Autumn House Press

This Thursday hear AHP author Grace Spulak read from her forthcoming collection MAGDALENA IS BRIGHTER THAN YOU THINK!

RSVP Here: www.pw.org/content/2025...

My little big Texas book tour for I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES is done. Austin/San Antonio - yay! Big thanks to @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social and Bookwoman, @ramoreeves.bsky.social for organizing it all, and @andrewporter01.bsky.social for reading with me. 💜 🐻 @autumnhousepress.bsky.social

Check out AHP author Grace Spulak's reading from her collection MAGDALENA IS BRIGHTER THAN YOU THINK! Grace will read alongside other members of the Get the Word Out fiction cohort, a group which works with early-career authors, on Zoom on November 20 at 8:00 PM EST.

We are so excited to share some of our titles with the Free Books Project! Their mission is to bring books to where they’re most needed, fostering positive literary experiences and building connection.

Check out their website and donate to support their work here: https://thefreebooksproject.org/

We’re thrilled to share the cover of LES PORTES by Meredith Nnoka, winner of the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize!

In her debut collection, Nnoka traces how harm against women and femmes takes root, recurs, and reshapes itself across generations.

You can preorder your copy now: https://loom.ly/yHrmUHs
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Enter for a chance to win a galley copy of Grace Spulak's debut collection!

Garage - Pittsburgh Review of Books The average nine-to-fiver finds solace in a day off. My father, he filled the paltry time of his leisure in the garage.

Object Lessons Impressions parks in the garage. By Matthew Moore. pghrev.com/garage/

Texas, check it out!

Carving Out a Literary Life: Four Authors on Their Nontraditional Journeys to Publication - The Writer's Center The Writer’s Center welcomes four recently-published DC-area authors to discuss the inspirations, obstacles, and lessons gleaned on their writing journeys. Each of them has engaged with The Writer’s C...

Come out to @thewriterscenter.bsky.social Thursday next week in Bethesda to chat with @tomnavratil.bsky.social, Dine Watson, Elizabeth Bruce, and me to talk about unique paths to books and nurturing a writing life that works for you. writer.org/event/carvin...

Q&A: Author, alumna Lauren Woods talks new book ‘The Great Grown-up Game of Make-Believe’ Winning the Autumn House Press 2024 Fiction Prize enabled alumna Lauren Woods to release her debut book, “The Great Grown-up Game of Make-Believe,” on Oct. 21. With girlhood as the unifying theme, the...

Check it out here: thedailytexan.com/2025/11/09/q...

Thank you to The Daily Texan for the wonderful interview with AHP author and UT Austin alumna Lauren D. Woods! Lauren talks about the importance of the humanities, the short story form, and the experience of publishing a book.

#utaustin #publishing #shortstory

"Fuller ... draws upon her deep love for her family to craft delicate stories that simultaneously reveal and protect their subjects."

Thank you to Hippocampus Magazine for this thoughtful review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER! We loved reading about how this reviewer connected with Ren's essays.

"Fuller is whimsical and self-deprecating . . . This openhearted memoir models how to explore and integrate with one's family history."

Thank you to Shelf Awareness (@shelf-awareness.com) for the starred review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER!

Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Submission Manager Submissions for the 2026 CAAPP Book Prize will open on November 5th, 2025.Founded in 2020, the CAAPP Book Prize is a publishing partnership between the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for African Am...

Full prize, eligibility, and submission info can be found at caapp.submittable.com

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The 2026 CAAPP Book Prize is now open!

The submission deadline is December 15th, 2025, and the winning manuscript will be published by AHP & receive a $3,000 prize. As always, submissions are free.

This year's final judge is Ladan Osman.

I’m heading to Texas in November!

At Bookwoman 11/14, Austin and The Twig Book Shop 11/15, San Antonio - in conversation with Ramona Reeves and reading with Andrew Porter 🐻 Would love to see you there! 📕

@autumnhousepress.bsky.social

Interested in learning more about indie publishing in the South? Check out CLMP's fabulous list of books, publishers, fairs, awards, and more in the American South, including AHP poet Jennifer Conlon's TAKING TO WATER!

Thank you to CLMP for featuring Jennifer's debut collection!

"When we love someone, we want their world to be bigger. And by loving people who are different from us, it really expands our world."

Ren Cedar Fuller, author of the essay collection BIGGER, was just on Parley Lit's "Totally Biased Reviews" with Asha Dore. Thanks to Parley Lit!

A post where a giant kaiju monster holds a red heart. The text reads "Alternate Histories Gives Back. For the month of November we will be donating 10% of all sales at our Greenfield Studio to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank"

Our charity for November in the Studio is the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank; and because of the urgent need with SNAP expiring, I kicked things off with a $500 donation yesterday. Please join me in donating!

self-driving - Autumn House Press About the Book Betsy Fagin’s self-driving reimagines the American epic through the lens of a contemporary woman’s journey.  Rooted in the tradition of the

More details on the book here: www.autumnhouse.org/books/self-d...

Image includes a picture of author Betsy Fagin holding a copy of her book, self-driving, as well as an image of the poem "Flex" from the collection.

Happy pub day to self-driving by Betsy Fagin! (@betsyfagin.bsky.social)

Winner of the 2024 AHP Poetry Prize, selected by Kazim Ali: “Feminist and humanist . . . passionate and compassionate.”

Through incisive, playful verse, Fagin reclaims the road trip for Black, queer, feminist futures. 💙

The Bear The bear came to me. I did not ask. I did not want.

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"Bear of loss. Bear of reckoning. I turned to face it, offering a hunger that required no mouth."

Thank you to Poetry Daily (poetrydaily.bsky.social) for featuring AHP author Amie Whittemore's (amiewhittemore.bsky.social) "The Bear" from her collection NEST OF MATCHES!

The Bear The bear came to me. I did not ask. I did not want.

Today's Featured Poem:

"The Bear" by @amiewhittemore.bsky.social from Nest of Matches published by @autumnhousepress.bsky.social

Read here:
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As the holiday season approaches, we have just the gift for your book-loving someone! Our book subscriptions are a fantastic way to support our independent press, and we love sending books to our subscribers each month.

Find more information on the ‘Subscriptions’ tab of our website!

Happy happiest of pub days to @ladiwoods.bsky.social and this absolutely wonderful book!

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The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe - Autumn House Press Winner of the 2024 Autumn House Fiction Prize, these lyrical, haunting stories invite us to question the stories we tell ourselves and to imagine other

Read more about Lauren's award-winning collection here: www.autumnhouse.org/books/the-gr...

Pub day for The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe by Lauren D. Woods (@ladiwoods.bsky.social)!

So proud to share this stunning debut collection with the world. 💖

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