{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox publisher | image = | parent = | status = | founded = 1972 | founder = Van Brock | successor = | country = United States | headquarters = Tallahassee, Florida | distribution = | keypeople = | publications = books | topics = | genre = poetry | imprints = | revenue = | numemployees = | nasdaq = | url = {{URL|http://www.anhinga.org}} }}
'''Anhinga Press''' is an American, independent, literary press located in Tallahassee, Fla. The press began in 1972 as an outgrowth of the Apalachee Poetry Center, a non-profit organization promoting the reading and understanding of poetry. In 1976, founder and poet, Van Brock, expanded the scope of the press by publishing poetry chapbooks. From 1976 through 1981, Anhinga Press published eight chapbooks by regional Florida poets. In 1981, the press published its first full-length volume of poems "Counting the Grasses" by Michael Mott, and today publishes the winners of its two book award contests as well as manuscripts chosen by its board.<ref name="anhinga1">{{cite web|url=http://www.anhinga.org/history.html |title=Anhinga Press:Our History |publisher=Anhinga.org |date=October 30, 2008 |accessdate=Feb 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327070212/http://www.anhinga.org/history.html |archivedate=March 27, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poets.org/state.php/varState/FL |title=Florida – Poets.org – Poetry, Poems, Bios & More |publisher=Poets.org |accessdate=February 3, 2010}}</ref> Rick Campbell, author of four poetry collections, is Director of Anhinga Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anhinga.org/books/poet_info.cfm?poet_name=Rick%20Campbell |title=Anhinga Press: Rick Campbell |publisher=Anhinga.org |date=Oct 30, 2008 |accessdate=Feb 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803040801/http://www.anhinga.org/books/poet_info.cfm?poet_name=Rick%20Campbell |archivedate=August 3, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clmp.org/about/newswire_archive_01_03.html |title=CLMP Newswire Archives > April 15, 2001 (Volume 1, Number 3) > ''Ahinga Press Wins Grants to Help At-Risk Youth'' |publisher=Clmp.org |date=April 15, 2001 |accessdate=Jan 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220082918/http://www.clmp.org/about/newswire_archive_01_03.html |archivedate=February 20, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref>
Notable authors published by Anhinga Press include Frank X. Gaspar, Janet Holmes, David Kirby (poet), Judith Kitchen, Chad Sweeney, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ruth L. Schwartz, Robert Dana, Erika Meitner, Silvia Curbelo and Diane Wakoski.<ref name="anhinga2">{{cite web|url=http://www.anhinga.org/ |title=Welcome to Anhinga Press |publisher=Anhinga.org |accessdate=February 3, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100210014421/http://www.anhinga.org/| archivedate= February 10, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Anhinga Press' titles have been reviewed in venues including ''Mid-American Review,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/24-2.html |title=Review: ''Mid-American Review'' > Volume XXIV, Number 2, Spring 2004 > Review of ''Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore'' by Erika Meitner (Anhinga Press, 2003) |publisher=Bgsu.edu |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref> ''Poetry Flash,''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030418225250/http://www.poetryflash.org/archive.289.new%26noted.html Review: ''Poetry Flash'' > No. 289, Jan/Feb/Mar 2002 > Review of ''Singular Bodies'' by Ruth L. Schwartz (Anhinga Press, 2001)]</ref> ''Rattle,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rattle.com/blog/2009/12/arranging-the-blaze-by-chad-sweeney/ |title=Review: ''Rattle'' > Dec. 5, 2009 > Review of ''Arranging the Blaze'' by Chad Sweeney (Anhinga Press) |publisher=Rattle.com |date=December 5, 2009 |accessdate=Jan 16, 2012}}</ref> ''Cold Front Magazine,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reviews.coldfrontmag.com/arranging-the-blaze-by-chad-sweeney.html |title=Review: ''coldfront'' > Review of ''Arranging the Blaze'' by Chad Sweeney (Anhinga Press) |publisher=Reviews.coldfrontmag.com |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref> and ''Story South,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.storysouth.com/2009/09/arranging-the-blaze-chad-sweeney.html |title=Review: ''storySouth'' > September 2009 > Review of ''Arranging the Blaze'' by Chad Sweeney (Anhinga Press) |publisher=Storysouth.com |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref> and featured on ''Poetry Daily,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://poems.com/feature.php?date=14311 |title=Feature: ''Poetry Daily'' > Featured Poet > Keith Ratzlaff, ''Then, A Thousand Crows'' (Anhinga Press) |publisher=Poems.com |date=March 7, 2009 |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref> ''Verse Daily,''<ref>{{cite web|author=Verse Daily |url=http://www.versedaily.org/2009/aboutsandylonghorncn.shtml |title=''Verse Daily'' > Sandy Longhorn > ''Blood Almanac'' (Anhinga Press, 2006) |publisher=Versedaily.org |date=December 13, 2008 |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref> and the National Book Critic's Circle blog, ''Critical Mass,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/SMALL_PRESS_SPOTLIGHT_POETRY_BOOKS_CD_INCLUDED/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029023548/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/SMALL_PRESS_SPOTLIGHT_POETRY_BOOKS_CD_INCLUDED/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 29, 2010 |title=Feature: National Book Critics Circle Blog: ''Critical Mass'' > September 26, 2008 > ''Small Press Spotlight'' > ''Unraveling the Bed'' by Mia Leonin (Anhinga Press, 2008) |publisher=Bookcritics.org |date=September 27, 2008 |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref> and reprinted in anthologies including The Best American Poetry.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNnH07roWYYC&q=%22anhinga+press%22&pg=PA183 |title=Google Books > ''The Best American Poetry 2009'' > Contributor Bio > Keith Ratzlaff |isbn=9780743299770 |accessdate=January 16, 2012|last1=Wagoner |first1=David |last2=Lehman |first2=David |date=September 22, 2009 }}</ref>
The press publishes the winners of its national poetry competition, the Robert Dana-Anhinga Prize for Poetry, as well as manuscripts accepted through general submission and the winner of the Levine Prize in Poetry, administered by California State University, Fresno.<ref name="anhinga1"/>
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100129173358/http://www.anhinga.org/index.cfm Anhinga Press Website] * [http://www.clmp.org/directory/index.php Council of Literary Magazines and Small Presses > Directory of Member Publishers] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti-eMNdQvT0 Audio Reading: Anhinga Press Poets]
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