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Established in 2005, YellowJacket Press (YJP) is an independent small poetry press and currently the only publisher of poetry chapbook manuscripts in Florida. YJP sponsors the annual YellowJacket Press Chapbook Contest for Florida Poets. Renowned across the state, the annual contest identifies the state’s most vital and vibrant poets and brings their exhilarating, well-crafted poems to the public eye. |
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Poet wins 2008 YellowJacket Press Chapbook Contest for Florida Poets: YellowJacket Press is pleased to announce the winner of the 2008 YellowJacket Press Chapbook Contest for Florida Poets. Kate Sweeney of Tampa has won for her manuscript Better Accidents, which will be published this spring. Runner-up Richard Downing of Hudson will also have his collection Four Steps off the Path published by YellowJacket Press. There were 8 finalists whose work was also worthy of publication, had not financial times been so dire. They include Vanessa Blakeslee, Maitland; Michael Cleary, Ft. Lauderdale; Sarah Carey, Gainesville; Nola Garrett, Palm Harbor; Terry Godbey, Maitland; Ruth Moon Kempher, St Augustine; Jesse Millner, Estero; and Barbra Nightingale, Hollywood. Previous winning chapbooks were Florida Straits by Gregory Byrd of Clearwater (2005), Music in Arabic by Mary Jane Ryals of Tallahassee (2006), and Night Windows by Susan Lilley of Orlando (2006), Many Loves by Michael Hettich of Miami (2007) and Our Keen Blue House by Michael Trammell of Tallahassee. This year’s contest opens October 1, 2009 with a deadline of December 1, 2009. |
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YellowJacket Press 2008 Poetry Chapbook Winner reads on April 17, 2009: The 2008 YellowJacket Press Chapbook Contest winner, Kate Sweeney will debut her chapbook, Better Accidents, at the YellowJacket Press “in Just spring” Poetry Reading on Friday, April 17, 2009. “in Just spring” will take place at Indigo Coffee, 514 Franklin Street, Downtown Tampa, beginning with music at 6:30. The reading will begin at 7pm. Ms. Sweeney will be joined by Florida poets Philip F. Deaver, Phyllis McEwen, Rhonda J. Nelson, Jeff Karon, Susan Lilley & Nola Garrett. Artwork by Phyllis McEwen will also be on display. A raffle of Spring items will take place throughout the evening. Suggested donation of $5.00 goes to support YellowJacket Press. |
