On Earth Day, we’re pleased to reveal the cover of Elemental, the 2025 “Earth Amulet Poetry Prize” anthology, presented and published by River Paw Press. The anthology, edited by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis features the work of 30 poets, including award-winning and honorable mention poems, along with a selection of notable works that engage with the environment,…
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE River Paw Press is delighted to announce the publication of Dead Boys I Have Known, a poetry chapbook by Joanna Grant, a Semi-Finalist at the 2025 Silent River Poetry Prize. River Paw Press offers a special pre-sale discount on this award-winning chapbook for a limited time. We invite readers, educators, libraries,…
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE River Paw Press is delighted to announce the publication of Hutsulka a poetry chapbook by Nicole Yurcaba. Hutsulka, a 2025 Silent River Poetry Prize Finalist, is a fierce and intimate sequence of odes written in the shadow of Russia-Ukraine war. Rooted in ancestral memory of the author and shaped by present-day events,…
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE River Paw Press is delighted to announce the publication of One Thousand Origami Paper Cranes Fly Away, a poetry chapbook by Martin Willitts Jr., winner of the Silent River Poetry Prize (2025). One Thousand Origami Paper Cranes Fly Away is a profound poetic tribute to the victims and survivors of the atomic…
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release River Paw Press Announces the Bilingual Edition of Bare Soul in English and Ukrainian Irvine, CA, USA — February 1, 2026: River Paw Press proudly announces the publication of Bare Soul: Оголена Душа, a bilingual poetry collection by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (Калпна Сінг-Чітніс), translated into Ukrainian by Ihor Pavlyuk (Ігор Павлюк)—People’s…
“The Hryhorii Kochur Literary Award is a major state honor in Ukraine that celebrates excellence in poetic translation and has traditionally been awarded for translations of classical works into Ukrainian. This is the first time a work by a contemporary poet, translated by a fellow poet and soldier, has received this recognition—a significant milestone for both the author and the translator.”
River Paw Press, in its second year, is pleased to announce its 2022 nominations for the Pushcart Prize. The nominations include poetry and translations from “Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War Resistance, Hope and Peace,” and “Oxygen: Parables of the Pandemic,” published in 2022. The nominees are –
Irvine, California, USA (November 21, 2022) – River Paw Press is pleased to announce the publication of Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War, Resistance, Hope and Peace, edited by Indian-American poet and filmmaker Kalpna Singh-Chitnis. The book launch takes place on on Sunday, November 27, 2022, at 10.30 am PST.
To commemorate this special day, River Paw Press will be making some major announcements in the coming weeks to usher into the New Year with a greater commitment and exciting opportunities for poets and writers. We also want to thank our readers, supporters and contributors by extending special promotional offers on our best-selling anthologies “Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poems on War, Resistance, Hope and Peace,” “Oxygen: Parables of the Pandemic,” and “Paws Healing the Earth.” Please visit our bookshop for more information.
River Paw Press is pleased to announce the publication of “Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War, Resistance Hope and Peace,” and the pre-sale of “Sunflowers” extended until October 20th, 2022. 100% of the Net Proceeds from the book’s Pre-Sale will be donated to support Ukraine TrustChain and Chytomo, two volunteer-based organizations working in Ukraine. River Paw Press is also…
