Jumpin’ jubilation! I just got my contributor copy of the new Cream City Review, with the collaborative prose poem “On a Planet of Gas and Dust and Smoky Mountains, Bird Calls” which Steve Castro, Dustin Pearson, and I wrote together. Thank you to everyone at CCR for the beautiful things that you do!
Showing off to some friends in my backyard my contributor’s copy of North American Review with my sunburn at the beach poem “In Bed with Green Gels.” Such an honor to appear in these pages for my 3rd time! HUGE thanks to Editor Jeremy Schraffenberger & everyone who helps make NAR so awesome!
Poetose just published my short poem “Our Lungs Fill and Empty” in their online journal, alongside a handwritten version of the poem. Huge thanks to Poetose!
Head on over to see the poem in both versions…and the awesome other pieces they’ve published!
https://www.poetose.com/pub/our-lungs-fill-and-empty-christopher-citro#
Huge thank you!! to the online journal Poetose for accepting my poem “Our Lungs Fill and Empty.” I’ve been invited to handwrite the poem to be published next to a printed-text version, so I cranked up my fountain pen and fancy ink to have a go!
I rarely submit to writing contests, so it’s especially lovely news to learn that my poems were a finalist for Puerto del Sol‘s 2025 annual poetry contest. Huge thank you to everyone involved…and congratulations to the winner!
Hot golly! I’m in this anthology and the audiobook of Invisible Strings 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift is in consideration for next year’s Grammy Awards. Wow wow wow! Congratulations to Editor Kristie Frederick Daugherty for making this project so awesome and such a success!
Jumpin’ for joy to have my poem “Raise It All Like Food to the Sky” accepted for the American Pop Culture Almanac: 1776-2026. Huge thanks to editor J.D. Isip…and to the movie The Princess Bride, for the inspiration, and much else.
Announcing my FALL 2025 creative writing online workshops! Yeah! Registration opened today!
~My 3-week How to Submit Your Creative Writing to Literary Journals on Tuesdays starts Sept 30.
~My 6-week poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” on Wednesdays starts Sept 24.
~My 6-week Intro to the Lyric Essay workshop on Thursdays starts Sept 25
All classes take place 6-8 Pm Eastern Time via Zoom.
See https://christophercitro.com/private-classes/ for more info and to register!
Hey! Dustin Nightingale and I are doing a Zoom reading for the release of our collaborative poetry chapbook that just came out from Ghost City Press! Monday Sept 15 at 7 pm ET. Join us!
Here’s the link to register for the event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sHImUEhHSZmRaL0cokIeNw
Here’s the link to get a free copy of the micro e-chapbook:
https://ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-series/i-wear-a-top-hat-when-i-go-into-the-forest
Here I am reading Charles Wright’s poem “Night Journal” for Read a Little Poetry’s 20th anniversary celebration. Posted today at Read a Little Poetry . ❤️