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Small Press Points

hen poet Sean Shearer started BOAAT Press () in 2014, he wanted to combine his two loves: poetry and book arts. “Our aim was to create something, edited by poet sam sax, which has published up-and-coming poets including Cortney Lamar Charleston, Jameson Fitzpatrick, Emily Skaja, and Chelsea Dingman. The press’s forthcoming titles include Alison Stagner’s , which Nick Flynn selected as winner of the 2018 book prize, and Alycia Pirmohamed’s , which Camille Rankine chose as winner of the 2018 chapbook prize. Submissions to are open year-round; submissions for both the chapbook prize and book prize are open during the month of April.

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