Crisis Chronicles Press is thrilled to announce the publication of #ThisIsCLE: An Anthology of the 2014 Best Cleveland Poem Competition!
The second annual Best Cleveland Poem Competition, sponsored by Tim Misny, was held on Sunday, June 1, 2014 at the Willoughby Brewing Company. #ThisIsCLE features contest highlights including poems by Geoffrey Landis, Theresa Göttl Brightman, Jeffrey Bowen, Mary Turzillo, JP Armstrong, Anita Herczog, Danya Eichhorn, Michael Murray, Steven B. Smith, Frannie Lograsso, S. Renay Sanders, two-time Best Cleveland Poem winner Dianne Borsenik and competition emcee Ray McNiece.
The book is 40 pages, perfect bound, 6x9" and a steal at only $10 from Crisis Chronicles Press, 3344 W. 105th Street #4, Cleveland, Ohio 44111.
Dianne Borsenik is active in the northern and mid-Ohio poetry scenes and is the publisher/editor at NightBallet Press.
Her most recent books are Raga for What Comes Next (Stubborn Mule Press, 2019) and Flight of Honey (Luchador Press, 2023). In 2023, Raga for What Comes Next was studied as part of the Modern & Contemporary American Poetry course at Muskingum University.
Borsenik's poems have appeared in hundreds of journals, anthologies, magazines, and more, including in Chiron Review, Main Street Rag, Voices of Cleveland, Poem for Cleveland, and I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing: Ohio's Appalachian Voices. You can see the full list of her publications and performances on her website at www.dianneborsenik.com.
Lit Youngstown printed her poem "Disco" on their tee shirts, and Speak of the Devil, an acclaimed cocktail bar in Lorain, Ohio, named a cocktail after her, both of which make her feel like a rock star!