Buttonhook Press
The 2026 O:JA&L Masters Series
Poetry: All forms & styles
A Writer’s Portfolio
Richard Widerkehr
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About the writer:
Richard Widerkehr’s fifth book of poems, Missing The Owl, is available from Shanti Arts Publications, as is his previous book, Night Journey. He has also published three chapbooks and one novel, Sedimental Journey (Tarragon Books). He received his M.A. from Columbia’s University, which he attended on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. His work has appeared in O:JA&L, Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily, Atlanta Review, and many others. He won two Hopwood first prizes for poetry at the University of Michigan, three Sue C. Boynton awards, three prizes at The Bridge, and first prize for a short story at the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference. He has worked as a teacher in the Upward Bound Program at Western Washington University and, later, as a case manager with the mentally ill.
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O:JA&L’S BUTTONHOOK PRESS MASTERS SERIES
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The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Roberta Allen on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Peter Conners on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Maxine Chernoff on Prose Poetry
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Pedro Ponce on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Tom Hazuka on Flash Fiction
With an interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Kent Dixon on Flash Fiction & Nonfiction
With an interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
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