I’m happy to announce that after a pleasant hour and a half at the post office this morning, nearly 150 copies of this beauty are in the mail! I send Kingfisher via Media Mail and International First Class, which means that a postal clerk (thank you, Cyd!) has to process each envelope individually. It’s a lot of work, and I’m grateful to the good folks at the Woodinville Post Office who’ve patiently processed copy after copy of the past three issues.
If you’ve already ordered a copy or subscription, thank you!! Folks around Seattle should start receiving theirs in the next few days. For those of you who live on the other side of the country, you can start haunting your mailboxes in a week. International subscribers, all I can say is thank you for your patience.
If you haven’t yet ordered a copy, you can do so here: https://kingfisherjournal.com/subscriptions/ Don’t want to use PayPal? That’s fine. Other payment options are available on the website. Need extra enticement beyond Annette Makino’s gorgeous cover art? Perhaps I can tempt you with a list of the poets whose haiku & senryu appear in this issue:
Aaron Barry
Agnes Eva Savich
Aidan Castle
Alan S. Bridges
Alex Fyffe
Alvin B. Cruz
Angela Terry
Anne Elise Burgevin
Anthony Lusardi
Antoinette Cheung
Ben Gaa
Ben Oliver
Benedict Grant
Bob Redmond
Brad Bennett
Bruce Curtis
Bryan Rickert
C.D. Marcum
Carmi Soifer
Carole MacRury
Charles Trumbull
Charlotte Hrenchuk
Cherie Hunter Day
Christine Eales
Connie Hutchison
Craig Kittner
Cynthia Anderson
Dan Schwerin
Daniel Shank Cruz
David Berger
David Käwika Eyre
David Oates
Deborah P Kolodji
Denise Fontaine-Pincince
Edward J. Rielly
Ellen Rowland
Ernesto P. Santiago
Evan Vandermeer
Gabriela Popa
Genevieve Wynand
Gideon Young
Glenn G. Coats
Goran Gatalica
Greg Schwartz
GRIX
Hannah Mahoney
Helen Ogden
Hifsa Ashraf
Jacob Salzer
Jacquie Pearce
James Knippen
Jan Dobb
Janice Doppler
Jay Friedenberg
Jennifer Hambrick
Jim Kacian
Jim Laurila
Jo Balistreri
Joe McKeon
John Barlow
John Hawkhead
John Stevenson
Judson Evans
Julie Schwerin
Karina M. Young
Kat Lehmann
Kath Abela Wilson
Keith Polette
Kelly Sauvage
kjmunro
Kristen Lindquist
L. Teresa Church
Lenard D. Moore
Lew Watts
Lisa Anne Johnson
Lori Becherer
Lorraine A. Padden
Marietta McGregor
Marilyn Fleming
Mary Stevens
Matthew Paul
Maya Daneva
Meg Arnot
Michael Dylan Welch
Michael Ketchek
Michele L. Harvey
Nathanael Tico
Nick Hoffman
Paul Kulwatno
paul m.
Peter Newton
Polona Oblak
R. J. Swanson
Réka Nyitrai
Renée Owen
Rich Schilling
Richa Sharma
Richard Tice
Robert Davey
Robert Moyer
Ronald K. Craig
Ruth Holzer
Ryland Shengzhi Li
Scott Mason
Scott Metz
Scott Wiggerman
Simon Chard
Sondra J. Byrnes
Susan Antolin
Susan Burch
Susan Constable
Terri L. French
Terry Ann Carter
Thomas Powell
Tony Williams
Victor Ortiz
It’s an absolute honor to be publishing each and every poet in this issue, and I’m grateful to everyone who submitted poems this time around. The next submission period opens August 1. In the meantime, I hope you’re all staying safe and healthy, and writing lots!
What a creative cover. So looking forward to the journal.
Great lineup of poets, and then that cover art! Can’t wait to get mine in the mail.
Thank you for including me! Very happy to be among so many great poets and in such a great journal!