New Chapbooks from Four Feathers Press!

 Please contact the authors to secure your copies.

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. 

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.

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)

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. 

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.