This year we had an unexpectedly large number of entries and many of the entries we received were intriguing and well written. We have accepted one winner for the prize and publication, and we will publish three additional entries from the manuscripts submitted. The winner of the 2023 Joshua Tree Novel Prize contest is WIND-IN-TREES […]
Congratulations to Jessica Turcat, the author of Hunger House, the winner of the 2023 Saguaro Poetry Prize. Hunger House by Jessica Turcat explores the demands and promises of mortality as an observation. The midwestern rural voice of the collection establishes in minute detail the role of being alone in loneliness and finding the feminine in feminist. Turcat […]
A Gift For YouOkay fellow aficionados of the written word, a new year is upon us like (enter your father’s most atrocious metaphor here). It, so far, lacks promise but I believe we will see a time of celebration and maybe even progress. Historically, science, sociology, and creativity blossom following a global trauma. Think of […]
We are pleased to announce another “necessary” book from your friends and family at Kallisto Gaia Press. In our quest to find and publish books that resonate with the mores of the day and the efforts of contemporary poets and writers we bring you the 2021 winner of the Saguaro Poetry Prize, How to Identify […]
Deadline Extended! $1200 Prizes! That’s Right, our flagship summer Writing contest judges are giving you an extra 11 days to polish those stories and poems so you can enter. New Deadline 8/31/21 What you get (if you win) $1200 and publication in The Ocotillo Review. $100 and publication for the runner-up! (if you don’t win) […]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Etiam venenatis vel mauris eget efficitur. Mauris ut eros facilisis, volutpat odio sed, molestie leo. Maecenas laoreet, nisi hendrerit rhoncus vulputate, tellus quam consectetur quam, eget aliquet neque elit non mauris. Nullam convallis est non dignissim pulvinar. Donec consectetur gravida lectus, vel volutpat libero tempus eget. Vestibulum […]
KB Brookins wins 2021 Saguaro Poetry Prize Ire’ne Lara Silva selected How to Identify Yourself with a Wound by Austin poet KB Brookins as the winner of the 2021 Saguaro Poetry Prize. They receive $1200 and publication by Kallisto Gaia Press. KB is a Black queer genderless poet, educator, organizer, and student affairs professional. They have earned many fellowships and […]
Perpetrator – Bystander – Victim As a 20-year old, Krystal Riordan watched as her violent boyfriend/pimp beat an 18-year old woman to death in a vermin-infested hotel room. Could she have stopped it? Would she be next? Pre-order Yours HERE!!! In 2010, when the average sentence for murder was 24 years, she was sentenced to […]
Contest Judge, Chip Dameron, has selected The Winner, Runner up, and two Honorable Mentions from over 640 poems entered in the 2020 Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize. All four poets will receive prize money and publication in The Ocotillo Review Volume 5.1 releasing on February 8, 2021. Top Honors go to Partridge Boswell of Woodstock, Vermont for […]
The Pushcart Nominees for 2020 Precious Reader, It’s that time of year; turkey, ornaments, killing a bunch of Spruce trees, and a religious celebration for almost every known religion and spiritual practice conjured since the dawn of the Homo Sapiens! My favorite part of the season is choosing the PUSHCART NOMINEES. As Managing Editor I […]
After weeks of deliberation our Fiction judge, Charlotte Gullick has chosen Pearl Harbor by Leslie Carlin as the winner of the Chester B. Himes Memorial Short Fiction Prize. She had this to say about her selection. “This story demonstrates keen insight about how decisions accrue meaning and impact over time. The writing is clear and engaging and the ending […]
The Acacia Fiction Prize and The Saguaro Poetry Prize (formerly the Contemporary Chapbook Poetry Prize) Now Paying $1200 to the WINNERS! DEADLINE EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2021!!! The Acacia Fiction Prize seeks collections of any combination of short stories, flash fiction, or novellas totaling 40K to 75K words. The winner receives $1200, publication and promotion […]
Kallisto Gaia Press is honored to select “Super Blood Wolf Moon by Gary V. Powell as the winner of the first annual Contemporary Poetry Chapbook Prize. His Chapbook was selected out of 196 entries by 2018 Texas Poet Laureate, Carol Coffe Reposa. Ms. Reposa had this to say about her selection: I chose “Super Blood Wolf […]
We recently enjoyed an unprecedented surprise. When we printed our last issue of The Ocotillo Review we went out on a limb and ordered 100 more copies than we usually buy. We still aren’t sure why but the entire press run sold out in three days. We appreciate our readers’ trust in the journal to […]
We are extending the deadline to submit your work to The Ocotillo Review Volume 4.2 until April 20th at midnight. This is our annual themed issue and this year’s theme is “FOOD”, loosely interpreted , as always. However if you have an amazing piece of word art that has nothing to do with food feel […]
A new release by one of our Associate Editors what holds her D Ellis Phelps (2019 Main Street Rag) ISBN # 978–1-59948-774-8 Phelps’s deeply philosophical poetry gives incantation of femininity through the sublime eclectic energies of life, of death, and in the realm between. She asks, “who are these guides stretching the wind” as […]
2020 CONTEMPORARY POETRY CHAPBOOK PRIZE SUBMISSIONS OPEN THROUGH JANUARY 20, 2020 $800 PLUS TRAVEL STIPEND AND 20 COPIES MORE INFO HERE WHY WAIT! DO IT NOW!
Kallisto Gaia Press is proud to announce Natalia Treviño has chosen Poetry Submission Guidelines by Yiskah Rosenfeld as the Runner-Up for the 2019 Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize. Ms. Treviño had this to say about the poem. I first saw “Poetry Submission Guidelines,” thinking they were misplaced in my packet, and I quickly realized I was in the hands […]
Natalia Treviño selects John Blair’s “The Shape of Things To Come” as the 2019 Julia Darling Poetry Prize Winner
Kallisto Gaia Press is pleased to announce Gordon Brown as the winner of the Chester B. Himes Memorial Short Fiction Contest. His story, Some Kind of Animal, will be published in the winter 2020 edition of The Ocotillo Review. Mr. Brown will receive $1000 and a two year subscription to Duotrope. Michael Noll judged and […]
