Winner Announcement Launch Date: 2026 Paperback | 5.25″ X 8.0″ Winner of the 2025 New American Poetry Prize, Nikki Ummel’s new collection Swamp Elegies will be released in 2026. Pre-orders will be available at Bookshop.org. Every purchase at Bookshop.org financially supports independent bookstores. Nikki Ummel has been published by The Georgia Review, Black Lawrence Press, and[Read More]
Contests

2026 New American Poetry Prize (Final Judge Rick Barot)
The 2026 New American Poetry Prize is open for submissions starting September 1, 2025. DEADLINE: January 15, 2026. The winning manuscript will be published and its author will receive $1500, promotional support, and 25 author copies. Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages, but there is no maximum length. All forms and styles of poetry[Read More]

2025 New American Fiction Prize: EXTENDED DEADLINE JULY 15
Submissions for the 2025 New American Fiction Prize are now open. Winner will receive a contract including a $1500, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. EXTENDED DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2025. All full-length fiction manuscripts are welcome, including novels, novellas, collections of stories and/or novellas, novels in verse, linked collections, as well as full-length collections of[Read More]
Media

New American Press at AWP 2023
New American Press will host a reading event at St. John’s Bar and Eatery on Thursday, March 9, beginning at 6:00pm. The event will be held in conjunction with the annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Conferences. Entry is free and open to the public. Cocktails and other refreshments are included. We will[Read More]

The Derelict Daughter by Brittney Scott
Brittney Scott’s captivating new poetry collection THE DERELICT DAUGHTER is ready for your order!
Announcements
New American Poetry Prize Winner:
Nikki Ummel’s Swamp Elegies
Winner Announcement Launch Date: 2026 Paperback | 5.25″ X 8.0″ Winner of the 2025 New American Poetry Prize, Nikki Ummel’s new collection Swamp Elegies will be released in 2026. Pre-orders will[Read More]
New American Fiction Prize Winner:
Thomas Kevin O’Rourke’s Buddha Wrestles Faust in a Field of Skulls and other stories
Winner Announcement Launch Date: 2026 ISBN: 9781941561423 Paperback | 5.25″ X 8.0″ Winner of the 2024 New American Fiction Prize, Thomas Kevin O’Rourke’s new collection Buddha Wrestles Faust in a[Read More]
2026 New American Poetry Prize (Final Judge Rick Barot)
The 2026 New American Poetry Prize is open for submissions starting September 1, 2025. DEADLINE: January 15, 2026. The winning manuscript will be published and its author will receive $1500,[Read More]
2025 New American Fiction Prize: EXTENDED DEADLINE JULY 15
Submissions for the 2025 New American Fiction Prize are now open. Winner will receive a contract including a $1500, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. EXTENDED DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2025.[Read More]
ORDER NOW: 12 Oxen Under the Sea: Stories
by Craig Bernardini
AVAILABLE NOW Launch Date: June 1, 2025 ISBN: 9781941561348 Paperback | 224pp | 5.25″ X 8.0″ IN A SERIES OF SHARP AND POIGNANT NARRATIVES, New American Fiction Prize-winner Craig Bernardini’s[Read More]
New American Poetry Prize Winner:
Michelle Alexander’s A Stone’s Throw from Cray
Pre-Order Winter 2025 Launch Date: March 1, 2026 ISBN:978-1-941561-43-0 Paperback | 5.25″ X 8.0″ Winner of the 2024 New American Poetry Prize, Michelle Alexander’s collection A Stone’s Throw from Cray[Read More]














































