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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 1h

Happy 1st Birthday to Afterbirth by Rebecca Morton! 🎉

Rebecca Morton’s Afterbirth is a visceral, haunting exploration of creation, transformation, & what remains after.

Celebrate this unforgettable debut and revisit its pages here:
smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/afterbirth-by-rebecca-morton

Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 2nd Birthday to Self-Portrait with Ghosts of the Diaspora by Meghan Sterling!

This haunting and beautiful collection reflects on ancestry, identity, and the echoes of history that shape us.

Revisit or discover here: smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/self-portrait-with-ghosts-of-the-diaspo

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 2d

Happy 2nd Birthday to In a Body by Emily Hockaday! 💚
This stunning collection explores the intersections of illness, motherhood, and nature with tenderness and precision.

Celebrate by revisiting (or discovering!) this beautiful book:
👉 smallharborpublishing.com/books/in-a-body

Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 3d

Expedited Submissions are open!
Send 1–3 poems in a single document (PDF or Word) and include a short bio in your cover letter. $10 honorarium for selected contributors.

Visit www.harbor-review.com/submit for full guidelines and details.

Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 3d

Coming November 4! 🔥
DISSENT by Kathleen Nalley and Gabrielle Brant Freeman is a fearless, sonnet-charged response to our turbulent times—melding activism, myth, and fierce intelligence into poetry that demands to be heard.

Learn more:
👉 www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/dissen...

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 5d

Cover reveal! Evelyn Berry’s T4T will be here early 2026!
Cover art by: Ellis Chase
Cover design by: Diana Baltag

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 5d

The Other Tree by Alison Lubar — winner of the 2023 Laureate Prize — is a searing, tender testament to memory, survival, and living in spite of it all.

Get your copy today: www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/the-ot...

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 6d

Winner of the Editor’s Prize, It adheres to many things by Emily Adams-Aucoin is here. Have you read these ten poems yet? A breathtaking chapbook that lingers, expands, and clings in ways only poetry can.

✨ Read it now: www.harbor-review.com/it-adheres-t...

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 6d

Today, and every day. ❤️🧡🤍🩷

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 6d

Happy 1st Birthday to Reiteration / Relationship by Elizabeth Catanese!

This beautiful chapbook continues to resonate a year later—exploring connection, memory, and the art of revisiting what shapes us.

Celebrate its anniversary:
smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/reiteration-relationship

Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 8d

Now Available!
Becca Rae Rose’s MOUTH is here — a chapbook that bites from the first word and won’t let go. Smarting, tender, and ferocious, this is a fevered delight you’ll still feel days later.

Order your copy now: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/mo...

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 10d

The Laureate Prize is open!
Judge: Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas & author of Love Prodigal (Copper Canyon, 2024).
Open Oct 1–Dec 31.
We welcome submissions from marginalized writers.
🔗 smallharborpublishing.com
#LaureatePrize #PoetryCommunity

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 11d

Coming Soon! Now Flourish Northern Cardinal: Selected Poems 2005–2025 by Darren C. Demaree

A sweeping collection that spans two decades of poetry—storm and salvation, devastation and beauty, carried in lines that linger like thunder.

✨ learn more: www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/now-fl...

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 12d

SHP TOP 5 – September 2025 ✨📚

Here are the books our readers loved most this month:

1️⃣ Braving the Body
2️⃣ When I Was Straight
3️⃣ The Other Tree
3️⃣ Mouth
4️⃣ Ladies’ Abecedary
5️⃣ The Grand Scheme of Things

Discover your next favorite read at 👉 smallharborpublishing.com

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 13d

Submissions are NOW OPEN for the Laureate Prize!
October 1 – December 31, 2025

Learn more: www.smallharborpublishing.com/laureate-prize

(Judge announcement coming soon!)

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 Last day to submit! 🚨

20–40 pgs poetry or 20–50 pgs prose. Fees waived for BIPOC writers.

Submit here 👉 www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbook-ope...

#Chapbook #PoetryCommunity #LastDayToSubmit

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 15d

Today’s the day! ✨📚
Join us for a special Book Release Reading featuring Dabin Jeong (Swallow) and Sarah Cedeño (The Grand Scheme of Things).

🗓️ Date: TODAY
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM ET
💻 Zoom Meeting ID: 876 2780 1760

Come celebrate these incredible new books and hear the authors bring their words to life!

Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 16d

Now Available!! MOUTH by Becca Rae Rose is officially here!

This stunning prose chapbook dives into the body, voice, and all the spaces between—sharp, lyrical, and unforgettable.

Grab your copy today: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/mo...

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations to our top-sellers of August 2025!
1. The Grand Scheme of Things, Cedeño
2. Small Girl, Lisa Fay Coutley
3. What’s Left is Tender, Chi Wing Lau
4. Braving the Body, editors Callihan, Bao, & Franklin
5. When I Was Straight: A Tribute to Maureen Seaton, editor Brookshire

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 18d

You’re invited! Join us for a virtual Book Release Reading celebrating two incredible new works from this summer:
📖 The Grand Scheme of Things by Sarah Cedeño
📖 Swallow by Dabin Jeong

📅 September 30, 2025
🕕 6:00 PM ET
💻 RSVP & Join via Zoom: Meeting ID 876 2780 1760

Come listen!

Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 19d

Coming Soon🚨DISSENT by Kathleen Nalley and Gabrielle Brant Freeman is nearly here!

Moving beyond critique, DISSENT embodies the true meaning of feminism—the part where we do something about it.

Learn more: www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/dissen...

DISSENT by Kathleen Nalley and Gabrielle Freeman — Small Harbor Publishing

www.smallharborpublishing.com

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 20d

Now Available ✨
MOUTH by Becca Rae Rose is officially here!

This stunning chapbook dives into the body, voice, and all the spaces between—sharp, lyrical, and unforgettable.

Grab your copy today: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/mo...

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 20d

Our submission period is open for Issue 16!
Send us 1–3 poems via Submittable—it’s free to submit, and we pay $10 per published poem.
🔗Full guidelines here: smallharborpublishing.submittable.com/submit

#PoetrySubmissions #LitMag #poetry

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 21d

COMING SOON 👄MOUTH by Becca Rae Rose, is the next chapbook from Small Harbor Publishing!

Visceral, lyrical, and unflinching, this collection opens wide to reveal what lingers between silence and speech. Stay tuned for the official release!

Learn more: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/mo...

Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 22d

Happy 2nd Birthday to Refused a Second Date by Maya Williams! 🎂

This bold and unforgettable collection has been sparking conversations, resonating with readers, and even becoming a 2024 Maine Literary Award finalist.

Grab your copy here:
smallharborpublishing.com/books/refused-a-second-date

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