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‘Mount Island’ Launches Prize for Rural Poets of Color | Seven Days
Published in Seven Days on December 4, 2019 Brattleboro-based Mount Island, founded by Desmond Peeples, is a literary magazine devoted to the voices of rural LGBTQ and people of color. This week, the online quarterly began accepting submissions for a new poetry prize...
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‘Mount Island’ Launches Prize for Rural Poets of Color | Seven Days
Published in Seven Days on December 4, 2019 Brattleboro-based Mount Island, founded by Desmond Peeples, is a literary magazine devoted to the voices of rural LGBTQ and people of color. This week, the online quarterly began accepting submissions for a new poetry prize...
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New poetry prize named after former Deerfield slave | Greenfield Recorder
"BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — A Vermont literary magazine and small press catering to the rural LGBTQ population and people of color will begin accepting submissions next month for a new poetry prize named after a woman with ties to Deerfield. Mount Island has established the...
We Met Our First Funding Milestone in Just Two Days… Thank You!
Last Tuesday, on November 5, we asked for your help reaching our first fundraising milestone of $1000—the minimum we need to be eligible to apply for grants through our fiscal sponsor. Just two days later we ran right past the finish line—we thank you from the...
Call for Submissions: The Winter Issue, 2020 Print Anthology, and (Soon) Our First Contest
Mount Island No. 4 has been roaming the nation since October 31st, which means there’s only one thing to do: the whole thing all over again. After a brief closure we have reopened to submissions, with some important changes we’re happy to announce. In addition to our...
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