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We’re taking a break.
It has been a tumultuous two years since our start. Our mission of bringing together and celebrating rural queer and POC voices is no less necessary, but my energy has dwindled. Life has thrown me changes I can't juggle along with this magazine. It pains me to write...
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Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Lucy Terry Prince Prize
During times such as these, poetry is often one of the vehicles that reminds us of the importance of bearing witness. Mount Island’s Lucy Terry Prince Prize has come to a close and we are excited to announce our grand prize winner, Brittny Ray Crowell’s “Blood...
Pandemic Postponements, Lucy Terry Prince Prize to be Announced
Dear friends, Much has happened over the past few months. Please take a moment to read our statement in support of the movement for racial justice and police abolition. Given the many social and economic uncertainties presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, we have found...
Our Statement for a Black Spring
Mount Island is a Black-run publishing house, and we stand unequivocally with the current movement for justice in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and so many other beloved Black lives. This is a Black Spring now. An...
New “Village Voices” Series Highlights Diverse Rural Artists
Are you a rural artist? Are you also part of the LGBTQ+ community? Or perhaps the POC community? Both, even? Mount Island would like to include you in its new feature, Mount Island’s Village Voices! As we adjust to the new landscape, Mount Island is excited to...
Lucy Terry Prince Prize Deadline Extended, Entry Simplified
In December 2019 we announced our first writing contest, the Lucy Terry Prince Prize for rural poets of color, which honors the legacy of the first known African-American poet in English literature. Major Jackson, celebrated poet and professor at both University of...
Brattleboro magazine that gives voice to LGBTQ, people of color relaunches | Keene Sentinel
This article was originally published on December 24, 2019 in the Keene Sentinel. Rural communities can feel isolating, especially for underrepresented populations, like those who identify as LGBTQ+ or people of color. After a five-year hiatus, a Brattleboro-based...
‘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...
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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