Ink & 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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Open Reading: Ink & Ribbon Press
We’re building next year’s publishing list, and there’s room for three or four more poets.
If you’ve got a poetry manuscript that’s been waiting in a drawer, a folder, or the back of your head, this is the moment to send it. We read everyt...
Cara Waterfall has won the Coniston Prize
Cara Waterfall has won the 2026 Coniston Prize from Radar Poetry for her sequence Afterlives, selected by Carolyn Forché.
Five poems. Medusa, Ariadne, Antigone, Penelope. Old myths carried into hospitals, laundromats, forecasts, and all th...
The Lost Stations is open for pre-order
Some books come to you already knowing what they are. The Lost Stations by Cara Waterfall was like that for us, and today you can reserve a copy.
The title comes from the old rail stops along Toronto’s Beltline Trail, the ones Cara used to...
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My Name Is Swan is here
Dear friends,
Today, My Name Is Swan by Jan Noble is officially published, and it’s available to order now.
When we first shared a glimpse of this book in the spring, we said it wasn’t a conventional poetry collection. It still isn’t. My...
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Founder & President, Ink & Ribbon Press. MFA in Poetry at Pacific University. Nominated for 2025 Pushcart Prize.
My Name is Swan | Ink & Ribbon | Oct '26
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