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Monday, September 1, 2025

Calls for Poems and Art

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALIENATION

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of alienation to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, September 6th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, September 20th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until September 13th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 


FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: DRINK DOWN

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words drink and/or down, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on September 26th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Drink Down will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 27th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CLOUDS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of clouds to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, October 4th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, October 18th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until October 11th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 


FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: TOO HOT

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words too and/or hot, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on October 24th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Too Hot will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 25th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRUIT

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of fruit to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, November 1st, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, November 15th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until November 8th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 


FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: FACE FEATURES

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words face and/or feature, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on November 21st. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Face Features will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 22nd between 3 and 5 pm PST. 


Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Finalists for 2024-2025 Four Feathers Press Online Edition Poetry Awards


JULY 2024 - Zodiac Energy (http://4fpzodiacenergy.blogspot.com)

Hedy Habra "Riding the Winged Tricycle"

Jeffry Jensen "Coloring the Day"

Alicia Viguer-Espert "Cosmic Distances"

AUGUST 2024 - School Shoes (http://4fpschoolshoes.blogspot.com)

Jeffry Jensen "Laces Tangled in Dylan Blue"

Alex S Johnson "Fits of a Fortunate Son"

Robert Fleming "Phillip Brainard invents Flubber"

SEPTEMBER 2024 - Bitter Sweet (http://4fpbittersweet.blogspot.com)

Ambika Talwar "Way of the Lost Muse"

Dean Okamura "A Few Sweet Morning Poems"

Lynne Bronstein "The Crude and The Sweet"

OCTOBER 2024 - Still Night (http://4fpstillnight.blogspot.com)

Alicia Viguer-Espert "Earthquakes"

Hedy Habra "Reading by Candlelight"

Michael McLaughlin "Stretching South" 

NOVEMBER 2024 - Dead Days (http://4fpdeaddays.blogspot.com)

Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie "I am the greatest"

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal "I Return Another Day"

Jackie Chou "Dead Days"

DECEMBER 2024 - Shooting Stars (http://4fpshootingstars.blogspot.com)

Trish Saunders "And We'll Drink from a Glass of Stars"

Karen Pierce Gonzalez "Cosmic Coffee and Dessert"

Marie C Lecrivain "Why None of Us Will Ever Die"

JANUARY 2025 - Grass Leaves (http://4fpgrassleaves.blogspot.com)

Jeanne Marie Spicuzza "Both"

Sandra Frye "Fifteen"

Joseph Milosch "Under the October Night"

FEBRUARY 2025 - Heart Flames (http://4fpheartflames.blogspot.com)

R A Ruadh "Fire and Ice"

Marieta Maglas "Memories"

Wyatt Underwood "terminal punctuation" 

MARCH 2025 - Sky Key (http://4fpskykey.blogspot.com)

Dean Okamura "The wreck of the USS MAGA"

Trish Saunders "Please, Night Sky"

Antoinette Vella Payne "Stardust"

Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie "Old McDonald Had a Corp Farm"

(there was a tie between two of the poems in this issue)

APRIL 2025 - Point Up (http://4fppointup.blogspot.com)

Scott Ferry "16."

Gia Civerolo "universe playing tarot cards"

Joan McNerney "while we waited"

MAY 2025 - Rock 'n' Roll (http://4fprocknroll.blogspot.com)

Alex S Johnson "Rock and Roll"

R Bremner "Jimi"

Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie "All Hail Rock and Roll!"

JUNE 2025 - Stone Worlds (http://4fpstoneworlds.blogspot.com)

Gia Civerolo "stones in her pockets"

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal "The Stones Whisper"

Sandy Frye "Road of Sand on Likoma Island"

POEM OF THE YEAR - TBA


Saturday, August 23, 2025

46 poets and artists published on http://4fpstreetcracks.blogspot.com

 

MICHELLE SMITH

PJ SWIFT

MARY LANGER THOMPSON

R A RUADH

DAN FLORE III

MARIE C LECRIVAIN

GIA CIVEROLO

MARK A FISHER

TRISH SAUNDERS

LIDA PARENT HARRIS

CLS SANDOVAL

JEFFRY JENSEN

TAMMY SMITH

TIM TIPTON

JF GIRAFFE

ELLYN MAYBE

TIM G YOUNG

EDWARD S GAULT

MIKE TURNER

REBECA THOMAS

MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

DAVID FEWSTER

JOE GRIECO

HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

CARLOS ORNELAS

SHIH-FANG WANG'

WAYNE F BURKE

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

DEAN OKAMURA

MARIANNE SZLYK

JOAN McNERNEY

RADOMIR VOJTECH LIZA

LYNN WHITE

SUSAN ISLA TEPPER

ROBERT FLEMING

VERONICA HOSKING

MIKE MAGGIO

ANDY PALASCIANO

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

BARRY VITCOV

CHAD PARENTEAU

JACKIE CHOU

LAWRENCE R BERGER

MARIA A ARANA

CONNIE JOHNSON

DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Street Cracks are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 23rd between 3 and 5 pm PST. 


Monday, August 18, 2025

New publications!

A full-length book of poetry, perfect-bound, "a harrowing and redemptive read!" Please contact the author through Patrick Thomas Jeffries to purchase a copy. 

A collaboration between Don Kingfisher Campbell and Marvinlouis Dorsey of call and response poetry, a total of eight poems composed in a single week! Get a free PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

An award-winning chapbook that took second place in the 2025 Four Feathers Press chapbook contest! Please contact the author for a copy.

An award-winning chapbook that took third place in the 2025 Four Feathers Press chapbook contest! Please contact the author for a copy.


Sunday, August 10, 2025

More New Chapbooks from Four Feathers Press!

 




 

Please contact the authors to secure your copies. (Please contact Don Kingfisher Campbell if you want a free PDF copy of Wyatt Underwood's chapbook.)





Monday, August 4, 2025

40 Poets and Artists being published in Southern California Pathways

 

Cover art by Patti Sullivan

1 > INALEGWU ALIFA

2 > LAWRENCE R BERGER

3 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

4 > CONNIE JOHNSON

5 > ROBERT FLEMING

6 > SHERRY MEEHAN

7 > VERONICA JAUREGUI

8 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

9 > JACKIE CHOU

10 > JOE GRIECO

11 > JOAN McNERNEY

12 > CHARLES A PERRONE

13 > ANDY PALASCIANO

14 > RICH FERGUSON

15 > RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

16 > REBECA THOMAS

17 > JOSEPH MILOSCH

18 > LORELEI KAY

19 > S.A. GERBER

20 > DEAN OKAMURA

21 > MARTHA ELLEN

22 > ELLYN MAYBE

23 > jf giraffe

24 > PJ SWIFT

25 > MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

26 > JEFFRY JENSEN

27 > MARK A FISHER

28 > gia civerolo

29 > EVELYN LANE SANDOVAL

30 > CLS SANDOVAL

31 > CARL STILWELLL AKA CALOKIE

32 > SHIH-FANG WANG

33 > LORI WALL-HOLLOWAY

34 > R A RUADH

35 > MICHELLE SMITH

36 > MARVINLOUIS DORSEY

37 > GWENDOLYN FLEISCHER

38 > PATRICK THOMAS JEFFRIES

39 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL 

Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, August 16th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until August 9th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

Saturday, July 26, 2025

39 poets and artists are now published on http://4fpwatermelonhues.blogspot.com

 

MICHELLE SMITH

ALICIA VIGUER-ESPERT

GIA CIVEROLO

PAULI DUTTON

DEAN OKAMURA

PJ SWIFT

JEFFRY JENSEN

RICHARD DUTTON

HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

REBECA THOMAS

LIDA PARENT HARRIS

JACK G BOWMAN

ROBERT FLEMING

RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

DAVID FEWSTER

R A RUADH

TAMMY SMITH

VERONICA HOSKING

LYNN WHITE

JF GIRAFFE

ELLYN MAYBE

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

TRISH SAUNDERS

MARK A FISHER

JOE GRIECO

SUSAN TEPPER

CHAD PARENTEAU

ANDY PALASCIANO

MARIETA MAGLAS

JACKIE CHOU

SHIH-FANG WANG

CHARLIE BRICE

LORELEI KAY

LINDA M CRATE

MIKE TURNER

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

CONNIE JOHNSON

DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Watermelon Hues are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, July 26th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 


Saturday, July 19, 2025

And the winner is...

 


Short List of Finalists for 2025 Four Feathers Press Chapbook Prize

 

WAYNE F BURKE

RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

JENNIFER ZIMMERMAN

CLS SANDOVAL

JACKIE CHOU

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

TIM TIPTON

R A RUADH

VIBIANA APARICIO CHAMBERLIN

HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

The winner will be announced at today's Saturday Afternoon Poetry reading inside the backroom of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S Altadena Dr in Pasadena sometime between 3 and 5pm.

Each of the shortlisted finalists is eligible to have their chapbook produced and printed by Four Feathers Press for half price.

If you were not shortlisted you can still get your chapbook produced and printed at a 25% discount.


Thursday, July 17, 2025

Winner to be announced on Saturday!

 

The 20 entrants in the 2025 Four Feathers Press Chapbook Contest are (date entered):

1. JIM LEWIS (5/6)

2. CHARLES A PERRONE (5/6)

3. WAYNE F BURKE (5/17)

4. CARL STILWELL (6/4)

5. DOUGLAS RICHARDSON (6/7)

6. RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA (6/9)

7. JENNIFER ZIMMERMAN (6/21)

8. CLS SANDOVAL (6/23)

9. JEFFRY JENSEN (6/24)

10. JACKIE CHOU (6/24)

11. LAURA DANIELS (6/25)

12. ANDY PALASCIANO (6/26)

13. LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL (6/27)

14. TIM TIPTON (6/28)

15. GIA CIVEROLO (6/28)

16. MARY LANGER THOMPSON (6/28)

17. R A RUADH (6/28)

18. MICHELLE SMITH (6/28)

19. VIBIANA CHAMBERLIN (6/29)

20. HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM (6/29)


Sunday, July 13, 2025

Calls for Poems and Art

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: WATERMELON HUES

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words watermelon and/or hue, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on July 25th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Watermelon Hues will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, July 26th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PATHWAYS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of pathway to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, August 2nd, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, August 16th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until August 9th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 


FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: STREET CRACKS

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words street and/or cracks, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on August 22nd. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Street Cracks will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 23rd between 3 and 5 pm PST. 


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALIENATION

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of alienation to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, September 6th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, September 20th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until September 13th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 


FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: DRINK DOWN

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words drink and/or down, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on September 26th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Drink Down will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 27th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CLOUDS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of clouds to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, October 4th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, October 18th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until October 11th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 


FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: TOO HOT

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words too and/or hot, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on October 24th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Too Hot will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 25th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 


Tuesday, July 8, 2025

33 poets and artists being published in Southern California Pixels

 

1 > JOAN McNERNEY

2 > LIESL GAESSER

3 > LAWRENCE R BERGER

4 > INALEGWU ALIFA

5 > CLS SANDOVAL

6 > MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

7 > ROBERT FLEMING

8 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

9 > ANDY PALASCIANO

10 > BILL RATNER

11 > MELISSA ADYLIA CALASANZ

12 > SHIH-FANG WANG

13 > RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

14 > DEAN OKAMURA

15 > WYATT UNDERWOOD

16 > JACK G BOWMAN

17 > jf giraffe

18 > ELLYN MAYBE

19 > JEFFRY JENSEN

20 > J MARTIN STRANGEWEATHER

21 > PJ SWIFT

22 > DIG WAYNE

23 > MARVINLOUIS DORSEY

24 > CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

25 > RICHARD SPISAK

26 > LORI WALL-HOLLOWAY

27 > MARK A FISHER

28 > R A RUADH

29 > BILL CUSHING

30 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

31 > MICHELLE SMITH

32 > PATRICIA MURPHY

33 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL 

Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, July 19th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until July 12th, 2025. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

Saturday, June 21, 2025

44 poets and artists are now published on https://4fpstoneworlds.blogspot.com/

 

DEAN OKAMURA

HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

MARY LANGER THOMPSON

R A RUADH

SHIH-FANG WANG

JEFFRY JENSEN

GIA CIVEROLO

MARK A FISHER

PJ SWIFT

ANTOINETTE VELLA PAYNE

JF GIRAFFE

ELLYN MAYBE

TAMMY SMITH

MIKE TURNER

CHAD PARENTEAU

CLS SANDOVAL

TRISH SAUNDERS

WYATT UNDERWOOD

DAVID FEWSTER

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

JACKIE CHOU

SANDY FRYE

MARK STATES

JOE GRIECO

MARIETA MAGLAS

R BREMNER

JOAN McNERNEY

LAURA GARRARD

MANI SURI

JACK G BOWMAN

LYNN WHITE

MICHAEL LEE JOHNSON

ANDY PALASCIANO

JOSEPH MILOSCH

LAURA DANIELS

ROXANNE HOFFMAN

PATRICIA CARRAGON

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

ROBERT FLEMING

CONNIE JOHNSON

M S MARQUART

MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

WAYNE F BURKE

DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Stone Worlds are now published online and are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, June 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.


Sunday, June 8, 2025

43 poets and artists being published in Southern California Water


1 > MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

2 > INALEGWU ALIFA

3 > PEGGY CASTRO

4 > MARIE C LECRIVAIN

5 > MATT McGEE

6 > JOAN McNERNEY

7 > LAWRENCE R BERGER

8 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

9 > JACK G BOWMAN

10 > CONNIE JOHNSON

11 > S.A. GERBER

12 > LORELEI KAY

13 > KAREN PIERCE GONZALEZ

14 > ROBERT FLEMING

15 > BILL CUSHING

16 > MARIA A ARANA

17 > YAN SHAM-SHACKLETON

18 > SHERRY MEEHAN

19 > JOE GRIECO

20 > SHIH-FANG WANG

21 > ELLYN MAYBE

22 > jf giraffe

23 > CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

24 > DEAN OKAMURA

25 > ANDY PALASCIANO

26 > PJ SWIFT

27 > EDWARD S GAULT

28 > RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

29 > PATRICIA MURPHY

30 > MARK A FISHER

31 > TRISH SAUNDERS

32 > LORI WALL-HOLLOWAY

33 > JEFFRY JENSEN

34 > COCO

35 > REGINE C MISSFELDER

36 > GIA CIVEROLO

37 > JACKIE CHOU

38 > R A RUADH

39 > GWENDOLYN FLEISCHER

40 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

41 > CLS SANDOVAL

42 > MICHELLE SMITH

43 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, June 28th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until June 14th, 2025. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Calls for Poems and Art


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of water to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, June 7th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, June 28th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until June 14th, 2025. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 



FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: STONE WORLDS

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words stone and/or world, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on June 20th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Stone Worlds will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, June 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST. 



SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PIXELS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of pixel to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, July 5th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, July 19th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until July 12th, 2025. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 



FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: WATERMELON HUES

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words watermelon and/or hue, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on July 25th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Watermelon Hues will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, July 26th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 



SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PATHWAYS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of pathway to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, August 2nd, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, August 16th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until August 9th, 2025. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 



FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: STREET CRACKS

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words street and/or crack, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on August 22nd. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Street Cracks will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 23rd between 3 and 5 pm PST. 



SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALIENATION

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of alienation to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, September 6th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, September 20th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until September 13th, 2025. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 



FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: DRINK DOWN

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words drink and/or down, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on September 26th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Drink Down will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 27th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 


Calls for Poems and Art

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALIENATION Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of alienatio...