What to say in something like this? Frozen Sea is excited by a wide range of poetry. We love playing tennis without the net so of course we'll consider free-verse, as well as the carefully-constructed corsetry of form.
We aspire to, and work toward, anti-imperialism, anti-capitalism, anti-fascism, anti-racism, anti-misogyny, anti-transphobia, and anti-homophobia through publishing and in our personal lives.
A large part of our mission is to publish emerging poets who do not yet have, or have recently published, a full-length collection. Feel free to send work if you don’t quite fit that category—we hope to lead readers to their next favorite poets.
We have a preference for publishing queer writers, being queer ourselves.
We read for appreciation—if there's something about a poem that makes us feel envious we didn't write it, we’ll likely want to publish it.
We also publish visual art and hybrid forms, acknowledging that poetry does not have to be confined to the written word.
We like concision, compression, and brevity. Finished Antigone, married Bishop.
Press/Interviews
Omnium Gatherum Quarterly
through the Community of Writers:
No Better Revealer of Truth:
On Founding a New Journal, Frozen Sea
Aesthetic Statement
Masthead
William Ward Butler is the poet laureate of Los Gatos, California. He is the author of the poetry chapbook Life History from Ghost City Press. He has received support from AWP’s Writer to Writer Mentorship Program, the Community of Writers, and the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference. He is co-editor-in-chief and website manager for Frozen Sea.
You can find him online at williamwardbutler.com
Jackson D. Moorman is a Boston-born writer, editor, and pediatric nurse who lives in Santa Cruz County. He graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelors in English and a minor in Creative Writing. He has worked in writing, editing, and communications for poets, publishers, researchers, social justice organizations, and universities.
He is co-editor-in-chief and social media director for Frozen Sea.
Frozen Sea is based in Santa Cruz, CA
ISSN 2995-6293
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