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This past spring, N&S opened for full-length manuscript submissions. Despite the chaos across the globe, we were thrilled to receive thousands of pages of poetry and other genres to consider for 2021-2022 publication.

We are so grateful to each and every author who sent in their work—compiling this list was made incredibly difficult by the quality of each and every manuscript. With every batch of submissions we receive, we’re faced with the inevitable heartbreak of having to turn away work that speaks to us. We truly wish we could accept all of the below titles and more!

As always, manuscripts were reviewed without identifying information, so it was especially exciting to find that a few of our former contributors were the authors behind these works—and even more so to discover several names that are entirely new to us here at N&S!

From the following manuscripts, we’ll choose our final selections which will be published by Nightingale & Sparrow Press through 2022.

The Shortlist

Larkspur Queen and Other Songs – Megan Leonard

Life is But a Moment in Time – Essie Dee

Maybe Birds Would Carry It Away – Christopher Woods

Mothership – Emily Uduwana

Out of Time – Aiden Heung

River Ghosts – Merril D. Smith

Sea Me – Adwaita Das

STRANGERS IN LOVE – Rebecca Ruth Gould

Too Much World, Not Enough Chocolate – Peggy Landsman

We Could Be Lovers – Kim Malinowski

This past spring, N&S opened for full-length manuscript submissions. Despite the chaos across the globe, we were thrilled to receive thousands of pages of poetry and other genres to consider for 2020-2021 publication.

We are so grateful to each and every author who sent in their work—compiling this list was made incredibly difficult by the quality of each and every manuscript. With every batch of submissions we receive, we’re faced with the inevitable heartbreak of having to turn away work that speaks to us. We truly wish we could accept all of the below titles and more!

As always, manuscripts were reviewed without identifying information, so it was especially exciting to find that a few of our former contributors were the authors behind these works—and even more so to discover several names that are entirely new to us here at N&S!

From the following manuscripts, we’ll create our shortlist of full-lengths before choosing our final selections, which will be published by Nightingale & Sparrow Press through 2021.

The Longlist

Ave Mater Militantis – Sarra Culleno

cups in the cupboard – Clarissa R. Sutton

I Hear Your Music Playing Night and Day – Dave O’Leary

In Between Places: A Memoir in Essays – Lucy Bryan

Lamplight in the Fog – Daniel Mark Patterson

Larkspur Queen and Other Songs – Megan Leonard

Life is But a Moment in Time – Essie Dee

Mark. – Shannon Frost Greenstein

Maybe Birds Would Carry It Away – Christopher Woods

Mothership – Emily Uduwana

Open Zero – Sophia Naz

Out of Time – Aiden Heung

River Ghosts – Merril D. Smith

Sea Me – Adwaita Das

STRANGERS IN LOVE – Rebecca Ruth Gould

Thirty Years – David Hay

Too Much World, Not Enough Chocolate – Peggy Landsman

Uproot the Hobbling Magic – Hibah Shabkhez

We Could Be Lovers – Kim Malinowski

We Will Meet the Sun Again – Kevin A. Risner

Despite being open for just two weeks, we were absolutely blown away by the interest in our microchapbook submissions for 2020-2021 publication. We were worried that the formatting might be too restrictive for many prospective submitters (and it certainly did trip up a few along the way), but we were thrilled to have plenty to read.  In total, we received 70 manuscripts, with nearly 750 pages of material!  From this, we selected 24 manuscripts for our longlist and, from that, have selected the below shortlist, from which we’ll select our final choices for publication.

We are so grateful to each and every author who sent in their work—each stage of this process becomes more difficult as we select pieces from a phenomenal group of chapbooks.

From the following manuscripts, we’ll choose our final selections, which will be published by Nightingale & Sparrow Press between March 2020 and January 2021.

The Shortlist

A letter from your sheets // if your sheets could speak – Elizabeth Kemball

Bouquet of Fears – Noa Covo

echoes – Heather Parker

ephemeral – Samantha Rose

My Friend, Grief – Cat Woodbury

Natalie – Keana Aguila Labra

Night-Split Dreams & the Green-Eyed Fly – W. E. Pasquini

Queer Girl Falls – Lannie Stabile

She Flocks Away – Leona Wilde

the time when I – Tia Haynes

The Book of Likes – Heather Sweeney

Tryst – Eileen Farrelly

Despite being open for just two weeks, we were absolutely blown away by the interest in our microchapbook submissions for 2020-2021 publication. We were worried that the formatting might be too restrictive for many prospective submitters (and it certainly did trip up a few along the way), but we were thrilled to have plenty to read.  In total, we received 70 manuscripts, with nearly 750 pages of material!

We are so grateful to each and every author who sent in their work—compiling this list was made incredibly difficult by the quality of each and every manuscript.

Manuscripts were reviewed without identifying information, so it was especially exciting to find that a few of our former contributors were the authors behind these works—and even more so to discover several names that are entirely new to us here at N&S!

From the following manuscripts, we’ll create our shortlist of 12 microchapbooks before choosing our final selections, which will be published by Nightingale & Sparrow Press between March 2020 and January 2021.

The Longlist

A letter from your sheets // if your sheets could speak – Elizabeth Kemball

Bouquet of Fears – Noa Covo

Cold Feet Scars – Rene Mullen

dizzy – Grace Sullivan

echoes – Heather Parker

ephemeral – Samantha Rose

Flickering Light Post – Nicky Gutierrez

Let Fall, Like Dreams Beloved – M. Shayne Bell

Love – Jaundré van Breda

My Friend, Grief – Cat Woodbury

Mythweaver – Madison Zehmer

Natalie – Keana Aguila Labra

Night-Split Dreams & the Green-Eyed Fly – W. E. Pasquini

Oddbody – May Chong

Queer Girl Falls – Lannie Stabile

Re-WILDing – Eliot North

She Flocks Away – Leona Wilde

the time when I – Tia Haynes

The Book of Likes – Heather Sweeney

The Other Side of the Fence – Hibah Shabkhez

Tripping Up the Stairs – Richard-Yves Sitoski

Tryst – Eileen Farrelly

Vincent – Paul Brookes

Winterlunes – Rachel B. Baxter

Screaming from the Silence anthology – Vociferous Press, 28 January 2020

love, issue no. V – Nightingale & Sparrow Literary Magazine, 13 February 2020

A letter from your sheets // if your sheets could speak., 10 March 2020

Dichotomy – Mikhayla Robinson, 24 March 2020

A Daughter for Mr. Spider – Megan Russo, 14 April 2020

melody, issue no. VI – Nightingale & Sparrow Literary Magazine, 14 May 2020

• Submissions open 1 March

Natalie – Keana Aguila Labra, 26 May 2020

you were supposed to be a friend – Ashley Elizabeth, 16 June 2020

Bouquet of Fears – Noa Covo, 28 July 2020

Reproductive Rights anthology (title TBD) – Vociferous Press, 14 July 2020

• Submissions information here

TBD Full-Length, 25 August 2020

• Submission information here

schoolhouse, issue no. VII – Nightingale & Sparrow Literary Magazine, 13 August 2020

• Submissions open 1 June

All the Shades of Grief – Ellora Sutton, 8 September 2020

Queer Girl Falls – Lannie Stabile, 22 September 2020

Heal My Way Home – Rachel Tanner, 20 October 2020

TBA Microchapbook, 10 November 2020

woodland, issue no. VIII – Nightingale & Sparrow Literary Magazine, 19 November 2020

• Submissions open 1 September

TBD Full-Length, 8 December 2020

What Lasts Beyond the Burning – A.A. Parr, 15 December 2020

Nightingale & Sparrow Micropoets: The Top Ten – 2020, 22 December 2020

• 2019 edition here

The team here at Nightingale & Sparrow are thrilled to announce our staff series of publications! We received some amazing in-nest submissions for our 2019-2020 chapbooks and wanted to ensure we were showcasing both the wonderful talent we have on staff and that brought by outside voices.

As a result, we’ve created the Nightingale & Sparrow staff series, which will publish two works by N&S staff each year.  Right now, we have four chapbooks lined up, beginning in October 2019.  These books and their authors will be announced over the next two weeks, so stay tuned!

After reading dozens of manuscripts from our initial submissions, longlist, and shortlist and making some extremely difficult decisions, we’re excited to share our final selections for our 2019-2020 chapbook selections!

2019-2020 Chapbook Selections

Click through to read more about these books and their authors:

Cemetery Music by Birdy Odell (coming December 2019)

Dichotomy by Mikhayla Robinson (coming March 2020)

All the Shades of Grief by Ellora Sutton (coming September 2020)

What Lasts Beyond the Burning by A. A. Parr (coming December 2020)

Despite being open for just two weeks, we were absolutely blown away by the interest in our chapbook submissions for 2019-2020 publication. In total, we received 68 manuscripts, with over two thousand pages of material! From this, we selected 30 manuscripts for our longlist and, from that, have selected the below shortlist, from which we’ll select our final choices for publication.

We are so grateful to each and every author who sent in their work—each stage of this process becomes more difficult as we select pieces from a phenomenal group of chapbooks.

From the following manuscripts, we’ll choose our final selections, which will be published by Nightingale & Sparrow Press between December 2019 and December 2020.

The Shortlist

A Daughter for Mr. Spider – Megan Russo

All the Shades of Grief – Ellora Sutton

Cemetery Music – Birdy Odell

Dichotomy – Mikhayla Robinson

Gravity – Lynne Schmidt

Heal My Way Home – Rachel Tanner

Neon Ghosts – Alan Parry

one night stand – Paul Robert Mullen and Robynne Limoges

Pandora – Mollie Williamson

Self – Sam Jowett

Summertime Fine – Jason B. Crawford

The Ocean’s Only Word – Lee Potts

The Uncertainty of Light – Alana Saltz

What Lasts Beyond the Burning – A. A. Parr

…And That Has Made All The Difference – K.T. Slattery

Despite being open for just two weeks, we were absolutely blown away by the interest in our chapbook submissions for 2019-2020 publication. In total, we received 68 manuscripts, with over two thousand pages of material!

We are so grateful to each and every author who sent in their work—compiling this list was made incredibly difficult by the quality of each and every manuscript.

Manuscripts were reviewed without identifying information, so it was especially exciting to find that a few of our former contributors were the authors behind these works—and even more so to discover several names that are entirely new to us here at N&S!

From the following manuscripts, we’ll create our shortlist of 10-15 chapbooks before choosing our final selections, which will be published by Nightingale & Sparrow Press between December 2019 and December 2020.

The Longlist

A Daughter for Mr. Spider – Megan Russo

All the Shades of Grief – Ellora Sutton

Animal Magic – Lynn White

Cemetery Music – Birdy Odell

Dichotomy – Mikhayla Robinson

Everything We Are Not – Sable R

Ghost Tapestry – Merril D. Smith

Gravity – Lynne Schmidt

Heal My Way Home – Rachel Tanner

heartbeats – Sarah Little

It All Started When the Challenger Exploded – Shannon Greenstein

Neon Ghosts – Alan Parry

once more – Briony Collins

one night stand – Paul Robert Mullen and Robynne Limoges

Pandora – Mollie Williamson

Red Rover, Red Lover – Preston Smith

Self – Sam Jowett

Singing the Earth Awake – Margaret Royall

Space Open Wide as Wishes – Kristin Ferragut

Summertime Fine – Jason B. Crawford

The Gull and the Bell Tower – Kari A. Flickinger

The Ocean’s Only Word – Lee Potts

The Rent Eats First – Eric Sirota

The Uncertainty of Light – Alana Saltz

Then It Changed – Devon Marsh

Shadows on Porcelain – Elizabeth Kemball

Wandering Womb – Morgan Russell

weightless – Constance Schultz

What Lasts Beyond the Burning – A. A. Parr

…And That Has Made All The Difference – K.T. Slattery