Backbone Press
@backbonepoetry
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A micro-press. A venue for poets of color and poets writing about cultural experiences. A chapbook publisher.
Durham, NC
Joined April 2016
Send your awesomeness to our 5th annual chapbook contest! Sponsored in part by @DurhamArts !
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Taking our mask off...new website and like us on our new Facebook page.
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Congratulations, Austin Sanchez-Moran, winner of our 4th Annual Chapbook Contest. Rhinocerotica is available for pre-order today along with runner-up, Chris Slaughter's manuscript, Dig!
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Join us this Saturday 4/23 @ 4:00pm (ET) for a poetry reading by two stellar literary and spoken word poets @Lindss_tastic and @dpwpoetry! Visit FB link for details: https://t.co/MUrvUC9I5I
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Congrats to our author @djenne Cynthia Parker-Ohene! Her book, Daughters of Harriet, will launch this Saturday. Reading info:
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Join us in celebrating the launch of Cynthia Parker-Ohene's debut full-length poetry book, Daughters of Harriet!
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Backbone Press is accepting chapbook submissions for our 4th annual competition. Deadline is March 6th. Poet @TyreeDaye will judge. Previous winners and runner ups include: @thedoaksgirl, @Lindss_tastic, @chloepoet, and @dpwpoetry. See guidelines: https://t.co/SyzE4u4cO2
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Huge congrats to the winner of our 3rd annual chapbook contest! Final judge Iain Haley Pollock selected "In Your Absence" by Lindsay Young @Lindss_tastic. https://t.co/SyzE4u4cO2
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Two days left to submit! Send us your awesomeness. https://t.co/SyzE4u4cO2
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Ten contest days left to submit! 🤓 https://t.co/SyzE4u4cO2
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Congrats to Lucille Clifton Prize Winner, @CarlosAGLive! @SplitThisRock poem of the week, Ghost of Abolition.
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2018 Lucille Clifton Prize Winner @ashberry813's tribute to youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman made us proud.
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Our 3rd annual Chapbook Contest is underway! Iain Haley Pollock will judge. See our website for full guidelines:
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Congrats to @CarlosAGLive! His collection "Fractures" was selected for the Felix Pollack Prize by Natasha Trethewey! It includes the 2015 Lucille Clifton prize winning poem, "Hijito"
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We would like to thank the Academy for this award. 😊
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"Corner Shrine" by Chloe Martinez was selected as the winner of our 2nd Annual Chapbook Contest. Congratulations! @chloepoet
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