Barefoot Muse Press

09/06/2022

It is with great excitement that I would like to announce the results of the 2022 Open Reading Period. I have selected "Famished Landscape" by Ellie Kibbe for publication as the most compelling and thematically coherent of the submissions received. As always this was a hard choice from many excellent submissions, and I would like to single out three other manuscripts for praise: "Blue Streak" by Allison Joseph, "A Task for Bronze" by Jared Carter, and "Post Holes" by Sandra Anfang. I wish I could publish them all, but I am wary of over stretching myself. Anyway, congratulations to Ellie! I look forward to working with her over the coming months.

06/20/2022

Good News! I’m extending the Open Reading period to midnight on July 4th! Submit your poetry manuscripts now! No reading fee!

Guidelines for the 2022 Open Reading Period

05/11/2022

Still accepting submissions until May 31st! Full guidelines at the link below.

Guidelines for the 2022 Open Reading Period

04/01/2022

Excited to announce that I am running an Open Reading Period during National Poetry Month, April 2022. Full guidelines at the link shown.

Guidelines for the 2022 Open Reading Period

01/22/2022

I'm excited to announce that Tawny Grammar, a new chapbook by David Wayne Landrum, is now available to pre-order. Also, it took me a while to figure out the new PayPal buttons but you can now pay by credit card and even Venmo!

A new chapbook from David W. Landrum

12/18/2021

Better late than never! Here is a link to the launch reading for Diane L. Moomey's wonderful poetry collection, Make for Higher Ground!

A recording of the reading and Q&A with Diane L. Moomey to launch her poetry collection, Make for Higher Ground.

09/16/2021

Great publicity for Diane Lee Moomey's book!

On Sunday, local poet Diane Lee Moomey and her publisher, Anna Evans, of Barefoot Muse Press, hosted a virtual poetry reading and question-and-answer session to launch Moomey’s new book of

07/01/2021

Last chance offer: get one of our three 2020 titles for just $7.95 (plus $2.95 S&H) if you order between now and July 31st.

Browse our selections of contemporary formal leaning poetry!

07/01/2021

Thrilled to announce that Diane Lee Moomey's chapbook, "Make for Higher Ground" is now available for pre-order at the special offer price of $5.95 (plus $2.95 S&H). Visit the Barefoot Muse Press website to reserve your copy!

A new chapbook from Diane Lee Moomey

01/14/2021

Thrilled to announce the winners of our 2020 Open Reading period: Diane Moomey for "Make for Higher Ground" and David Landrum for "Tawny Grammar." Both titles should be forthcoming in 2021. Thanks to all who entered!

A small press specializing in formal & metrical verse

07/03/2020

Last day to submit your chapbook manuscript to our Open Reading Period. No fee!

Guidelines for the 2020 Open Reading Period