel
Courtney LeBlanc
Victoria Nordlund
Julia Rosenbaum
Esther Sun
In other news, Best of the Net nominations will be announced in the coming weeks.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for providing light in these uncertain times.
After a lot of deliberation, The Mantle Poetry is proud to announce our nominees for Best New Poets 2020:
Maddie Ticknor – “American Loneliness”
Jude Nguyen – “ode to section 8 housing”
These poems are well worth revisiting. Congrats!
Issue 11 has arrived! It features stellar work from seven poets:
Ace Boggess
Sy Brand
Madeleine Grossman
Allison Hummel
Jude Nguyen
Simon Perchik
Stephanie Athena Valente
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Thanks for reading. Hope this uncertain era finds you safe and healthy.
The Mantle Poetry is pleased to announce our nominations for next year’s Pushcart Prize:
Stefani Cox – Fault Lines (Issue 7)
Kristin LaFollette – Exigence (Issue 7)
Tiffany Belieu – Size Matters (Issue 8)
Kristian Macaron – Your Blood Is What Builds You (Issue 9)
Alexandra Bentayou – Four of us: (Issue 10)
Hannah Newman – In the boxes that are left glass apples glaze with dust (Issue 10)
Good luck to these poems!
Issue 10 has arrived! We are excited to share poems from six poets:
Michael Akuchie
Alexandra Bentayou
P. Claire Dodson
Satya Dash
Hannah Newman
Ellen Sander
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The Mantle is pleased to announce these six poems from issues five through eight as our nominations for the 2019 Sundress Publications “Best of the Net” Anthology:
sally burnette – “selected edible mushrooms of north carolina” (Issue 5)
Mateo Lara – “Odio (Hate)” (Issue 7)
Sara Trattner – “A Well Made Bed” (Issue 7)
Lisa Folkmire – “I am told that I have OCD” (Issue 8)
Joanna C. Valente – “When You Ask Me How I Am and I Almost Tell You, I Haven’t Killed Myself Yet” (Issue 8)
Rikki Angelides – “Departures” (Issue 8)
Congrats and good luck to these poets! Issue 10 will release in November. You can find submission guidelines here.
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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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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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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