Black Lawrence Press

Meet Sébastien Luc Butler, author of Sky Tongued Back With Light! It was so wonderful to chat with Sébastien about his forthcoming poetry collection. ✨ 📖

Sky Tongued Back With Light is out March 3, 2026 with Black Lawrence Press. Pre-order now at the link below.

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If you liked the workplace drama of The Boys Club, the haunting swampy landscapes of Everything Under, the fairytale/myth/folklore braid of Boy, Snow, Bird, and the magical feminism of Nights at the Circus...you are going to love Esquire Ball! Pre- order at the link below:

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Praise for The Earth Room is beginning to roll in! To pre-order Dana Diehl's Hudson Prize winning short story collection, visit the link below. The Earth Room arrives on January 20th. 🌏

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As 11/30 was a busy travel day, many folks emailed us asking if we might be able to extended the Open Reading Period deadline. Wish granted!

We are accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, chapbooks, anthology proposals, and more!

🗓️ NEW DEADLINE: Friday, December 5th, at Midnight EST

And just like that, it's already December! If you're shopping for book lovers in your life, our holiday sale is in full swing, with deep discounts on subscriptions, BLP swag, and select titles.📚

🎁 💌 To receive your books by Christmas, order by 12/15!

For fans of Mary Howe, Richard Siken, K. Iver, and Edgar Kuntz, Mickie Kennedy's Worth Burning is going to be your new favorite poetry collection. Worth Burning is out February 24th with Black Lawrence Press, and available for pre-order now. Reserve your copy at the link below!

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Final call for the November Open Reading Period! You have until Midnight EST tonight to submit your manuscript—we're accepting full length manuscripts and chapbooks in various genres. Read the full specs and submit at blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit 📚 ✨

Black Friday Subscription Sale!

Every month, we will send you:

-1 frontlist title
-1 chapbook
-1 backlist gem
-1 bonus gift (examples: mugs, totes, stickers, broadsides)

Purchase a subscription today to get up to 55% off the list price!

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You've still got through Friday to shop the Black Friday sale on subscriptions! Get up to 50% off and free shipping at blacklawrencepress.com/sale through 11/28. Each subscription includes 1 box per month with 2 books, a chapbook, and merch. 📚 ❤️

Lisa Slage Robinson's Esquire Ball is coming soon! Out February 10th with Black Lawrence Press wherever books are sold, and available for pre-order now at blacklawrencepress.com. ✨

You've got through Sunday (11/30) to send us your novel, novella, short story collection, poetry, chapbook, nonfiction, or creative nonfiction. Head on over to our Submittable to send in your manuscript! In the meantime, check out some previous winners here!

Daniele Pantano's translation of Nocturne is coming soon! Out January 13th with Black Lawrence Press, and available for pre-order now at the link below.

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As we head into the final month of the year, doesn't getting cozy with a book sound extra wonderful? 📚 🕯️🌨️

Our Holiday Sale is still active, with these titles available for $20.00 or less! Shop the sale at blacklawrencepress.com/sale

Join us this Sunday for a group writing session! This seminar, led by Miah Jeffra, addresses how we can best write our lives, navigating language, perception, and memory. You'll walk away with new material, a PDF of prompts, and a surprise chapbook mailed to you! Grab your spot at buff.ly/UVBsfrI.

Did you know BLP has a Substack? Receiving messages from our subscribers is wonderful. 💚 Sapling is a weekly newsletter for writers seeking to publish, featuring a list of publishers with open calls. Subscribe at saplingblp.substack.com!

Our annual Black Friday Sale is here! Get up to 50% off subscriptions with free shipping at blacklawrencepress.com/sale until Black Friday (11/28). Each subscription includes 1 box per month with 2 books, a chapbook, and merch. It's perfect for book lovers or a treat for yourself. 📚 ❤️

Tayyba Kanwal's Immigrant Writing Series winner arrives in less than two months! If you've read & enjoyed these titles, we think you'll fall in love with Talking with Boys.

Talking With Boys is forthcoming with BLP on January 6th, 2026. Pre-order now at blacklawrencepress.com. 💙

Our fiction consultation program provides rigorous, analytical feedback, akin to an MFA program, in partnership with award-winning authors. We're honored to support your manuscript's journey from inception to publication. ❤️

Visit our Submittable to submit your fiction to Robert Long Foreman!

Love Exit Zero, White Cat, Black Dog, or Awayland?

You’ll love The Earth Room by Dana Diehl, a spellbinding collection arriving January 20th from Black Lawrence Press.

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This month, we're thrilled to be working with TJ Beitelman and Kristina May Darling on poetry consultations! Head on over to our Submittable (link in bio) to submit your poetry manuscript. Whether it's one poem or a full manuscript you're ready to publish, we can't wait to work with you!

So glad you loved it, Annette! We hope to see you in future workshops!

For all the readers on your holiday gift list...🎁

All of these titles are currently on sale for under $20.00 through the end of November. We've also got discounts on our poetry & prose subscriptions! Head on over to blacklawrencepress.com to shop the sale.

Our second open reading period of the year is open! 📚

Send us your novels, novellas, short story collections, poetry, biography & cultural studies, or creative nonfiction!

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We're so pleased to share that Consultation Program alum William Considine has published his play, The Mysteries, with Spuyten Duyvil Press! Congratulations, William!

William worked with Kristina Marie Darling in August 2023, who is currently a November manuscript consultant!

Our November consultants are here and ready to work with you! This month, we're offering consultation services in poetry, fiction, and hybrid from some formidable writers. To learn about our consultants, their styles, and how to work with them, visit the link below.

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Join us this Tuesday, 11/11, for a free writing workshop! The wonderful Jennifer Met will lead us via Zoom on an exploration of imagery. You'll walk away with generative new techniques and writing exercises! ✨

Click the link below to sign up and get the Zoom link.

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Head on over to the link below to read an incredible interview with Lisa Fay Coutley, where she talks with COMP Journal about her poetry anthology, "In The Tempered Dark." They discuss grief, craft, and the writers who've influenced her—it's a truly lovely read. 🖤

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If you're looking for a poet who writes America's interior with a mythic, otherworldly voice like these greats do, you're going to be a fan of Sébastien Luc Butler. Pre-order his forthcoming collection now at blacklawrencepress.com 🖤

The free monthly issue of Sapling is out now! Head over to saplingblp.substack.com to read Kit Frick's interview with Galileo Press's Barrett Warner, where they talk all things indie publishing!

The annual BLP Holiday Sale is here! 🎁 📚 We've got a selection of titles for under $20, and great discounts on our poetry & prose subscriptions. Whether you're looking for a gift for a loved one or treating yourself to a little literary joy, head over to blacklawrencepress.com/sale.