The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance is now distributing Ex Libris Maine, an e-newsletter that exclusively profiles recently released books by MWPA members, twice per month. The newsletter is sent to a large group of recipients, including our entire MWPA membership and numerous literary organizations, bookstores, libraries, and Maine media contacts.

Inclusion in Ex Libris Maine is free for individual MWPA members to feature their own books. Publisher members may submit any and all books they publish.

PEASE NOTE: Ex Libris Maine is a members-only benefit and exclusively features books published within the current month or the two previous months. For example, the April, 2023 editions can feature titles published in April as well as March and February of 2023. In order to maintain Ex Libris Maine as a resource for newly released titles, we are not able to include books older than this window of time. Ex Libris Maine is published on the second Monday and last Monday of each month; submissions for each month must be received by 5:00 PM on the Thursday prior to the last Monday of the month to qualify for inclusion in a given month’s late edition.

MWPA reserves the right to make editorial changes to Ex Libris submissions to clarify content and ensure all profiles follow a similar format. In rare instances, if a submitted title does not align with MWPA's mission to support all Maine writers and foster an inclusive, representative literary community (You can read more about this purpose here), MWPA may decide not to feature a member's submitted book in a forthcoming Ex Libris.

If you have any questions, please contact Samara Doyon at exlibris@mainewriters.org.

Please fill out the application, include a statement of intent/need, and attach a work sample.

QUESTIONS?
Contact MWPA at programs@mainewriters.org or 207-228-8264.

Poems from Here, a weekly poetry program on Maine Public Radio with help from the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, continues for another year!  This program was first created in 2017 by former Maine State Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum and ran through 2021. The 2022 reboot brought five new hosts, Maine State Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma and fellow poets Samaa Abdurraqib, Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, Mihku Paul, and Arisa White. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
   + Poems from Here is open to all poets who live in Maine or who have spent significant time in Maine. If you have had a poem featured in the last two years, please refrain from submitting.
   + Please submit 3-5 poems as a single word or PDF document. Poems can be previously published as long as the appropriate permissions/credit information is included. Poems can be submitted simultaneously as long as we are notified through Submittable if a poem is no longer available for consideration.
   + Submissions will only be accepted online via Submittable between May 22 and June 31.
   + Please Note: We will send a response either way, but please expect the response time to be long. We expect to receive several hundred poems and can only choose 52 for a year and have 5 different poets choosing work. Please also do not pay much attention to the "status" listed in Submittable. Because of how we process and read these submissions, that status is not always accurate nor does it reflect if a submission has been read or is in the process of being read.