We are pleased to announce that T. R. Hummer has named Stephen Haven's poetry collection, The Last Sacred Place in North America, recipient of the 2010 New American Poetry Prize. Tentative release date is early 2012.

Craig Davis's Ramshackle Wonderland, chosen by Lee K. Abbott for the 2010 New American Fiction Prize, will be available in fall 2011.

Peter Filkins's collection of poems, Augustine's Vision, is now available.

Renee Ashley's The Verbs of Desiring and Andy Frazee's That the World Should Never Again Be Destroyed by Flood are both now available.

Welcome to New American Press

We like poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction, and some things that defy categorization. But ultimately we want what any reader wants: to be dazzled.

Our annual full-length poetry contest is now open. Final judge will be Andrew Hudgins.

The 2011 full-length fiction contest is closed and we're eagerly reading manuscripts. Final judge will be Whiting Award-winner Benjamin Percy, author of The Wilding, The Language of Elk, and Refresh, Refresh.

The summer 2011 issue of MAYDAY Magazine is also now available, featuring a fresh batch of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translations, and artwork. Our submission period is October 1 - May 1 each year. More information is available at the MAYDAY website.

Unless you hate brilliant and funny coming-of-age novels, you'll soon need your very own copy of Duff Brenna's The Holy Book of the Beard.

Check out the second edition of David Lloyd's The Gospel According to Frank, including a new forward by Sinatra scholar Gilbert Gigliotti.

Take a look at Thomas E. Kennedy's novel-in-essays Last Night My Bed a Boat of Whiskey Going Down.