I heart home

i am home
32 poems are ready for chapbook goodness
only steps left are cover design and poem order

it was such a good trip
truck stop writing retreats RULE

looking for a deadline

so i had this big grand plan to follow one of my dreams that i always thought was unattainable
i decided while i was out of town that i would use the deadline for the hayden carruth emerging poets award as my personal deadline to get my manuscript done. i have about 130 poems to select a super strong 60 from to create a manuscript and winning that award and being published on copper canyon press is a big dream of mine. like with sprinkles on top kind of dream. like winning the oscar and driving a dodge challenger and doing shots with tarantino sort of dream. sigh. they've suspended the award. it's on hold indefinitely. so this makes me sad however I don't want to just get thrown off track because the one perfect thing isn't there for me to use for structure. by may i will have a manuscript that is awesome and someone should want to publish - either as a press or as part of an emerging writers award that is similar to the one that copper canyon did.

which leads me to:
i knew mainly of this one award. do you know of emerging / new poet manuscript competitions that have good reputations?

New Chapbook

Hey folks
As an experiment - I have just published my next chapbook and it's ready for you to order a copy if you like.
I am insanely excited about it - and will at some point have hard copies for sale at readings.
Until then however - if you would like a copy - just click on the cover below to get your own copy of Trophy Bones.