Ex Ophidia Press News
Advance Praise for Smolder by Colleen Morton Busch
In Smolder, the lens of being witness to what the beloved must endure shows a world simultaneously abundant with tenderness, lucency, emptiness, hopeful math, acheful grief, bald ibis, flammable trees, orcas, desire to be “body to body,” doctor visits, what one would...
2024 Ex Ophidia Press Contest Winner Publishes Three Poems in One Art Poetry
Colleen Morton Busch’s poem included in 50th issue of the Bellevue Literary Review
A virtual reading with contributors will be hosted on Thursday, May 28, at 7:00 p.m. ET. View post for most details.
2025 Contest Winner Colleen Morton Busch’s “Tend” Featured on Meditation
Poet David Keplinger featured one of our 2025 contest winner Colleen Morton Busch’s poems from Smolder, “Tend,” on his Friday morning meditation.
New Poems by 2025 Contest Winner Colleen Morton Busch
Colleen Morton Busch has four new poems in the January 5th edition of The Ekphrastic Review.
2026 Richard-Gabriel Rummonds Poetry Contest Judge Announced
Ex Ophidia Press is excited to introduce the judge of the 2026 Richard-Gabriel Rummonds Poetry Contest.