Torch Lake & Other Poems, by Brian Johnson: Coming Soon from Del Sol Press

Torch Lake & Other Poems by Brian Johnson has been released by Del Sol Press.

"The most lyrical poems (mostly in prose) that I have read in years. A silver-tongued 'I' with little concern for itself, so wakeful and watchful is it embodied, and so attuned to its bounty of fabulous perceptions. A first collection brought to a nearly translucent state of shine."

—C. D. Wright

"Torch Lake & Other Poems is the most original and exciting collection given American poetry since Larry Levis' Elegy. There's more juice, scope, imagination, and sheer vitality in this work than in twenty run-of-the-mill collections."

—Gray Jacobik

"Anyone who's read Brian Johnson's poetry over the years has been waiting for his first frull-length book to arrive. It's become a cliché to call someone 'a master of the prose poem,' but Johnson has earned the title. These poems are intelligent, moving, surprising, and above all expertly crafted."

—Peter Johnson

Nothing Between Us - Wendy Barker to Be Published by Del Sol Press

Our runner-up in the last Del Sol Press poetry contest, Wendy Barker, will have her collection, NOTHING BETWEEN US, published by the press in 2009. NOTHING BETWEEN US is a unique collection of work, like a novel told in prose poetry form.

Wendy Barker's work has appeared Georgia Review, Gettysburg Review, Poetry. Boulevard, and in many other national publications. She is the recipient of both NEA and Rockefeller grants, and is currently Poet-in-Residence and a professor of English at the University of Texas.

The 2007 Del Sol Press Poetry Prize Winner

Del Sol Press Is delighted to announce the results of the 2007 Del Sol Press Poetry Prize.

Lisa Suhair Majaj of Nicosia, Cyprus for GEOGRAPHIES OF LIGHT.

Selected by Martha Rhodes.

The 2008 Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize Winner

Kimberly Willardson, Carrboro, NC

"Winter Memories of the Summer Bear"

Kimberly Willardson lives in Carrboro, North Carolina, where she’s working on her first novel and finishing a collection of short stories. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Literal Latté, American Short Fiction, Ohioana Quarterly, and Rosebud, among other publications. She has received grant fellowships in fiction writing from the Ohio Arts Council and the Montgomery County (Ohio) Arts and Cultural District.

In addition to her roles as mother, dog trainer, freelance editor, teacher, and landscaper, Ms. Willardson is currently raising funds for The Vincent Brothers Review, which she founded in 1987 and hopes to revive after a five-year hiatus.

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Michael Neff of Del Sol Press at Writers Conference

Michael Neff of Del Sol Press will be at the Fisherman's Wharf Writers Conference in August and October in San Francisco looking for new literary fiction to add to the Del Sol Press collection.

Michael Neff is the founder of Web del Sol and the editor chief of Del Sol Press.

The event website can be found here:
http://fwwriters.algonkianconferences.com

The event is sponsored by Algonkian Writer Conferences.

2008 Poetry Contest Judge and Finalists

Martha Rhodes is the author of three collections of poetry: Mother Quiet (Zoo Press, 2004), Perfect Disappearance (winner of the 2000 Green Rose Prize), and At the Gate (Provincetown Arts Press, 1995). Her poems have appeared in Agni, American Poetry Review, Fence, Ploughshares, and TriQuarterly, among other journals and in many anthologies including The Extraordinary Tide: New Poetry by American Women, and The New American Poets: A Bread Loaf Anthology. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. She is the director and founding editor of Four Way Books, a literary press based in New York City.


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Finalists for the 2008 contest:

Nothing Beween Us, The Berkeley Years
Wendy Barker

SPICARESQUE
Yago S. Cura

Persons
Cifford Paul Fetters

Travel Plans for Social Outcasts
Lisa Lewis

Geographies of Light
Lisa Suhair Majaj

The Metaphysical Slot Machine
Peter Moore

Little Disruptions
Biljana D. Obradovic

Job Rides the L Train
Doug Ramspeck

For Ambidextra, the Tenth Muse
Lynn Sadler

HER and HIM, The Ambiguities of and
Bonnie Stanard

Indulgences
Michael Steffen

Tourist
S. Quinlan

Del Sol Press Poetry Prize Status

The 2007 Del Sol Press Poetry Prize contest is underway, albeit slightly delayed due to staff turnover. Please check back for further updates.

Announcing - Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize Results

Del Sol Press is delighted to announce the results of the 2008 Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize.

Winner
Kimberly Willardson, Carrboro, NC: "Winter Memories of the Summer Bear"

Finalists
Naomi Williams, Davis, CA: "The Report"
David Brodie Smith, Richardson, TX: "Watch Him Burn"
Miriam Gershow, Eugene, OR: "Carker"
Erin Soros: "The chorus"
Nick Healy, Mankato, MN: "Joyless Men"
Mark Wisniewski, Lake Peekskill, NY: "Stricken"
Christina Yu, South Bend, IN: "Christmas in the Neighborhood"
Jacob M. Appel, New York, NY: "Animal Control"