Poets & Writers has announced the 2024 poetry cohort for Get the Word Out, a publicity incubator for early career writers. The program gives selected writers an opportunity to work with an experienced book publicist who will guide them in leveraging the opportunity presented by their first or second major book publication.
Each of the ten poets selected has a book forthcoming in 2024 or 2025. They are, pictured, from top left:
- Nadia Alexis, Watersheds (CavanKerry Press, March 2025)
- Brent Ameneyro, A Face Out of Clay (The Center for Literary Publishing, June 2024)
- Lory Bedikian, Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body (University of Nebraska Press, September 2024)
- Saba Keramati, Self-Mythology (University of Arkansas Press, April 2024)
- Eduardo Martinez, Cowboy Park (The University of Wisconsin Press, October 2024)
- Matthew Nienow, If Nothing (Alice James Books, January 2025)
- Megan Pinto, Saints of Little Faith (Four Way Books, September 2024)
- Dorsia Smith Silva, In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry Press, November 2024)
- Dorinda Wegener, Four Fields (Trio House Press, July 2024)
- Jordan Windholz, The Sisters (Black Ocean, October 2024)
The publicity mentor who will lead this cohort is Morgan LaRocca. LaRocca is the publicist at Milkweed Editions. Before joining Milkweed in 2022, they worked as a freelance publicist, publicity associate at Graywolf Press and as marketing and publicity intern at Tin House Books. They are a graduate of Towson University and a proud Baltimorean.
Get the Word Out participants will work closely with LaRocca over several months to learn, develop, and execute strategies that will help them maximize the exposure of their forthcoming poetry collections. They will also take part in seminars led by media and events professionals and fellow authors who have promoted their own books.
Learn more about the program at Poets & Writers.