Monthly Roundup: June
Newly-Released & Upcoming Reads!
Welcome to the June installment of Solum’s Monthly Roundup, where you receive worthy updates on current publications and announcements from within Solum’s scope and surrounding circles. We hope to keep these installments brief, relevant, and curious for your mid-week review.
Monthly Book Giveaway
Every month, Solum will be giving away a reader-selected book or journal to one of our paid subscribers. For the month of June, Thomas Allbaugh is the winner of a free Solum publication. Congratulations, Thomas! Be sure to check your inbox for more details.
New Patronage Opportunities
Besides the Monthly Book Giveaways, paid subscriptions also get you access to Featured Guest Essays and Paid Subscriber Workshops. Consider upgrading your subscription today to help continue the work of Solum Press!
AVAILABLE NOW - The Blackbird Ballad by Liv Ross
We are thrilled that The Blackbird Ballad by Liv Ross has arrived, and we are eager to see readers young and old holding copies in their hands. Order today and experience the illustrated poem that demands to be re-read!
The Blackbird Ballad is a fairy tale told in verse. In a far country, beside the sea, two boys face the joys and griefs of life together. Their bond grows with them, and becomes their source of strength to see them through when a fairy curse takes Rocas deep into the heart of Faerieland to find a cure, and Bran sets out after to ensure his friend returns safely home. It is a story about the risks and wonders of an enchanted world, and about the necessity of fellowship to see us through.
Preorder Love & by Emma Wilkins
Through a collection of stories, essays, articles, and reflections, Emma Wilkins—an ordinary "unfamous" daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend—explores modern life, culture, and relationships, with conversational curiosity, earnestness, and playfulness. Some explorations are long, some are short, some are ridiculous, some are sublime; none are stiff or scholarly. Love & is an opportunity to stop and think about what we value and undervalue, what we worry about, long for, delight in, and forget. It exposes a world that's broken yet beautiful, infused with hope, brimming with love.
Coming from Solum on July 4th. Preorder now.
Solum Monthly Feature
Thank you all who submitted to June’s Solum Monthly Feature. We hope this rhythmic showcase provides you with an opportunity to revel in the craft of our community, and spurs you on to make and submit yourself. Each month there will be a new opportunity to participate in this collective endeavor of beauty & excellence.
June-Emma McCoy
Emma McCoy (M.A) has two poetry books: This Voice Has an Echo (2024) and In Case I Live Forever (2022). She’s been published in places like Vast Chasm Magazine, Stirring Literary, and Across the Margin. She’s the operations editor of Vessels of Light and reads for Chestnut Review and Whale Road Review. Catch her on Substack:
We invite you now to pause and receive from Emma’s featured poem, “Isaac,” published by The Clayjar Review.
Submit to the Next Solum Monthly Feature
Solum is always accepting submissions for our future Solum Monthly Feature posts, such as the one you’re reading here. Each month there will be a new opportunity for one of your poems, short stories, essays, homilies, or visual art to be featured. Your piece will be followed by an artist statement, and if applicable, your Substack page will be invited to collaborate on the post.
The submission guidelines follow the same parameters as listed on our website here.
To be considered, please email emma.winchell@solumpress.com with your selected pieces, and include Solum Monthly Feature [Month] as the title of the email. We look forward to sharing your craft with our community!
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