We are delighted to announce the roster of manuscripts that we have accepted from our 2023 Open Reading Periods! We look forward to publishing these titles in 2025 and early 2026.
The Elsewhere Oracle by Michele Battiste, poems and oracle deck
The Girl with the Black Lipstick by Mary Biddinger, novella
Get Funky, Get Swoll by Akhim Cabey, poetry
Ghetto Koans by James Cagney, poetry
supreme night by Keith Donnell Jr., poetry
A Brief History of the Midwest by Andrew Grace, poetry
Worth Burning by Mickie Kennedy, poetry
Habitat by Case Q. Kerns, novel
Any Gesture by Whitney Koo, poetry
The Axe and The Ice: Writing as a Way of Life by Brian Morton, essays
Shedding Season by Jane Morton, poetry
All the Lands We Inherit by Darby Price, poetry
Esquire Ball, Stories from the Great Black Swamp by
The Maps They Gave Us: One Marriage Reimagined by Wayne Scott, memoir
Birth Center in Corporate Woods by BJ Soloy, poetry
moon moon by July Westhale, poetry
Have a manuscript you think we’d like? During our June Open Reading Period we are looking for poetry (chapbooks and full-length collections), short fiction (again, both chapbooks and full-length collections), novels, novellas, nonfiction (CNF, biography, cultural studies), and anthology proposals. Also, our St. Lawrence Book Award for debut authors is currently open to early bird submissions.