Riot in Your Throat

01/10/2024

AWP is only a month away!! (So early this year, ugh!!) We're excited to partner with Harbor Editions for an offsite reading at Blip Roasters!! Join us on Saturday, 10 February at 7pm for an amazing lineup of poets! $5 cover.

01/06/2024

We're excited to announce that Midlife Abecedarian by Melissa Fite Johnson is now available for pre-order!!

Midlife Abecedarian is a nostalgic collection that takes the reader on a journey through time. It provides a template for a life well-lived, even if you’re only halfway through. Conjuring memories and a sense of satisfaction and comfort, Midlife Abecedarian is a map to things remembered and things best left forgotten. It does not reminisce on the one that got away, instead it shows the reader that the one who stayed is the one to build a life with. With a keen eye for making the ordinary extraordinary, Melissa Fite Johnson pulls the reader into her world, which may not be cool to the high schoolers she teaches, but it is a world you’ll find yourself reflected back in. And it is a world you’ll want to return to, again and again.

Midlife Abecedarian is a nostalgic collection that takes the reader on a journey through time. It provides a template for a life well-lived, even if you’re only halfway through. Conjuring memories and a sense of satisfaction and comfort, Midlife Abecedarian is a map to things remembered and things...

01/02/2024

Do you make resolutions each year? If so, we hope submitting your full length poetry manuscript is one of your resolutions! We're open the entire month of January and WE WANT YOUR WORDS!! Link in comments to the full guidelines! Happy new year, may 2024 be prosperous and filled with poetry!!

01/01/2024

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Brilliant Little Body by Brett Elizabeth Jenkins!!! We're so in love with this collection and are so grateful we were able to publish it. If you haven't ordered it, you need to, this is one you don't want to miss! Link in comments to snag your copy!!

01/01/2024

We are officially OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!! We're looking for 2-4 full length manuscripts to publish in 2024-2025. We're open for the entire month so shine up those poems and send them our way. Link to full guidelines in comments!!

12/28/2023

Excited that the new issue of Elysium Review has a poem by our founder/EIC, Courtney LeBlanc, AND a poem by RIYT poet, Melissa Fite Johnson!! Melissa's poem is included in her forthcoming collection, Midlife Abecedarian, which we're publishing in April 2024! Check out both poems, and read the whole issue:

Sarah Browning "Call Me Yes " Courtney LeBlanc "My Friend Tells Me She'll Never Write Another Poem" ​​ Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi ​"Anticipation" ​ Melissa Fite Johnson "How Dare Anyone Say I...

12/23/2023

It's time!! We're packaging the Brilliant Little Body pre-orders!! If you haven't ordered Brett Elizabeth Jenkins's debut collection you're going to want to read it. Link in our comments to snag your copy!!

12/18/2023

We open for full length poetry manuscripts in TWO WEEKS!!! Shine up those poems, we can't wait to read your words!!! Link in comments for full submission guidelines!!

12/10/2023

RIYT poet, Melissa Fite Johnson has a new poem, Imposter Syndrome, published by Whale Road Review. This poem is part of a crown of sonnets that opens Melissa's forthcoming collection, Midlife Abecedarian, which we're publishing in the spring! Read the whole issue here: https://www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-33/

12/07/2023

It's the LAST DAY to snag all our books for only $10!!!

https://riotinyourthroat.com/book-catalog/

12/07/2023

RIYT poet, Melissa Fite Johnson, has a poem, Abecedarian at my Father's Deathbed, published by West Trade Review! This poem is included in her forthcoming collection, Midlife Abecedarian, which we're publishing next spring!

Melissa Fite Johnson is the author of two full-length collections, most recently Green (Riot in Your Throat, 2021).

12/05/2023

Join our EIC, Courtney LeBlanc and RIYT poet, Sarah Beddow next Tuesday, 12 December at 8pm at Trace Brewing in Pittsburgh for a poetry reading!! Have a pint and listen to some poems!!

11/24/2023

Hello friends! Our annual holiday sale has officially started!!! Snag all of our collections for $10 each!! 📚📚 Books make wonderful gifts and purchasing directly from the press, rather than Amazon, ensures we're able to continue publishing fierce, feminist poetry!! Our hats are on sale too so snag one of those while supplies last! 🤩 Links in comments!!

11/23/2023

Delighted to learn that RIYT poet, Melissa Fite Johnson, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her poem, Midlife Abecedarian, which is the title poem from her forthcoming collection! SWWIM has a great eye and we are so excited for Melissa! Link to the poem is in the comments.

11/12/2023

There's something magical about holding the first copy of a book. Brilliant Little Body by Brett Elizabeth Jenkins is a wonderful, funny, gorgeous book and you're going to want to read it. Link in comments to order a copy!

11/10/2023

Join RIYT poet, Sonia Greenfield on Sunday, 12 November at 3pm PST/6pm EST for the Second Sunday Readings! Registration required!

11/06/2023

Just a reminder that ratings/reviews are really helpful, especially for books published by small presses. The reviews don't have to be fancy, just stating that you liked the book and maybe a favorite line or two - that's it! Thank you!

11/06/2023

RIYT poet, Melissa Fite Johnson, has a new autumn poem published!! 🍂🍁

10/29/2023

Read RIYT poet, Melissa Fite Johnson's, new poem, River (by Joni Mitchell), published in Major 7 Mag. This poem is included in Melissa's forthcoming collection, Midlife Abecedarian, which we'll be publishing in 2024!!

https://www.major7mag.com/post/river-joni-mitchell-by-melissa-fite-johnson?fbclid=IwAR3x7jIhl6qSB5lFNLP0S3-bI1nFufWqd03ERIWQ4ekEjKaewxKhkm1VzUU

"Love, so ordinary it stars every song. It’s boring, how every couple in love thinks they invented it."

10/25/2023

Catch our EIC tomorrow at Writers in the Sun at University of Central Florida!

TOMORROW ORLANDO - join me for this Reading and Discussion with Writers in the Sun!!! I'll talk about my work as the publisher of Riot in Your Throat, about my poetry, I'll read poems, answer questions, and sell books - what more could you ask for?!

10/23/2023

Join our EIC, Courtney LeBlanc and RIYT poet, Laurie Rachus Uttich, on Saturday, 28 October at 6:30pm for a poetry reading at Zeppelin Books in Orlando!!

10/22/2023

Another beautiful blurb for Brilliant Little Body by Brett Elizabeth Jenkins. Erica Anderson-Senter is absolutely right when she says, "[this book] needs to be on every poetry bookshelf." Link in comments to snag a copy for your bookshelf!!!

10/22/2023

Catch our EIC, Courtney LeBlanc, on Thursday, 26 October at 4pm at Writers in the Sun at University of Central Florida!

This Thursday, 26 October at 4pm, I'm reading poetry and chatting with Writers in the Sun at University of Central Florida. It's free and open to the public! 🌴🌴

10/20/2023

RIYT poet, Melissa Fite Johnson, has a new poem published by SWWIM!! This poem is the title poem for her forthcoming collection, Midlife Abecedarian, which we have the huge honor of publishing in spring 2024! Check out this poem and then be on the lookout for the book in a few months!! 🤩🤩

by Melissa Fite Johnson At the antique mall with a friend, buried in a bin: a Florence Griffith Joyner doll, comes with a full set of nail stickers. I read once that during a race her nail flew off; after it ended she walked the track to find it. Her miniature wears a one-legged bodysuit,