June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Here’s a first look at our next book—the only one for this year, the only one like it. It’s a poetry anthology framed as a great big cross-country American road trip, featuring 100 place-based poems by emerging poets from coast to coast. More at juneroadpess.com/places-on-the-way! 053
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Our wildly talented author Mary Ardery has won the Debut category of the 2026 Indiana Authors Awards for Level Watch! 🤩 More at indianaauthorsawards.org/2026-honorees/ 192
Reposted by June Road PressBurgi Zenhaeusern @burgi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026What an amazing poem and what a rendering of 'ominous'! I'm so happy @mardery.bsky.social chose her gorgeous poetry to tell the stories that fill Level Watch (@juneroadpress.bsky.social, 2025). Just ✨😍✨! #poetry 📚💙 1107
Reposted by June Road PressBurgi Zenhaeusern @burgi.bsky.social · 07/06/2026That last line there! And everything before it! 💖 Someone posted about @abbiekiefer.bsky.social's Certain Shelter (June Road Press, 2024) & I'm still grateful they did. So, here's mine for all & anyone & #smallPoemSunday. #poetry 📚💙 @tomsnarsky.bsky.social 3184
Reposted by June Road PressThe Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 04/06/2026"Much of the advice we receive assumes we have a level of control," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1530. Read "At the End of a Good Week, the Van Broke Down” by @mardery.bsky.social, from LEVEL WATCH (@juneroadpress.bsky.social), and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4dPBZI7 062
Reposted by June Road PressRebecca Hart Olander @rholanderpoet.bsky.social · 26/04/2026This afternoon! 🎤📚✨ @abbiekiefer.bsky.social @juneroadpress.bsky.social @cavankerrypress.bsky.social 063
Reposted by June Road PressMoist Poetry Journal @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026National Poetry Month: Prompt 22, from Violeta Garcia-Mendoza, featuring a tab cascade and a poem from Violeta’s collections SONGS FOR THE LAND-BOUND (@juneroadpress.bsky.social). #poetry #NaPoMo @violetagm.bsky.social 📚💜moistpoetryjournal.comNational Poetry Month: Prompt 22, from Violeta Garcia-MendozaOpen Tab Cascade Prompt Write a poem collaging phrases found within the open tabs of your internet browser,Substack, email app, texts, or any other open windows on your computer or smartphone. For … 053
Reposted by June Road PressRebecca Hart Olander @rholanderpoet.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I’m so looking forward to reading at the wonderful Word Barn w/Abbie Kiefer & Diana Whitney on Sunday, April 26 at 4pm! Thanks to Sarah & Ben for hosting us. Free, but registration requested - link in bio. 🎉📚🎤 @abbiekiefer.bsky.social @juneroadpress.bsky.social @cavankerrypress.bsky.social 074
Reposted by June Road PressJoanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Beautiful Language of Our Disaster (by Dale Going, @codhillpress.bsky.social) & Certain Shelter (by @abbiekiefer.bsky.social, @juneroadpress.bsky.social). See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstodon #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers 071
Reposted by June Road PressDuosuma @duosuma.com · 15/03/2026June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social will be closing to submissions soon for Poetry Anthology (Volume 1). #CallforSubmissionsduotrope.comClosing Soon to Submissions on Duosuma: June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.socialJune Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social will be closing to submissions soon for Poetry Anthology (Volume 1). #CallforSubmissions 012
Reposted by June Road PressThe Rumpus @therumpus.net · 10/03/2026“Even amidst death, these poems find joy...” The Inheritance of Grief and Work: @medenkuyatt.bsky.social reviews @abbiekiefer.bsky.social’s Certain Shelter (@juneroadpress.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/Nc5zhXG 084
Reposted by June Road PressSpout Press @spoutpress.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Come join us at AWP!! We'll have open-mics at our bookfair booth, and our editor @xandergershberg.bsky.social will be moderating a panel with editors from @juneroadpress.bsky.social @triohousepress.org @perugiapress.bsky.social @splitlippress.com @clmporg.bsky.social !! 076
Reposted by June Road PressHila Ratzabi @hilaratzabi.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Here come all my AWP posts! This one’s the full schedule. Who’s going to be there? Come say hi! I’m on a panel, an offsite or two, and signing books @juneroadpress.bsky.social 021
Reposted by June Road PressAWP @awpwriter.org · 23/01/2026“We think of our books as artisanal products in an increasingly mechanized world—things to keep, share, and revisit.” @juneroadpress.bsky.social is an award-winning micropress based in Pennsylvania, with an emphasis on emerging writers and women’s voices. Find them at bookfair table 849! 041
Reposted by June Road PressDuotrope @duotrope.com · 16/01/2026New publisher listing for: June Road Press Anthology @juneroadpress.bsky.social (Poetry; non-paying). #WritingCommunityduotrope.comNew Publisher Listing: June Road Press AnthologyNew publisher listing for: June Road Press Anthology @juneroadpress.bsky.social (Poetry; non-paying). #WritingCommunity 031
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 15/01/2026We’re open for submissions until March 15! This winter’s extended reading period is for individual poems for our first anthology rather than full-length manuscripts. Details at www.juneroadpress.com/submissions! 032
Reposted by June Road PressBrief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 20/12/2025This issue of the Eco-Update also has a review of @hilaratzabi.bsky.social's eco-poetry collection, "There Are Still Woods" from @juneroadpress.bsky.social 193
Reposted by June Road PressCommunity of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 07/12/2025What has 464 poetry collections, chapbooks, and anthologies? Our Poetry of 2025 roundup, featuring an incredible wealth of poetry published by independent literary presses this year! www.clmp.org/news/poetry-...clmp.orgPoetry of 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and PressesWe’re excited to share this year-end roundup of poetry anthologies, chapbooks, and full-length collections published in 2025 by independent literary publishers! Read our year-end roundups of fiction,… 1239
Reposted by June Road PressDuotrope @duotrope.com · 04/12/2025June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social (Poetry; pays) opened to poetry submissions. duotrope.com... #amwritingduotrope.comRe-opening: June Road PressJune Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social (Poetry; pays) opened to poetry submissions. https://duotrope.com/publisher/june-road-press-36577 #amwriting 034
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 02/12/2025We’re open for submissions! This winter’s reading period is for individual poems for our first anthology rather than full-length manuscripts. Details at www.juneroadpress.com/submissions! 0136
Reposted by June Road PressDuosuma @duosuma.com · 02/12/2025June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social is open to submissions for Poetry Anthology (Volume 1). #CallforSubmissionsduotrope.comOpened to Submissions on Duosuma: June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.socialJune Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social is open to submissions for Poetry Anthology (Volume 1). #CallforSubmissions 011
Reposted by June Road PressNortheast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Wonderful evening at Mac’s last week celebrating the debut from local poet Mary Simmons 🐦⬛ Our very own Olivia Mirmohamed opened the night with a reading from her thesis 💫 Get “Mother, Daughter, Auger” at Mac’s or online here: www.juneroadpress.com/mother-daugh... @juneroadpress.bsky.social 041
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 28/10/2025It’s pub day for MOTHER, DAUGHTER, AUGUR by Mary Simmons! This book is lush and dark, full of omens and wolves and women transforming. Think of it as a Victorian naturalist’s collection gathered from folklore and myth and ballet and fables. More at juneroadpress.com/mother-daughter-augur! 🍂✨juneroadpress.comMother, Daughter, Augur — June Road PressA poetry collection by Mary Simmons 091
Reposted by June Road PressAurora Bonner @aurorabonner.bsky.social · 25/09/2025So glad to be spending time with Level Watch by Mary Ardery, by June Road Press, a woman-owned boutique press publishing some gorgeous books. In this chapbook, she weaves recovery and nature, threads that resonate deeply with my own writing interests, together with such clarity and depth. 141
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Abbie Kiefer’s CERTAIN SHELTER is one of three New Hampshire Literary Award finalists in poetry! 🤩 Winners will be announced at a ceremony on October 18. Check out the full list here: nhwritersproject.org/finalists-an...nhwritersproject.orgFinalists Announced for the 2025 New Hampshire Literary Awards - New Hampshire Writers’ ProjectThe New Hampshire Writers’ Project (NHWP) is proud to announce the finalists for the 16th Biennial New Hampshire Literary Awards, recognizing outstanding works written by or about New Hampshire. These... 162
Reposted by June Road PressLast Syllable: A Longform Literary Journal @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Congratulations to our Book Award finalists!! 2234
Reposted by June Road PressSouthern Review of Books @southrevbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2025"Ardery’s debut is both a memoir of survival and a meditation on what it means to carry weight — literal and metaphorical — and to keep walking anyway." @sara-eastler.bsky.social reviews LEVEL WATCH by Mary Ardery. @juneroadpress.bsky.socialsouthernreviewofbooks.comDebut Collection Captures the Struggle of Carrying Physical and Emotional WeightMary Ardery’s debut poetry collection draws from her experience as a wilderness guide for women recovering from addiction. 031
Reposted by June Road PressRiver River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Perugia out here doing such good and beautiful work 🙏🎉🎉🎉 We are big fans. (We are POETRY BARN-SIZED FANS, haha 😉) @rholanderpoet.bsky.social 3144
Reposted by June Road PressPhilly Chapbook Review @phillychapbook.bsky.social · 23/09/2025New #poetry #books from Carcanet Press, Grid Books, Nightboat Books, Brick Books, @juneroadpress.bsky.social, Copper Canyon Press, @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social, W. W. Norton, Red Hen Press, University of Nevada Press & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...phillychapbookreview.orgNew Poetry Titles (9/23/25)Check out new poetry books for the week of 9/23 from Carnegie Mellon University Press, Carcanet Press, Grid Books, Nightboat Books, Green Linden Press, Brick Books, June Road Press, Green Writers Pres... 153
Reposted by June Road PressRiver River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Happiest of joint publication days to FIELD NOTES by E.G. Cunningham and ENCOUNTERS FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD by Jameela F. Dallis! 🎉🎉🎉 We could not be prouder of our fall titles and their authors. Congratulations, Liz and Jameela! riverriverbooks.org/store @egcunningham.bsky.social 13211
Reposted by June Road PressRiver River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2025We are also SO happy to share a publication day today with @juneroadpress.bsky.social, another incredible small press with a tremendous editor in Sara Arnold. Mary Ardery’s Level Watch is out today! 🎉🎉🎉 www.juneroadpress.com/level-watchjuneroadpress.comLevel Watch — June Road PressA poetry collection by Mary Ardery 1102
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2025It’s pub day for Level Watch! If you appreciate narrative poetry with a strong sense of place that deeply engages with the wilderness, this book will move you, whether you’re familiar with the Blue Ridge backdrop or want to let these pages transport you there. More at juneroadpress.com/level-watch!✨juneroadpress.comLevel Watch — June Road PressA poetry collection by Mary Ardery 120
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Join us for a cozy Sunday-night virtual craft chat on 9/28 to celebrate the launch of Level Watch in two weeks, featuring Abbie Kiefer! Register at bit.ly/level-watch-launch ✨ 172
Reposted by June Road PressRebecca Hart Olander @rholanderpoet.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Summer reading: CERTAIN SHELTER by @abbiekiefer.bsky.social (@juneroadpress.bsky.social, 2024). Here are poems for a mother, “All These Things I Can’t Remember” & a father, “I Don’t Like Baseball, Just the Red Sox.” I recommend the @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social about this incredible debut. ♥️ 294
Reposted by June Road PressAbbie Kiefer @abbiekiefer.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Thanks to @sundresspub.bsky.social and guest editor Alexis Ivy for featuring poems from CERTAIN SHELTER as part of The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed this week. @juneroadpress.bsky.social sundressblog.com/2025/07/28/t...sundressblog.comThe Wardrobe's Best Dressed: Certain Shelter by Abbie Kiefer - The Sundress BlogThis selection, chosen by guest editor Alexis Ivy, is from Certain Shelter by Abbie Kiefer (June Road Press 2024). A Brief History of Yankee Thrift, Yankee Ingenuity, and Yankee Work Ethic To make. To... 032
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 16/07/2025✨Cover reveal!✨ Our second fall title, Mother, Daughter, Augur, comes out the week of Halloween. It’s a lush, dark, dreamlike book about women and love and bodies and stories and time. Ways to preorder, blurbs, audio clips, pictures, a playlist, and more at juneroadpress.com/mother-daughter-augur! 010
Reposted by June Road PressNewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Jami Macarty reviews 'Songs for the Land-Bound' by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza, poems that navigate motherhood, marriage, and aging through contrasting forms. www.newpages.com/blog/books/book-re… #bookreviews #booknews #poetry #readingnewpages.comBooks Received - January 26, 2012 :: The NewPages Guide to Indie & University PressesDiscover Books Received - January 26, 2012 at the NewPages.com Guide to Independent and University Presses. 021
Reposted by June Road PressBurgi Zenhaeusern @burgi.bsky.social · 26/06/2025"The boomerang released / for its returning" I so love the images, the sounds, the line-breaks &&& in this & so many other poems from @violetagm.bsky.social's SONGS FOR THE LAND-BOUND (@juneroadpress.bsky.social, 2024)! 🌟🥰🌟 #poetry #bookSky 📚💙 2216
Reposted by June Road PressAbbie Kiefer @abbiekiefer.bsky.social · 15/06/2025So proud of my @juneroadpress.bsky.social pressmate @mardery.bsky.social. LEVEL WATCH is gorgeous. Do future-you a favor and pre-order! www.juneroadpress.com/level-watchjuneroadpress.comLevel Watch — June Road PressA poetry collection by Mary Ardery 052
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 30/05/2025It’s high time for a cover reveal! Level Watch is Mary Ardery’s debut collection, out September 23. This one’s as outdoorsy and as place-based as they come. Find out more about it at juneroadpress.com/level-watch, where there are also audio clips, preorder links, a playlist, and more. 🌲🥾✨ 1101
Reposted by June Road PressCommunity of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 16/05/2025In WHEN I WAS THE WIND, “four cardinal directions point the way through this inner wilderness, through trials and initiations, suffering and discovery.” Hannah Lee Jones’s debut collection (@juneroadpress.bsky.social) is featured in our #APAHeritageMonth list: www.juneroadpress.com/when-i-was-t...juneroadpress.comWhen I Was the Wind — June Road PressA poetry collection by Hannah Lee Jones 063
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 15/05/2025We love the Hoffer Award, which has now recognized three of our books—the latest an honorable mention for Violeta-Garcia-Mendoza’s Songs for the Land-Bound! 🤩 Full list of this year’s poetry winners here: www.hofferaward.com/Eric-Hoffer-... 010
Reposted by June Road PressPerugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Please check out our blog (linktree in bio) to read more about the work of Mariella Saavedra Carquin and her book Maps You Can’t Make (June Road Press, 2023).🌟 @juneroadpress.bsky.social 032
Reposted by June Road PressPerugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · 29/04/2025This month we’re celebrating the work of Mariella Saavedra Carquin in our “Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight.” Here’s a piece from her book Maps You Can’t Make (June Road Press, 2023), and you can learn more about this poet on our website (linktree in bio). @juneroadpress.bsky.social 082
Reposted by June Road PressPerugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · 29/04/2025This month we're celebrating the work of Mariella Saavedra Carquin in our "Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight." Check it out to read one of her poems and learn more about this poet: perugiapress.org/2025/04/emer... @juneroadpress.bsky.socialperugiapress.orgEmerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight: Mariella Saavedra Carquin - Perugia PressThis monthly series features poems by women of color in the early stages of their publishing careers. It is our […] 074
Reposted by June Road PressAbbie Kiefer @abbiekiefer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Thanks to @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social for the chance to talk about ordering a manuscript and writing oddball poems. spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/a...spkofmarvels.wordpress.comAbbie Kiefer“Sometimes we are sheltered surely and fully and sometimes we only have a particular kind of solace—maybe not the complete respite we hoped for, but solace all the same.” Certain Shelte… 093
Reposted by June Road PressAbbie Kiefer @abbiekiefer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Five years ago, The Cortland Review published one of my earliest CERTAIN SHELTER poems, before I was even sure I had a book to write. Today they published one of the last ones I wrote for the book. Grateful to @christiangullette.bsky.social and the whole staff. www.cortlandreview.com/issue-94/abb...cortlandreview.comAbbie Kiefer The Cortland Review - Issue 93The Cortland Review - Issue 93 0102
Reposted by June Road PressElectric Literature @electricliterature.com · 04/04/2025These debut poetry collections carry a depth and insight that’s only possible with time.buff.ly8 Debut Poetry Collections by Poets over 40 - Electric LiteratureThese books stand apart from those written earlier in life, carrying the depth, reflection, and perspective that come with time 063
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Find us at the AWP bookfair for the third time around—table 318! ✨ 011
June Road Press @juneroadpress.bsky.social · 21/03/2025We’re delighted to announce our new authors for this year—two Marys (go figure)! Mary Ardery and Mary Simmons will have woodsy, wonderful debut collections out in the fall, and we’ll be sharing lots more details along the way. But first: AWP next week in LA! Find us at at table 318! 😎☀️ 181