SACRAMENTO,
CA, JULY 10, 2011 –- Swan Scythe Press, one of the U.S.’s most respected poetry
publishers, today announced the winner of the 2011 Swan Scythe Press Poetry
Chapbook Contest. The winning manuscript is The Measured Breathing by Michael
Hettich of Miami Shores, Florida.
Mr.
Hettich’s manuscript will be published by Swan Scythe Press in Fall 2011, and
he will receive a $200 award for his work.
According to Swan Scythe Press’s editor, James DenBoer, his choice of the
contest winner was based on “Michael Hettich’s distinct voice; his work stood
out immediately from the large number of competent and interesting poets who
entered our contest. I was particularly
impressed by his ability to write a book of lyric poems without using the word
“I” and by his startling images of transformation and transcendence.”
Michael Hettich's poetry has appeared in
Alaska Quarterly Review, Cake, Hamilton Stone Review, International Literary
Quarterly, Poetry East, and many other literary journals. His most
recently-published book of poems is Like Happiness, from Anhinga Press;
a new book, The Animals Beyond Us, is forthcoming from New Rivers
Press. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he now
teaches at Miami Dade College.
Swan Scythe Press was founded in 2000 by
poet Sandra McPherson, and is now edited by James DenBoer, also a poet. The Measured Breathing was chosen as
the contest winner from among 165 entries, from 34 U.S. states and 4 foreign
countries. Mr. DenBoer made the final
selection of the winner, with the help of a small group of outside
readers. Mr Hettich’s book will be the
32nd book of poetry published by Swan Scythe Press. Its authors have won many awards and prizes,
and have distinguished themselves as artists and educators throughout the U.S.
and abroad.
For more information on Swan Scythe
Press itself, please see the Press’s website at http://www.swanscythe.com,
email the editor directly at jimzbookz@yahoo.com, or write to the press at
515 P Street, #804, Sacramento CA 95814.
Congratulations, Michael!
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