Post-Election Poems & American History

The United States has just had an almost 50-50 split on the concept of what our country is, of what our country should be, but, more than that, of who our country should be. It caused me to take my…

SIMPLY WRITE WITH POLLY CAMPBELL

Very excited to let you know that I had the opportunity to interview with the amazing Polly Campbell on her podcast, Simply Write. Polly is a fantastic human, kind, funny, and I had a lovely time t…

Authors Electric Interview with Nadja Maril

This week author Nadja Maril released her collection of flash prose, poetry, and essays inspired by her kitchen, garden, and family memories. I sat down with Nadja to ask her some questions about t…

Recipes from My Garden: Nadja Maril

This week author Nadja Maril released her collection of flash prose, poetry, and essays inspired by her kitchen, garden, and family…

Google Doodle Celebrates Dorothy Miles

Click on photo to visit the Google Doodle page Wonderful that Google has dedicated today’s Google Doodle (August 19, 2024) to Dorothy Miles. Miles, as it says, was a pioneer of poetry in sign…

Would Love To Hear From You

It’s the “dog days of summer.” Where I live we’ve had only brief periods of respite from the extra hot days, and these sweaty days force me inside, where they, ostensibly, g…

Gabby @ Stone Soup!

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Happy 4th of July from Walt Whitman

America ~ Walt Whitman Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old,Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,Perennial with the Earth, with Freedo…

Happy Book-a-versary to Ellis Elliott!

It’s just about one year since Ellis’ book, the first Old Scratch Press book, was released. Here are a few poems for you to dip your toes into: Gosh, this is such a lovely collection. A…

Golladay Grabs Second Place in the Nationals!

Big shoutout to Morgan Golladay! Her short story “Under the Rhododendrons,” featured in HALLOWEEN PARTY ’23 (Gravelight Press), snagged second place in the National Federation of …

LIVE LITERARY EVENT!

Come to the live reading event! It’s free, and the authors would love to have you attend:

We Missed You Today! - CURRENT WORDS PUBLISHING

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Want to Ask Your Questions About Publishing? - CURRENT WORDS PUBLISHING

Come to our free ZOOM event, and ask 'em! Bring your friend too!Publication is closer than you think!

LIVE READING EVENT via ZOOM

Come hear Gabby read from her new book!Friends Robert Fleming and Alan Bern will also read! Free and open to the public! Register here for the ZOOM link. 1718492400  days  hours  min…

Towson Here They Come! - CURRENT WORDS PUBLISHING

I feel so privledged to be able to send two collections off to the Towsend Prize:

Away They Go!

I was thrilled today to have the privilege to mail three new Old Scratch Press books off to the National Book Awards! If you follow all of our doings around here you may have seen this post from la…

Indie Lit Festival

we were before waring

Congratulations to OLD SCRATCH PRESS founding member Robert Fleming, whose poem “we were before waring,” featured in impspired was a Delaware Press Award winner. WAY TO GO ROBERT! we we…