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
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Michael Schmeltzer
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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ALLY ANG
EDITOR
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CARRIE BEYER
EDITOR
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MEGHAN MCCLURE
EDITOR
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RACHEL MEHL
EDITOR
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DEVON MUSGRAVE
EDITOR
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JOHN PIERCE
EDITOR EMERITUS
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EMILIE ROMMEL SHIMKUS
EDITOR
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KAT WHITE
INTERN
