Deadline approaching!

 

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.

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. 

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: 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 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: Too Hot 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. 

37 poets and artists are now published on https://4fprocknroll.blogspot.com/

 

MICHELLE SMITH

PATRICIA MURPHY

MARVINLOUIS DORSEY

RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

GIA CIVEROLO

MARY LANGER THOMPSON

R A RUADH

EDWARD S GAULT

MARK A FISHER

TRISH SAUNDERS

TIM TIPTON

TERRY McCARTY

JEFFRY JENSEN

PJ SWIFT

WYATT UNDERWOOD

PEGGY CASTRO

ROBERT FLEMING

LAZSLO ARANYI

DEAN OKAMURA

jf giraffe

ELLYN MAYBE

LYNN WHITE

JACK G BOWMAN

JOE GRIECO

CONNIE JOHNSON

DAVID FEWSTER

ALEX S JOHNSON

R BREMNER

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

JOAN McNERNEY

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

LORELEI KAY

S A GERBER

JACKIE CHOU

MARIA A ARANA

MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Rock 'n' Roll are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, May 17th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 

35 poets and artists being published in Southern California Selfies

 

MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

MATT McGEE

CONNIE JOHNSON

JOAN McNERNEY

INALEGWU ALIFA

ROBERT FLEMING

LAWRENCE R BERGER

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

JIM BABWE

LORELEI KAY

SHIH-FANG WANG

BILL CUSHING

JOE GRIECO

JACK G BOWMAN

LEAH MUELLER

MARIA A ARANA

ELLYN MAYBE

jf giraffe

MARK A FISHER

JEFFRY JENSEN

PATRICK WALTERS

MARY LANGER THOMPSON

SHERYL LUNA

LUIS VILLALOBOS

MARIE C LECRIVAIN

PJ SWIFT

CLS SANDOVAL

R A RUADH

GIA CIVEROLO

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

MICHELLE SMITH

DANIELA VOICU

RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

PATRICIA MURPHY

DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, May 24th, 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 May 10th, 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. 

It will be summer before we know it!

 

These awards cover the monthly online editions listed below:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Please feel free to vote for your favorites from each issue in the comments below.

Call for Chapbooks

Winner gets 25 full-color chapbooks and will be featured on

August 16th at the Lamanda Park Branch Library in Pasadena!

Email 20 poems to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

New Chapbook!

 

Contains 24 new poems composed in 2025 illustrated in full color for only $10 postpaid! Catch me at a reading to buy copies, or use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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.

Now Available!!

Two new Poetic Librettos by yours truly...

 

...available for $5 each in full color postpaid!

Catch me at a reading to buy copies, or use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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 $2.50 each.

 

Calls for Poems and Art

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SELFIES 

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of selfies to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, May 3rd, 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, May 24th, 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 May 10th, 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: ROCK 'N' ROLL

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words rock and/or roll, 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 May 16th. 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: Rock 'n' Roll will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, May 17th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 

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 26th, 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 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 18th. 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 19th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 

36 poets and artists are now published on https://4fppointup.blogspot.com/

 

SCOTT FERRY

PATRICIA MURPHY

RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

MICHELLE SMITH

PEGGY CASTRO

MARY LANGER THOMPSON

GIA CIVEROLO

TRISH SAUNDERS

MARK A FISHER

TERRY McCARTY

JOAN McNERNEY

EDWAED S GAULT

JEFFRY JENSEN

RICK SPISAK

JOE GRIECO

ALEX S JOHNSON

TIM TIPTON

CLS SANDOVAL

DEAN OKAMURA

SHIH-FANG WANG

DAVID FEWSTER

MIKE TURNER

PJ SWIFT

CONNIE JOHNSON

LYNN WHITE

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

JF GIRAFFE

ELLYN MAYBE

WYATT UNDERWOOD

ROBERT FLEMING

MARIETA MAGLAS

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

JACKIE CHOU

MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

WAYNE F BURKE

DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Point Up will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 19th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

38 poets being published in Southern California Windows

1 > Marie C Lecrivain

2 > Mary Mayer Shapiro

3 > Inalegwu Alifa

4 > Lawrence R Berger

5 > Matt McGee

6 > Robert Fleming

7 > Joan McNerney

8 > Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

9 > Jack G Bowman

10 > Jackie Chou

11 > Connie Johnson

12 > Tim Tipton

13 > Trish Saunders

14 > Lorelei Kay

15 > S.A. Gerber

16 > CLS Sandoval

17 > Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

18 > Radomir Vojtech Luza

19 > Joe Grieco

20 > Alex S Johnson

21 > Lori Wall-Holloway

22 > Shih-Fang Wang

23 > Maria A Arana

24 > Bill Cushing

25 > David Fewster

26 > Ellyn Maybe

27 > PJ Swift

28 > jf giraffe

29 > Dean Okamura

30 > Mark A Fisher

31 > Fernando Guerrero

32 > Jeffry Jensen

33 > R A Ruadh

34 > Paul Kaddis

35 > Michelle Smith

36 > Meri Tumanyan

37 > Patricia Murphy

38 > Don Kingfisher Campbell 

Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, April 26th, 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 April 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. 

Title cards of the winners!

And the winners are...

3/29/2025 presentation of the 2024 FOUR FEATHERS PRESS Print Poetry Awards (finalists listed below)

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS PRINT POETRY AWARDS FINALISTS

January 2024 – Playthings of Southern California

Poetri Smith – Tree 

Carl Stilwell – Here Comes Gertrude Stein

Jackie Chou – The Clay Buddha

Ellyn Maybe – Astronomy

February 2024 – Tunes of Southern California

Jeffry Jensen – Tuning Up the Tornado

Marianne Szlyk – Music of the Aztecs

Linda Neal – Humming Along with Gordon Lightfoot

Radomir Vojtech Luza – Below Beneath

March 2024 – Tales of Southern California

Ellyn Maybe – Myth

Alicia Viguer-Espert – My neighborhood

R A Ruadh – Interstellar Errors

Jackie Chou – Rapunzel

April 2024 – Flowers of Southern California

Joan McNerney – Bright Pink Begonias

Jeffry Jensen – All My Ex’s Should Be Pushing Up Flowers

Jackie Chou – Bird of Paradise Flowers

Ellyn Maybe – Who’s Gonna Talk About the Sunflowers Now

May 2024 – Speeches of Southern California

Donny Jackson – manual: a manual

Joan McNerney – Occupant 3D

R A Ruadh – Walking the Stars in Beauty

Marvinlouis Dorsey – Orange cat

June 2024 – Parents of Southern California

Lorelei Kay – Passage Home

Karen Pierce Gonzalez – As Pirate

Luis Javier Rodriguez – Ode to Jack Hirschman

Joe Grieco – My Father Took Me with Him

July 2024 – Artistry of Southern California

Alex S Johnson – Blowing Up Glass Dragons of Poetry

PJ Swift – Infection

Jeffry Jensen – Escaping Artfully

Alicia Viguer-Espert – The Art of The Toyon

August 2024 – Fires of Southern California

Mia Stone Malloy – April Field Log

Alicia Viguer-Espert – Earrings

R A Ruadh – Fire and Ice

PJ Swift – The Blockbuster

September 2024 – Doors of Southern California

Alex S Johnson - The Doors Live at The Whiskey a Go Go on the Fabulous Sunset Strip 

Alicia Viguer-Espert – While Waiting for the Muse

Luis Cuahtemoc Berriozabal – Without Television

Jackie Chou – In My Heart

October 2024 – Mysteries of Southern California

Matt McGee – The Ghost of Holidays Past Pops Up in Front of Baskin Robbins

R A Ruadh – Tree House

PJ Swift – Poetic Particles

Shih-Fang Wang – Nightmare

November 2024 – Families of Southern California

Connie Johnson – dream: My Father

Carl Stilwell – 90

Alicia Viguer-Espert – Our Younger Sister

Jim Babwe – Air Show

December 2024 – Journeys in Southern California

Connie Johnson – A Mojave Desert Ghazal

Dean Okamura – Last Days

Jackie Chou – Unorthodox

R A Ruadh – Down to the Sea

Calls for Poems and Art

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WINDOWS 

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of windows to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, April 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, April 26th, 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 April 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: POINT UP

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words point and/or up, 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 April 18th. 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: Point Up will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 19th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SELFIES 

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of selfies to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, May 3rd, 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, May 24th, 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 May 10th, 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: ROCK 'N' ROLL

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words rock and/or roll, 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 May 16th. 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: Rock 'n' Roll will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, May 17th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 

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. 

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS PRINT POETRY AWARDS NOMINEES

January 2024 – Playthings of Southern California

Lorelei Kay – Sleeping with Snow White

Poetri Smith – Tree 

Carl Stilwell – Here Comes Gertrude Stein

Jackie Chou – The Clay Buddha

Matt McGee – A Collector’s Paradise

Ellyn Maybe – Astronomy

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal – Go Along for the Ride 

PJ Swift – Box of Time

February 2024 – Tunes of Southern California

Caleb Delos-Santos – Three So Cal Singing Cinquains

Matt McGee – That Which Is Familiar

Jeffry Jensen – Tuning Up the Tornado

Carl Stilwell – Psalm 150 and All That Jazz

R A Ruadh – Frog Music

Marianne Szlyk – Music of the Aztecs

Dayna Leslie Hodges – Jazz Plays On

PJ Swift – A Day in the Musical

Linda Neal – Humming Along with Gordon Lightfoot

Radomir Vojtech Luza – Below Beneath

March 2024 – Tales of Southern California

Alessander Xavier – X

Ellyn Maybe – Myth

Carl Stilwell – Fortress of Faith

Alicia Viguer-Espert – My neighborhood

CLS Sandoval – He and I

R A Ruadh – Interstellar Errors

Jackie Chou – Rapunzel

Charles Harmon – The Snake That Ate L.A.

Matt McGee – The Porky’s Myth

April 2024 – Flowers of Southern California

Gina Duran – Caution: Mexican Poppies

Joan McNerney – Bright Pink Begonias

Carl Stilwell – To a Cosmos Flower

R A Ruadh – Red is not always blood

Jeffry Jensen – All My Ex’s Should Be Pushing Up Flowers

Jackie Chou – Bird of Paradise Flowers

Ellyn Maybe – Who’s Gonna Talk About the Sunflowers Now

Gia Civerolo – eve’s daughter

May 2024 – Speeches of Southern California

Donny Jackson – manual: a manual

CLS Sandoval – Smoker Circle

Fee Thomas – Stagnant Love

Carl Stilwell – Mana

Joan McNerney – Occupant 3D

R A Ruadh – Walking the Stars in Beauty

PJ Swift – The Frog and The Scorpion

Sherry Meehan – in Between the Lines

Marvinlouis Dorsey – Orange cat

June 2024 – Parents of Southern California

Lorelei Kay – Passage Home

Karen Pierce Gonzalez – As Pirate

Shih-Fang Wang – Cycle of a Salmon’s Life

Luis Javier Rodriguez – Ode to Jack Hirschman

R A Ruadh – First Lessons

Joe Grieco – My Father Took Me With Him

CLS Sandoval – Cartwheeling Down the Beach

Jackie Chou – The Beauty

Michelle Smith – There’s a Sunflower

July 2024 – Artistry of Southern California

Lawrence R Berger – The View from Mt. Life

Alex S Johnson – Blowing Up Glass Dragons of Poetry

Marvinlouis Dorsey – Just because

Michael H Hanson – Pantsing it

Alicia Mathias – Becoming

Lorelei Kay – Those Tantalizing Reds 

Fred Whitlock – Sun hits sidewalk

PJ Swift – Infection

Jeffry Jensen – Escaping Artfully

Dayna Leslie Hodges – We Need Flowers When Darkness Encroaches

Alicia Viguer-Espert – The Art of The Toyon

Jeanne Marie Spicuzza – In my dreams it was real

August 2024 – Fires of Southern California

Mia Stone Malloy – April Field Log

Alex S Johnson - Solar Bells

Alicia Viguer-Espert – Earrings

Rolland Vasin - Fireside Chant

Carl Stilwell – Decolonize This Poem

Ellyn Maybe – A Wild Duet

R A Ruadh – Fire and Ice

Jackie Chou – Fire Orange Like Hair

PJ Swift – The Blockbuster

September 2024 – Doors of Southern California

Alex S Johnson - The Doors Live at The Whiskey a Go Go on the Fabulous Sunset Strip 

Alicia Viguer-Espert – While Waiting for the Muse

Luis Cuahtemoc Berriozabal – Without Television

CLS Sandoval – Behind Closed Doors

David Fewster – Billy Zoom

Paul Lobo Portuges – Pulse

Jackie Chou – In My Heart

Dayna Leslie Hodges – Held Hostage

Marvinlouis Dorsey – Tryin ta catch this breath

October 2024 – Mysteries of Southern California

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal – Human Speech

Matt McGee – The Ghost of Holidays Past Pops Up in Front of Baskin Robbins

Wyatt Underwood – Los Angeles Mystery

Sherry Meehan – A Super Moon

Denise Dumars – It’s a Mystery

R A Ruadh – Tree House

PJ Swift – Poetic Particles

Shih-Fang Wang – Nightmare

Patrick Walters – been thinkin

November 2024 – Families of Southern California

Radomir Vojtech Luza – Moments and Melodies

Joe Grieco – Family Portraits

Connie Johnson – dream: My Father

Karen Pierce Gonzalez – For the Finest

Rolland Vasin – How?

Jackie Chou – An Unsent Letter to My Cousin

Carl Stilwell – 90

Jeffry Jensen – The Family That Squares a Root Beer Together

Alicia Viguer-Espert – Our Younger Sister

Jim Babwe – Air Show

R A Ruadh – Walking past grandaddy

PJ Swift – Family {Portrait

Gia Civerolo – a movie, music, pain, and poetry

December 2024 – Journeys in Southern California

Connie Johnson – A Mojave Desert Ghazal

Dean Okamura – Last Days

Joe Grieco – First Visit to the Rose Parade

Mark A Fisher - unfolding

Ellyn Maybe – Enjoy the World

Lorelei Kay – Stuck

Jackie Chou – Unorthodox

R A Ruadh – Down to the Sea

PJ Swift “Whatcouldabeen”

Pauline Dutton – A Catalina Segway

New Book!

 

18 poetic short plays from the mind of Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie, each lavishly illustrated by his son Mark. Secure a copy at his featured performance at the Lamanda Park Branch Library in Pasadena on April 26th at 3pm for just $15. You may also order his book for $20 (includes shipping) by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com. Or, if just you can't wait, get your copy directly from the author himself. He's on tour as part of The Inner Three.