Welcome! CustomWords seeks to publish a wide range of poetry that celebrates the diversity of the art today. Many poetry presses focus on one or two styles, such as formalism or avant-garde, or one or two groups of poets, such as women. CustomWords aims to publish a broader cross-section of American poetry than other presses.
Bobbi Lurie of Santa Fe, New Mexico is the winner of the 2003 Edges Poetry Prize for her collection The Book I Never Read. She will receive $1,000 and copies of her published volume, which is scheduled to appear in November 2003.
Our next contest is the CustomWords Poetry Prize, with a May 15, 2003 deadline. Please click here for guidelines.
Now available is Heidegger's Temple by Virginia Slachman. Slachman's collection is a densely musical text that both embodies and philosophizes the physical beauty of the world. To order, click here.