Salamander Fiction Contest Winners
Cady Vishniac is the winner of the 2017 Salamander Fiction Contest with her story "Girls Girls Girls," and Jared Lipof is the second-place winner with his story "Mastermind." Of the winning stories,…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2017 Results
Winner Cady Vishniac, "Girls Girls Girls" Honorable Mention Jared Lipof, "Mastermind" Finalists Michael Mark, "A Good Man" Laura Farnsworth, "Carlsbad" Tom Howard, "Scarecrows" Neha Chaudhary-Kamdar, "Seventeen Things About My Friend…
Emily Tuszynska on the writing of her poem “Firstborn” in Salamander #44
Our oldest child came at the tail end of a snowstorm so large even my OB was snowed in and unable to reach the hospital in time for his birth.…
Anne Champion on the writing of her poem “We Can’t Breathe” (in Salamander #44)
In 2014, I went on a peace delegation to Palestine where I witnessed the choke-hold of military occupation, and it fundamentally changed how I looked at my privilege--it was no…
Salamander and Suffolk at the 2017 Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Salamander and Suffolk University faculty will be participating in the 2017 Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Salem, Massachusetts, on May 5-7. Find us at these events: Small Press and…
Mediterranean Night, Thursday, April 6, 2017, Suffolk University Poetry Center
Next week, at Suffolk, Thursday, April 6th, 7 p.m.: Mediterranean Night, a reading at the Poetry Center, Mildred Sawyer Library, 73 Tremont Street, Boston; entrance around the corner on Tremont…
A Reading by David Ferry, Thurs March 30, 2017, 7 p.m.
David Ferry will be reading his poems and translations at the Suffolk University Poetry Center on Thursday, March 30th, at 7 p.m. The Poetry Center is located at Suffolk's Mildred…
Yusef Komunyakaa Suffolk Residency
Yusef Komunyakaa at Suffolk University, January 26 and 27 Thursday, Jan. 26 10:50-12:15 a.m. The Poetry Center, Sawyer Library, 3rd Floor. 73 Tremont St., Boston. "Sorrow Songs" and African American…
Fiction Reading January 2: Porter Square Books
Please save the date of Monday, January 2nd, 7 p.m. for the Round Table at Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge, featuring Salamander and Pangyrus. Fiction writer and memoirist…
2017 Pushcart Nominations
Salamander is so pleased to announce our 2017 nominations for the Pushcart Prize: Poetry: “Abandoned Nest” by Angela Voras-Hills: Salamander #42 “Some Animal Poems for Children to Learn and…
A Poetry Reading with Alan Shapiro
Poet Alan Shapiro, author of numerous acclaimed poetry collections, including Reel to Reel, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Night of the Republic, a finalist for the National Book…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2016 Results
Winner J. L. Montavon, "Recursions" Honorable Mention Sonya Larson, "Gabe Dove" Finalists Priya Balasubramanian, "All the Animals" Erica Eisen, "Receive Us Every One" Donna Miele, "Fealty" Lara Palmquist, "Beneath New…