The Van K. Brock Florida Poetry Series

While editing Isle of Flowers: Poems by Florida's Individual Artist Fellows, we realized that there were more good poets in Florida than even we had suspected. Florida has a number of successful, well-known poets whose books line bookstore shelves; however, we were struck by the number of excellent poets who had yet to achieve national status. In the Van K. Brock Florida Poetry Series, we want to publish poets who have worked hard on their craft and are in need of a push to get their poetry to a national audience.

During periods when we are reading, this is not a competition, there is no reading fee, and we have no guidelines or restrictions on who may submit a manuscript for the Van K. Brock Florida Poetry Series, other than that the poet must be a current legal resident of Florida.

Our most recent selection

• Mia Leonin, for Unraveling the Bed (2008)

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Past selections