Perugia Press

Join 5 editors from 5 small presses to talk shop in the panel “Small Presses Getting Big Attention” at AWP on 3/7 at 12:20. Spons. by CLMP, moderated by Xander Gershberg of Spout & featuring Perugia’s Rebecca Olander, June Road’s Sara Arnold, Trio House’s Natasha Kane & Split/Lip’s Caleb Tankersley.

Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection APOSTASIES by Holli Carrell. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions, and check out Carrell’s book and others in our bookshop (linktree in bio). @hollicarrell.bsky.social

Today, Friday, 3-4! 🎉

Today, Friday, 11-12! 🎉

Today, Friday, 10-11! 🎉

I got to read with my boy Edgar Poe and @perugiapress.bsky.social @swwim.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social.

A true gift. 🎁

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Here are some of the amazing ways our press is representing at AWP 2026! Stop by Table #833 to meet our poets & get a signed book, attend our collaborative offsite TONIGHT (Wednesday), and check out the panel presentations they (& our editor) are participating in. Go Perugia community! 🌟📚🎉

Tonight! We can't wait to see you there.

Joan Kwon Glass is offering the one-day generative workshop “Be the Stain” on Zoom from 12-4 on March 28 for Hudson Valley Writers Center. More info and registration info at @hvwriterscenter.bsky.social. @joankwonglass.bsky.social

Marching & Singing Toward Spring The annual AWP Conference & Bookfair takes place this first week of March in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to a book signing and offsite reading for CavanKerry Press to celebrate Singing from the D...

Here's my latest blog post on my website with news about Singing from the Deep End, including AWP doings in Baltimore this week & other March events, pix from readings & a grant from the Mass Cultural Council! Thanks for reading! rebeccahartolander.com/marching-sin... @cavankerrypress.bsky.social

Lisbeth! This is so lovely. Thank you. You are such a light. ✨♥️ Really happy for you!

@perugiapress.bsky.social is such a beacon of good in the lit world 🥰
Thank you for sharing in my excitement!! Can’t wait to grow these books with The Caldwell Agency and @dkoliver3.bsky.social 🙌🏾

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so so honored for my manuscript Touchstruck to be named a finalist for the 2026 Perugia Press Prize! :') congrats to the winner Jen Siraganian and all the finalists/semifinalists!! <3

Holli Carrell will be reading and signing copies of APOSTASIES in Baltimore in and around the annual AWP conference this week, and virtually later in the month with A Hundred Pitchers of Honey. Save the dates to celebrate and hear from APOSTASIES, and from other poets! 🎉📚🎤 @hollicarrell.bsky.social

Here’s where, when & with whom I’ll be reading in March to share my new book, SINGING FROM THE DEEP END - from AWP in Baltimore back home to Massachusetts, with a couple of virtual events too. Hope you can join me & the amazing folks with whom I’ll be sharing space. ❤ @cavankerrypress.bsky.social

Hope you’ll stop by Table # 833 at the AWP Bookfair and visit with Perugia Press and our poets. Catherine Anderson will be there on Saturday, March 7 from 10:00-11:00. Don’t miss the chance to talk with our brilliant poets about their work! 🌟📚🌟

We’re so happy to announce Jen Siraganian as the winner of the 2026 Perugia Press Prize for her debut collection EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MOVED, EVEN THE DEAD. Here’s a description of her book, forthcoming this fall, and a bio of the poet. Congratulations, Jen! 🌟 @jsiraganian.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to announce Jen Siraganian as the winner of the 2026 Perugia Press Prize for EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MOVED, EVEN THE DEAD. Brava to the finalists & semi-finalists & thank you to our readers & judges & to all the poets who sent us their work for consideration. 🌟📚🎉 @jsiraganian.bsky.social

Check out our latest newsletter: Results of the 2026 Perugia Press Prize Contest / Celebrate w/ us at AWP in Baltimore / Apostasies events for March / Interview w/ January intern Audrey Jiggetts @jsiraganian.bsky.social @hollicarrell.bsky.social @chotchandani.bsky.social @joankwonglass.bsky.social

Hope you’ll stop by Table # 833 at the AWP Bookfair and visit with Perugia Press and our poets. Joan Kwon Glass will be there on Saturday, March 7 from 9:00-10:00. Don’t miss the chance to talk with our brilliant poets about their work! 🌟📚🌟 @joankwonglass.bsky.social

Thrilled to share that Lisbeth White is represented by The Caldwell Agency, a queer & Black woman-owned team. It is not only a great joy to see poets we’ve published gain recognition & be celebrated for their gifts, it is tied to our mission. Sending you all the flowers @earthmaven.bsky.social! 💐♥️🎉

Wednesday night!!!

Come join us at AWP!! We'll have open-mics at our bookfair booth, and our editor @xandergershberg.bsky.social will be moderating a panel with editors from @juneroadpress.bsky.social @triohousepress.org @perugiapress.bsky.social @splitlippress.com @clmporg.bsky.social !!

Join me & Erica Goss for a virtual braided reading & convo to celebrate our new books, both of them second collections woven with mothers and daughters, bees and trees. This virtual gathering will take place on Sunday, 3/15 at 1pm PT/4pm ET. Register at the link in bio! @cavankerrypress.bsky.social

Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection THE WISHING TOMB by Amanda Auchter. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions, & check out Auchter’s book & others in our bookshop (linktree in bio). @alauchter.bsky.social

Hope you’ll stop by Table # 833 at the AWP Bookfair and visit with Perugia Press and our poets. Carolina Hotchandani will be there on Friday, March 6 from 3:00-4:00. Don’t miss the chance to talk with our brilliant poets about their work! 🌟📚🌟 @chotchandani.bsky.social

Hope you’ll stop by Table # 833 at the AWP Bookfair and visit with Perugia Press and our poets. Nancy K. Pearson will be there on Friday, March 6 from 11:00-12:00. Don’t miss the chance to talk with our brilliant poets about their work! 🌟📚🌟

Hope you can join Perugia Press, SWWIM, MER, NELLE, Whale Road Review & Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry for “Off Site. On Purpose,” featuring many of today’s most inspiring women and nonbinary writers and poets! 3/4 at 7PM (doors 6:30 PM), Westminster Hall, Baltimore, MD. Admission free. Cash bar.

A Conversation with Perugia's Intern: Audrey Jiggetts - Perugia Press In January, Audrey Jiggetts completed an internship at Perugia Press, sponsored by the Praxis Program at Smith College. This is the […]

Check out this interview with one of Perugia Press's two January interns, Audrey Jiggetts, on the work she did with Perugia, including creating a poetry film for our series "Flux & Flow"! @hollicarrell.bsky.social