LAST CHANCE! Submit your work by June 15th for a chance to join other women poets of color in upholding Boa’s long tradition of celebrating astounding poetry. Selections read by Editor-at-Large, Evie Shockley. One poet receives book publication by Boa Editions in Fall 2028 and a $1,500 honorarium.
Submissions are open through June 15th for Blessing the Boats Selections! Women poets of color are invited to submit a complete manuscript for consideration. Selections read by Editor-at-Large, Evie Shockley. One poet receives book publication by Boa Editions in Fall 2028 and a $1,500 honorarium.
Michelle, whose book Bone Symphony was selected for Blessing the Boats Selections, said, “...It’s an honor for the book to be chosen by Aracelis Girmay, whose writing has been a guiding light for my own work, and to join the incredible lineage of poets BOA has supported over the last 50 years.”
Boa is thrilled to announce that acclaimed poet Jennifer Chang will judge the 26th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, which will open for submissions on August 1!
🎙️ Positive Blatherings host Scott Fitzgerald interviews Boa Publisher and Executive Director, Peter Conners, in an episode entitled "The Deadhead Running the Poetry Press That Put Rochester on the Map".
Watch Positive Blatherings on ROC Vox's YouTube channel, link in bio!
🎧 Boa Executive Publisher Peter Conners discusses AI in the arts on WXXI’s “Connections with Evan Dawson"! Listen today wherever you get your podcasts- link in bio! @WXXINews
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Results are in! Here are the Spring 2026 poetry collection's celebrity look-alikes (we just know you were wondering at the edge of your seats).
Selection & graphic design by summer 2026 intern Daisy Sheldon
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This First Friday we're celebrating Pride Month! Stop by Suite 306 in the Anderson Arts Building between 6-9pm to explore our titles by LGBTQ+ authors. Want to create collaborative poetry with the community? Come build a poem in our First Friday "Shared Fragments" series. See you there! 🌈
Submissions are open through June 15th for Blessing the Boats
Selections! Women poets of color are invited to submit a complete manuscript for
consideration. Selections read by Editor-at-Large, Evie Shockley. One poet receives
book publication by Boa Editions in Fall 2028 and a $1,500 honorarium.
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FINAL DAYS: Submit your manuscript for consideration to Boa’s Short Fiction Prize! Deadline: 11:59pm on May 31st. We look forward to reading your work!
Please visit www.boaeditions.org for rules & guidlines.
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