The Inkwell - Ink & Ribbon Press
G. K. AllumInk & Ribbon is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit poetry press and journal devoted to craft, discovery, and the permanence of the printed word.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 54 | Founded | 10 months ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Book Launch: My Name Is Swan & LemonLight Prize
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Pre-orders are open: My Name Is Swan
Something to tell you today. Pre-orders for My Name Is Swan by Jan Noble are open.
How this book was actually written
For ten years, Jan performed this poem the old way. Not in a lecture hall. In pubs. Hundreds of them, all ove...
Winner Announced: The LemonLight Prize 2026
Leila Chatti has selected the winner of the inaugural LemonLight Prize 2026.
Dawn McGuire, for her poem “Mule.”
Leila’s citation, in full:
“What drew me to this poem is its honest, plain-stated tenderness. I admire a poem that says wha...
The library found its writers
A few months ago, we asked this community a question: would anyone want to write for us?
We didn’t know what to expect. The Poetry Library was still young, the ask was informal, and we weren’t sure whether a corner of the internet built ar...
Sold Out
Something remarkable, and mind-blowing, has happened.
The LemonLight Prize 2026 Anthology — a limited edition of two hundred and fifty copies, hand-bound and mailed in September — has sold out. Two months before it prints, six weeks before...
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Founder & President, Ink & Ribbon Press. MFA in Poetry at Pacific University. Nominated for 2025 Pushcart Prize.
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