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May events with & Might Could!
05/14/2026

May events with & Might Could!

April events with Anna Lena Philips Bell! Swipe for info about the one with the square dancing 👯‍♂️🪩👯‍♂️🪩
04/21/2026

April events with Anna Lena Philips Bell! Swipe for info about the one with the square dancing 👯‍♂️🪩👯‍♂️🪩

our very own V. Penelope Pelizzon, author of the brilliant Waywiser title ‘Whose Flesh is Flame, Whose Bone is Time’ AND...
04/15/2026

our very own V. Penelope Pelizzon, author of the brilliant Waywiser title ‘Whose Flesh is Flame, Whose Bone is Time’ AND tireless Waywiser board member, is a 2026 Guggenheim fellow! 🎉🎉🎉

We are thrilled to announce that A.E. Stallings has chosen ‘Bitters’ by Christopher Childers as the winner of the 21st A...
04/13/2026

We are thrilled to announce that A.E. Stallings has chosen ‘Bitters’ by Christopher Childers as the winner of the 21st Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize! The Hecht Prize, established in 2005 to support emerging poets, awards $3,000 and publication by Waywiser Books. Congratulations, Christopher!

Click through the link in our bio to check out past Hecht Prize winners, including this year’s winner ‘Might Could’ by Anna Lena Philips Bell and last year’s winner ‘To Wildness’ by Julia Thacker.

a stunning sonnet from Erica Dawson’s prizewinning book Big-Eyed Afraid, available at through the link in our bio! This...
03/31/2026

a stunning sonnet from Erica Dawson’s prizewinning book Big-Eyed Afraid, available at through the link in our bio! This book is honestly a must-have 🤩

Potscrubber Lullabies by is available at through the link in our bio!
03/30/2026

Potscrubber Lullabies by is available at through the link in our bio!

…in case you haven’t yet bought Might Could 🫠 it’s available now from through the link in our bio!
03/23/2026

…in case you haven’t yet bought Might Could 🫠 it’s available now from through the link in our bio!

03/18/2026

The Goldfinch Caution Tapes by James D’Agostino, available at through the link in our bio

more praise for Might Could, our just-published Hecht prize winner! ❤️❤️ the wonderful
03/17/2026

more praise for Might Could, our just-published Hecht prize winner! ❤️❤️ the wonderful

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