The Orchards Poetry Journal is an anthology that is released bi-annually.
Our Winter 2025 issue features work by the following poets:
Alfred Fournier
Alina Zollfrank
Allison Mei-Li
Angela Patten
Ann Bodling
Ann Chinnis
Anna Birch
Anna Egan Smucker
Arielle Arbushites
Arvilla Fee
Barbara Krasner
Barbara Loots
Ben Tecken
Bonnie Wehle
Carey Jobe
Carol Alfus
Carol Rucks
Carole Mertz
Carolyn Adams
Charlotte Innes
Christianna Soumakis
Christopher Stolle
Cleo Griffith
Colleen Alles
Corey Mesler
Daniel Thompson
David A. Goodrum
David A. Lee
DB Jonas
Debra J. Nordyke
Denise England
Derek J. Allison
Diane Elayne Dees
Donna Mashburn Geise
Donna Pucciani
Ed Ruzicka
Eileen Coughlin
Eileen Rosensteel
Eileen Valentino Flaxman
Elena Lelia Radulescu
Emily Tee
Emma Kathryn Harris
Eric Colburn
F.I. Goldhaber
Frances Scott
Frank William Finney
Gary P. English
Glenn Wright
Gloria Heffernan
Gordon Scapens
Grace Lee
Gregory E. Lucas
Haeun (Regina) Kim
Heather Cadenhead
Helena Minton
Jacqueline Coleman-Fried
James Cornell
Janet Blair
Janice D. Soderling
Jean Biegun
Jeff Burt
Jen Schneider
Jennifer Fair Stewart
Jennifer Lagier
Jeremiah Comer
Jianqing Zheng
Jim Bellanca
Jim Conwell
Jim Landwehr
Jo Taylor
Johanna E. Hall
John Delaney
John Milkereit
John Whitney Steele
Judith Mikesch-McKenzie
Justin Hollis
KB Ballentine
Lana Hechtman Ayers
Laura E. Garrard
Lew Forester
Linda Stryker
Lorraine Jeffery
Louise Moises
Lynne Broderick Byler
M. Brooke Wiese
M. Brooke Wiese
Margaret Koger
Marianne Brems
Marianne Gambaro
Marjorie Moorhead
Mark Katrinak
Mary Giudice
Mary K O’Melveny
Mary McCarthy
Megan O’Patry
Melissa A. Reed
Michael Theroux
Morgan Laidler
Najka Altazy
Nancy L. Meyer
Nancy Sobanik
Nancy Wheaton
Nishi Chawla
Pamela Ahlen
Paul Burgess
Paul Van Peenen
Peter Newall
Peter Venable
Philip Andrew Lisi
Ranjani Neriya
Rhonda Bronte Brown
Robin Helweg-Larsen
Rufus Wright
Sally Lee
Sally Nacker
Sam Barbee
Sam Kauffman
Sammy T. Anderson
Sarah Reardon
Sarah Tate
Sharon Rose-Kourous
Stephen Philip Druce
Steve Bucher
Steven Kent
Stuart Anderson
Susan Jaret McKinstry
Suzannah Kolbeck
T.E. Niemi
Tricia Knoll
Vaishnavi Pusapati
Veronica Tucker
Victoria Lau
W.R. Stoddart
Paperback: 191 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (December 10, 2025)