Slipstream Press

24/10/2025

NEW POETRY COLLECTION
Slipstream alum Bernadette Geyer has just published her second full-length poetry collection, "What Haunts Me," available from April Gloaming Publishing. The poems examine what is passed down through families and societies–what is inherited, what we take with us as we age, and what we leave behind. Bernadette appeared in Slipstream issue #38 (water theme), published in 2018.

You can read more about Bernadette's new book, "What Haunts Me," or order a copy here: https://aprilgloaming.com/shop/what-haunts-me/

20/10/2025

CALL FOR ENTRIES
The deadline is December. 1 at 11:59 PM EST for the annual Slipstream poetry chapbook contest. Winner receives a $1,000 prize plus 25 professionally-printed copies of their book. All entrants receive a copy of the winning chapbook plus an issue of Slipstream magazine (a $30 value). The book and author are featured prominently on the Slipstream website and page for one year, as well as in all Slipstream catalogs, press releases, and promotional materials. Send up to 40 pages of poetry: any style, format, or theme.
More details at: slipstreampress.org/contest.html

Slipstream publishes some of the best poetry and short fiction you'll find today in the American small press. Our annual poetry chapbook competition offers a $1,000 prize and publication of the manuscript.

19/10/2025

Thanks to everyone who came out to Slipstream's Issue #45 release party at the Book Corner in Niagara Falls. We appreciate your support and encouragement to keep small press book publishing alive and well in the digital age. Thanks to all our featured readers: Jennifer Campbell, Ryki Zuckerman, Gunilla Kester, Michelle Kratts, Ed Taylor and Liz Mariani. Thanks also to Jeff Morrow at the Book Corner for hosting the event every year and Moondog (Jeremiah Traver & Joe Rychlik) for the musical entertainment, and a special thanks to Tony Poletti and the Marketside Restaurant for providing the food for the event. Hope everyone enjoyed the evening!

15/10/2025

SLIPSTREAM BOOK LAUNCH
Slipstream celebrates the release of its 45th issue ("Strange Days" theme) with a poetry reading on Saturday, OCTOBER 18 at 6:00 PM in The Loft at the Book Corner. Featured readers include: Jennifer Campbell, Ryki Zuckerman, Gunilla Kester, Ed Taylor, Michelle Kratts, Liz Mariani, Livio Farallo. Refreshments will be provided by the Marketside Restaurant. Prior to the event, enoy the music of Jeremiah Traver and Joe Rychlik (starting at 4:30). The Book Corner is located at 1801 Main Street, Niagara Falls, NY. This event is free and open to the public.

09/10/2025

CALL FOR ENTRIES
The deadline is December. 1 at 11:59 PM EST for the annual Slipstream poetry chapbook contest. Winner receives a $1,000 prize plus 25 professionally-printed copies of their book. All entrants receive a copy of the winning chapbook plus an issue of Slipstream magazine (a $20 value). The book and author are featured prominently on the Slipstream website and page for one year, as well as in all Slipstream catalogs, press releases, and promotional materials. Send up to 40 pages of poetry: any style, format, or theme.
More details at: slipstreampress.org/contest.html

06/10/2025

BOOK LAUNCH!
Slipstream celebrates the release of its 45th issue ("Strange Days" theme) with a poetry reading on Saturday, OCTOBER 18 at 6:00 PM in The Loft at the Book Corner. Featured readers include: Jennifer Campbell, Ryki Zuckerman, Gunilla Kester, Ed Taylor, Michelle Kratts, Liz Mariani, Livio Farallo. Refreshments will be provided by the Marketside Restaurant. Prior to the event, enoy the music of Jeremiah Traver and Joe Rychlik (starting at 4:30). The Book Corner is located at 1801 Main Street, Niagara Falls, NY. This event is free and open to the public.

03/10/2025

BOOK LAUNCH!
Slipstream celebrates the release of its 45th issue ("Strange Days" theme) with a poetry reading on Saturday, OCTOBER 18 at 6:00 PM in The Loft at the Book Corner. Featured readers include: Jennifer Campbell, Ryki Zuckerman, Gunilla Kester, Ed Taylor, Michelle Kratts, Liz Mariani, Livio Farallo. Refreshments will be provided by the Marketside Restaurant. Prior to the event, enoy the music of Jeremiah Traver and Joe Rychlik (starting at 4:30). The Book Corner is located at 1801 Main Street, Niagara Falls, NY. This event is free and open to the public.

01/10/2025

HOT OFF THE PRESS!
The latest issue of Slipstream magazine ( #45 "Strange Days" theme) and our new chapbook, Pandemonium, by Lenny DellaRocca, winner of the 2025 Slipstream Poetry Chapbook Contest, are on the way. The books have been mailed to all subscribers, contributors, and chapbook contest entrants. Expect books to be delivered by mid October.

12/09/2025

CALL FOR ENTRIES
The deadline is December. 1 at 11:59 PM EST for the annual Slipstream poetry chapbook contest. Winner receives a $1,000 prize plus 25 professionally-printed copies of their book. All entrants receive a copy of the winning chapbook plus an issue of Slipstream magazine (a $20 value). The book and author are featured prominently on the Slipstream website and page for one year, as well as in all Slipstream catalogs, press releases, and promotional materials. Send up to 40 pages of poetry: any style, format, or theme.
More details at: slipstreampress.org/contest.html

Slipstream publishes some of the best poetry and short fiction you'll find today in the American small press. Our annual poetry chapbook competition offers a $1,000 prize and publication of the manuscript.

12/09/2025

CALL FOR WORK - SCREAMS & WHISPERS
Slipstream is currently reading for Issue #46 from now until May 31, 2026. The issue will be published in fall 2026. We seek poetry that explores the theme "Screams & Whispers." Creative "outside the box" interpretations are highly encouraged. Submit up to five (5) poems in one document file only. We also are seeking artwork for the issue. Please do not submit again until you have received a response on the status of your current submission.
Please refer to our Submission Guidelines to submit: http://www.slipstreampress.org/guide.html

14/07/2025

WINNER ANNOUNCED
Slipstream is pleased to announce that Lenny DellaRocca of Delray Beach, FL has won our 2025 Poetry Chapbook Competition for his collection, "Pandemonium."
As the winner, he will be awarded the $1,000 prize along with 50 copies. We at Slipstream are currently preparing the chapbook for the printer and hope to have it released in September. All entrants will receive a copy of the winning chap, along with the new issue of Slipstream.
Lenny DellaRocca's poems have appeared in several publications, both in print and online, including Seattle Review, Apalachee Quarterly, Slipstream, and others. DellaRocca is a former president of the Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation, poetry correspondent for About.com, assistant editor at Poetry Bay and is the recipient of several poetry prizes. He is a former journalist. He has conducted poetry readings throughout South Florida bringing in nationally and internationally acclaimed poets such as: Yusef Komanyakka, Carolyn Wright, Denise Duhamel, Lyn Lifshin, George Wallace, and others for workshops and readings at many South Florida universities and the Miami Bookfair International.

19/06/2025

CALL FOR WORK - SCREAMS & WHISPERS
Slipstream is currently reading for Issue #46 from now until May 31, 2026. The issue will be published in fall 2026. We seek poetry that explores the theme "Screams & Whispers." Creative "outside the box" interpretations are highly encouraged. Submit up to five (5) poems in one document file only. We also are seeking artwork for the issue. Please do not submit again until you have received a response on the status of your current submission.

Please refer to our Submission Guidelines to submit: http://www.slipstreampress.org/guide.html