2011 Winner


Woodnote
by
Christine Deavel
Seattle, WA
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Each year we award the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize ($1,000 and publication) to a writer living west of the central time zone. The contest also serves as our best pool for finding voices. (Contest Guidelines)


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American Book Award Winner

Live from Fresno y Los has won a 2010 American Book Award.

Congratulations to
Stephen D. Gutierrez!

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Founded in 1996, Bear Star is committed to publishing the best writing it can attract from the Mountain and Pacific time zones, as well as Alaska and Hawaii. The west abounds in first-rate writers, and we are proud to be part of the poetry renaissance occurring here now. Each year we award the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize ($1,000 and publication) to a writer from the region.

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Woodnote
by Christine Deavel
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Read more about Woodnote
and Christine Deavel:
Review of Woodnote - The Volta
Review of Woodnote - Crosscut
NW Book Lovers interview
National Book Critics Circle blog


Coming in Spring 2012

The Farther Shore
by Rob Davidson




Visit the Bear Star Blog: There's a Bear There


There are many things you can do to help sustain small presses such as Bear Star. For starters, try to avoid shopping the chains, which are far less likely than independent bookstores to champion new writers and small presses. Give books as gifts. Spread word of our annual competition to other poets. Send us a few stamps. It all helps!
Try to avoid shopping the chains




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