Hi everyone! Here is a recap of all the member publications and news posted for March 2026! Remember to submit your own news as an NEPC member using our member news submission form.
We announced that NEPC Member Jennifer Militello’s book “Identifying the Pathogen”, published by Tupelo Press, was available for preorder, but it is officially out now! Get your copy at: https://loom.ly/Yp3mzBs
Congrats to NEPC member Barbara Cassidy on the publication of her poem “Henry Street” in underscore magazine, Issue 6. Read it here: https://loom.ly/s8GYXQw
NEPC member Brian Mosher’s new book, “Relict,” was published by Finishing Line Press and is available now. Get your copy at https://loom.ly/gfPm0M8
NEPC Member Shanta Lee Honeycutt’s book, “Do Words Dream Themselves Into Silence Told In Riddles?” (Harbor Editions), is available now. This is Shanta Lee’s fifth book and is a hybrid collection of prose, poetry, and visual elements that explores themes of the uncanny, psychological unrest, and the blurring of reality between the seen and unseen with the help of a trickster entity. You can order a copy here: https://loom.ly/vG5tIn4
NEPC member Susan Coppock’s poem “Playback” won Second Prize in The Prose Poem’s 2025 Prose Poetry Competition. You can read it here: https://loom.ly/Wutz-pc
Also, her poem Fishbowl Waltz appeared in The Prose Poem’s Issue 37: Dance, February 2026. You can read it here: https://loom.ly/ujTxmh4
NEPC Board Member Jason O’Toole’s The Strange Misgivings of the Sadly Gifted, published by Dead Man’s Press Ink (Albany, NY), is in its second printing, now illustrated throughout by members of The Collage Club based out of Norway. Get your copy here: https://loom.ly/2OoitKo
Book Illustration provided is by Juliette Pestel of The Netherlands
NEPC board member Doug Holder interviewed poet Wyn Cooper about his new collection, The Unraveling — a book that explores personal loss, the pandemic, and a world that often feels like it’s coming apart, yet still holds moments of hope. Read the interview: https://loom.ly/HrrRvYk
NEPC Member and Member News Editor Trapper Markelz’s new book, “Off to War, Daughter,” is now available from Rockwood Press. This is the poet’s second book. You can learn more about the book, order a copy, and see a few readings at https://loom.ly/LtvgNVU.
NEPC Member Mary Buchinger has a new book, There Is Only the Sacred and the Desecrated, Paul Nemser Book Prize Honorable Mention, from Lily Poetry Review Books! You can get a copy here: https://loom.ly/LyUnKmE
NEPC Member KB Kinkel’s “Blood Machine,” published by Finishing Line Press, is available now. This is the poet’s first book, and it was the winner of the 2025 Chapbook Open Award! Get your copy here: https://loom.ly/A6Ksdcc
NEPC member James K. Zimmerman’s fifth book, “Unbroken Circle, Unending Thread,” published by Fernwood Press, is available for purchase. Get it now! https://loom.ly/zlbqeNE
NEPC member Ellen Miller-Mack announced that “When I Was a Grateful Mammal”, published by Headmistress Press, is the winner of the 2025 Sappho’s Prize in Poetry! Congratulations Ellen! You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://loom.ly/T0Tk4I0
NEPC Board Member Doug Holder interviewed Trapper Markelz about his new poetry, “Off to War, Daughter,” a book about raising children and releasing them into the world. Read it here: https://loom.ly/ejdaC7I
Congrats to everyone this month! Remember to submit your member news! It’s one of your NEPC benefits!