Black Napkin Press

Black Napkin Press is a poetry publisher from Southern California dedicated to elevating & promoting the more of marginalized poets.

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Our May issue is live!!!

https://t.co/jJmP7HEVRo

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paid for the winning chapbook will either be refunded, or we will work with Glass to ensure you receive a free copy of Justin's chapbook. Thank you all for two great years, we are deeply saddened that it couldn't have been longer.
With Love,
Black Napkin Press

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Dear friends,
We have waited to make this unfortunate announcement, but sadly the time has come. Due to other responsibilities in our individual lives, as well as struggles with mental and physical health, the editors of Black Napkin Press will be unable to continue running

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the press. Thanks to the graciousness of @glass_poetry 's Anthony Frame, our chapbook prize winner will be published in the Glass Chapbook Series in 2019. Additionally, any submitters who paid for tip jar submissions will be refunded, and any chapbook contest submitters who

[torrin a. greathouse @tagreathouse]

It seems almost too apropos that this poem should come out today. I have never wanted to share one of my own poems so little, or so much. "Somewhere in america, a gun" in @WaxwingMag https://t.co/zdFWckpOBB

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I want this poem to become irrelevant I want this poem to become irrelevant I want this poem to become irrelevant I want this poem to become irrelevant I want this poem to become irrelevant I want this poem to become irrelevant I want this beautiful poem to become irrelevant https://t.co/fmTeEEHnFt

[I.S. Jones 🦌🌑 @isjonespoetry]

From one generous press to another. That’s love https://t.co/cx0tncPSzf

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Y’all! Go follow @wusgoodmagazine!!! This is not a drill!!!

[Driving Range Review @WordGolf]

everyone who's getting buried by snow in the midwest, get ready. poets shall inherit the frigid wasteland.

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@IntifadaBatata Go George!!!!!!

[George Abraham (they/he) 🍉 جورج إبراهيم @IntifadaBatata]

Lmaooo when a lit mag who's rejected you 10 times accepts one of the most unapologetically Arab poems you've ever written!!! :D

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OUR EIC @TAGreathouse IS IN THE NEW ISSUE OF @BOAAT_PRESS JOURNAL AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER!!!!

https://t.co/kyTx1HAkVh

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@Blklyfmattering 👀👀👀 💅 Word?

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“First Lesson in Faggotry” || Duncan Slagle || January 2018 || The Black Napkin

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“The Big Picture” || Cameron Morse || January 2018 || The Black Napkin

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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 https://t.co/i7WgQMwBzO

[Madeline Anthes @MadelineAnthes]

@moonchildmag @CottonXenomorph @DrunkMonkeysWeb @MemoirMixtapes @LongleafReview @lostballoonmag @gingercollect @blknapkinpress You can submit to @HypertrophicLit too! We always take reprints, but wanted to make sure the Ellipsis authors know that we'll look at their work too!

[Angela Caravan @a_caravan]

@CottonXenomorph @syntaxandsalt @LongleafReview @blknapkinpress @lostballoonmag If your still considering whether or not to withdraw, that's up to you. But it is a good time to consider what your policy is for your work.

[Angela Caravan @a_caravan]

Really disheartening news from Ellipsis Zine. I have decided to pull my work (removal pending). To other writers who have pulled and are looking for a new home, I hear these mags are accepting:
@CottonXenomorph @syntaxandsalt @LongleafReview @blknapkinpress @lostballoonmag