Four Way Books

June 1 – June 30, 2026
The Four Way Books Ellen Bryant Voigt Series in Poetry

(Formerly the annual June Open Reading Period)

The Ellen Bryant Voigt Series in Poetry honors the legacy of a great American poet. From Four Way Books’ inception in 1993 until her death in 2025, Ellen Bryant Voigt was both inspiration and advisor to the press. In celebration of her work and her keen stewardship of the art of poetry, we seek collections that record the pulse of human experience in a complicated world, in which formal ingenuity underpins intellectual and emotional resonance.

Open to all poets writing in English, for a book-length collection. Submissions are welcome from June 1 – 30. Honorarium: $1000.00

Series Editor: Sally Ball

$30.00 processing fee. Online submissions only. We will respond by mid-November.

www.fourwaybooks.com for guidelines

Congratulations to Allison Benis White!
"A Magnificent Loneliness"
Winner of the 2026 LA Times Book Awards in Couplet—A Quarterly

A Magnificent Loneliness – Four Way Books “I remember // once, turning to leave, a black purse over her shoulder. . .” Oneiric and surreal as always, Allison Benis White attempts to mediate, if not make sense of, inconceivable bereavement in her fifth collection of poetry. “A black purse, / over her living shoulder, Love said nothing ...

Read Ilana Masad's review in Alta of Four Way Books author Sarah Stone's Marriage to the Sea at the link below!

Lives We Perform Sarah Stone’s linked novellas in Marriage to the Sea follow a theatrical family through grief, love, and the complications of self.

Big congratulations to Four Way Books author Isabella DeSendi, who was named a finalist for the Norma Farber First Book Award!

Award Winners The Poetry Society of America presents a number of prestigious awards each year.

New Yorkers and tri-state locals, join us on Tuesday, March 31st for back-to-back readings at Book Culture! We can't wait to celebrate gorgeous new titles from Daniel Tobin, Monica Ferrell, and Maggie Dietz ✨

This event is free and open to all, but check out all the details and find the registration link here: https://www.bookculture.com/event/112th-four-way-books-spring-2026-reading