Happy National Poetry Month!

For the entire month of April you can get 50% off your cart using code “poetrymonth” at checkout! That limited edition hardcover copy of “Wilderness//Kingdom” by Jory Mickelson? Half off. That chapbook that is already on sale for $5? Half off. Our latest chapbook winner “Oscar the Misanthropist” by Judith Skillman? Half off. Want them…

Chapbook Competition now OPEN!

Our annual Washington State Poetry Chapbook Competition is now open! If you live in Washington State and have a chapbook of poems looking for a home, come knock on our doors. We offer a sliding scale entry fee ($15, $10, $5) to help combat financial inequity and all entrants will receive a copy of the…

Pre-Orders AVAILABLE NOW!

Pre-orders for our forthcoming chapbooks are available now! Order “Oscar the Misanthropist” by Judith Skillman and “A Quiet Day with the West on Fire” by Margot Kahn for a discounted price before the official release day on December 5th! Visit our shop to find these and other great deals from some of Washington State’s most…

WA State Chapbook Competition Now OPEN!

Our annual Washington State Poetry Chapbook Competition is now open! If you live in Washington State and have a chapbook of poems looking for a home, come knock on our doors. We offer a sliding scale entry fee to help combat financial inequity ($15, $10, $5) and all entrants will receive a copy of the…

Wilderness//Kingdom

We’re excited to say we are down to a SINGLE copy of Jory Mickelson’s award-winning book of poetry “Wilderness//Kingdom” and are in the process of ordering a second printing! Don’t have yours yet? Well don’t worry; we’ll get new paperback copies ASAP. We do however still have some very limited-edition hardbacks left! Thank you all…

FBP 2020 Chapbook Release Reading!

Join us as we celebrate the latest chapbooks from FBP! Our release reading will be held via Zoom on Sunday, December 13th, 3pm. President of the press Michael Schmeltzer will host our poets, winner of our 2020 competition Brenda Miller, author of “The Daughters of Elderly Women,” and finalist Risa Denenberg, author of “Posthuman,” as…

FBP Author Jory Mickelson Wins High Plains Book Award!

Floating Bridge Press could not be more proud of author Jory Mickelson, whose full-length debut “Wilderness//Kingdom” (winner of the Evergreen Award Tour Full-Length Competition) received a High Plains Book Award in Poetry! To celebrate we’re having a month-long sale of both paperback and very limited edition hardcover versions! Nab a copy of the paperback now…

Authors Recommend | Poetry Books

Looking for a new book of poems to fall in love with? Lucky for you our 2017 chapbook authors are here with their recommendations! Katy E. Ellis, author of Night Watch, recommends… Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong (Copper Canyon Press, 2016) I love the huge range of form in these poems and…