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Choeofpleirn Press sells ebook copies of our magazines and poetry chapbooks through this webpage. Select which journal or poetry chapbook you would like to purchase from the Paypal portal. Each ebook version of each magazine costs $6. Each ebook version of the poetry chapbooks costs $6, as well. Remember to email us at choeofpleirnpress@gmail.com so that we know to which email address you wish us to send your magazine or poetry chapbook ebook. Order the first print edition of Amy Lerman's Orbital Debris below the photo of her chapbook.
Amazon sells our print-on-demand versions of each magazine and our books, as well. A new edition of Amy Lerman's Orbital Debris is now also available at Ingram Publishing as is Pitiless Bronze: A Postpatriarchal Examination of Prepatriarchal Cultures, and, we hope, at your local bookstore! For a digital copy of Pitiless Bronze, scroll all the way to the bottom of this page.
Best of Choeofpleirn Press, Winter 2022
Finalists and Winners of the Ben Nyberg Fiction Contest, Phil Heldrich Nonfiction Contest, Derick Burleson Poetry Award, Susan Hansell Drama Award, and the Mary Cassatt Art Contest for 2022.
Carolyn AdamsCathy BarberTammy BarnardBrian C. BillingsSteve BrisendineKaryn M. BruceDeniqua CampbellJoe Cappello WINNER of the Susan Hansell Drama ContestElizabeth ChellG.W. CliftKaren ColstromBrian DaldorphJim DanielsSusan DonahueJeffrey FeingoldJames FowlerGeorge FreekElizabeth Gauffreau WINNER of the Ben Nyberg Fiction ContestK.J. Hannah (Channie) GreenbergJanet Ruth HellerTim HildebrandtLydia HostE.H. JacobsLouise Kantro WINNER of the Derick Burleson Poetry AwardMarty KuglerAmy LermanEleanor LermanLindaAnn LoSchiavoMiriam ManglaniG.M. MonksLorraine PancieraSherrie PestaDave PowellAnn PrivateerMarge PiercyKenneth PoboStephanie PritchardCarlos ReyesMichael RiordanStan Sanvel RubinRikki SanterJacquelyn “Jacsun” ShahAlix Shepard Schulte WINNER of the Mary Cassatt Art AwardFran SchumerSky SemenukJames T. StemmleSheridan TurtonGerald UyenoMarilyn WhitehorseBuff Whitman-BradleyHenry Lansing Woodward WINNER of the Phil Heldrich Nonfiction ContestListening for Low Tide
Poems by James P. Cooper
A chapbook of 25 poems
$6.00 for the ebook
Orbital Debris by Amy Lerman
Winner of Jonathan Holden Poetry Chapbook Contest 2022
Weight explores what it is like to matter in a physical sense—we step on a scale and a number represents us—and to matter in ways that defy measuring. What forces tie us to our loved ones and to our existence? In this volume, Fran Schumer addresses those questions in direct and always readable prose. In embracing what is free in herself, in her children and on our planet, she reminds us that we do matter. All of us have weight.
Winner of the Jonathan Holden Poetry Chapbook Contest
Laura Read’s Comments for selecting this chapbook:
I admire the way this collection is organized in three sections: Ground Control, Breathing Space, and Outer Space, and how the space motif, emphasized by the opening epigraph from Carl Sagan, provides unity for this collection. This unity is also created through the repetition and alternation of various themes, including memories of childhood, snapshots of a marriage, and elegies for friends lost, children not had, time going by. Each poem is well-crafted with attention to imagery, so I felt like I was a part of the speaker’s world; for example, in one of my favorite poems in the collection, “Living Below Sea Level,” the speaker describes their longing for hurricanes for “that chance/ to masking tape our windows in ‘Xs’,” which is such an exact image that captures a child’s mind and the experience of living in a particular place. I also love the poem’s ending: “So often, though, no winds/ ruptured palm fronds, no storm eye quieted, no school/ got cancelled, in spite of our loyalty, our sacrifice,/ our willingness to monitor, that taping and alarm naught,/ our only celebration some early morning chocolate milk/ and extra bowls of Alpha Bits.” These lines capture something I really like in this book: each poem is a small moment that contains something bigger when observed and described closely, a small piece of orbital debris.
Rushing Thru the Dark Autumn 2022
Glacial Hills Review, Summer 2022
Tammy BarnardSteve BrisendineMary BruceRegina BuccolaJulia BurkeMichael CannistraciAlyssa CarradJim DanielsSusan DonahueJeffrey FeingoldFrank William FinneyGeorge FreekCarol HamiltonDuane L. HerrmannLydia Host & Sky SemenekSusan JohnsonKate LaDewDave LarsenVic LarsonG.T. LyonsMiriam ManglaniShannon MarzellaBob McNeilLorraine PancieraDave PowellMichael RiordanAlix Shepard SchultePatty SomloPam VapBuff Whitman-BradleyHenry Lansing WoodwardConeflower Cafe, Spring 2022
Carolyn AdamsCathy BarberRiley BennettChuck BoyerSteve BrisendineKaryn M. BruceEric BurgoyneLily CamdenDeniqua CampbellLorraine CaputoYuan ChangmingElizabeth ChellMark ClarkeG.W. CliftMarion Deutsche CohenDouglas K. CurrierBrian DaldorphWilliam DergeRebecca T. DickinsonJames FowlerElizabeth GauffreauWendy GermainGreg GolleyWendy GouineK.J. Hannah GreenbergJohn GreyRoger HartJ.L. HiggsLenore HirschE.H. JacobsKate KrautkramerMarty KuglerLee LandauEleanor LermanSheryl LoefflerJacquelyn MarkhamJoseph D. MiloschG.M. MonksCecil Morrisayaz daryl nielsenDan O'ConnellLorraine PancieraMarge PiercyKenneth PoboDave PowellStephanie PritchardAnn PrivateerTom RaithelCarlos ReyesStan Sanvel RubinFran SchumerHillary Smith-MaddernCharles SourceJames T. StemmleMara ThygesonVincent J. TomeoSheridan TurtonBrad VickersMarilyn WhitehorseAndrea ZawinskiLynn ZhangContributors to Coneflower Cafe
Spring 2021
Christine AndersenL. Shapley BassenKaryn M. BruceBelinda BrunerJennifer CampbellJames CooperDaniel CoshnearBrian DaldorphDavid DillDeborah H. DoolittleFrancis FernandesJohn GreySheryl GuterlCarol HamiltonRajah HillC.T. HolteDiane KendigEleanor LermanRichard MarrancaRoberta I. MayesKatharyn Howd MachanGary MetrasJohn Q. McDonaldK.A. McGowanGreg MogliaDave MorrisonTim J. MyersJennifer PhillipsDiana RaabZack RogowCarl ScharwathSharon SchollPatty SomloDon StinsonHilella WeberAlyson Gold WeinbergBuff Whitman-BradleyCheri WilliamsMadeline WiseMaryann WolfeContributors to Glacial Hills Review
Summer 2021
David P. AndersonJenifer DeBellisDonna BecharZan BockesHarland CooperDeborah H. DoolittleAnna GiocondoJohn GreyRuth J. HeflinWill HemmerRajah HillPeter HugginsThomas JohnsonWilliam LuvaasTim Louis MacalusoKatharyn Howd MachanRoberta MayesJohn MeansGary MetrasLorraine PancieraRonald J. PeliasLori RobinsonEllen RogersRikki SanterMarian Kaplun ShapiroSherfar'atLauren SkaggsAloysius TiernanVincent J. TomeoHilella WeberContrib. to Rushing Thru the Dark
Autumn 2021
Rita AndersonGrey Atlas CreedL. Shapley BassenBonnie BilletApril BogartSteve BrisendineB.J. BuckleyKylie ChesserRick ChristmanJames P. CooperJane CostainGeorge FreekMikki GilletteRuth J. HeflinGeorge HeldJoanne HoldridgePaul HostovskyDavid JamesArya F. JenkinsLouise KantroJudy KlassJohn LawsonMiriam ManglaniEd MeekGary MetrasPeter NemenoffSherrie PestaCharles RammelkampWilliam RouthierStraton RushingSydney ShafferShoshauna ShyMargaret D. StetzBeverly StrouseMara ThygesonMark VogelLeon VolkEmily WeltyBuff Whitman-BradleyYvonneWinners
Derick Burleson Poetry Prize
Tim Louis Macaluso for "Missing Jeans"
Alyson Gold Wieinberg for "Dieffenbachia"
Ben Nyberg Fiction Award
John Q. McDonald for "The Spike"
Phil Heldrich NonFiction Award
Ellen Rogers for "Human Contact"
Susan Hansell Drama PRIZE
Sherrie Pesta for "Beach Umbrella"
Mary Cassatt Art Award
Leon Volk for "High Plains, Fall Colors"
Finalists
Poetry
Christine AndersenSteven BrisendineBJ BuckleyBrian DaldorphFrancis FernandesCarol HamiltonDiane KendigKatharyn Howd MachanMiriam ManglaniGary MetrasArya F. JenkinsSharon SchollBuff Whitman-BradleyDeborah H. DoolittleJohn GreyZack Rogow
FINALISTs
Fiction
Madeline Wise
Eleanor LermanNonFiction
Lauren SkaggsZan BockesDrama
Peter NemenoffJudy KlassArt
April BogartHarland CooperMarty KuglerRoberta MayesLorraine PancieraCarl ScharwathBeverly StrouseMara ThygesonCheri WilliamsPitiless Bronze is $18.00 per digital copy
Get Your Copy Today!
Dr. Heflin's much anticipated book, Pitiless Bronze: A Postpatriarchal Examination of Prepatriarchal Cultures will soon be available at your local bookstore in hard copy, but, in the meantime, we will be offering the ebook edition here for $18. You will need Adobe Reader (free online) to fully utilized the hyperlinks within the book.
The book is a re-examination of ancient symbols and literature through gynocentric eyes, instead of the traditionally biased androcentric view. Dr. Heflin pinpoints when and how humanity must have verified that males have a biological role in procreation, after which males made themselves transcendent in religion and society, even elevating themselves to god-kings, giving rise to full on patriarchies. She reinterprets The Iliad and other epic ancient stories to demonstrate how humanity was originally gynocentric (female-oriented) before we were forced to become androcentric (male-oriented), illustrating with specific examples how positive ancient religious roles for women became things associated with evil in order to allow men to paint themselves as spiritually superior to women, making us believe religion demanded women (and all things feminine) submit to male "superiority."
Follow Dr. Heflin into the time of Pitiless Bronze.