You may have noticed that that our previously announced chapbook from Elizabeth Shvarts (Soft Animals) did not come out as promised. We had a last-minute delay and are completing some final changes before going into production. All the decisions are made . . . just waiting to get things wrapped up. Considering everything seems to move in slow motion around here sometimes, I’m reluctant to set a release date, but it’s looking to be in mid-November or early December. (Thanksgiving right in the middle, so we’ll avoid releasing that week, for sure.)
Speaking of schedules, we’ve annually kicked off an “open reading period” (now query first) on Halloween, but that will be postponed. This is due to wrapping up Elizabeth’s chapbook and also, if I’m being totally honest, the election. Being full of anxiety and doomscrolling constantly, I’m not sure I have the emotional bandwidth to get a chapbook ready for production while also giving adequate attention to incoming poetry queries. We’ll make an announcement on the date our “Submission” page will be officially updated . . . probably around mid-November.