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A free group \(F_n\) on generators \(x_0,\ldots \), \(x_{n-1}\) has an automorphism \(\theta\) that sends each \(x_i\) to \(x_{i+1}\), where the indices are taken mod~\(n\). A group is said to have a cyclic presentation if for some \(w\in F_n\) it is the quotient of \(F_n\) by the normal closure of \(\{w,\theta(w), \theta^2(w), \ldots, \theta^{n-1}(w)\}\). In this paper the authors examine some families of examples of \(3\)-manifolds with cyclically presented fundamental group. The first construction, credited to Michele Mulazzani, yields the cyclic branched coverings over the \(2\)-bridge knot \(b(7,3)\). The second is a generalization of the dodecahedral manifolds, obtained by taking a symmetric \(3\)-dimensional ball whose boundary sphere is tesselated by \(2m\) pentagons and two \(m\)-gons (the regular dodecahedron being the case \(m=5\)), and carrying out a cyclically invariant collection of face identifications. Some partial results concerning their homeomorphism classification and their hyperbolicity are discussed. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0927.00035].