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Announcing the Winner of the 7th International Metatron Poetry Prize Prairie-based Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye wins the Prize with 'The Goat’s Tongue'

✶❂✷ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟕𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄 ✷❂✶

✦ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆 ✦
𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐞-𝐎𝐥𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐞
❀ A seismic new voice in poetry — raw, mythic, and electrifying.

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We’re thrilled to announce our third of four forthcoming 2026 titles:
LATERAL SWAY by Hannah Karpinski.

A poetic archive of queer youth, diasporic longing + soft resistance—told through footnotes, fragments + the ache of what goes unsaid.

It's official! My first book shall be released with one of my fave indie presses <333

We’re thrilled to announce our second of four forthcoming 2026 titles:
✨ Wavering Futures by Kawai Shen @kawaishen.bsky.social

A glitching love letter to a collapsing world—tracing climate crisis, fascism + desire through fragments of care, intimacy, resistance + radical imagination.

May 16, 2026

We’re thrilled to announce our first of four forthcoming 2026 titles:
✨ all the time by Xiaoxuan Huang @xiaoxuanhuang.bsky.social

A poetics of queer longing and silence as punctuation. Fragmented love letters. Philosophical breathwork. The emotional geometry of not-quite-saying.

April 17, 2026

Digital Publications

✶ We’re now accepting submissions for our new Digital Publications series! ✶

Open to international writers.

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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ THE AREOLA DIARIES ❋ Stevie Belchak outside the land winds and there are oceans swelling into birds and someone somewhere is seeing today as today and today I am writing this

THE AREOLA DIARIES — Stevie Belchak
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ PLUM ❋ Em Frank I sat with a mirror and kept changing the distance of my face my pain was wider than time the air doted on me

PLUM — Em Frank
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ THE GOAT’S TONGUE ❋ Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye we wonder if the poet misses the real sky, the one that swallows you whole, that sheds its skin at dusk and drinks the wails of gods

THE GOAT’S TONGUE — Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ REFLECTIONS OF LIGHT ON WATER ❋ Tatum Howey Muteness, that was the word that lodged itself in me that morning. The feeling or general disposition I had been trying to locate.

REFLECTIONS OF LIGHT ON WATER — Tatum Howey
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ FOOL’S ERRAND ❋ Casper Lucia I want something from you I can’t get because what I want from you is me

FOOL’S ERRAND — Casper Lucia
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ THINKING IN PUBLIC ❋ Molly Schaeffer When I think of the possibility of dissolving I don’t have a problem with the action. The problem arises when I begin thinking about the residue that I might leave behind

THINKING IN PUBLIC — Molly Schaeffer
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ DON’T ASK DO TELL ❋ Noah Sparrow The colour I breathe in has turned purple. This is because in a day or two, I have already washed our towels, and you will get groceries, and you’ll go to the market, down the river

DON’T ASK DO TELL — Noah Sparrow
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ THE AREOLA DIARIES ❋ Stevie Belchak outside the land winds and there are oceans swelling into birds and someone somewhere is seeing today as today and today I am writing this

FULL BLEED — Stevie Belchak
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We’re nearing the end of this year’s Metatron Prize feature.

Each of these eight books carries a voice we didn’t want to rush past.

This series is about making space—slow space—for new work that deserves real attention.

Find links to each of our features below 👇🏼✨

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We are accepting full-length manuscript submissions from Canadian citizens and residents until March 31 ✨

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We are simply stoked to announce ‘The Finalists’ for the seventh edition of The International Metatron Poetry Prize!

Of these 8 manuscripts, only one will be crowned the winner and have their debut published with us in 2026 🏆

Today we are thrilled to present Nueva ÖMËGÄ, a soft relaunch of our original blog, to share Shams Hanieh’s poem ‘Bankside Anxiety.’

Shams is a Palestinian-Algerian writer and researcher.

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😍💕 So generous! Thank-you 🙏🏼

As someone who has read Gion’s manuscript I’m really pulling for his collection. Compelling, beautiful & poignant. Also pulling for friend of Milkhouse Reading Series Juliet Gelfman-Randazoo! 💘 can’t wait to read the new crop of Metatron selections, no matter who it is - v forward-thinking press!!

We are pleased to announce ‘The Longlist’ for the seventh edition of The International Metatron Poetry Prize! 🏆

Of these 22 manuscripts, 8 will advance to our Shortlist and be read by guest judge Precious Okoyomon 🪽 Who will take home the grand prize and be published with us in 2026?!

POEM OF THANKS: A COURT OF WANDS MIKE BAGWELL

Poem of Thanks: A Court of Wands by @lowghost.bsky.social is now live on our website 🪽

Digi-Pub submissions are open until February 25th!

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ETC. by Ann Pedone is now live on our Digi Pub Space.

Here are some excerpts from the poetry collection, which is available in its full glory here: metatron.press/digipub/etc/

Metatron Press stands in solidarity with Canada Post ❤️ Read our statement👇🏼

Find us this Saturday + Sunday tabling at the beloved Expozine fair in Montréal!

Toronto〰️We are finally bringing our ass back to Toronto for one day only! Come say hi at the Meet The Presses Indie Lit Market on Sunday! We will have books and merch! Metatron authors Lee Suksi and Sennah Yee are reading! Come come!

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Greetings to all our new followers in this great mass influx to Bluesky!

We are Metatron Press, an English-language book + new media publisher of poetry, poetics + fiction.

We aim to highlight the most poignant + unique voices coming up in the literary scene. Welcome to our world!

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It’s true! It’s been a mutual love affair since the very beginning 🥹😍✨

We are finally coming back to Toronto and will be tabling books + merch at @meetthepresses.bsky.social Indie Lit Market on Sunday November 17th! Come say hi! 🧡👋🏼🩵🌀

It’s November 11 (11/11) and that means our cherished numerology-inspired sale is back!

All books in our online shop are $11.11 until midnight tonight! Additionally, use code LUCKY at check-out for 33% off merch, e-books + audiobooks!

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