BROADSIDED’S ANNUAL SWITCHEROO WANTED: Ekphrastic Responses to artist Daniel Esquivia Zapata’s art DEADLINE: May 30, 2026 SUBMITTABLE LINK (use “Switcheroo” tab) Broadsided seeks submissions of poetry and short prose that respond to this art, “Word-works 1868-2022” by Daniel Esquivia Zapata. The winning entry will be published in June, as a Broadsided collaboration to enliven the doors, utility poles, bus stops, and walls of the world. Submission guidelines and details follow. What is The Switcheroo?  Every …

In all the tumult of this world at this moment, we invite you to this coming together of art and literature, words and images, this hopeful, necessary thing.  Six original collaborations between strangers.  Six moments to contemplate what images say, what words show, and what, together, they combine to create. In the “Collaborators’ Q&A” that accompanies each broadside, we ask artists and writers about their creative process, whether they have a generative prompt they’d like …

Welcome, all. We are grateful to share an abundance of work in this folio of eleven collaborations. Each original, each accompanied by thoughtful conversations about process, response, and the creative life of the writer and artist. This is our annual Translation feature, in which we offer two broadsides featuring poets writing in a language Indigenous to the Americas (this year, poets working in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche people of Chile). We also have …

Signs of Life: Artists and Writers Respond to AI Artificial intelligence has only recently become mainstream, but its ubiquity and impact is undeniable–on the electrical grid, on our water systems as AI’s processors demand to be cooled, on the lives of all beings who live near loud data centers, and on our digitally mediated interactions with each other—whether it’s the offers to “enhance” our communications, the bots trying to nab our attention, or the “ears” …

We are sorry to share news of the unexpected passing of our friend and collaborator Stacy Isenbarger. Stacy Isenbarger joined the Broadsided team in 2013 and was not only a brilliant, creative, thoughtful collaborator in the broadsides she created artwork for, but also a bright, supportive, and animating force at Broadsided, in the art world, and in her community. An esteemed Professor of Art + Design and Acting Associate Dean at the University of Idaho, Stacy …

Happy Poetry Month! We are overjoyed to offer nine new broadsides–eight new original collaborations between writers and artists plus the Switcheroo–for you to enjoy, print, and share in your communities. Get all in one easy-to-print PDF. Together, the words and images of each broadside combine to a unique expression, a dance of meaning and significance between artists and mediums. Let your eye and ear find echoes between these beautiful collaborations. In the folio as a whole, …

BROADSIDED’S ANNUAL SWITCHEROO WANTED: Ekphrastic Responses to artist Regin Igloria‘s digital collage, Morning Meditation DEADLINE: May 1, 2025 SUBMITTABLE LINK (use “Switcheroo” tab) Broadsided seeks submissions of poetry and short prose that respond to this art. The winning entry will be published on June 1, 2025, as a Broadsided collaboration to enliven the doors, utility poles, bus stops, and walls of the world. Submission guidelines and details follow. What is The Switcheroo?  Every spring, we …

Get all broadsides in one PDF to print and enjoy. Editors’ Note Since 2012, Broadsided has focused on poems in translation in the fall and, from the start, we’ve centered translations of writers working in languages Indigenous to the Americas.  This year, our new Translations editor, Ines Hernandez-Avila, selected work by two Maya Tsotsil poets in Chiapas, Mexico: In both poems, the poets affirm their kinship with their worlds and reveal a heightened consciousness of what Manuel …

6/5/24: 2024 Switcheroo Collaboration Thank you to ALL who submitted to The Switcheroo—we are excited to unveil the collaboration that resulted from writers responding to Sara Tabbert’s “New Growth.” Our congratulations to Raquel Gordon, whose poem “Topology” engaged with and expanded Sara’s art.  You can see the broadside and read their insightful thoughts about artmaking, ekphrasis and more here. Congratulations, too, to our finalists, David Capps and Lisa Allen Ortiz. BROADSIDED’s ANNUAL SWITCHEROO WANTED: Ekphrastic …

Spring! April! National Poetry Month! The bright palette and strong patterns (both visual and linguistic) of this folio dance over and along the deep emotions and, in many cases, sorrows held in the poems. Isn’t that the essence of spring?  Below are the collaborations, which give you, in addition to the broadsides themselves, insightful conversations about creativity, poetry, and art from the artists and writers. Read on for more, including two new lesson plans, a …

Our first biannual folio brings you eight new collaborations, two new lesson plans, a new book review, and two new team members!  Read on for all. Editors’ Note Since 2005, we’ve published a single collaboration on the first of each month, and we’ve loved the “slow art” this has fostered. Yet we’ve found that our “Broadsided Responds” features, which offer a chorus of voices and visions on a specific topic, have a different synergy, an …

Update, 10/27/23: EVENT CANCELLED. Due to the ongoing situation in the Portland area, the Portland Museum of Art is closed today.  We will reschedule this event for a future date. We offer this folio on “Bearing Arms: Responding to Guns in American Culture” that we published in 2017 as a way to hold time and space for how art helps us hold time to consider what feels beyond comprehension. Our thoughts are with everyone in the …

Since 2005, when Broadsided launched, we’ve loved offering slow art: one broadside (sometimes more) every month for people to savor and enjoy. But as we’ve grown, so has our desire to add more features, seek more community, and offer more connections. To that end, Broadsided is moving from a monthly single to a biannual folio published in November and April.  We hope you feel, like we do, that this is a great move for Broadsided — one …

Artists, writers, designers: let’s make broadsides together. Three workshops will run concurrently (and do a LOT of cross-pollination) during the week of July 30 – August 5 at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown (FAWC). We will play, explore the creative energy of collaborative work, and develop unique and interesting ways to feature writing and art engaging with each other and the world at large. So, if you’re: a writer excited about working from/with …

BROADSIDED PRESS ANNUAL SWITCHEROO WANTED: Ekphrastic Responses to artist Douglas Culhane‘s sculpture, Scythian Radio DEADLINE: April 10, 2023 SUBMITTABLE LINK (use “Switcheroo” tab) Broadsided seeks submissions of poetry and short prose that respond to this sculpture. The winning entry will be published on May 1, 2023 as a Broadsided collaboration to enliven the doors, utility poles, bus stops, and walls of the world. Submission guidelines and details follow. What is The Switcheroo?  Every spring, we like …

Friends, At the start of the new year, we like to take a moment and look back on the work we’ve published.  This new year’s special draws from that process and from another print tradition. In the 19th century, it was common practice for newspapers to publish a special end-of-year note (often in verse) written in the “voice” of their news carrier. These “Carrier’s Addresses” were a beautiful seasonal memento, a request from the carrier …

We are so proud to nominate six collaborations (how can we choose just six?!) published by Broadsided Press for the annual Pushcart Prizes.  We’re not sure what this venerable literary anthology will do with our collaborative approach and innovative publishing vision, but we hope they will agree with us that these broadsides are vital and deserving of high praise. Choosing is difficult, because we fall in love with everything we publish, and we are very …

Contraband Juan Pablo Mobili THE Poetry Box, April 15, 2022 ISBN: 1956285067 $16.00, Purchase at bookshop.org Reviewed by Jennifer Martelli Juan Pablo Mobili’s Contraband explores the power of words forged and suppressed by trauma. The poems exist in two worlds, Argentina and the United States, but also in the emotional landscapes of anger and kindness. In Contraband, Juan Pablo Mobili summons a voice from the “years where all of God’s voices led us into silence.” …

To celebrate the publication of our anthology, Broadsided Press: Fifteen Years of Poetic and Artistic Collaborations, 2005-2020, we are planning some events. We hope to see you there, in person  or virtually. Provincetown Literary Festival, September 16 – 18.  On Sunday, Editor Elizabeth Bradfield will be in conversation with writer Ben Shattuck, author of Six Walks and poet Rio Cortez, author of Golden Ax.  We’ll talk poems, images, engagement, wandering. Schoolhouse Gallery, Saturday, October 8, …

Dear Queer: Letters in Solidarity with LGBTIQ+ Youth A Broadsided Responds  Feature (see the published folio here!) Broadsided stands in solidarity with the LGBTIQ+ community and all those who call them/us family. Who call them/us loved. This is a moment of unprecedented attacks against the rights of trans youth and their families and ongoing violence, both legal and extralegal, against all LGBTQIA+ people.  Recent legislation in Florida regarding school curricula (for example, the “Don’t Say …

For many, many (too many!) years we’ve been searching for an Art Editor.  Art and literature are co-equal at Broadsided, yet the voices of artists have been underrepresented on our editorial team.  We are so very pleased to announce that Millian Pham Lien Giang has agreed to help us better feature, advocate for, and expand our artistic vision. Millian Pham Lien Giang is an artist and educator based in Alabama. She works with text, images, objects, installations, …

Get the Press Kit (sample pages & more) PUB DATE: April, 2022 Price: $35 (discount for students & educators). PAGES: 216 pages ISBN: 978-0-944854-26-6 Order at Provincetown Arts Press your local, independent bookstore, or Amazon Broadsided Press: Fifteen Years of Poetic and Artistic Collaborations, 2005-2020, an anthology that celebrates Broadsided Press’s mission of “putting literature and art on the streets,” will be released by Provincetown Arts Press in April 2022. We are beyond thrilled. Do …

BROADSIDED PRESS ANNUAL SWITCHEROO WANTED: Ekphrastic Responses to artist Millian Pham Lien Giang‘s cyanotype, IN HER IT IS IN HER DEADLINE: April 5, 2022 SUBMITTABLE LINK (use “Switcheroo” tab) Broadsided Press is seeking submissions of poetry and short prose that respond to this cyanotype by artist Millian Pham Lien Giang. The winning entry will be published on May 1, 2022 as a Broadsided collaboration to enliven the doors, utility poles, bus stops, and walls of the …

We’ve got great news—we have just welcomed two beautiful new voices into the Broadsided Press team. Michelle Moncayo, 2022 Guest Editor In 2017, we began inviting former contributors to serve as guest editors at Broadsided Press. We wanted to introduce new voices and visions to our editorial process.  The energy and insight each have brought have greatly enriched the conversations we’ve built.  Michelle Moncayo will be reading, talking, sharing as Guest Editor in 2022.  We …

We are so proud to nominate six collaborations (how can we choose just six?!) published by Broadsided Press for the annual Pushcart Prizes.  We’re not sure what this venerable literary anthology will do with our collaborative approach and innovative publishing model, but we hope they will agree with us that these broadsides offer voices and visions that are vital and deserving of high praise. Choosing is difficult, because we fall in love with everything we …

We’re thrilled to announce that the 2021 issue of Provincetown Arts magazine (https://provincetownarts.org) features, as its poetry section, a folio of work past and future from Broadsided Press as well as a profile of Broadsided by Gemma Leghorn. The magazine’s featured artist is Esteban del Valle and the featured writer is Jaqueline Woodson (huzzah!!!! huzzahh!!!). Other articles shine a spotlight on artists, writers, and makers Francis Olschafskie, Susan Baker, Megan Hinton, Barbara Cohen,  Jennifer Liese, …

BROADSIDED PRESS ANNUAL SWITCHEROO WANTED: Ekphrastic Responses to artist Meghan Keane’s painting “Untitled (Brooklyn)” DEADLINE: April 10, 2021 Broadsided Press is seeking submissions of poetry and short prose that respond to this painting by artist Meghan Keane. The winning submission of writing will be published on May 1, 2021 as a Broadsided collaboration to occupy the doors, utility poles, bus stops, and walls of the world.  Submission guidelines and details follow. This the 18th Broadsided Press “Switcheroo.” What …

Voices Amidst the Virus: Poets Respond to the Pandemic Edited by Eileen Cleary and Christine Jones Lily Poetry Review Books, 2021 ISBN: 9781734786958 Get at Bookshop.org Black pandemic humor among writers: “But think of the books that will be written!”  Sure, we guffaw as we struggle with jobs, families, health, community, and worry.  Yet, the poems, stories, and novels are being written. In the past month, at least three anthologies of Covid poems have come …

Bring Now the Angels, Dilruba Ahmed University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020 Pitt Poetry Series ISBN: 9780822966074, Paperback, $17 Get at Bookshop.org Reviewed by Carolyn Ogburn Dilruba Ahmed’s second book of poems, Bring Now the Angels, offers an uncanny witness to our pandemic-ridden moment where so many are dying in a solitude defined by PPE and plexiglass. The first section of Bring Now the Angels was written as Ahmed’s father was dying, then dead, of “ailments …