I'm honored to have been chosen as a finalist for the @rhinopoetry.bsky.social Founders' Prize and excited to have two new poems in the 50th Anniversary Issue!

Thank you so much to Karan at @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social for choosing my sonnet about chronic nausea and Charles Darwin as poem of the month!

I'm grateful to the editors of Gulf Coast for including two of my poems in their summer/fall issue!

I'm excited to have a new poem in the Indiana Review, inspired by a strange and wonderful 15th century manuscript.

Thank you so much, @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social!

Shō Poetry Journal@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I'm so honored that the wonderful editors at @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social chose my work for the Sho Poetry Prize! I stopped writing for 15 years, and these Frida poems were some of the first things I wrote when I returned to poetry in 2024. I'm excited to share them when the new issue comes out!

Shō Poetry Journal@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We are thrilled to announce that Betsy Mitchell Martinez has been awarded the Shō Poetry Prize for ”Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo with Prickly Pear,” ”Girl with Death Mask,” and “Diego Weighs in on Quality”! Shō No. 8: tinyurl.com/shono8. Congratulations, @betsymitchellmtz.bsky.social!

Ekphrastic poems are some of the hardest for me to write, and this one--based on my daughter's favorite Frida Kahlo painting--was no exception! Thank you to the editors of @southeastreview.bsky.social for including it in their new issue.

I'm so honored to have this poem selected as a finalist for the Washington Square Review New Voices Award!

I'm grateful to the editors of @redividermag.bsky.social for including one of my animal battle poems in their newest issue!

Redivider@redividermag.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We’re thrilled to share that the newest issue of Redivider is out today! Check out 23.1 and all of our wonderful contributors here: redivider.emerson.edu

I re-read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance not too long ago, and it gifted me a poem. Thanks so much to the editors of @creamcityreview.bsky.social for including it in their gorgeous new issue!

Thanks to the editors of @eldiagram.bsky.social for including this Barbie poem alongside so much other great work!

DIAGRAM@eldiagram.bsky.social · last yr.

New issue DIAGRAM 25.3 LET'S GOOOO thediagram.com/25_3/index.h...

I recently had an MRI during a week when my preschooler was listening to La Bamba on repeat. I'm so grateful to have a poem about that experience in the current issue of @epochliterary.com!

I'm so excited to have two poems in @newlettersmagazine.bsky.social: my very first abecedarian and a group of sonnets inspired by Jerry Pallotta's wonderful "Who Would Win?" books for kids. www.newletters.org/two-poems-by...

Thank you to the editors of Shenandoah Literary Magazine for including this poem in their amazing 75th anniversary issue!

I'm thrilled to have this new poem in @rattlepoetry.bsky.social!

Rattle Poetry@rattlepoetry.bsky.social · 2y ago

My son asks at breakfast if today can be a yes day, grinning up from his bowl of fruit … —Betsy Mitchell Martinez

So excited to have this new poem up at @pinchjournal.bsky.social. Thanks so much to the editors and to @katiedozier.bsky.social for the inspiration!

The Pinch@pinchjournal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Check out “Song of the Peloton Mobile App” by Betsy Mitchell Martinez on PJO. The poem features an English bulldog named Dolly, workouts and dance routines. Go to pinchjournal.com to read it. #poetry #pinchjournal #litmag