2023 Trail to Table Open Reading REsults
The 2023 open reading period for Trail to Table Press saw more submissions than ever before. Please join us in congratulating the three authors whose books were selected for publication as well as the finalists listed below (in alphabetical order by last name).
SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS
Broken Open by Martha Gies (nonfiction)
It Wasn't Easy to Reach You by Daniel Meltz (poetry)
Where the Silver Bullet Lies by Peter Ludwin (poetry)
FINALISTS
Elissa Favarro, nonfiction
Violeta Garcia-Mendoza, poetry
Emily Hockaday, poetry
Bill Hollands, poetry
Matt Morris, poetry
Elinor Ann Walker, poetry
Alex Poppe, nonfiction
Joseph Powell, poetry
Jose Oseguera, poetry
Eric Stone, poetry
Kerry Trautman, poetry
Alan Weltzien, nonfiction
We're grateful to all the authors who submitted their manuscripts. It's an honor to read your work!
SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS
Broken Open by Martha Gies (nonfiction)
It Wasn't Easy to Reach You by Daniel Meltz (poetry)
Where the Silver Bullet Lies by Peter Ludwin (poetry)
FINALISTS
Elissa Favarro, nonfiction
Violeta Garcia-Mendoza, poetry
Emily Hockaday, poetry
Bill Hollands, poetry
Matt Morris, poetry
Elinor Ann Walker, poetry
Alex Poppe, nonfiction
Joseph Powell, poetry
Jose Oseguera, poetry
Eric Stone, poetry
Kerry Trautman, poetry
Alan Weltzien, nonfiction
We're grateful to all the authors who submitted their manuscripts. It's an honor to read your work!
2022 Trail to Table Open Reading Results
We're delighted to announce the results of the 2022 Trail to Table open reading period. Our editors had a particularly hard time narrowing the list down, but here are the finalists in alphabetical order by title:
And Still It Was Delicious by Meghan McClure
Ardor by Alyse Knorr
Earth’s Fallen Fruit by Joseph Powell
Learning to Hold by Jed Myers
Lighted Distances by John Daniel
Longitude of Grief by Matthew Daddona
Sensitive Creatures by Kristen Reneau
Slow Learner by Jan Shoemaker
Table with Burning Candle by Julia Paul
Tidal Bore by Mary Dean Lee
Tracking the Fox by Rosalie Sanara Petrouske
When I Lived Upriver by Scott Starbuck
Wild Silence by Benjamin Cutler
And we're even more delighted to announce the titles selected for publication are...
Longitude of Grief—A novel by Matthew Daddona
Slow Learner—Essays by Jan Shoemaker
Wild Silence—Poetry by Ben Cutler
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted! Plus, a reminder that our open reading period takes place every March and requires no reading fee. We want to see your amazing work!
And Still It Was Delicious by Meghan McClure
Ardor by Alyse Knorr
Earth’s Fallen Fruit by Joseph Powell
Learning to Hold by Jed Myers
Lighted Distances by John Daniel
Longitude of Grief by Matthew Daddona
Sensitive Creatures by Kristen Reneau
Slow Learner by Jan Shoemaker
Table with Burning Candle by Julia Paul
Tidal Bore by Mary Dean Lee
Tracking the Fox by Rosalie Sanara Petrouske
When I Lived Upriver by Scott Starbuck
Wild Silence by Benjamin Cutler
And we're even more delighted to announce the titles selected for publication are...
Longitude of Grief—A novel by Matthew Daddona
Slow Learner—Essays by Jan Shoemaker
Wild Silence—Poetry by Ben Cutler
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted! Plus, a reminder that our open reading period takes place every March and requires no reading fee. We want to see your amazing work!
Trail to Table & Wandering Aengus Press 2022 Reading Series
Join us for four online readings March 24-26 as Trail to Table Press and Wandering Aengus Press participate in the AWP Conference and Smol Fair virtual events. The readings feature authors from both presses as well as special guests with recent new books of their own. We hope you'll join us in these free, Zoom events, and who knows! Maybe you'll be one of the lucky attendees to win a free book!
Please note that each reading has its own Zoom link below...
Please note that each reading has its own Zoom link below...
Thursday, March 24, 7:00 pm EDT
Join publisher and host Jill McCabe Johnson for this reading featuring Steven Harvey, Christopher Martin, and Michael Schmeltzer, plus special guest Kathleen Brewin Lewis.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85887983980?pwd=U1AzZi82M0dTeGlNNGIvb2s0cXJkZz09
Meeting ID: 858 8798 3980
Passcode: 874461
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdVd3HL9qa
Join publisher and host Jill McCabe Johnson for this reading featuring Steven Harvey, Christopher Martin, and Michael Schmeltzer, plus special guest Kathleen Brewin Lewis.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85887983980?pwd=U1AzZi82M0dTeGlNNGIvb2s0cXJkZz09
Meeting ID: 858 8798 3980
Passcode: 874461
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdVd3HL9qa
Friday, March 25, 7:00 pm EDT
Host Andrew C. Gottlieb will lead this lively reading with press authors Matthew Daddona, Alina Ștefănescu, and Penn Stewart, plus special guest Iris Graville.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86507346377?pwd=WHplOVV1dXp5OUN2NmNIY0oyVEdYQT09
Meeting ID: 865 0734 6377
Passcode: 874461
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kukVh7ZDY
Host Andrew C. Gottlieb will lead this lively reading with press authors Matthew Daddona, Alina Ștefănescu, and Penn Stewart, plus special guest Iris Graville.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86507346377?pwd=WHplOVV1dXp5OUN2NmNIY0oyVEdYQT09
Meeting ID: 865 0734 6377
Passcode: 874461
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kukVh7ZDY
Saturday, March 26, 1:00 pm EDT
Our Poetry Editor, Tina Schumann, will host this reading featuring press authors Lucy Ferriss, Holly J. Hughes, and Gerald McFarland, plus special guest Evan Morgan Williams.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83181417709?pwd=YXdaSUNhUlM1b1pTVmx3Q3hXZHpPZz09
Meeting ID: 831 8141 7709
Passcode: 874461
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kd47XNSQ0k
Our Poetry Editor, Tina Schumann, will host this reading featuring press authors Lucy Ferriss, Holly J. Hughes, and Gerald McFarland, plus special guest Evan Morgan Williams.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83181417709?pwd=YXdaSUNhUlM1b1pTVmx3Q3hXZHpPZz09
Meeting ID: 831 8141 7709
Passcode: 874461
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kd47XNSQ0k
Saturday, March 26, 7:00 pm EDT
Rounding out the series, Holly J. Hughes will host our final reading with press authors Heather Durham, Andrew C. Gottlieb, and Tarn Wilson, plus special guest Ian M. Rogers.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85635622405?pwd=Y2Rjd2d5U0crenJzR2tVcmFja2ovdz09
Meeting ID: 856 3562 2405
Passcode: 874461
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbJNbarFsA
Rounding out the series, Holly J. Hughes will host our final reading with press authors Heather Durham, Andrew C. Gottlieb, and Tarn Wilson, plus special guest Ian M. Rogers.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85635622405?pwd=Y2Rjd2d5U0crenJzR2tVcmFja2ovdz09
Meeting ID: 856 3562 2405
Passcode: 874461
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbJNbarFsA
Seattle Book Review Gives 5 stars to Feeding Hour
Jessica Gigot's poetry collection, Feeding Hour, garnered five out of five stars from Seattle Book Review. Reviewer Jane Manaster notes Jessica's keen eye and writes, "A thread runs through the poems as sheep and lambs and her own newborn find comfort in their nourishment, contentment in their surroundings. As a farmer, teacher, and musician, Gigot weaves all three into a fine thread, poems focus on her flock, the birth of lambs, the death of the first one she raised." Manaster especially admires the seven poem series on swans as "the most endearing segment of the collection," and tells readers "her poems delight."
House of Sound Coming October 22, 2020
Matthew Daddona's debut poetry collection, House of Sound, releases later this month. We're excited to share Matthew's poems, which Matthew Lippman calls "sonically and visually brilliant," and Chelsea Dingman describes as, "an exciting example of language as meditation, mediation, and conciliation, as well as action."
You can pre-order the book here.
In the meantime, check out Matthew's recent essay at Grammy.com about how a group of Colorado inmates came together to defy their own prejudices and record an album for the ages.
You can pre-order the book here.
In the meantime, check out Matthew's recent essay at Grammy.com about how a group of Colorado inmates came together to defy their own prejudices and record an album for the ages.
Two New Awards!
We're delighted to announce that Trail to Table Press's first two books have recently received literary honors!
Going Feral: Field Notes on Wonder and Wanderlust by Heather Durham has been selected as a Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Awards for Nature & Environment.
For Love of Orcas: An Anthology, edited by Andrew Shattuck McBride and Jill McCabe Johnson, received the Nautilus Silver Award for Animals & Nature.
Congratulations to Heather, Andrew, Jill, and all the contributors!
Going Feral: Field Notes on Wonder and Wanderlust by Heather Durham has been selected as a Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Awards for Nature & Environment.
For Love of Orcas: An Anthology, edited by Andrew Shattuck McBride and Jill McCabe Johnson, received the Nautilus Silver Award for Animals & Nature.
Congratulations to Heather, Andrew, Jill, and all the contributors!
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