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Grid Books / Off the Grid Press ๐ด ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ by JoAnne McFarland available now!

Grid Books began as Off the Grid Press, founded in the fall of 2003 by Tam Lin Neville and Bert Stern to provide a forum for older poets who are sometimes overlooked by the current marketplace. Off the Gridโ€™s mission was established with its first offering, Loyalty: New and Selected Poems, the second book by poet and social justice activist Henry Braun. In 2008, Loyalty went on to win the Maine Li

terary Award for Poetry, and the press has since brought forth nine books to the acclaim of critics and poets alike. The press has also distinguished itself for the quality of its publications, which are produced with smyth-sewn binding and are designed by Michael Alpert of Bangor, Maine. Over the years, the press has evolved in its mission to publish writers whose work is often sidelined by mainstream publishing. In 2011, Stern and Neville established the Off the Grid Prize to honor writers whose sensibilities were formed in earlier generations but whose vision is fresh, and a winner is awarded annually each December. In 2015, hoping to broaden the pressโ€™s mission and reach, Stern and Neville granted editorial control to poets Elizabeth Murphy and Rob Arnold, who re-launched the project as Grid Books. Today, Grid Books continues its mission to publish work that springs from the margins by representing writers of all ages and backgrounds, and in a range of formats.

There are ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ to submit your manuscript of poetry to the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ! Winner receives $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ...
07/11/2025

There are ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ to submit your manuscript of poetry to the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ! Winner receives $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง in print and audiobook formats.

This year's contest judge is ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐˜๐š๐ฎ:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-yau

Head to the Grid Books website for ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, and information on previous prize-winners, including Elton Glaser, Jane Medved, and Susan Okie, among others.
https://www.grid-books.org/off-the-grid-press

GRID BOOKS Creativity that springs from the margins

There are just over ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ to submit your full-length manuscript for consideration in the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ...
06/25/2025

There are just over ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ to submit your full-length manuscript for consideration in the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž!

๐๐จ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ are eligible to send their work until ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“. Learn more about submission guidelines on the Grid Books website today:
https://www.grid-books.org/off-the-grid-press

This year's ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž is poet ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐˜๐š๐ฎ: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-yau

Best of luck to all poets who enter!

GRID BOOKS Creativity that springs from the margins

Pick up a copy of Elaine Sexton's newest collection ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘: ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘  from Grid Books today! Featuri...
06/16/2025

Pick up a copy of Elaine Sexton's newest collection ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘: ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘  from Grid Books today!

Featuring selections from her first four books, ๐‘†๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž, ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก/๐‘…๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘’, and ๐ท๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’, as well as twenty-seven new and previously unpublished poems, ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ demonstrates how the poetโ€™s early origin narratives become her materials for experimentation and artmaking. In the epigraph to her poem โ€œSubjects Matter,โ€ Sexton quotes Lucien Freud, โ€œfor me the paint is the person.โ€ Here, the poems are the poet.

Grab your copy, and learn more about Elaine Sexton and her work, on our website today! https://www.grid-books.org/site-specific

In just ten days, on June 26, the CLMP 2025 Firecracker Awards take place! JoAnne McFarland is a finalist in the poetry ...
06/16/2025

In just ten days, on June 26, the CLMP 2025 Firecracker Awards take place! JoAnne McFarland is a finalist in the poetry category for her book ๐ด ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜, published by Grid Books in 2024.

Register to the virtual ceremony through the following link: https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/firecracker/

Pick up your copy of ๐ด ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ by JoAnne McFarland from the Grid Books website: https://www.grid-books.org/domestic-lookbook

Congrats to JoAnne, and best of luck at the awards! We'll be rooting you on!

Come cheer for these stellar indie presses on June 26! Weโ€™re celebrating the 2025 Firecracker Award book finalists Graywolf Press, โ€”coโ€ขimโ€ขpressโ€”, Fonograf Editions, Milkweed Editions, Grove Atlantic, University of Pittsburgh Press, Tin House, CLASH Books, Ig Publishing, Nightboat Books, Wave Books, and Grid Books / Off the Grid Press: https://www.clmp.org/event/2025-firecracker-awards-ceremony/

All month long, pick up a copy of JoAnne McFarland's ๐ด ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ for 50% off using promo code ๐€๐ƒ๐‹๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ. ๐ด ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ...
06/04/2025

All month long, pick up a copy of JoAnne McFarland's ๐ด ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ for 50% off using promo code ๐€๐ƒ๐‹๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ.

๐ด ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ has been named a finalist in the CLMP Firecracker Awards for the Poetry category! Winners will be announced at the end of June.

Head to our website today and use promo code ๐€๐ƒ๐‹๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ for 50% off.
https://www.grid-books.org/domestic-lookbook

This Monday, June 2, Elaine Sexton will be launching her new collection of poetry, ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘: ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ค & ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘ , ...
05/31/2025

This Monday, June 2, Elaine Sexton will be launching her new collection of poetry, ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘: ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ค & ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘ , with a reading at Book Culture in NYC.

"Elaine Sexton knows how to raise autobiography to the level of true poetry, and this knack has something to do with her use of surprise. Just when we think we know where one of her poems is going, we step into air. Sleuth leads us carefully into her life through a series of bracing verbal delights." --Billy Collins

Head to the Book Culture website for more details on the reading.
https://www.bookculture.com/event/112th-night-poetry-elaine-sexton

Head to the Grid Books website to buy your copy of ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘: ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ค & ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘  and learn more about Elaine Sexton today!
https://www.grid-books.org/site-specific

Subscribe to the Grid Books Substack account today for in-depth interviews, close readings, and behind-the-scenes inform...
05/30/2025

Subscribe to the Grid Books Substack account today for in-depth interviews, close readings, and behind-the-scenes information on all things Grid Books, including this second part of a series on the work on artist Pat Adams.

https://gridbooks.substack.com/

JoAnne McFarland has been named a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Poetry for her collection of poems, ๐ด ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ ...
05/23/2025

JoAnne McFarland has been named a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Poetry for her collection of poems, ๐ด ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜, published by Grid Books. Winners will be announced at the Firecracker Awards on June 26th.

https://www.clmp.org/press-center/clmp-announces-the-2025-firecracker-awards-finalists/

A huge congratulations to JoAnne McFarland, and best of luck in the next round of voting for the awards! Learn more about McFarland, and her important work, on our website today.

https://www.grid-books.org/joanne-mcfarland

Congratulations to Jon Davis for being awarded as runner up for Poem of the Year at the ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘– ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค! His poem "Again...
05/16/2025

Congratulations to Jon Davis for being awarded as runner up for Poem of the Year at the ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘– ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค! His poem "Against Deliverance," which also won Poem of the Week in July 2024, can be read at their website:
https://missourireview.com/against-deliverance-by-jon-davis/

"Against Deliverance" can also be read in ๐น๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค & ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , the latest collection of poetry from Jon Davis.

Take some time to learn about Clap the House Dark, a music project fronted by him and fellow poet Greg Glazner: https://www.clapthehousesdark.com/

Congrats again to Jon Davis!
https://www.grid-books.org/jon-davis-1

The 2026 Off the Grid Poetry Prize is open for submissions! Poets over 60 are eligible to submit full-length manuscripts...
05/02/2025

The 2026 Off the Grid Poetry Prize is open for submissions! Poets over 60 are eligible to submit full-length manuscripts for consideration until August 31!

This year's contest judge is Poet John Yau, who has published over 50 books of poetry, fiction, and art criticism: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-yau

Previous winners of the Off the Grid Prize include Elton Glaser (2025), Jane Medved (2024), Susan Okie (2023), among others!

Head to our website for contest guidelines and more information today: https://www.grid-books.org/off-the-grid-press

Tuesday night, April 29, four Grid Books authors will be reading together at the Parkway Central Library Skyline Room in...
04/27/2025

Tuesday night, April 29, four Grid Books authors will be reading together at the Parkway Central Library Skyline Room in Philidelphia.

Lisa Sewell, JoAnne McFarland, Elaine Sexton, and Elaine Terranova will be reading poems beginning at 5:45 PM.

For more info: https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/149653

JoAnne McFarland, Dennis Hinrichsen, and Lisa Sewell reading at the KGB Bar in NYC last week!
04/22/2025

JoAnne McFarland, Dennis Hinrichsen, and Lisa Sewell reading at the KGB Bar in NYC last week!

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