Concrete Wolf Poetry Series

23/09/2025

Poets age 50 & up, final week to submit your full-length poetry collection to the Concrete Wolf Poetry Series Louis Award!
Final Judge; Donna Hilbert

This award is named in honor of Lana Hechtman Ayers' grandfather, who began writing poetry in English very late in life. Grampa Louis' words helped inspire Lana's love of poetry.

15/08/2025

Poets 50 and older, remember to submit your full-length manuscript to the Concrete Wolf Poetry Series Louis Award by September 30th. Must have a USA UPS deliverable address.
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09/06/2025

For anyone who missed Chris Dahl and Jennifer Saunders reading live from their powerful Concrete Wolf Poetry Series award-winning collections, here is a link to the Zoom recording. Enjoy!

Chris Dahl reads from her Concrete Wolf Louis Award collection NOT NOW BUT SOON & Jennifer Saunders reads from her Concrete Wolf Chapbook Award collection TU...

01/06/2025

Saturday June 7th @ 11 Am join us on Zoom for a reading of the winners of the Concrete Wolf Louis & Chapbook Awards: Chris Dahl & Jennifer Saunders!

“I imagine the moment before / that moment we can never go back to, the poet tells us in this collection about the spaces between, the verges. These verses fulfill what poetry is meant to express: emotion beyond definition, like the ache of longing to slow down time. Dahl uses cats, figs, polar be...

14/12/2024

Looking forward to hosting this Zoom reading celebrating 2 Prize Winning Poets, Scot Siegel and Laura Jan Shore on Saturday, January 11th, 2025 @ 5 PM Pacific. Would love to see you there!

Born in the UK, raised in the US, and now living in Australia, Laura Jan Shore’s poetry collections include Breathworks (Dangerously Poetic Press, 2002), Water over Stone (winner of IP Picks Best Poetry, Interactive Press, 2011), and Afterglow (Interactive Press, 2020). She’s also the author of ...

03/10/2024

Please join us tonight @ 5:30 pm for a free Zoom poetry reading featuring MoonPath Press poets Thomas A. Thomas and Ansley Clark.

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17/09/2024

Some days rejections hit harder than others--this week and last--5 huge let downs (and it's only Tuesday!). But the worst feeling by far is being on the flip side, having to say no to other poets. Almost enough to make me want to stop being a publisher. But I love bringing other poets' works into the world. It's an honor and a privilege. I wish I could publish them all because every poem matters.

13/09/2024

Please join us this Sunday at 2 PM Pacific for a fabulous live Zoom reading with MoonPath Press poets Julene Tripp Weaver and Donna Prinzmetal.

Julene Tripp Weaver, a psychotherapist and writer in Seattle, has three prior poetry collections, including truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS (Finishing Line Press, 2017), which won the Bisexual Book Award, four Human Relations Indie Book Awards, and was a finalist for the L...

07/07/2024

US Poets 50 and up, Concrete Wolf Poetry Series Louis Award is now open for full-length collections. Check us out on Submittable.

Concrete Wolf Louis Award for a full-length poetry collection by a poet age 50 or older regardless of publication history. Prize: 100 copies of a perfect-bound book distributed by Ingram. Deadline September 30, 2024. Fee: $15. Judge: Emily Ransdell.       Submit a manuscript of 55 to 75 pages o...

23/05/2024

In case you missed it--MoonPath Press poet Victoria Wyttenberg's poem "Mother in Heaven" from her collection A Bird Watching on Verse Daily.

Verse Daily, a quality online web anthology of poetry. A poem a day, along with our complete archives, and poem selections from the web.

04/05/2024

2 weeks left for Alaska, Oregon, and Washington poets to enter the Sally Albiso Book Award-- $2500 and publication of the winning manuscript.

The Sally Albiso Poetry Book Award: $2500 and publication.  Winner also receives 50 copies.   Sponsored by MoonPath Press (an imprint of Concrete Wolf)  Fee: $10 Deadline May 19th. Judge: Risa Denenberg, author of Rain/Dweller. https://moonpathpress.com/RisaDenenberg.htm Judging is blind.  Only ...

19/04/2024

Please share with poets from Alaska, Oregon, and Washington--Only a month left to enter the MoonPath Press Sally Albiso Book Award for a full-length collection--Publication plus $2,500 Prize. Deadline May 19. Final judge: Risa Denenberg.

The Sally Albiso Poetry Book Award: $2500 and publication.  Winner also receives 50 copies.   Sponsored by MoonPath Press (an imprint of Concrete Wolf)  Fee: $10 Deadline May 19th. Judge: Risa Denenberg, author of Rain/Dweller. https://moonpathpress.com/RisaDenenberg.htm Judging is blind.  Only ...