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March Moves: Opportunities for Poets

March Moves: Opportunities for Poets

As the first quarter of the year winds down, defrost your motivation with us. In addition to recurring events hosted by Kelsay Books poets, we scoured our inboxes, Poets & Writers, and the rest of the internet for opportunities close to the authors we most recently accepted in Georgia, Virginia, California, Oregon, and Australia. No matter where you are, we need your voice — and there's no time like the present to be heard.

February Frolic

February Frolic
Submissions close in less than ten days for our annual Women's Poetry Contest. At over 50 entries so far, the competition is warming up. Enter now...

December Updates

December Updates
Happy holidays from Kelsay Books! We extend our warmest wishes to you and your loved ones—may your season be full of celebration. Between the Women...

November News

November News
November's front page news is that our annual Women's Poetry Contest is open for submissions! We are delighted to welcome Gail White as our 2024 g...

October: Over and Out

October: Over and Out
The Orchards is now open for submissions. Details below! Season's greetings to our ghouls, ghosts, and witches. As we reap the harvest, The Orcha...

September Salutations

September Salutations
Introduction It's fall, y'all! While you're hosting poetry readings far and wide, we're preparing our Winter 2024 issue of The Orchards. If you...

Readings, Awards, and More!

Readings, Awards, and More!
  Introduction Kelsay Books has two virtual, free readings coming up. We were thrilled to gather as a team and as poets for our summer showcase, a...

Summer of Kel-Slay

Summer of Kel-Slay
Introduction It's been a busy season, to say the least. I’m happy to report that production remains on schedule, so all books started in June are ...

Poetry month MAY be over, but summer is reading & awards season!

Poetry month MAY be over, but summer is reading & awards season!
Introduction In April's blog and newsletter, we announced featured readers and open mics on May 14th at Newtown Bookshop in Pennsylvania and May 1...

Poetry Month: New moon, new books, events, awards and more!

Poetry Month: New moon, new books, events, awards and more!
🌕 Intro Are you participating in Escapril? Tag us @karenkelsaydavies in your poem-a-day posts if so, we love to share our authors’ inspiration! Pl...

March Horizons

March Horizons
  View this post on Instagram Nominated covers by Shay Culligan for the Eric Hoffer Award. (@karenkelsaydavies)...