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.

Forthcoming selections

• Kelle Groom of Orlando, for Luckily: Spring, 2006

Current reading period details

Past selections

• Silvia Curbelo, for The Secret History of Water
• Mia Leonin, for Braid
• James Brock, for nearly Florida
• Lola Haskins, for The Rim Benders
• Rhonda Nelson, for Musical Chair
• Philip F. Deaver, for How Men Pray
• Donald Morrill, for With Your Back to Half the Day