Last Fall, Punch Drunk Press put out a call for submissions from women poets. From over 60 submissions, many of which included incredible work, we selected four women to hijack the site for the month with interviews and snapshots into their world, along with, of course, incredible poetry. Emily Duffy, Stina French, Emily Blair and Lana Bella are four incredible wordsmiths who each brought a sense of bravery and identity to our online literary publication. We are midway through our submission period for the 2018 Featured Women Poets Contest, and we want to remember and celebrate the powerful voices of our 2017 winners.

Please take a moment to peruse the beautiful works of our 2017 contest winners.

Women poets, remember to submit to our 2018 Featured Women Poets Contest. More details can be found on our submissions page.

Featured Image by Jeremy Thomas