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IBBETSON STREET PRESS

"A journal and publisher of poetry."

Ibbetson Street publishes the best of the small press. Our press is nationally distributed. We have received favorable notice in The Boston Globe, Salamander, Chiron Review, Rattle, Jewish Book World, Harvard Review, Small Press Review, PRESA, and other respected journals. Ibbetson books have been selected as "Must Reads" by the Massachusetts Book Award. We have published poetry books by Robert K. Johnson, Gloria Mindock, Zvi Sesling, Kevin Gallagher, Lo Galluccio, Irene Koronas, Molly Lynn Watt, Bert Stern, Linda Larson, Linda Haviland Conte and many others. Ibbetson Street poets have been featured on television shows and on radio including: NPR, WGBH ( Public Television), Tufts University Radio, Newton Cable, Boston Cable, Cambridge Cable, Somerville Community Access TV, as well as MIT Radio. Our magazines and books are carried at a host of independent bookstores in the area.

Ibbetson Street is now listed in the Index of American Periodical Verse.

Submissions: We look for poetry that is not too abstract. We look for simplicity, economy- of words, something that speaks to all of us. The poetry should have layers of meaning, and be strongly situated in the everyday. Please send three to five poems, cover letter, with a SASE to the:

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The Somerville News Writers Festival VIII Nov. 13, 2010 7PM at The Arts at the Armory, Highland Ave. Somerville, Mass.
ORDER TICKETS NOW CALL: 617-666-4010 (Mon-Fri 9 to 5PM)
www.somervillenewswritersfestival.com

"The Wilderness House Literary Retreat" is a retreat based in Littleton, Mass. Ibbetson Street Press publisher, Doug Holder is on the "Board of Faculty Advisors," and he invites you to explore this unique opportunity to study with literary masters in a rustic setting outside of Boston.www.wildernesshouse.org. They publish The Wilderness House Literary Review at whlreview.com. An online poetry and prose magazine edited by Steve Glines.

Poetry in the News: The Somerville News -- This newspaper has a column by Ibbetson Street Press founder Doug Holder "Lyrical Somerville" that showcases poets from the Boston area.

Of Note: Singing Bone Press presents: A City of Poets...A poetry anthology of Boston area poets, who work outside the "academy." To find out more call: 617-628-2313.

Visit: The Boston Girl Guide -- A site that celebrates and promotes the emerging poet, singer and artist.

For advertising and general info on the Boston area poetry scene, please contact: Doug Holder.