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How READY are you for MOTHER AS CONJUNCTION, lyrics essays, by Erin Murphy?! Here’s the cover!
Cover image: Leslie F. Miller
Cover design: Brianna Protesto
Coming late January, 2026! Keep your eye on: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/mo...

LAST DAY TO REGISTER!
Writing With Pain: A virtual generative workshop on illness & disability.

Join us 12/13/25, 1–2:30pm EST with our founder & facilitator Allison Blevins for craft, community, and prompts that help you write through pain.

Buy tickets: secure.givelively.org/event/small-...

Beige graphic advertising Jessica Doe Mehta as the new Editor in Chief. Her image and bio are included. Bio: Jessica Doe Mehta is an Aniyunwiya writer, artist, and scholar whose avant-garde, place-rooted work centers Indigenization and decolonization. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she creates across books, exhibitions, and interdisciplinary installations. She serves as Assistant Director at the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities and is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection [sp]RED.

We are so excited to welcome @thischerokeerose.bsky.social as our new Editor-in-Chief!

Cover reveal!! Coming February, 2026! Welcome BLOWDOWN by Jessica L. Walsh!
Cover design by: Diana Baltag
🔗https://www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/blowdown-by-jessica-l-walsh

We are so thrilled to welcome Priscilla Wathington to Harbor Review as a Poetry Reader!

Welcome aboard, Priscilla!

Writing With Pain: A virtual generative workshop on illness & disability.

Join us 12/13/25, 1–2:30pm EST with our founder & facilitator Allison Blevins for craft, community, and prompts that help you write through pain.

Buy tickets: secure.givelively.org/event/small-...

Issue #15 of Harbor Review is now live — “(Sub)liminal” is out now and ready for you to explore!

🔗https://www.harbor-review.com/issue-15-subliminal

Expect work that delves into the subconscious — poems and art that linger under the surface and change meaning with each viewing.

Congratulations to our Best of the Net 2025 finalists! 🎉

We’re thrilled to celebrate Adebowale Adelegan for “Boys in the Whip” and Kristina Erny for “Self Portrait with a Bowl of Noodles in 私房牛肉面.”

Read the full list here: bestofthenetanthology.com/2025-finalists

Congratulations to Sarah Fawn Montgomery and ABBREVIATE for earning a place in Independent Book Review’s “The Best Books We Read in 2025” list! We’re so proud! 🔗https://independentbookreview.com/2025/12/03/the-best-books-we-read-in-2025/

Join us at 6 PM ET on 12/18 to celebrate two incredible new 2025 collections—What’s Left is Tender by Travis Chi Wing Lau and Loose Bricks by Boston Gordon! 💙📚

You can RSVP on Facebook or register to join us via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome Matthew Feinstein to Harbor Review! We’re thrilled to have Matthew join us as a Poetry Reader.

We’re excited for the care and insight he’ll bring to our pages.
Welcome aboard, Matthew!

We’re thrilled to share that Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Andrea Hackbarth have been named to Literary Hub’s 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025! 🎉✨
Their remarkable books Abbreviate and Waveforms continue to shine, and we’re so grateful!

Explore the full list here: lithub.com/100-notable-...

Can you handle the wait any longer?! New issue coming so soon! 👀 www.harbor-review.com/issues

NOW AVAILABLE: Now Flourish Northern Cardinal: Selected Poems 2005–2025 by Darren C. Demaree

As Poet Laureate Emeritus Iris writes, these are “the words of an Ohio poet writing in a State of (dis)grace.”

www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/now-flourish-northern-cardinal-by-darren-c-demaree

Welcome, Saiorse🌟We’re thrilled to welcome our new magazine Managing Editor, a poet and translator currently based in Delhi, India. With a deep interest in language, power dynamics, and the transformative possibilities of translation, they bring a thoughtful and expansive creative vision to our team

Small Business Saturday!
Support indie lit by grabbing a book (or two!) from Small Harbor Publishing. Every purchase keeps our authors and our mission thriving.
Shop at:📚 www.smallharborpublishing.com

Happy 1st Birthday to So Much More by Darren C. Demaree! 🎉📚 Here’s to a year of poetry that reminds us there is always so much more: more wonder, more reflection, more connection. Celebrate with us & grab your copy:
www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/so-muc...

Here are the top-selling titles for October:
1️⃣ MOUTH by Rose
2️⃣ All Things Are Born to Change Their Shapes by Martelli
3️⃣ The Other Tree by Lubar
4️⃣ Mother of Other Kingdoms by Coggin
5️⃣ Eating Turtle by Stratton

Explore these titles and more at smallharborpublishing.com

Do you have your copy of MOUTH yet?
Buy at: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/mo...

Writing With Pain: A virtual generative workshop on illness & disability.

Join us 12/13/25, 1–2:30pm EST with our founder & facilitator Allison Blevins for craft, community, and prompts that help you write through pain.

Register: secure.givelively.org/event/small-...

Join if you can!

Buy the poetry collection at: www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/dissen...

COMING SOON! T4T by Evelyn Berry, a powerful, tender, and fiercely resonant chapbook exploring what it means to be queer and trans today.

Keep your eye on:
www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/t4...

November is Gratitude Month! 🌟
This season, we’re celebrating the power of community, storytelling, and the small presses that keep diverse voices alive.

💛 Show your gratitude. Donate today:
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JUST RELEASED! ✨
Now Flourish Northern Cardinal: Selected Poems 2005–2025 by Darren C. Demaree gathers two decades of extraordinary work from one of today’s most prolific Ohioan poets.

Order your copy today:
👉 smallharborpublishing.com/books/now-flourish-northern-cardinal-by-darren-c-demaree

Join us TODAY for this release reading event! RSVP on facebook or register on zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

See you soon!

Happy 1st Birthday to Apple Mind by Katie Richards! 🥳
A year ago, this stunning collection invited readers into a world of transformation and the relationship between text and image. Find it here: smallharborpublishing.com/books/apple-mind-katie-richards

There’s still plenty of time to submit! ✨
The Laureate Prize is open through December 31st — judged by Traci Brimhall. We welcome work from all writers, especially those from traditionally marginalized communities.

Submit here: www.smallharborpublishing.com/laureate-pri...

Join us for a special Harbor Editions Book Release Reading!

🗓 November 13, 2025 | 6:30 PM ET
📍 Online via Facebook live! RSVP at: facebook.com/events/s/har...

Featuring readings from:
Becca Rae Rose • Darren C. Demaree • Gabrielle Brant Freeman & Kathleen Nalley

Coming Soon! Now Flourish Northern Cardinal: Selected Poems 2005–2025 by Darren C. Demaree gathers two decades of lyrical craft, devotion, and awe. A storm of Ohio clay, thunder, and grace—Demaree’s poetry charts beauty’s every corner.
Keep your eye on: www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/now-fl...

Join us next week for a special Harbor Editions Book Release Reading!

🗓 November 13, 2025 | 6:30 PM ET
📍 Online via Zoom — Or Facebook at: facebook.com/events/s/har...

Featuring readings from:
Becca Rae Rose • Darren C. Demaree • Gabrielle Brant Freeman & Kathleen Nalley