Copper Canyon Press

Copper Canyon Press A nonprofit, independent publisher of poetry. We believe poetry is vital to language and living.

06/02/2026

We have reached the finish line of our What Will We Carry Forward? Campaign, and thanks to your outstanding support, we have not only met, but exceeded our $25,000 fundraising goal!

We created this campaign with the hope that there were others out there that, like us, believe that poetry is vital to language and living and a value worth carrying forward into the future. This May, you proved us right through your support, and we could not be more grateful. As a gesture of our thanks, we hope you'll enjoy this reading of "Taking the Magnolia" by PAISLEY REKDAL from her forthcoming collection HERITANCE, which your support has made possible.

To commemorate your combined generosity, we've also reserved more time for you to have your name, or the name of a loved one, printed in HERITANCE. Make your gift of $150 or more by this Wendesday, June 3, at https://buff.ly/39QT7W0. Thank you for being an irreplaceable member of our community.

05/29/2026

We are elated to share that, thanks to your generosity, we have raised 101% of our campaign fundraising goal!

Your support has affirmed that poetry belongs in our collective future—that it is not only a pleasure of life, but a purpose worth rallying for. We at Copper Canyon Press want you to know that poetry, and the nonprofits who publish it, could not persist without the dedication of beneficent people like you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

With several days still remaining in our campaign—and federal arts funding on the decline—your gift still matters tremendously. Please, visit our campaign page at https://buff.ly/39QT7W0 to join us in defending a future worth inheriting!

05/27/2026

In our current reality where arts funding remains under constant threat, we are so grateful for YOU, our community, who have stood up to defend a future with poetry in it. Because of your generous support, our poets and team at Copper Canyon Press never have to walk alone.

With only $2,000 left to raise and five days remaining in our campaign, will you take these final steps with us? Will you help us bring new work from PAISLEY REKDAL, PÁDRAIG Ó TUAMA, ERIN BELIEU, and many other remarkable poets into our Fall 2026 season?

Visit https://buff.ly/WD871wS to make your gift and browse exciting rewards, including an exclusive poetry reading from PAISLEY REKDAL!

Happy pub day to DANIEL HALPERN's newest collection, AIR! Musing unapologetically on themes intimate and wistful, HALPER...
05/26/2026

Happy pub day to DANIEL HALPERN's newest collection, AIR! Musing unapologetically on themes intimate and wistful, HALPERN writes to French actresses, old lovers, a pot of stew, insomnia, and to friends past and present, sharing lessons of the literary world. With AIR, HALPERN proves that poetry is quite literally all around us.

Get your copy today at https://buff.ly/0MM1sxE!

Thank you to everyone who submitted to our 2025 Open Reading Period and who has inquired about sending us their work in ...
05/22/2026

Thank you to everyone who submitted to our 2025 Open Reading Period and who has inquired about sending us their work in 2026!

After carefully considering hundreds of extraordinary submissions, we are nearly ready to share some of this standout poetry with you! Stay tuned here!

We will also be excited to kick off our 2026 Open Reading Period, and we plan to begin accepting submissions in June. Please periodically check our website (https://bit.ly/2ze2gzz) and social media accounts for 2026 submissions details, including timelines, fees, waivers, and other guidelines.

Thank you for your ongoing enthusiasm for poetry!

05/21/2026

During our recent conversation with PAISLEY REKDAL, she brilliantly observed that poetry, like history, is lived in. We turn to metaphor, simile, and the work of beloved poets to make sense of our astounding world.

With only 10 days remaining in our “What Will We Carry Forward?” campaign, we must raise $9,000 to bring HERITANCE and our entire Fall 2026 season into the world. Will you help us protect this deeply human art? Please, visit our campaign page to donate by May 31 and browse exclusive rewards: https://bit.ly/4tcgXYI

05/20/2026

"When I was straight, I was mostly curved, / a windy road of fading firs"

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We love this elegant and love-strewn poem from KELLI RUSSELL AGODON's new collection ACCIDENTAL DEVOTIONS!

Discover more work from this brilliant book—and get your copy—at https://bit.ly/4rINC7Y!

Happy Pub Day to LAURA KASISCHKE’s collection, I WAS BONNIE & CLYDE! Ghosts haunt and heighten these poems as they draw ...
05/19/2026

Happy Pub Day to LAURA KASISCHKE’s collection, I WAS BONNIE & CLYDE! Ghosts haunt and heighten these poems as they draw upon the independent weariness of women throughout history: Bonnie Parker, Lady Godiva, Amy Winehouse, a handbook’s unnamed perfect hostess. KASISCHKE deftly merges and melds the dead and the living, the mundane in the monumental, and the monumental in the mundane.

Learn more and get your copy at https://bit.ly/3Rv2gTh

Do you remember the last time you questioned one of your beliefs? Whether you strengthened your conviction or changed yo...
05/18/2026

Do you remember the last time you questioned one of your beliefs? Whether you strengthened your conviction or changed your mind, chances are you gained a deeper understanding of your own and others' viewpoints.

In a world that rewards black-and white thinking—yes or no, right or wrong—poetry teaches us to accept and explore the gray areas in our belief systems. When you support Copper Canyon Press and books like PAISLEY REKDAL’s HERITANCE, you empower this culture of empathy and self-reflection through poetry.

We are now halfway through our What Will We Carry Forward? Campaign, and we are still about 40% way from our goal. Please, give
today at https://bit.ly/4ufy1yb. Your gift affirms that when we ask better questions, we find the answer to a more understanding, inclusive future.

Now on YouTube! View the opening event of ARTHUR SZE's second term as U.S. Poet Laureate: a reading and conversation wit...
05/17/2026

Now on YouTube! View the opening event of ARTHUR SZE's second term as U.S. Poet Laureate: a reading and conversation with U.K. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage at the Library of Congress!

Together, these remarkable poets shine a light on the imaginative brilliance of ancient and contemporary poems alike, and they show us how translation can spark our own creativity as writers! Both poets also read from their latest translation projects: ARTHUR SZE's TRANSIENT WORLDS (available now at https://bit.ly/4dqRnJt) and Simon Armitage's new verse translation of Gilgamesh!

Watch it now for free at: https://bit.ly/4uh3y2K

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