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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Jun 17

✶❂✷ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟕𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄 ✷❂✶

✦ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆 ✦
𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐞-𝐎𝐥𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐞
❀ A seismic new voice in poetry — raw, mythic, and electrifying.

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Announcing the Winner of the 7th International Metatron Poetry Prize

Prairie-based Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye wins the Prize with 'The Goat’s Tongue'

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Jun 16

We’re thrilled to announce our third of four forthcoming 2026 titles:
LATERAL SWAY by Hannah Karpinski.

A poetic archive of queer youth, diasporic longing + soft resistance—told through footnotes, fragments + the ache of what goes unsaid.

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Kawai 加鬼 Shen 👻 @kawaishen.bsky.social · Jun 10

It's official! My first book shall be released with one of my fave indie presses <333

Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Jun 10

We’re thrilled to announce our second of four forthcoming 2026 titles:
✨ Wavering Futures by Kawai Shen @kawaishen.bsky.social

A glitching love letter to a collapsing world—tracing climate crisis, fascism + desire through fragments of care, intimacy, resistance + radical imagination.

May 16, 2026

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Jun 10

We’re thrilled to announce our second of four forthcoming 2026 titles:
✨ Wavering Futures by Kawai Shen @kawaishen.bsky.social

A glitching love letter to a collapsing world—tracing climate crisis, fascism + desire through fragments of care, intimacy, resistance + radical imagination.

May 16, 2026

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Jun 6

We’re thrilled to announce our first of four forthcoming 2026 titles:
✨ all the time by Xiaoxuan Huang @xiaoxuanhuang.bsky.social

A poetics of queer longing and silence as punctuation. Fragmented love letters. Philosophical breathwork. The emotional geometry of not-quite-saying.

April 17, 2026

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · May 1

✶ We’re now accepting submissions for our new Digital Publications series! ✶

Open to international writers.

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#DigitalLit #OpenCall

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Digital Publications

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · May 1

THE AREOLA DIARIES — Stevie Belchak
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ THE AREOLA DIARIES ❋ Stevie Belchak

outside the land winds and there are oceans swelling into birds and someone somewhere is seeing today as today and today I am writing this

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · May 1

PLUM — Em Frank
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ PLUM ❋ Em Frank

I sat with a mirror and kept changing the distance of my face my pain was wider than time the air doted on me

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · May 1

THE GOAT’S TONGUE — Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ THE GOAT’S TONGUE ❋ Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye

we wonder if the poet misses the real sky, the one that swallows you whole, that sheds its skin at dusk and drinks the wails of gods

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · May 1

REFLECTIONS OF LIGHT ON WATER — Tatum Howey
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ REFLECTIONS OF LIGHT ON WATER ❋ Tatum Howey

Muteness, that was the word that lodged itself in me that morning. The feeling or general disposition I had been trying to locate.

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · May 1

FOOL’S ERRAND — Casper Lucia
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ FOOL’S ERRAND ❋ Casper Lucia

I want something from you I can’t get because what I want from you is me

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · May 1

THINKING IN PUBLIC — Molly Schaeffer
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ THINKING IN PUBLIC ❋ Molly Schaeffer

When I think of the possibility of dissolving I don’t have a problem with the action. The problem arises when I begin thinking about the residue that I might leave behind

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · May 1

DON’T ASK DO TELL — Noah Sparrow
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ DON’T ASK DO TELL ❋ Noah Sparrow

The colour I breathe in has turned purple. This is because in a day or two, I have already washed our towels, and you will get groceries, and you’ll go to the market, down the river

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · May 1

FULL BLEED — Stevie Belchak
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The International Metatron Poetry Prize Finalists ❋ THE AREOLA DIARIES ❋ Stevie Belchak

outside the land winds and there are oceans swelling into birds and someone somewhere is seeing today as today and today I am writing this

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · May 1

We’re nearing the end of this year’s Metatron Prize feature.

Each of these eight books carries a voice we didn’t want to rush past.

This series is about making space—slow space—for new work that deserves real attention.

Find links to each of our features below 👇🏼✨

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Mar 1

We are accepting full-length manuscript submissions from Canadian citizens and residents until March 31 ✨

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Feb 28

We are simply stoked to announce ‘The Finalists’ for the seventh edition of The International Metatron Poetry Prize!

Of these 8 manuscripts, only one will be crowned the winner and have their debut published with us in 2026 🏆

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Feb 26

Today we are thrilled to present Nueva ÖMËGÄ, a soft relaunch of our original blog, to share Shams Hanieh’s poem ‘Bankside Anxiety.’

Shams is a Palestinian-Algerian writer and researcher.

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Feb 14

😍💕 So generous! Thank-you 🙏🏼

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Jeremy Boyd @sp1itmilk.bsky.social · Feb 14

As someone who has read Gion’s manuscript I’m really pulling for his collection. Compelling, beautiful & poignant. Also pulling for friend of Milkhouse Reading Series Juliet Gelfman-Randazoo! 💘 can’t wait to read the new crop of Metatron selections, no matter who it is - v forward-thinking press!!

Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Feb 14

We are pleased to announce ‘The Longlist’ for the seventh edition of The International Metatron Poetry Prize! 🏆

Of these 22 manuscripts, 8 will advance to our Shortlist and be read by guest judge Precious Okoyomon 🪽 Who will take home the grand prize and be published with us in 2026?!

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Feb 14

We are pleased to announce ‘The Longlist’ for the seventh edition of The International Metatron Poetry Prize! 🏆

Of these 22 manuscripts, 8 will advance to our Shortlist and be read by guest judge Precious Okoyomon 🪽 Who will take home the grand prize and be published with us in 2026?!

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Jan 20

Poem of Thanks: A Court of Wands by @lowghost.bsky.social is now live on our website 🪽

Digi-Pub submissions are open until February 25th!

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POEM OF THANKS: A COURT OF WANDS

MIKE BAGWELL

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Jan 15

ETC. by Ann Pedone is now live on our Digi Pub Space.

Here are some excerpts from the poetry collection, which is available in its full glory here: metatron.press/digipub/etc/

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Dec 7

Metatron Press stands in solidarity with Canada Post ❤️ Read our statement👇🏼

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Metatron Press @metatronpress.bsky.social · Nov 22

Find us this Saturday + Sunday tabling at the beloved Expozine fair in Montréal!

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