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Publishers Weekly, a major trade magazine for the publishing world, also maintains a blog called PWxyz. They describe the blog as, "a place to find late-breaking news on the book business, as well as other stuff that falls between the cracks of our other print and online coverage." The editor of PWxyz is BOA's own Craig Morgan Teicher whose new book, Cradle Book: Stories & Fables, was published in spring 2010. Did this connection help BOA get recognition for our e-book publishing program in PWxyz? No doubt. But Craig is also a big advocate for e-book publishing and has been nudging us down this digital road since we first started...

BOA Editions is proud to be recognized as a national and international publishing house. However, we're also proud of our hometown city of Rochester, NY! BOA is located in Rochester's "Neighborhood of the Arts" where we're surrounded by a raft of art galleries, artist studios, and arts organizations. The city is currently building an "Art Walk" right across the street from our building. Here's how the project is described on the Art Walk website: " Several civic, cultural, educational and community groups are working together to engage the public in extending this urban art trail, which will connect major Rochester cultural institutions in the...

[caption id="attachment_1020" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="A. Poulin, Jr. BOA Founder."][/caption] BOA is now accepting entries for the 10th Annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize contest. The prize is awarded to honor a poet's first book, while also honoring the late founder of BOA Editions, Ltd. This year's distinguished final judge is Jane Hirshfield. Read all about the contest here [A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize] Some poets are "early adopters" who submit their manuscripts early. Some are "deadliners" who sprint to the post office and shove their envelopes into the postal worker's hands at the last minute. Which are you? How about your poet friends?...

One of the strange things about working in publishing is that you're always thinking across a long spectrum of multiple publication years. For example, our fall titles have just been printed and are shipping into stores, but at the same time we just completed a big chunk of pre-publication work for our spring 2011 titles. And guess what, our spring 2010 are still new too! And then again, there's the submissions which tend to be read/accepted at least two years prior to publication, so that's yet another timeline. And when it comes to not-for-profit publishing, you can also throw grant deadlines -which include information on...

BOA Editions Presents “Writing Exercises” At Midtown Athletic Club (200 East Highland Drive, Rochester, NY) Saturday, October 9, 10AM-2PM   BOA Editions, Ltd., the Rochester-based Pulitzer-Prize- and National-Book-Award-winning publishing house, will offer participants a chance to work with two nationally recognized visiting authors to “exercise” your writing muscles and tone up your imagination!  “Writing Exercises” The workshop will consist of workshops in fiction and poetry, lunch (included in the workshop price), and a reading featuring visiting instructors and authors Christopher Kennedy and Gary Lutz. Participants will learn new writing techniques and be inspired to create their own poetry and fiction....