The Essential Voices Editorial Fellowship

Proposals for the Essential Voices Editorial Fellowship will be accepted March 1 through June 30, 2025. The Fellowship awards $2500 and publication of an anthology that the recipient edits under the guidance of Green Linden Press. The Essential Voices Anthology Series has at its heart the ancient idea that poetry can reveal our shared humanity. It intends to make less insular the various poetries of the world and to correct misrepresentations and misunderstandings in the broader culture. In other words, to go where the silence is and let the poets speak. We believe that a good anthology not only captures the zeitgeist, it can help shape it. When we look at the etymology of the word “essential,” we see that the Latin essentia means “being.” It is in this spirit of shared being that we publish these books. Previous editorial experience is not required.