Autumn House Press
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Award-winning nonprofit publisher of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. | Pittsburgh, PA
“We must be able to identify what about our current era produces conditions of harm so ubiquitous that every woman you know can tell a story of a time she or a loved one was abused, assaulted, followed, coerced, or any number of other examples of gendered violence.”
"Gorgeously complicated." Thanks to Electric Lit and Wendy J. Fox for including Grace Spulak's MAGDALENA IS BRIGHTER THAN YOU THINK in their "The Small Press Titles You Don’t Want To Miss This Summer" list!
Electric Literature@electricliterature.com · 4w agoIndie press title you don't want to miss this summer:
"“Guerrero has long been one of the best pure lyric poets of her generation..." Thank you to the folks at The Latinx Project for including Laurie Ann Guerrero's forthcoming collection REDWORK in their list, "La Treintena 2026: 30(+) Books(+) of Latinx Poetry"!
The Latinx Project@latinxprojnyu.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew on Intervenions—La Treintena 2026 “I am encouraged by how many of the titles directly engage poetry’s power to confront the challenges of the present and to imagine alternative futures.” By Urayoán Noel www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...
Thanks to @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for including Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think by Grace Spulak in their "Favorite Books of 2026 (So Far)" list!
The galleys for AHP's Fall Titles are here! - Objects of Desire: Stories by Adam O’Fallon Price - Poem Fire: New and Selected by Frank X. Gaspar - REDWORK by Laurie Ann Guerrero DM us if you'd like a copy! #indiepress #indiepublishing #shortstories #poetry #literature
Poets, tomorrow is the final day to submit to the 2026 AHP Poetry Prize!
Autumn House Press@autumnhouse.org · 3mo agoPoets! It’s time to submit your manuscripts to the 2026 AHP Poetry Prize. Check out the guidelines here: www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/... We can't wait to read your work! #poetry #bookprize #indiepublishing #poems #writing
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LibraryThing@librarything.com · last mo."A love letter to the women who came before, a cry against gendered violence, and an elegy for the ways colonialism warps our lives." Enter to win a copy of Laurie Ann Guerrero's "Redwork" from @autumnhouse.org #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
"A love letter to the women who came before, a cry against gendered violence, and an elegy for the ways colonialism warps our lives." Enter to win a copy of Laurie Ann Guerrero's "Redwork" from @autumnhouse.org #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
Thanks to Foreword Reviews for naming @gspulak.bsky.social's Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think as their "Book of the Day"! www.forewordreviews.com/articles/art...
Autumn House is pleased to announce that Shelby Kinney-Lang's debut short story collection, Snake & Submarine, has been selected by Amber Sparks as the winner of the 2026 Fiction Prize. Of the book, Amber writes: "It's a clever, but deeply human book, and I loved every story in it."
Join us on June 25 to celebrate the finalists for the Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction! Published by Restless Books, @autumnhouse.org, @rosemetalpress.bsky.social, Feminist Press, and @milkweededitions.bsky.social: www.clmp.org/event/2026-f...
2026 Firecracker Awards Ceremony - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
GATHERING
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BIGGER: ESSAYS by Ren Cedar Fuller, published by @autumnhouse.org, is a finalist for the Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction. We’ll be celebrating the finalists and announcing the winner on June 25! www.clmp.org/event/2026-f...
2026 Firecracker Awards Ceremony - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
GATHERING
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Autumn House is thrilled to announce our new publishing partnership with @penamerica.bsky.social on the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers anthology. Submissions are now open for the prize, which recognizes 12 exceptional debut stories! More info: pen.org/literary-awa...
PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
The PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers recognizes 12 emerging fiction writers each year for their debut short story.
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Grab a galley copy of REDWORK today! www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
Book Giveaway for Redwork by Laurie Ann Guerrero
Enter to win one of 15 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
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LibraryThing@librarything.com · 2mo agoThe June batch of Early Reviewers is now live! Head over to LibraryThing to enter to win one of 3,098 copies of 251 titles. This month we've got exciting titles from @autumnhouse.org, @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social, @henryholtbooks.bsky.social, @unmpress.bsky.social & more! www.librarything.com/ner
A wonderful Pittsburgh visit from Meredith Nnoka, author of LES PORTES! Meredith was joined by Cameron Awkward-Rich, our 2025 CAAPP Book Prize judge, for a reading and conversation at the University of Pittsburgh. Meredith then conducted a lively poetry workshop at the PGH Book Fest. #PGHBookFest
Join AHP tomorrow at the #PGHBookFest! In addition to the panels and reading, AHP staff will be selling our poetry titles in the main reading room on the second floor of the library!
Tonight / 6 pm / May 28: Join the CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY AND POETICS & AUTUMN HOUSE PRESS in celebrating the PGH book launch of Meredith Nnoka's LES PORTES. Meredith will be joined by renowned poet and 2025 CAAPP Prize judge Cameron Awkward-Rich. 2007 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Looking forward to having Meredith Nnoka in Pittsburgh this week! #Poetry #Writing #CAAPP #PGHBookFest
Congratulations to BIGGER: ESSAYS by Ren Cedar Fuller, published by @autumnhouse.org, a finalist for the 2026 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction! www.autumnhouse.org/books/bigger...
Anthony Immergluck’s THE WORRIED WELL is a “tragicomic collection that explores the intersection of anxiety and safety in a chaotic world.” Poetry from @autumnhouse.org for #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth: www.autumnhouse.org/books/the-wo...
The Worried Well - Autumn House Press
About the Book The Worried Well is a tragicomic collection that explores the intersection of anxiety and safety in a chaotic world. Anthony Immergluck
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GREAT collections: COYOTE GIRL, @sabrinahicks.bsky.social, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, ALL DAUGHTERS ARE AWESOME EVERYWHERE, @demisty.bsky.social, @univnebpress.bsky.social , MAGDALENA IS BRIGHTER THAN YOU THINK, Grace Spulak, @autumnhouse.org, BODOCK, Robert Busby, @hubcitypress.bsky.social
Thanks to Noa Rabinow for the lovely review of BIGGER on their site, Gender Defiant!
Print galleys of OBJECTS OF DESIRE by Adam O'Fallon Price are now available! Winner of the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize, Adam’s unflinchingly honest and deliciously existential stories explore the ways our deepest hunger teases us toward both our best selves.
"...how perfectly he calibrates his odes to contain as much heartfelt praise as possible without exuding too much, and how overpowering his sincerity is." Big thanks to the folks at @barrelhouse.bsky.social for the review of Self-Portrait as the "i" in Floriday by @cunningpscott.bsky.social!
Three cheers for Ren! We’re thrilled to announce that Ren Cedar Fuller’s debut essay collection, BIGGER, is a finalist for the 2026 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction. Huge thanks to the folks at CLMP for their support, now and always. @clmporg.bsky.social #bookprize #creativenonfiction
"You know, I think it’s kind of write what you know." Another thoughtful interview with Grace Spulak, author of Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think. Thanks to Sam Schieren at @blackbirdjournal.bsky.social!
Check out AHP's #PGHBookFest line-up! It's going to be an incredible day for writers and readers. Come for the books and conversation, stay for the community!
