
Fall for the Book 2017
Fall for the Book festival starts today! Here are some event highlights from us here at Gazing Grain Press. These highlighted events are all on George Mason University's Fairfax campus. See the full schedule for more events all over the region! This year's Call and Response exhibit , a collaboration between pairs of artists and writers themed on "invisibility" and human trafficking, will be up in Fenwick Gallery until November 27. This year's show is curated by Stephanie Grim


We're famous! (Well, kinda.)
Here's our awesome co-editor Lisa giving a shout-out to Gazing Grain on C-SPAN during an introduction at the Fall for the Book Festival. Go, Lisa, go! #FallfortheBook


Fall for the Book: Marisa Crawford Reading and Reception
We're delighted that Marisa Crawford, our 2015 Poetry Chapbook Contest winner, will be reading this week in Fairfax, VA at the Fall for the Book festival at George Mason University! All festival events are free and open to the public, with convenient parking options nearby. Marisa will be reading on Saturday, October 3 from 2:30-4:00pm from her chapbook Big Brown Bag. The reading will take place in the Arts Plaza Tent, followed by a reception with food and wine (and, of cours


Fall for the Book Launch Reading
The launch of from A Book of Poems on Beauty, the winner of Gazing Grain’s 2014 chapbook contest, was held on a September Saturday during the Fall for the Book Festival in Fairfax, Virginia. The day was unseasonably chilly, with murky gray skies, wind, and persistent drizzles. The reading and launch, however, were a great way to warm up. Both contest winner Anne Lesley Selcer and contest runner-up Kevin McLellan read from their work and ignited my appreciation for their image
2014 Chapbook Launch Event at Fall for the Book
Join us this week at George Mason University for a reading featuring 2014 Chapbook Contest winner Anne Lesley Selcer and runner-up Kevin McClellan! We are thrilled that once again our sponsor, the Fall for the Book Festival, will feature the launch of our 2014 chapbook during this week's festival. The festival will run from Sept. 11th-18th, with readings and panels across Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. The Gazing Grain Press reading will be held from 4:00-5:15 pm on S