NEW RIVERS (Periodical)
THE AL CORTEZ MEMORIAL YOUTH ISSUE & CONTEST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 15
A special edition of New Rivers, our new chapbook series, will edited by Oswaldo Vargas, includes a contest, and is open to poets 18-25 years old. The issue will be dedicated to the memory of our friend Alexander Antonio Cortez whose idea it was to have the contest and have the winners featured in a publication -- we settled on this fresh project.
Two top winners will be selected. First place will receive a $100 award and publication in the chapbook, and second place will receive a $50 award and publication in the chapbook. All poets published will receive
contributors copy and be invited to read at a release party at SPC.
Guidelines:
Submissions are open to poets age 18 to 25.
Submit no more than three poems, any style or genre, no longer than 30 lines each.
Submit in an email with New Rivers in the subject line.
Poems should be attached to the email in a word document.
Include a brief bio, and your phone number.
Deadline:
The deadline for submissions is October 15. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered. Notifications will be made in December, with an early 2026 publication date anticipated. To submit or query, write to new.rivers25@gmail.com.
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The illustration shows the premiere issue of New Rivers, edited by Lara Gularte, illustration by Mule Creek workshop member Nathaniel Blalock.
TULE REVIEW 2025
POETRY IN PERFORMANCE ISSUE
SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED. ​
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The 2025-2026 edition of Tule Review will focus on the art of performance poetry in its various forms, and will be the first Tule Review presented in a digital format to allow performances to be seen.
Poet and SPC board member Cloudy is the editor-in-chief of this special issue of Tule Review and brings her considerable skills and conscientiousness to the project.
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Watch for announcements about developments,
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Tule Review publishes once a year. The journal showcases new & established writers from the region as well as across the nation. The staff has nominated several of its published poets for the Pushcart Prize. The journal, founded in 1993 by Patrick Grizzell, Mary Zeppa & Julia Connor, premiered as a tabloid publication.
Over the years, the format has changed, but Tule has maintained its commitment to publishing work representative of high standards of the literary arts. Absent for a few years, it returned in 2023 under the capable editorship Susan Kelly-DeWitt.
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The images at left show the original and the latest editions of Tule Review.
BOOKS FOR SALE AT SPC
Pick up at SPC at cover price (members get a 20% discount
on proprietary* titles), or if ordering to be shipped
domestically, please add $5 s/h. We can accept checks,
cash and PayPal (through which you can place your order
online through our website). Some of these are in limited
quantities.
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These books are also available to SPC members for check
out through our library (in person only). Members, see an
SPC representative to check out any book in our library.
Tule Review 2023 & 24*, and More Than Enough* are also
available through Amazon at full price.
Tule Review 2024* (due out very soon!)
$15.00
SPC’s annual anthology,
edited by Linda Jackson Collins.
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New Rivers Quarterly Vol, 1, No.1* (2024)
$10.00
This rebranding of the original Rivers chapbooks series makes its debut
featuring incarcerated writers. Due out this week.
Edited by Lara Gularte.
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Tule Review 2023*
$15.00
SPC’s annual anthology,
edited by Susan Kelly-DeWitt.
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Tule Review* Back Issues
$10.00
There are only a few back issues of previous issues of Tule Review.
It’s best to come and see what’s available, as available titles change.
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More Than Enough* (2023)
$15.00
SPC’s anthology of workshops participants, edited by. Nick LeForce,
Our Music by Dennis Schmitz (2022)
$15.00
The final posthumous collection of work of the masterful Sacramento icon,
Coachella Elegy by A.E. Hines (2024)
$17.00
Winner of the 2023 Trio Award, Christian Gullette's Coachella Elegy explores the queer promised lands and poolside utopias of the American West.
Be Broken To Be Whole by Tom Crawford (2024)
$20.00
Posthumously published selected works by a former Sacramento poet.
The Sacramento Anthology: 100 Poems* (2021)
$20.00
Edited Dennis Schmitz & Viola Weinberg Spencer
A selection of notable Sacramento poets compiled by Sacramento’s inaugural Poets Laureate.
