Bainbridge Island, Washington · Est. 2025
Ink & Ribbon Press
A nonprofit publisher devoted to books that carry a life inside them —
works realized with care, bound with craft, and made to endure.
Our Books
Limited editions, carefully made & meant to last.
A meditative collection rooted in Oregon’s wet seasons and shaped by spiritual and poetic tradition.
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Fifty-one poets from eight countries. Winner announced early August.
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A trilogy of poetry collections tracing identity, transformation, and the lyric self across a life fully lived.
Learn MoreThe Lost Stations by Cara Waterfall · Field Sonnets by Miranda Beeson
The Craft
Objects of beauty, meant to be held, kept, and returned to.
Every Ink & Ribbon title is produced as a limited edition of 250 copies, printed by Pioneer Square Press in Seattle, and hand-bound in the Pacific Northwest. Our Fine Art Editions — three per title, reserved for those who help fund the press — are bound by McCall Co. Bindery in Poulsbo, an award-winning artisan whose work brings traditional craftsmanship together with enduring design.
- Hand-bound archival construction
- Numbered limited editions
- Collector-grade archival papers
The LemonLight Prize
Our annual $3,000 award for a single poem. Fifty-one poets shortlisted from 706 entries across eight countries. Leila Chatti announces the winner and four honorable mentions in early August. The 2027 prize opens in spring.
Every page we print is an act of devotion.
Ink & Ribbon Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit literary publisher on Bainbridge Island, Washington. We advance poetry through craft, collaboration, and community — publishing limited editions made to endure as both literary and physical objects.
Bainbridge Island, WA · 501(c)(3)