Engage. ENrich. Enliven.

Floating Bridge Press publishes Washington State poets whose writing engages individuals, enriches communities, and enlivens the arts.

Floating Bridge Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit literary arts organization founded in 1994. Floating Bridge Press promotes the diverse voices of Washington State poets through an annual poetry chapbook competition, archival-quality books, online publishing, occasional broadsides, and community readings.

For decades, we published select poems from chapbooks each year in a publication called Pontoon. To read recent past poems, please visit Pontoon Poetry; if you would like to purchase past print issues, please get in touch with us.

We believe that…

We believe that…

Poets are leaders and poetry enriches the community

Poets are leaders and poetry enriches the community

Diverse voices enrich poetry

Diverse voices enrich poetry

Poetry deserves the highest editorial attention

Poetry deserves the highest editorial attention

Poetry deserves promotion and increased attention in our community

Poetry deserves promotion and increased attention in our community

Our Staff

  • Michael Schmeltzer

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

  • MEGHAN MCCLURE

    GRAPHIC DESIGNER

  • ZORA SOWINSKA

    EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

  • BROOKE MASON

    EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

  • JOHN PIERCE

    EDITOR EMERITUS