The Inkwell - Ink & Ribbon Press
G. K. Allum, Brooks LampeInk & 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 | 41 | Founded | 7 months ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Our 2026/27 Publishing List
I’ve been sitting with this list for a while now, turning it over the way you turn a finished manuscript — looking for the thing that isn’t holding, the place where it gives. I haven’t found one. So it’s time to say it plainly: the inaugura...
Ink & Ribbon Announces Inaugural Publishing List
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Ships this week — last call at $18.95
The first copies of Sesquipedalian Rain Chant leave us this week.
After May 1, the price moves to $24.95. No second printing is planned. Each copy is numbered in hand.
If you’ve been waiting — this is the window.
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Only 100 copies left — price increases May 1
Sesquipedalian Rain Chant — the debut by Brooks Lampe and the first-ever publication from Ink & Ribbon Press — is now in hand. Fresh off the press. Being individually numbered, one by one, this week.
And we’re nearing the edge.
Only ~100...
An Update From Ink & Ribbon Press
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Founder & President, Ink & Ribbon Press. MFA in Poetry at Pacific University. Nominated for 2025 Pushcart Prize.
I teach literature at George Fox University. My debut poetry collection, Sesquipedalian Rain Chant, is forthcoming from Ink & Ribbon.
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