PRE-ORDER 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 thrilling new collection of stories delves into questions of spectatorship, alienation, and trauma as “rehearsals for the apocalypse.” Winner of the 2024 New American[Read More]
Contests

2025 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Clancy Martin
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. DEADLINE: JUNE 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 flash[Read More]

2025 New American Poetry Prize: EXTENDED DEADLINE February 3!
The 2025 New American Poetry Prize is open for submissions starting September 1, 2024. EXTENDED DEADLINE: February 3, 2025. 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[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

PRE-ORDER: 12 Oxen Under the Sea: Stories
by Craig Bernardini
PRE-ORDER 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[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]

2025 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Clancy Martin
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. DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2025. All[Read More]

2025 New American Poetry Prize: EXTENDED DEADLINE February 3!
The 2025 New American Poetry Prize is open for submissions starting September 1, 2024. EXTENDED DEADLINE: February 3, 2025. The winning manuscript will be published and its author will receive[Read More]

E-Book Editions Available Soon!
New American Press will soon release a series of recent titles as ebooks to be distributed at Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Nobles, and all other major ebook retailers. The[Read More]

2024 New American Fiction Prize: EXTENDED DEADLINE JULY 1
Submissions for the 2024 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 1, 2024.[Read More]