October 17, 2024

Summer Stewart is the publisher at Unsolicited Press, a small, rebellious press in Portland, Oregon. Stewart is a poet and essayist. Her work has appeared in Spires, Pear Drop, Beacon, Two Cities, Euphony, Ampersand, IBPA Independent, Vanguard, The Davis Enterprise, and elsewhere. In 2024, she was nominated as one of BookCAMP’s 40 Under 40 in Publishing. Her poetry collection, Mother, will be published in 2025. When she isn’t working, you can find her in the backcountry woods of the Pacific Northwest. Visit https://www.unsolicitedpress.com/.

Douglas Cole has published seven poetry collections and the novel The White Field, winner of the American Fiction Award. He won the Leslie Hunt Memorial prize in poetry, a Best of Poetry Award from Clapboard House, first prize in Tattoo Highway’s “Picture Worth 500 Words” contest, and the Editors’ Choice Award in fiction from RiverSedge. He has been nominated six times for a Pushcart and seven times for Best of the Net. His website is https://douglastcole.com.