Marsh Hawk Press

06/01/2026

You are invited to read our latest Chapter One essay: Diamond Forde on Black Women and the Politics of Desire:

Diamond Forde: “On Tweet’s ‘Southern Hummingbird’, or Black Women and The Politics of Desire” In 2002, singer-songwriter Tweet released her debut Southern Hummingbird, and we rode all summer to that smoky album, speakers blaring, windows cracked to let the heat from the cackling passersby ...

05/04/2026

Congratulations to Marsh Hawk Managing Editor Sandy McIntosh whose ESCAPE FROM THE FAT FARM has been shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Book Award!

Info on Award: https://www.hofferaward.com/Eric-Hoffer-Award-grand-prize-short-list.html

Info on Sandy's Book: https://sandymcintosh.info

04/01/2026

You're invited to read Marjorie Stein's contribution to Marsh Hawk's "Chapter One" series. Marjorie is the 2025 awardee of the annual Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize:

Marjorie Stein: “Because There is No Question and No Answer” It was 1976, my senior year in the future-farmers and future-farmers ’ wives, jock-centric, rural high school, when a friend introduced me to Richard Brautigan’s Trout Fishing in America. I remember mistaking an old woman for a tro...

02/23/2026

You are invited to read about Eileen Tabios' experience as a newspaper poetry columnist, the latest contribution to Marsh Hawk Press' "Chapter One" series of essays by poets.

Eileen R. Tabios: “On Writing a Newspaper Poetry Column” About a year ago, I suggested to my local newspaper, the Saint Helena Star, that I write a poetry-related column. Specifically, I would write about a local experience and then write a poem inspired by it. While the local connection would g...

02/02/2026

You are invited to read Liz Rose Shulman's essay that celebrates February in our long-running "Chapter One" series:

Liz Rose Shulman: “The Green Notebook” It was a standard bright-green notebook, three-hole-punched and lined. My mother and I spent the afternoon cutting out pictures I liked from magazines and newspapers and gluing them to the front. The collage covered nearly all the green—pictures of Cat in...

01/12/2026

R.I.P. ED FOSTER

From Marsh Hawk Press Managing Editor Sandy McIntosh:

Our greatly admired colleague, Ed Foster, a past member of the Marsh Hawk Editorial Board and the founder of Talisman Books and magazine, has passed away.

We greatly appreciate the guidance he gave Marsh Hawk from its early days, as well as the time he spent as an active editor. Several of his poetry collections published by Marsh Hawk remain in print.

I believe you’ll agree with me that he will be missed.

https://marshhawkpress.blogspot.com/2026/01/rip-ed-foster.html

12/05/2025

Marsh Hawk Press has announced its 2026 contest judge: Denise Duhamel. Some contest details:

The MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE

($2,000.00 Cash Prize and Publication of the Book.)

The ROBERT CREELEY MEMORIAL AWARD

($250.00 Cash Prize)

The ROCHELLE RATNER MEMORIAL AWARD

($250.00 Cash Prize)

Beginning December 1, 2025, Marsh Hawk Press is accepting submissions of poetry manuscripts to the annual Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prizes. Deadline is April 30, 2026. We welcome submissions from emerging as well as established poets.

The Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize winner receives $2,000.00, book publication, and promotion. Winners of the Robert Creeley and Rochelle Ratner prizes, selected from finalists, receive $250.00 each.

For more information, please go to

The 2026 MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZES Online submissions only READ CONTEST RULES BELOW AND ENTER NOW CONTEST JUDGE: DENISE DUHAMEL   The MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE ($2,000.00 Cash Prize and Publication of the Book.) The ROBERT CREELEY MEMORIAL AWARD ($250.00 Cash Prize) The ROCHELLE RATNER MEM...

11/11/2025

You are invited to read the latest contributor to Marsh Hawk Press' "Chapter One" series: Lisa Fishman!

Lisa Fishman: “I Turn the Notebook Upside Down” First, I turn the notebook upside down.   That way, the spiral binding—a binding that spirals—is on the right-hand side, allowing room for the pencil in my left hand to move across the unlined page. It’s a Beinfang (good tooth?) sketchbook, ...

11/01/2025

You're invited to read Lisa Fishman, the November contributor to Marsh Hawk's "Chapter One" series:

Lisa Fishman: “I Turn the Notebook Upside Down” First, I turn the notebook upside down.   That way, the spiral binding—a binding that spirals—is on the right-hand side, allowing room for the pencil in my left hand to move across the unlined page. It’s a Beinfang (good tooth?) sketchbook, ...

10/16/2025