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Friday, October 10, 2025

Calls for Poems and Art

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 4:30 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 4:30 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 $15 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 4:30 pm PST. 


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRANCHES

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of branch to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, December 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, December 20th, 3 to 4:30 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 $15 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until December 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: LOOK OUT

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words look and/or out, 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 December 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: Look Out will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 27th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST. 


Monday, October 6, 2025

40 poets and artists are being published in Southern California Clouds

 

1 > WAYNE F BURKE

2 > CONNIE JOHNSON

3 > INALEGWU ALIFA

4 > LAWRENCE R BERGER

5 > MARIE C LECRIVAIN

6 > ROBERT FLEMING

7 > ANDY PALASCIANO

8 > MARIA A ARANA

9 > SUSAN ISLA TEPPER

10 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

11 > CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

12 > JACKIE CHOU

13 > JOAN McNERNEY

14 > JOE GRIECO

15 > MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

16 > JOSEPH MILOSCH

17 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

18 > TIM TIPTON

19 > DEAN OKAMURA

20 > MIKE TURNER

21 > EDWARD S GAULT

22 > RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

23 > SHIH-FANG WANG

24 > PJ SWIFT

25 > GIA CIVEROLO

26 > ELLYN MAYBE

27 > jf giraffe

28 > IL FRANCESCO

29 > TIM G YOUNG

30 > JEFFRY JENSEN

31 > MARY LANGER THOMPSON

32 > R A RUADH

33 > GWENDOLYN FLEISCHER

34 > CLS SANDOVAL

35 > GENE SCHULTZ

36 > MICHELLE SMITH

37 > PATRICIA MURPHY

38 > S A GERBER

39 > MARVINLOUIS DORSEY

40 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL 

Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, October 18th, 12:30 to 2 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 $15 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. 

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Call for Chapbook Manuscripts

 

Four Feathers Press is continuing its successful book series, 4 in 1, with Book Ten, which will feature, as always, and you guessed it, four chapbooks (each by a different poet) in one volume. Your chapbook manuscript should be titled and contain no more than 15 pages of poetry. Pay is a free PDF and six perfect bound copies of the book to distribute as you please. Please email your Word manuscript to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by October 31, 2025.


Saturday, September 27, 2025

47 poets and artists are now published on http://4fpdrinkdown.blogspot.com

 

CLS SANDOVAL

MICHELLE SMITH

MARY LANGER THOMPSON

RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

PATRICIA MURPHY

R A RUADH

JEFFRY JENSEN

BELINDA SUBRAMAN

CHARLES HARMON

HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

PJ SWIFT

SHIH-FANG WANG

MIKE TURNER

TRISH SAUNDERS

JOAN McNERNEY

LUIS CAMPOS

PAM WARD

PAMELA SHEA

JENNIFER RUDICK ZUNIKOFF

MARIETA MAGLAS

TAMARA MADISON

MERI TUMANYAN

jf giraffe

ELLYN MAYBE

DAVID FEWSTER

CHAS PARENTEAU

DAN FLORE III

JOE GRIECO

MARIA A ARANA

TIM TIPTON

ROBERT FLEMING

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

EDWARD S GAULT

LYNNE BRONSTEIN

JACKIE CHOU

LYNN WHITE

SUSAN ISLA TEPPER

LORELEI KAY

TIM G YOUNG

LAWRENCE R BERGER

CHARLES A PERRONE

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

DEAN OKAMURA

ANDY PALASCIANO

CONNIE JOHNSON

DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Drink Down are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 27th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST. 


Saturday, September 13, 2025

New Chapbook!

 

Contains 23 new poems composed in the middle of 2025 illustrated in full color for only $10 postpaid! Catch me at a reading to buy copies or use Venmo (@don-campbell-82) or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to order. You can even snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909, if you really want to be old school. Also available in a PDF version for $5.


Sunday, September 7, 2025

47 poets and artists being published in So Cal Alienation


1 > CONNIE JOHNSON

2 > INALEGWU ALIFA

3 > DIG WAYNE

4 > JACKIE CHOU

5 > MARIA A ARANA

6 > ANDY PALASCIANO

7 > DESIREE CHARLES-HOLT

8 > DAN FLORE III

9 > S A GERBER

10 > ANNA BROOME

11 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

12 > LAWRENCE R BERGER

13 > SUSAN ISLA TEPPER

14 > JACK G BOWMAN

15 > CHARLES A PERRONE

16 > CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

17 > S D MEEHAN

18 > CHARLES HARMON

19 > PATRICIA MURPHY

20 > RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

21 > BARRY VITCOV

22 > EDWARD S GAULT

23 > ROBERT FLEMING

24 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

25 > MARIE C LECRICAIN

26 > SHIH-FANG WANG

27 > JOE GRIECO

28 > JOAN McNERNEY

29 > CLS SANDOVAL

30 > DEAN OKAMURA

31 > JOSEPH MILOSCH

32 > FRED WHITLOCK

33 > ELLYN MAYBE

34 > jf giraffe

35 > JEFFRY JENSEN

36 > MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

37 > GIA CIVEROLO

38 > MARK A FISHER

39 > MELISSA ADYLIA CALASANZ

40 > PJ SWIFT

41 > WHEELER

42 > R A RUADH

43 > TIM G YOUNG

44 > LORI WALL-HOLLOWAY

45 > MICHELLE SMITH

46 > TRISH SAUNDERS

47 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL 

Poems and artwork chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets and artists by the publication reading on Saturday, September 20th, 3 to 4:30 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 $15 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. 

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Nominations for Best of the Net


Four Feathers Press
has nominated these six poems for 2026 Best of the Net consideration (in alphabetical order):


The Crude and the Sweet by Lynne Bronstein

https://4fpbittersweet.blogspot.com/search?q=lynne


stones in her pockets by gia civerolo

https://4fpstoneworlds.blogspot.com/search?q=gia


Reading by Candlelight by Hedy Habra

https://4fpstillnight.blogspot.com/search?q=hedy


And We’ll Drink from a Glass of Stars by Trish Saunders

https://4fpshootingstars.blogspot.com/search?q=trish


terminal punctuation by wyatt underwood

https://4fpheartflames.blogspot.com/search?q=wyatt


Cosmic Distances by Alicia Viguer-Espert

https://4fpzodiacenergy.blogspot.com/search?q=alicia


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 4:30 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 $15 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 4:30 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, 12:30 to 2 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 $15 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 4:30 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 4:30 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 $15 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 4:30 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. 


Calls for Poems and Art

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, totali...