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Independent literary publisher of books and chapbooks of poetry, based in Portland, Oregon. Since 2004.

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This year’s contest will be judged by Rick Barot.

Rick Barot's most recent book of poems is Moving the Bones, published by Milkweed Editions in 2024. His previous collection, The Galleons, was longlisted for the National Book Award.

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November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BURNSIDE REVIEW PRESS
BOOK CONTEST
JUDGE: RICK BAROT
SUBMISSIONS OPEN NOVEMBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2025.
November 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📣 review of samodh Porawagamage’s becoming sam
Thanks @sundresspub.bsky.social

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October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Today’s Featured Poem:

“When My Mother Died” by Ali Black from We Look Better Alive published by @burnsidereview.bsky.social

Read here: poems.com/poem/when-my...
poems.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Today’s Featured Poem:

“Anticipation of the Inevitable” by samodH Porawagamage from becoming sam published by @burnsidereview.bsky.social

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poems.com/poem/anticip...
Anticipation of the Inevitable
Bloody doesn't capture their blood. Bloody, here, was an end, though their blood hasn't stopped
poems.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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"Then flashed the random memory
of a road trip. Motorcycles. Che Guevara.
Bob Marley and reggae and how nobody
gives a fuck about reggae
in West Texas. Jehan was about to ping
an Uber home. Maybe he did."

—samodH Porawagamage
samodH Porawagamage – ANMLY
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May 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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We are back with another staff book recommendation! Thank you to Poetry Reader @nicolebyrnepoet.bsky.social for this great pick!
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Happy Pride Month!!!❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Celebrate with us in supporting LGBTQ+ writers, artists and community - - check out our catalog (🔗 in bio)

Kyle Marbut
@kaileepedersen.bsky.social
@angelosmao.bsky.social

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June 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
📣 BURNSIDE REVIEW CHAPBOOK CONTEST - - Submissions will be open until June 30th!!!

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June 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We are pleased to announce that @anandalima.bsky.social has selected Jake Bauer’s manuscript The Universe Thinks about Anger Management as the winner of the 2024 Burnside Review Press Book Award. Look for it in 2026!

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May 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Kyle Marbut, good lord

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May 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
becoming sam by Samodh Porawagamage (Burnside Review Press, 2024)

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May 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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this debut collection from Kyle Marbut has me in a chokehold

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May 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🎉🎉 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY Kyle Marbut and Black Swan Theory 🦢!! 🎉🎉

📣📖Winner of the 2023 Burnside Review Press Book Award, selected by Arda Collins.

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May 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🎉🎉 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY Ali Black and We Look Better Alive!!🎉🎉

Ali Black is a writer from Cleveland, Ohio. She is the author of We Look Better Alive (Burnside Review Press, 2025) and If It Heals at All (Jacar Press, 2020).

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April 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM