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Four Feathers Press 2025 PRINT POETRY AWARDS
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Vote for Your Favorite Nominees in the Comments...
January 2025 - Southern California Shadows
SANDY FRYE "Those Unseen"
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL "Raise the Dead"
R A RUADH "A dying of shadows"
PJ SWIFT "Tiny Finger"
SHERRY MEEHAN "A Shadow in Time"
February 2025 - Southern California Embrace
CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE "Black Friday"
CONNIE JOHNSON "I Wore You Like a Fro..."
R A RUADH "Wrapping"
SHIH-FANG WANG "Defying Time"
CLS SANDOVAL "Send the Note"
March 2025 - Southern California Steps
ALICIA VIGUER-ESPERT "Olives"
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL "First Steps"
JOSEPH MILOSCH "Moon Dancing"
DAVID FEWSTER "My Hollywood Summer"
GIA CIVEROLO "swirling tastes"
April 2025 - Southern California Windows
JACKIE CHOU "I Break My Nose..."
TIM TIPTON "Creatures of Rooms"
S A GERBER "High Vision"
JOE GRIECO "Chinese Elm"
R A RUADH "Three grandmothers"
May 2025 - Southern California Selfies
LORELEI KAY "Murmuring Louvre"
MARIE C LECRIVAIN "Shadow Self(ies)"
CLS SANDOVAL "My Husband's Eyes..."
GIA CIVEROLO "What really matters"
CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE "Like Jesus"
June 2025 - Southern California Water
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL "I Found Your Bones"
COCO "The Power of Water"
JACKIE CHOU "Basho's Lost Moment"
R A RUADH "Enough?"
CLS SANDOVAL "The Monster"
July 2025 - Southern California Pixels
CLS SANDOVAL "I Didn't Mean to Be So Obvious"
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL "My Television is Watching Me"
RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA "Tremble"
WYATT UNDERWOOD "a pixel"
JEFFRY JENSEN "Pixels Playing Loud and Proud"
August 2025 - Southern California Pathways
HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM "Back to the Funhouse Again"
JACKIE CHOU "I Walk a Road Less Traveled"
RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA "White Tulip Gray"
JOSEPH MILOSCH "The Dusty Leaves of Clover"
MARTHA ELLEN "My Sister Has Cancer"
September 2025 - Southern California Alienation
MARIA A ARANA "Alienation"
HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM "Alienation"
SHIH-FANG WANG "Fractured Love"
GIA CIVEROLO "Her grandmother wore the same..."
PJ SWIFT "Dead Insect Songs"
October 2025 - Southern California Clouds
JACKIE CHOU "Clouds in My Coffee, Foam on My Chai"
JOAN McNERNEY "Blown Away"
JOSEPH MILOSCH "Arrows of Sorrow"
TIM TIPTON "Fly boy"
SHIH-FANG WANG "Sunset"
November 2025 - Southern California Fruit
JEFFRY JENSEN "Orange Grove Stomp"
LORELEI KAY "Those Tantalizing Reds"
MARIE C LECRIVAIN "Persephone"
TRISH SAUNDERS "Big Orange Sun"
CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE "Good Friday Sonnet"
December 2025 - Southern California Branches
SUSAN ISLA TEPPER "Seeded"
JACKIE CHOU "The Thanksgiving Tree"
HEDY HABRA "After the Storm"
HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM "Ship"
CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE "Me & Adam"
Please vote for your choices by commenting below...
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Calls for Poems and Art
Submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, February 7th, 2026. 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, February 28th, 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 February 14th, 2026. 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.
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the word love, 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 February 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: Love will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, February 21st between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.
Submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, March 7th, 2026. 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, March 28th, 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 March 14th, 2026. 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.
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the word weather, 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 March 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: Weather will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, March 21st between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.
Submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, April 4th, 2026. 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 25th, 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 April 11th, 2026. 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.
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the word fish, 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 17th. 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: Love will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 18th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.
Submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, May 2nd, 2026. 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 23rd, 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 May 9th, 2026. 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.
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the word flower, 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 15th. 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: Weather will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, May 16th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.
Saturday, January 17, 2026
47 poets and artists are now published on http://4fpwhirl.blogspot.com
SHIH-FANG WANG
HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
DARRELL PETSKA
PJ SWIFT
MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
ANTOINETTE VELLA PAYNE
R A RUADH
gia civerolo
EDWARD S GAULT
TRISH SAUNDERS
TIM TIPTON
jf giraffe
ELLYN MAYBE'
JACK G BOWMAN
PATRICIA MURPHY
VERONICA HOSKING
JEFFRY JENSEN
MIKE TURNER
HEDY HABRA
MARIA TOSTI
MARIA A ARANA
ALAN COHEN
PAULA PARENTE
KAREN PIERCE GONZALEZ
BARRY J VITCOV
DEAN OKAMURA
MALIHA MARRI
RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA
JOAN McNERNEY
LYNN WHITE
CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE
JACKIE CHOU
MARIETA MAGLAS
JOE GRIECO
MILES TEPPER
SUSAN ISLA TEPPER
CHAD PARENTEAU
ANDY PALASCIANO
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
CLS SANDOVAL
MERRITT WALDON
S.A. GERBER
ROBERT FLEMING
CONNIE JOHNSON
CHARLES A PERRONE
DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Whirl will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, January 17th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.
Sunday, January 4, 2026
71 poets and artists being published in the January 2026 issue of Turtle Island Poetry!
1 > WAYNE F BURKE
2 > INALEGWU ALIFA
3 > DEBBY HACKBARTH
4 > CHARLES A PERRONE
5 > CONNIE JOHNSON
6 > LYNNE BRONSTEIN
7 > ROBERT FLEMING
8 > LASZLO ARANYI
9 > BUSHRA AKBAR
10 > EVIE GROCH
11 > MARIE C LECRIVAIN
12 > S,A, GERBER
13 > PATRICK CONNORS
14 > BRIAN DURAN-FUENTES
15 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
16 > BUFF WHITMAN-BRADLEY
17 > MATT McGEE
18 > ERIN JAMIESON
19 > DAVID HOLPER
20 > HEDY HABRA
21 > LAWRENCE R BERGER
22 > JACK G BOWMAN
23 > BARBARA ANNA GAIARDONI
24 > RANDY BROOKS
25 > MARTIN WILLITTS JR.
26 > DEAN OKAMURA
27 > GREG LEHMAN
28 > MERRITT WALDON
29 > ANDY PALASCIANO
30 > WAYNE BEBLER
31 > JACK LOVE
32 > MARIA TOSTI
33 > AMY HOSKINS
34 > SUSAN ISLA TEPPER
35 > ALLAN LAKE
36 > Muhammad al-Qaddafi Masoud
37 > ALISHA BATOOL
38 > IRAM IJAZ
39 > SITTARA MUNEER
40 > JOE GRIECO
41 > MICHAEL BROCKLEY
42 > CARSTEN CZARNECKI
43 > JOAN McNERNEY
44 > SARAH ROBINSON
45 > MIKE TURNER
46 > XANADU
47 > PJ SWIFT
48 > MARNE CARMEAN
49 > SHERRY MEEHAN
50 > REBECA THOMAS
51 > ELLYN MAYBE
52 > jf giraffe
53 > LYNN WHITE
54 > IRENA JOVANOVIC
55 > EDWARD S GAULT
56 > MALIHA MARRI
57 > SHIH-FANG WANG
58 > BERNARD PEARSON
59 > WAYNE DAVID HUBBARD
60 > CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE
61 > MARIETA MAGLAS
62 > JOHN ROWE
63 > CLS SANDOVAL
64 > GIA CIVEROLO
65 > TIM TIPTON
66 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
67 > R A RUADH
68 > TRISH SAUNDERS
69 > CHARLES BECKER
70 > MICHELLE SMITH
71 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, January 24th, 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 this 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 copies run out. Subscriptions are available as well for this monthly anthology for $50/half yr or $90/yr (save up to 50% off the cover price). 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.
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