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 . ❤️
Today I WEAR A TOP HAT WHEN I GO INTO THE FOREST, a micro e-chapbook of collaborative prose poetry I wrote with Dustin Nightingale, has been released by Ghost City Press!!! It’s free or you can pay whatever you want for it! Get your copy today! Read it while riding the rails, taking breaks from making love, setting out lemon cakes for your backyard tea party with neighborhood cats, sitting on a bus…Whatever! We hope you enjoy these poems. And huge ever-shimmering thanks to Kevin Bertolero and Ghost City Press.
Get yer copy here: https://ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-series/i-wear-a-top-hat-when-i-go-into-the-forest
Last night’s Seneca Review reading, for contributors, editors, and staff, was AMAZING! So much awesome writing and wonderful readers! Just a joy and an inspiration to be a part of it! And the venue, Two Goats Brewing on the picturesque shores of Seneca Lake, was breathtaking. A dynamite view for a reading, under a rising saffron moon.
I’m reading for the Seneca Review tomorrow, Wednesday July 9, alongside a ton of awesome writers! Come join us!
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Seneca Review & Seneca Review Books will be hosting a rapid-fire reading at Two Goats Brewing to showcase several of our recent contributors and newest editors. There will be a prize drawing and giveaway, plus the newest issue and SRB’s full-length titles will be on display, as will some of the readers’ recent publications. Each reader will read original work for 3-5 minutes. Readers include: Donald Revell, Kathryn Cowles, Robert Glick, Danny Schonning, Christopher Citro, Jessica Franken, Michael Flatt, Laura Glenn, Olivia Dunn, Supritha Rajan, Wren Tuatha, Albert Abonado, Elim Pilet, Hazel Brown, Laura Thérien and Geoffrey Babbitt.
And so ends another nourishing, inspiring week teaching at Paul Smith’s College, with the celebration readings at the Forestry Cabin. Kettle Pond Writers’ Conference!?! Ya’ did it again! Thank you everyone for making that week so magical!
