Publications Sale

We’re Having a Publications Sale!

The following back issues of Ribbons and our Tanka Society of America membership anthologies are available for a temporarily reduced price from our secretary, Kathabela Wilson. You don’t need to be a member to order, but we welcome new members (here’s How to Join). The number of copies available, listed after each publication, is accurate as of February 2017. For issues where a small number of copies is listed as being available, please contact Kathabela Wilson before ordering to see if they’re still available. Please also ask if you’re looking for a particular essay, review, or author.

Sale Prices

All back issues of Ribbons are $5.00 each (half price), plus shipping, and the anthologies (see list at the end) are $6.00 each (40 percent off), plus shipping. Shipping charges are for any combination of publications. All prices are in U.S. funds.

Shipping Charges

Please include shipping charges as follows, based on the number of copies you order and the applicable shipping rate. We realize that shipping to Canada is very expensive, but these are the current rates as of 2017 (and they are higher overseas). In the United States, the Media Mail option takes up to ten days.

How to Order

  1. Add up the cost of all back issues or anthologies you want to order ($5.00 for Ribbons, $6.00 for anthologies).

  2. Add the shipping amount, based on the number of publications you’re ordering and your location (see table above).

  3. Use the following PayPal button to pay the required amount; rounding up to the nearest whole dollar will help with PayPal charges (make note of the PayPal confirmation/transaction number). Please ignore the fact that it says Donate rather than Make Payment.

  4. Email Kathabela Wilson to list the publications you’re ordering, the total price, and shipping fee (include your PayPal confirmation/transaction number if possible).


To order by postal mail instead of using PayPal, send your order and payment to the following address. Payment should be by check or international postal money order payable in U.S. dollars to “Tanka Society of America.” Send cash at your own risk.

Kathabela Wilson

439 S Catalina Ave #306

Pasadena, CA 91106 USA

Be sure to list back issues of Ribbons carefully, to make sure you get what you want. Thank you!


Ribbons

Issues typically include tanka poems, sequences, and collaborations, member poems submitted for the themed Tanka Café column, essays, reviews, and reports, features on particular poets, and society news and information. More recent issues also include tanka prose. Older issues have been about 40 to 60 pages; more recent issues have been about 90 to 130 pages. Please ask Kathabela Wilson if you're looking for a particular essay, review, or author. Sale price for Ribbons: $5.00 each (half price).

2005

  • Spring 2005 — 1 :1 (3 copies)

  • Summer 2005 — 1:2 (3 copies)

  • Autumn 2005 — 1:3 (2 copies)

  • Winter, 2005 — 1:4 (1 copy)

2006

  • Spring 2006 — 2:1 (3 copies)

  • Summer 2006 — 2:2 (2 copies)

  • Autumn 2006 — 2:3(3 copies)

  • Winter, 2006 — 2:4 (1 copy)

2007

  • Spring, 2007 — 3:1 (22 copies)

  • Summer, 2007 — 3:2 (35 copies)

2008

  • Spring 2008 — 4:1 (1 copy)

  • Summer 2008 — 4:2 (10 copies)

  • Autumn 2008 — 4:3 (4 copies)

  • Winter 2008 — 4:4 (5 copies)

2009

  • Summer 2009 — 5:2 (9 copies)

  • Fall 2009 — 5:3 (4 copies)

  • Winter, 2009 — 5:4 (20 copies)

2010

  • Spring 2010 — 6:1 (20 copies)

  • Summer 2010 — 6:2 (13 copies)

  • Fall 2010 — 6:3 (28 copies)

  • Winter 2010 — 6:4 (35 copies)

2011

  • Spring 2011 — 7:1 (3 copies)

  • Fall 2011 — 7:3 (25 copies)

  • Winter 2011 — 7:4 (48 copies)

2012

  • Spring/Summer 2012 — 8:1 (6 copies)

  • Winter 2012 — 8:3 (8 copies)

2013

  • Fall 2013 — 9:3 2013 (9 copies)

2014

  • Winter 2014 — 10:1 (2 copies)

  • Spring /Summer 2014 — 10:2 (20 copies)

  • Fall 2014 — 10:3 (30 copies)

2015

  • Winter 2015 — 11:1 (35 copies)

  • Spring/Summer 2015 — 11:2 (75 copies)

  • Fall 2015 — 11:3 (65 copies)

2016

  • Winter 2016 — 12:1 (10 copies)

  • Spring/Summer 2016 — 12:2 (30 copies)

  • Fall 2016 — 12:3 (35 copies)

More recent issues are also available. Please contact Kathabela Wilson to ask for details.


Anthologies

Our membership anthologies include at least one tanka by each member who chooses to submit, and serve as a fine snapshot of membership poems for any given year. They range in length from about 75 to 120 pages. Sale price for anthologies: $6.00 each (40 percent off).

2016

  • Ripples in the Sand (40 copies), Jenny Ward Angyal and Susan Constable, editors

2015

  • Spent Blossoms (40 copies), Claire Everett, editor

2014

  • All the Shells (79 copies), M. Kei, editor


More recent anthologies are also available. Please contact Kathabela Wilson to ask for availability details. See also our Anthologies page.