Winner of the 2020 Perugia Press Prize

* Perugia's 30th Anniversary! *

 

Perugia Press was founded in 1997, and we’re celebrating our 30th anniversary starting this fall and into 2027. We’re marking 30 years of publishing one book a year with the publication of

our 30th title, Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead.

 

Celebrate Perugia Press and our poets with two virtual milestone readings featuring our poets from over the years, and work from all 30 Perugia collections: Sunday, 10/4 and Sunday, 10/25. 

 

LINK TO REGISTER FOR OUR READING ON 10/4

 

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LINK TO REGISTER FOR OUR READING ON 10/25

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The 2027 Perugia Press Prize

is OPEN, through 11/15

 

Check out the contest tab on our website to learn more about the prize, including the support we offer to our poets, eligibility, and guidelines. Below is an excerpt from an essay in The Writer's Chronicle by poet Mary Ardery, whose debut Level Watch was published by June Road Press (but had been a semifinalist with us here at Perugia). It means the world to us when poets feel seen and supported when submitting their work to Perugia. Thank you for sharing this, Mary Ardery!

 

 

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We’re so grateful to Enzo Silon Surin for having Editor/Director Rebecca Hart Olander on his podcast “It’s

a Poetic Life” for “Press Enter: The Heart-Labor of Small Presses and the Creative Minds Behind Them.” After their conversation, Enzo did a follow-up reflection on his Substack "A Poetic Life w/Enzo the Poet," of which the following is an excerpt. Please follow and support the good work Enzo Silon Surin is doing with this podcast and Substack! 

 

Winner of the 2020 Perugia Press Prize

Jen Siraganian's Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead

 

Here's where you can find Jen Siraganian sharing

her debut collection this month:

 

 

 

 

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Thanks to the Community of Writers and The Cincinnati

Review for these shout-outs for Jen Siraganian's book!

 

 

Winner of the 2020 Perugia Press Prize

Summer Intern Interviews &

New "Flux & Flow" Poetry Films

 

Thank you to summer interns Apple Gilmore and Kate Hayes, both current students at Smith College, for their brilliant help this summer here at Perugia Press. They collaborated on researching and making marketing and promo resources for our press and poets and a classroom guide for Jen Siraganian's Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead, they served as first readers for manuscripts submitted to the 2027 Perugia Press Prize contest, and they each created a poetry film for our "Flux & Flow" video series, among other projects. They are both awesome, and we are grateful for their contributions to Perugia! 

 

 

Thank you, Apple Gilmore! Read Board President Jean Blakeman's interview with Apple on our blog, and check out Apple's "Flux & Flow" film inspired by Megan Peak's poem "The Killing Jar" from her book Girldom (Perugia Press, 2018). 

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Thank you, Kate Hayes! Read Board President Jean Blakeman's interview with Kate on our blog, and check out Kate's "Flux & Flow" film inspired by Lynne Thompson's poem "A Persistence of Gravity" from her book Beg No Pardon (Perugia Press, 2007). 

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Please consider nominating

Perugia Press for an AWP award:

 

Submissions are open for AWP’s Small Press Publisher Award! This prize recognizes the important role nonprofit presses play in publishing creative works and introducing new authors to the reading public, acknowledging contributions to the literary landscape through the publication of consistently excellent work. Letters of nomination are accepted September 1–October 31 via the online submission portal at AWP. This award would provide vital support, and we'd be honored if you'd consider writing a letter to nominate Perugia Press!