Issue 18 is here, proudly featuring the work of the following poets:
Suhrith Bellamkonda
Kyle Seamus Brosnihan
Lori Lamothe
Rebecca Macijeski
Juanita Rey
Maryfrances Wagner
Elana Wolff
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The Mantle Poetry is excited to release Issue 17, featuring fine work from seven poets:
Millicent Borges Accardi
David Capps
Peycho Kanev
Salvatore Difalco
Kuo Zhang
Bryan D. Price
Justin Groppuso-Cook
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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)
Blue 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)!
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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.
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.
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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