Welcome to the 30/30 Project, an extraordinary challenge and fundraiser for Tupelo Press, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) literary press. Each month, volunteer poets run the equivalent of a “poetry marathon,” writing 30 poems in 30 days, while the rest of us “sponsor” and encourage them every step of the way.
THE 30/30 PROJECT: VOLUNTEER POETS
April Poets
Maureen Alsop
Maureen Alsop, Ph.D. is the author of a novel, Today Yesterday After My Death (Erratum Press, 2024, UK) a finalist for The Big Other, and seven books of poetry: Arbor Vitae; Tender to Empress (Visual Poems); Pyre; Later, Knives & Trees; Mirror Inside Coffin; Mantic; Apparition Wren (also a Spanish Edition, Reyezuelo Aparición, translated by Mario Domínguez Parra); and several chapbooks She is the winner of several poetry prizes including those from Harpur Palate and Bitter Oleander and was shortlisted for Montreal International Poetry Prize. She is the winner of the Roderick Centre Fellowship for Regional and Remote Writers (in partnership with Varuna House and James Cook University). Her short stories have appeared at South Dakota Review, TEXT, Lincoln Review, among others. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals including Columbia Review, AGNI, Blackbird, Tampa Review, DIAGRAM, Memorious, The Kenyon Review, and featured on Verse Daily. Her translations of the poetry of Juana de Ibarbourou (Uruguay, 1892-1979) and are available through Poetry Salzburg Review. She teaches online with the Poetry Barn. She is a dual citizen of the United States and Australia and currently resides in North Queensland, Australia. She holds an MFA from Vermont College and a PhD in psychology from James Cook University.
Bob Bradshaw
Bob Bradshaw is retired and living south of San Francisco. He is a fan of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Mick may not be gathering moss, but Bob is. He is looking for the perfect hammock to spend his retirement in. Work of his can be found at Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, Dodging the Rain, Eclectica, Ekphrastic Review, Open Arts Forum and other publications on the net.
Sarah Carson
Sarah Carson's poetry and other writing have appeared in The Rumpus, The Slowdown, Guernica, The Missouri Review, and The Christian Century, among others. She is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, including How to Baptize a Child in Flint, Michigan (Persea Books, 2022). She has been a recipient of and finalist for grants and fellowships from Tin House, the Poetry Foundation, the Martha's Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing, and the Michigan and Illinois Arts Councils. Born in Flint, Michigan, she now lives in East Lansing, where she is at work on a memoir about single motherhood, work, and the rules that govern the universe.
Stan Galloway
Stan Galloway writes from West Virginia. He is the author/(co-)editor of 9 collections of poetry, most recently Savor: Poems for the Tongue (Friendly City Books, 2024).
Ava Hu
Ava M. Hu is an artist and poet who lives in Clearwater, Florida. Most notably, Ava received the Amy Award from Poets & Writers and Jane Hirshfield picked her poem, Varanasi, as first place for The America's Review Poetry contest. She attended Bennington College, Sarah Lawrence College, and The New School. She designs clothing for her line called avalove, one poem, one metaphor at a time. This will be Ava's 8th year writing February with Tupelo Press. Sundays, Ava will be working with Soleil Piverger, a young artist from Saint Ann's School, Brooklyn, NYC who was recently awarded with Scholastic Gold Medal for the Arts.
Sergiy Pustogarov
Sergiy Pustogarov (they/them) is a nonbinary Ukrainian medical student, poet, runner, and activist whose work bridges the worlds of art and medicine. A multilingual writer, Sergiy explores themes of identity, migration, grief, resilience, and healing, drawing from both personal experience and clinical training.
Their work has been shared by literary platforms such as The Word Faire, Moonstone Arts Center, Wayfarer Magazine, and Poets Choice.
Through both their medical studies and creative practice, Sergiy is committed to amplifying underrepresented voices, and envisioning a future where art and science collaborate to heal both body and soul.
nat raum
nat raum is a queer disabled artist, writer, and editor based on unceded Piscataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore. Past and upcoming publishers of their writing include Split Lip Magazine, Poetry.onl, Baltimore Beat, Poet Lore, beestung, and others. Find them online at natraum.com.
Daniel Avery Weiss
Daniel Avery Weiss is a poet, ceramicist, and archaeologist from River Forest, Illinois. When conducting fieldwork, Daniel writes one poem per day to practice his craft. At home, he enjoys writing haiku, ekphrastic poetry, and free-form. He earned his B.A. in anthropology from Kenyon College, where he was an Associate at The Kenyon Review and co-founder of FOCUS, an anthropology oriented literary magazine. Daniel's poetry appears in The Ekphrastic Review, Shadowplay, and Wayfarer Magazine.
MK Zariel
mk zariel {it/its + masc terms} is a transmasculine neuroqueer theater artist, Best Of The Net and Monarch Award nominated poet, movement journalist, and BashBack aligned anarchist translocally rooted in the Great Lakes region. the author of VOIDGAZING (2026, Whittle Micropress), DIFFERENT WITH HIM (2026, Rockwood Press), and BOY APPARITION (2025, Vinegar Press), it creates conflictual spaces for trans survival and queer desire—spaces of insurgent genders, mutual aid beyond the nonprofit gaze, and the kind of care that negates (and negation that provides care). BashBack! remains close to its heart, as do anarchonihilism/egoism, experimental theater, and the defiant tenderness of queer collectivity. mk’s organizing is often underground, but its poetics and podcast crackle with the same unruly energy: community as generative+atemporal destruction, poetry as direct action.
Its writing has appeared in Querencia Press, Akpata, J Journal, Witches Magazine, Fifth Estate, ANMLY, OurLives Wisconsin, Library Of Eris, #EnbyLife, Oyster River Pages, and Seattle Journal of Social Justice, among many others. It contributes columns to Asymptote and the Anarchist Review of Books, its mixed media work is featured through Open Sorcery, and it authors the advice column DEBATE ME BRO and hosts the podcast THE CHILD AND ITS ENEMIES. it has also collaborated with Urban Ganges on a line of themed reed diffusers, and its poetry has been released as part of a live album on SHIFTCTRL Records. mk is the author of eleven self-published zine projects, and performs regularly at anarchist gatherings, zine fests, and queer liberation events. You can find its offerings, commissions, and chaotic love letters to the world at mkzariel.carrd.co
Kathleen Bednarek
Kathleen holds a M.A. in Poetry from Wilkes University and will graduate in May 2026 with her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Wilkes University. Her writing has been published in Tricycle Magazine, Action, Spectacle, Tupelo Quarterly and The Compulsive Reader
Mymona Bibi
Mymona Bibi is a Bengali-British writer, creative facilitator and ESOL teacher based in Newcastle upon Tyne. She is interested in themes of multilingualism, cities, inequality and home. Her writing has been featured in the Ilkley Literature Festival, Magma Poetry, Butcher's Dog, Corridor8, Hajar Press and Lumpen Press. Her poetry has been shortlisted for Nine Arches Press Primers 2025. She has produced and performed at events such as the Newcastle Fringe Festival (2023 and 2025) and NOVUM (2023 and 2024). Currently, she is the lead artist of World Writes - a multilingual community writing group. She has supported the group through the production and design of a multilingual publication, multilingual audio voice note and a multi-sensory kantha quilt. You can find her on Instagram @wordsbymymona
Susan Hankla
Susan Hankla is the author of three books of poetry, “I’m Not Evelyn”, her second book, was released April 2023 from Groundhog Poetry Press, LLC. “Clinch River”, Susan’s debut poetry collection set in Appalachia, was also published by Groundhog Poetry Press LLC. Both books available by contacting the author. Susan also has a chapbook, "I AM Running Home", by Burning Deck Press. Her work has been reviewed in Blackbird (Spring 2018, Vol. 17, No.1) and Cold Mountain and Hollins Critic. Susan lives in Richmond, VA. Recipient of the Virginia Prize for Fiction, fellowships to VCCA and the Frost Place, she holds a BA from Hollins College and an MFA in creative writing from Brown University.
It has been said that the poet Rumi said, “Poetry is pointing towards something
walking away from it,” which feels right to me. We expect from poetry surprises, mysteries, and sometimes inchoate features which are like fog on the mountain roads, or the smell of smoke from a distant fire.
Most of my life poetry has pointed out things that I wouldn’t see (if only a glimpse of something) any other way.
Participating in Tupelo Press’s 30/30 project connects me to all the poetry of all the world, and especially to the other poets this March 2026. Poetry is old, Y’all. And always new to readers and writers of it. Please support my efforts this March by a $25.00 donation.
Amy Haworth
Amy Haworth is a wife, a mom, a daughter. A strong-coffee drinker. A reader. A recovering perfectionist. A fan of long, morning walks. A believer in people, in God, and in miracles. She is a Colorado native who now resides where ocean meets land on the East Coast of Florida.
Christina McCleanhan
Christina is an educator, creator, and human. Born on July 4th and raised between the hills of eastern Kentucky and the river banks of the mighty Ohio, she completed her undergraduate degree at Transylvania University and received an MFA from Mills College in Oakland, CA. She is a first-generation college graduate. As an artist, Christina has learned that the rhythm of humanity offers itself to those who seek peace in crowded rooms and empty hallways. Her current writing explores the delicate privilege of balancing grief and joy.
Elizabeth McGraw
Elizabeth McGraw is a change management leader and organizational strategist who has spent over two decades guiding Fortune 500 companies and global institutions through complex transformations.
With a background in East Asian Languages and Literature from the University of Florida and a Master’s in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University where her thesis was about on the power of poetry to enable change in organizations.
Originally from Louisiana, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mongolia, where she developed an early appreciation for cross-cultural communication and the power of storytelling to bridge divides. Over time, Elizabeth has cultivated a unique perspective on how language, culture, and human connection shape the way we navigate change.
Elizabeth has been drawn to the human side of transformation: the stories people tell themselves about change, the resilience they discover in uncertainty, and the ways communities adapt and grow together. Whether facilitating workshops, advising executives, or mentoring emerging leaders, she remains fascinated by the intersection of strategic thinking and human experience.
Elizabeth lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her family, where she continues to explore how we make meaning through the changes we face, both professionally and personally.
Alexis Wolfe
Alexis Wolfe is a poet and essayist living in Marfa, Texas, where she writes cultural and arts features for the local newspaper, The Big Bend Sentinel. She is a longtime member of Pittsburgh’s Madwomen in the Attic workshop series, and holds a BA in Creative Writing from Chatham University. She was a 2022 recipient of The National Endowments for the Arts ‘Big Read’ Award in Creative Nonfiction. Her work has been featured in Collision and Rune. On a poetry hiatus as of late, she still believes in its power.
FEBRUARY 2026 30/30 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
The volunteer poets for February are Kristine Anderson, Barbara Audet, Bee Cordera, Ashby Logan Hill, Amy Marques, Sonia Sophia Sura, and Samuel Spencer.
JANUARY 2026 30/30 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
The volunteer poets for December are Tess Adams, Haley Bosse, Jess Bowe, Joanna Lee, Thomas Page, Sarah Paley, and Amy Snodgrass.
December 2025 30/30 Project Participants
The volunteer poets for December are Kate Bowers, Katie Collins, Ellen Ferguson, Chris Fong Chew, Davis Hicks, Victor Barnuevo Velasco, Jen Wagner, and Stacey Walker.
November 2025 30/30 Project Participants
The volunteer poets for November are Megan Bell, Jono Crefield, Alison Lake, Maya Cheav, Jada D’Antignac, Laurie Fuhr, Dominic Leach, Dawn McGuire, and Samantha Murphy
October 2025 30/30 Project Participants
The volunteer poets for September are Lilly Frank, Anna Ojascastro Guzon, Kathryn Johnson, Kimberly McElhatten, and H.T. Reynolds
September 2025 30/30 Project Participants
The volunteer poets for September were: Yael Valencia Aldana, Catherine Bai, Danielle Boodoo-Fortune, Kimberly Gibson-Tran, Kendra Brooks, Yvette Perry, Abigail Ardelle Zammit, and Amber Wei
August 2025 30/30 Project Participants
The volunteer poets for September are: Allison Baldwin, Daniel Becker, Ayana Cole Fletcher, Jaclyn Youhana Garver, Shivani G, Beth Siciliano, Ariana Suits, and Benin Lemus