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POETRY submissions REOPEN DECEMBER 15

Order OUR SUMMER ISSUE: SHŌ NO. 9

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listen to her poem here OR READ IT IN SHŌ NO. 6

Shō Poetry Journal

Established in 2002, revived in 2023

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Audio Feature: Becka Mara McKay (Shō No. 6)

Listen to Becka Mara McKay read “Golden Shovel as Anthropomorphism” (Song of Songs 2:10) from Shō No. 6 (Winter 2024/25).

Close-up of Becka Mara McKay, a Caucasian woman with curly reddish-brown hair, looking off to the side. There is a turquoise blue couch cushion behind her.

Becka Mara McKay is a poet and translator. She directs the Creative Writing MFA at Florida Atlantic University, where she serves as faculty advisor to Swamp Ape Review. Her newest book of poems is The Little Book of No Consolation (Barrow Street Press). You can find her recent work in Witness, Salt Hill Journal, Spoon River Poetry Review, and Permafrost.

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Publishing Stats

Since our revival issue was published in Summer 2023:

444

Poems Published

310

Total Poets Published

180

Audio Features Published

61

Prize Nominations

6

Poems chosen for inclusion in anthologies

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