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Winners of Poetry Mesa & Wild Rising Press Annual Chapbook Contest
To Read at March 27, 2023 at Special Zoom Event

Poetry Mesa, a global community serving poets and poetry, and independent publisher Wild Rising Press of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, will present the winners of their first annual Poetry Chapbook Contest in a special Zoom event.

Amy Irish, whose winning chapbook Down to the Bone will be published by Wild Rising Press, will be featured in a debut reading of her chapbook. The cover design of her new book will also be unveiled.


Five finalists will also read from their outstanding entries:

William Considine, Shedding Light
Gianina Nold, Conversations With Sor Juana
Julie K. Shavin, Silence Dreams as Well
Rae Taylor, Steady Against the Absurd
Kelly Watt, The Weeping Degree

Please join us on March 27, 2023 at 5:00pm CST (UTC -6). Please note that 5:00pm CST (San Miguel time) is 6:00pm CDT (UTC -5) (Chicago time) on March 27. Mexico no longer observes Daylight Savings Time.

Pre-registration is required at https://sanmiguelliterarysala.org/product/march-27-2023-poetry-mesa-contest-winners/

The contest judges were Poetry Mesa co-founders and poets Judyth Hill and Catherine Marenghi. Entries were judged anonymously.

The winner will receive 10 author copies and a beautifully custom-designed, perfect-bound edition of poems available on Amazon and for distribution with Ingram Spark. The winning book will be designed by acclaimed book designer Mary Meade of Wild Rising Press.

For more information about Poetry Mesa, please visit www.PoetryMesa.com.