Marsh Hawk Press

08/01/2025

Our latest Chapter One anthology just became available for Advance Orders:

QUEST: A WRITER'S JOURNEY
presenting 26 memoirs and interviews of poets from diverse backgrounds who recall how they started. Edited by Sandy McIntosh and Susan Terris and Featuring

Ellen Bass
Lauren Blossom
Patricia Carlin
Denise Duhamel
Elaine Equi
Steve Fellner
Forrest Gander
Jane Hirshfield
Ilya Kaminsky
Danusha Laméris
David Lehman
Phillip Lopate
Denise Low
Mary Mackey
Charles A. Matz
Sandy McIntosh
Stephen Paul Miller
Rusty Morrison
Annalise Nassani
Jim Natal
Karin Randolph
Spencer Rumsey
David St. John
R. L. Stine
Liane Strauss
Eileen R. Tabios
Amber Flora Thomas
Tony Trigilio
Xiaoqiu Qiu

Some Advance Words:
"The art of writing a good line, of putting aside time to write, the resilience to deal with rejections, and the will to keep writing in dark times are all passed down from one poet to another. May this book carry on that tradition, one voice after another, describing, step by step, the rocky path down to the open sea."
– Danusha Laméris, from her Introduction

“ Simply the best collection of essays I’ve ever read about the urgencies, accidents, experiences, and desires that allow people to emerge as the writers they had never dreamt they might become.”
– Poet and Writing Professor David St. John
If you're interested in checking it out, Advance Order info is at

Marsh Hawk Press

07/12/2025

Congratulations to David Lehman for winning the 25th New Criterion Poetry Prize!

Criterion Books will publish Ithaca in the winter of 2026.

07/01/2025

You are invited to read Chris Solis Green's contribution to our "Chapter One" series on being an "Accidental Poet"--at times, it's hilarious!

Chris Solís Green: “The Accidental Poet” I like to say you know you’re in Tampa when you see a man without a shirt on… inside the airport. This is where I was for Chapter 1 of my poetry journey. Tampa is where culture and nature are paved over, stripped into strip malls and strip clubs. We ...

06/25/2025

Congratulations to the winners of the Marsh Hawk Poetry Prizes, judged by Elaine Equi:

The 2025 MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZES

CONTEST JUDGE: ELAINE EQUI




The MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE

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

MARJORIE STEIN unRavel



The ROBERT CREELEY MEMORIAL AWARD

($250.00 Cash Prize)

TIMOTHY YU, 77 Chinese Dreams



The ROCHELLE RATNER MEMORIAL AWARD

($250.00 Cash Prize)

PAMELA ALEXANDER, After We Broke the Sky



FINALISTS

Joseph Elliot, James McCorkle, Orlando Menes, Lisa Majaj, Michael Lawson, Lisa Furmanski, and George Young

The 2025 MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZES CONTEST JUDGE: ELAINE EQUI   The MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE ($2,000.00 Cash Prize and Publication of the Book.) MARJORIE STEIN unRavel   The ROBERT CREELEY MEMORIAL AWARD ($250.00 Cash Prize) TIMOTHY YU, 77 Chinese Dreams   The ROCHELLE RATNER MEMORIAL A...

06/01/2025

One of our favorite poetry proses is as regards the poem in progress. You are invited to read and relish Ellen Bass' contribution to our Chapter ! series:

Ellen Bass: “Some Thoughts on Juxtaposition in Poetry” Like an artist assembling a collage or a film editor splicing scenes, poets build tension, friction, surprise and meaning through juxtaposition. By putting things side-by-side without explanation, we invite the reader into the poem to consid...

04/21/2025

A reminder that the deadline for our annual Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize is end of the month, April 30.
New: 1st Prize Cash Award Now $2,000.00

The 2025 MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZES

Online submissions only

CONTEST JUDGE: ELAINE EQUI (read about her)

($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)

Please go to link for more information:

New: 1st Prize Cash Award Now $2,000.00 The 2025 MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZES Online submissions only READ CONTEST RULES BELOW AND ENTER HERE NOW CONTEST JUDGE: ELAINE EQUI (read about her)   The MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE ($2,000.00 Cash Prize and Publication of the Book.) The ROBERT CREELEY ...

04/11/2025

03/25/2025

Don’t forget to enter the Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Contest! 📝✨ Cash prizes and a chance for national publication! Deadline: April 30, 2025—get those poems in! 💌

03/11/2025

Join Tony Trigilio and Liz Shulman for an engaging conversation on her new book Good Jewish Girl: A Jerusalem Love Story Gone Bad. Don’t miss this event at the Bookends and Beginnings Reading Series!

📅 Thur. March 13
⏰ 6:00 PM CST
📍 Evanston, IL

02/28/2025

Exciting news! 🌊✨ Other Side of Ocean by Xiaoqiu Qiu, winner of the 2024 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize, is coming May 1, 2025! John Keene calls it 'thematically rich' and 'formally novel'—a must-read for poetry lovers. Preorder soon!

02/19/2025

Discover the unique approaches successful poets take in their writing process. Join the conversation!

02/04/2025

A new collection of memoirs, short essays, and poems is to be published in May and is available for pre-order now on Amazon. It features some military school stories, including one about the bisected human head in the biology lab--who she was and what happened. https://sandymcintosh.info/sandy-mcintosh-teen-angel-a-love-story/.