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 | 45 | Founded | 8 months ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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The LemonLight Prize: Year One
When we opened the The LemonLight Prize in March, we genuinely did not know what to expect. We are a young press. This was our first prize. We had built something we believed in and put it into the world, and then we waited to see whether t...
Last chance. The LemonLight Prize closes Sunday
The LemonLight Prize closes this Sunday, May 31st
$15 to enter. $3,000 in prizes. Judged by Leila Chatti.
This is what we make. The fine art edition of Sesquipedalian Rain Chant — hand-bound in crimson with gold tooling, housed in a clams...
Last Call: The LemonLight Prize · One Week Remaining
We extended the deadline by one day. The LemonLight Prize now closes this Sunday, June 1.
If you’ve been sitting on a poem — holding it, turning it, not quite ready — this is the week. Send it.
The prize: $3,000 total ($2,000 to the winne...
Only Two Weeks Remain to Enter The LemonLight Prize
There are now only two weeks left to enter the inaugural LemonLight Prize from Ink & Ribbon Press.
Created by the nonprofit literary publisher Ink & Ribbon Press, the prize offers:
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A $3,000 award
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Publication with Ink & Ribbon Pre...
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...
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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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