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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: Fish 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: Flower 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.
Saturday, December 27, 2025
51 poets and artists are now published on https://4fplookout.blogspot.com/
MICHELLE SMITH
CHAD PARENTEAU
HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
TERRY McCARTY
R A RUADH
ANTOINETTE VELLA PAYNE
JEFFRY JENSEN
MERRITT WALDON
JOAN McNERNEY
EDWARD S GAULT
PAMELA SHEA
MARIETA MAGLAS
MARIE C LECRIVAIN
TAMMY SMITH
ANITA HOLZBERG
JOE GRIECO
MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
PJ SWIFT
jf giraffe
ELLYN MAYBE
TIM G YOUNG
REBECA THOMAS
BARRY VITCOV
PAULA PARENTE
DAVID FEWSTER
S. A. GERBER
CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE
DEAN OKAMURA
TIM TIPTON
HEDY HABRA
PEGGY CASTRO
SANDRA FAYE
ROBERT FLEMING
DEBORAH HACKBARTH
MIKE TURNER
SUSAN ISLA TEPPER
LYNN WHITE
CONNIE JOHNSON
MANI SURI
JACK G BOWMAN
JACKIE CHOU
ANDY PALASCIANO
BRUCE NIEDT
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
CHARLES A PERRONE
MARIA A ARANA
WAYNE F BURKE
VERONICA HOSKING
CLS SANDOVAL
DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
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.
Sunday, December 7, 2025
37 poets being published in Southern California Branches
Cover photo by Connie Johnson
1 > CLS SANDOVAL
2 > INALEGWU ALIFA
3 > MIKE TURNER
4 > LAWRENCE R BERGER
5 > CHARLES A PERRONE
6 > MICHAEL McGEE
7 > SUSAN ISLA TEPPER
8 > ANDY PALASCIANO
9 > SHIH-FANG WANG
10 > JACK G BOWMAN
11 > JACKIE CHOU
12 > HEDY HABRA
13 > MARIA A ARANA
14 > MARIE C LECRIVAIN
15 > TIM TIPTON
16 > JOE GRIECO
17 > RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA
18 > DEAN OKAMURA
19 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
20 > PJ SWIFT
21 > JEFFRY JENSEN
22 > BILL CUSHING
23 > ELLYN MAYBE
24 > jf giraffe
25 > EDWARD S GAULT
26 > MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
27 > CONNIE JOHNSON
28 > LORI WALL-HOLLOWAY
29 > TIM G YOUNG
30 > R A RUADH
31 > ANTOINETTE VELLA PAYNE
32 > WAYNE F BURKE
33 > MICHELLE SMITH
34 > CARL STILWELL
35 > PATRICIA MURPHY
36 > ROBERT FLEMING
37 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
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 November 8th, 2025. Subscriptions are available as well 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.
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Friday, November 28, 2025
Calls for Poems and Art
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.
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.
Submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, January 3rd, 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, 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 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 January 10th, 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 whirl, 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 January 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: 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.
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.
Saturday, November 22, 2025
50 poets and artists now published on http://4fpfacefeatures.blogspot.com
MICHELLE SMITH
MARY LANGER THOMPSON
DAYNA LESLIE HODGES
ASHTON CYNTHIA CLARKE
R A RUADH
PJ SWIFT
ANTOINETTE VELLA PAYNE
TRISH SAUNDERS
VERONICA HOSKING
HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
DEAN OKAMURA
JEFFRY JENSEN
JIM BABWE
EDWARD S GAULT
HEDY HABRA
CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE
DAN GARCIA-BLACK
JEANNE MARIE SPICUZZA
PATRICIA MURPHY
JOSEPH D MILOSCH
WAYNE F BURKE
MIKE TURNER
MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA
jf giraffe
ELLYN MAYBE
MARK STATES
MARIETA MAGLAS
MARTHA ELLEN
linda m crate
DAVID FEWSTER
LYNN WHITE
TIM TIPTON
RUTH BAVETTA
JACKIE CHOU
ROBERT FLEMING
SUSAN ISLA TEPPER
JOE GRIECO
JOAN McNERNEY
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
CHAD PARENTEAU
VIRGINIA MARIPOSA DALE
ANDY PALASCIANO
BARRY VITCOV
LUKE STILWELL
CHARLES A PERRONE
CONNIE JOHNSON
CLS SANDOVAL
DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
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.
Monday, November 3, 2025
38 poets and artists being published in Southern California Fruit
1 > CLS SANDOVAL
2 > INALEGWU ALIFA
3 > MATT McGEE
4 > MARIA A ARANA
5 > ROBERT FLEMIMG
6 > JOAN McNERNEY
7 > LAWRENCE R BERGER
8 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
9 > ANDY PALASCIANO
10 > JOE GRIECO
11 > CHARLES A PERRONE
12 > SUSAN ISLA TEPPER
13 > SHIH-FANG WANG
14 > DEAN OKAMURA
15 > CONNIE JOHNSON
16 > HEDY HABRA
17 > JACKIE CHOU
18 > JEFFRY JENSEN
19 > JIM BABWE
20 > ELLYN MAYBE
21 > jf giraffe
22 > LORELEI KAY
23 > PJ SWIFT
24 > MIKE TURMER
25 > MARIE C LECRIVAIN
26 > TIM TIPTON
27 > HERETIC VICAR
28 > MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
29 > KAREN CORDOVA
30 > R A RUADH
31 > TRISH SAUNDERS
32 > CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE
33 > DAYNA LESLIE HODGES
34 > BEVERLY M COLLINS
35 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
36 > MICHELLE SMITH
37 > EDWARD S GAULT
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, 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.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
New Poetic Libretto Compilation!
A new poetic libretto compilation!
Containing 12 poems to celebrate my birthday!
Featured Wednesday night at Stone Soup!
Get your PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com!
Saturday, October 25, 2025
42 poets and artists have been published on https://4fptoohot.blogspot.com/
MARY LANGER THOMPSON
R A RUADH
EDWARD S GAULT
SHIH-FANG WANG
MARK A FISHER
PJ SWIFT
JEFFRY JENSEN
GIA CIVEROLO
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
STEVEN COHEN
HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBUM
NIKOLA NGUYEN NIKITIN
PATRICK THOMAS JEFFRIES
JOE GRIECO
DEAN OKAMURA
TRISH SAUNDERS
DAVID FEWSTER
JF GIRAFFE
ELLYN MAYBE
TIM G YOUNG
TIM TIPTON
MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
HEDY HABRA
MARIETA MAGLAS
MARIA A ARANA
JOAN McNERNEY
S A GERBER
CLS SANDOVAL
TAMMY IRWIN SMITH
LYNN WHITE
ANDY PALASCIANO
ROBERT FLEMING
SUSAN ISLA TEPPER
JIM BABWE
CHARLES A PERRONE
JACKIE CHOU
CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE
LAWRENCE R BERGER
CONNIE JOHNSON
WAYNE F BURKE
DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
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.
Friday, October 10, 2025
Calls for Poems and Art
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Saturday, September 27, 2025
47 poets and artists are now published on http://4fpdrinkdown.blogspot.com
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Winners of the 2024-2025 Four Feathers Press Online Edition Poetry Awards (OEPA's)
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Second half of Nominees for the 2025-2026 Four Feathers Press Online Edition Awards
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