Black Lawrence Press

We're excited to be offering select nonfiction titles for $3.99 across ebook platforms (Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, and Google Play) during the month of February! Grab a few of these fantastic titles while the sale lasts. 📚

Last call for the Big Moose Prize! Send us your manuscript by Midnight EST—blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit ✨

Last call for our January Manuscript Consultations! You've got until midnight EST tomorrow (1/31) to submit your manuscript. Head on over to our Submittable for the full submission details & for the submission link.

Just a little over one month until Sébastien Luc Butler's Black River Chapbook Competition winner is out in the world. The reviews are coming in, and we're getting excited! Pre-order is still available at buff.ly/KpRqdor.

Sky Tongued Back With Light is out March 3, 2026 with Black Lawrence Press.

Praise for Talking With Boys keeps rolling in! We were so delighted to see it on Ms. Magazine's "January 2026 Reads for the Rest" list.

Talking With Boys by Tayyba Kanwal is out now—purchase your copy at blacklawrencepress.com.

BLP poet July Westhale (author of "moon moon") recently hosted the Poetry Centered podcast! Give it a listen—it's out on Spotify and Apple Podcasts now.

Our fiction consultation program offers the kind of rigorous feedback that's difficult to find outside of an MFA program—for over a decade, it's been an honor to partner with award-winning authors to provide consultations to writers!

Visit our Submittable to send your fiction to Jen Michalski.

So excited to see Esquire Ball in Reactor Magazine's "Can't Miss Indie Speculative Fiction" roundup! Lisa Slage Robinson's Gothic, mysterious, folkloric collection is out February 10th. You can still pre-order now at blacklawrencepress.com 📚

We are still accepting submissions for The Big Moose Prize! Send us your unpublished novel via Submittable—submission details, past winners, and a look into this year's judging panel can be found on our website, or at the link below.

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A big happy pub day to The Earth Room, featured here in Reactor's "Can't Miss Indie Specualtive Fiction" roundup. Dana Diehl's collection of fantastical tales is officially here! Purchase your copy at blacklawrencepress.com, and check out Reactor's full list at reactormag.com

Now through the end of January, we're offering select e-books for $3.99! This sale is valid across major book platforms, so wherever you find your e-books, pick up a few of these BLP titles while you can.

So pleased to see Nina Chayka's Immigrant Writing Series winner, Seagulls, featured in Ms. Magazine's "Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026" list!

Seagulls is out June 9th with Black Lawrence Press. Pre-order is available at blacklawrencepress.com/books

There are still a handful of spots open in this Sunday's group writing session! You will be guided through writing prompts in a community of other writers, and you'll walk away with a PDF of prompts for future use AND a free chapbook! More details & signup at the link below:

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This month, we're thrilled to be working with Michal 'MJ' Jones 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!

An exciting offering at AWP this year! BLP poet Geoff Bouvier is offering 20 minute in-person poetry consultations! Sign up for a slot using the QR code.

📍 AWP 2026 Conference in Baltimore, MD
🗓️ Friday, March 6th
🕰️ 10am to 12pm

TONIGHT! Join us for the virtual book launch of Talking with Boys by Tayyba Kanwal. The event is free & virtual—RSVP and find the Zoom link below! We'll see you at 8pm EST. ✨

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A literary treat for these long January evenings—now through the end of January, select BLP short story collections are on sale for $3.99 across e-book platforms (Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, and Google Play). Grab some of these stories to cozy up with this winter!

The Big Moose Prize is open through the end of January! Awarded to an unpublished novel, the winner receives publication with Black Lawrence Press, a $1,000 prize, and ten copies of their novel. Submit now at blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit!

We're two weeks out from Diane Goettel's (BLP's executive editor!) workshop with Hudson Valley Writers Center! It's about all things small press publishing, and will be especially useful for writers interested in publishing with small presses. Grab your tickets at writerscenter.org/workshops 🎟️

A new month means new manuscript consultants! This month, we're proud to partner with BLP authors Jen Michalski and Michal 'MJ' Jones. Head over to the link in our bio or our Submittable to learn about our consultants' styles, and to send them your work. We can't wait to work with you!

January continues to bring new arrivals to the Black Lawrence Press bookshelf. 📚

With Nocturne arriving next week on 1/13 and The Earth Room following on 1/20, we're thrilled for two new titles to enter your worlds.

Pre-order is still available at blacklawrencepress.com.

Join us one week from today to celebrate Talking With Boys! On Wednesday 1/14, we are hosting a virtual book launch event with Tayyba Kanwal, with a reading from the book and discussion with Tayyba. This event is virtual and free—we hope to see you there!

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Join us on Sunday, January 18th, for a generative group writing session! Led by poet and editor Isaac Pickell, you will be given prompts & time to write in a community of other writers. You will also walk away with a PDF of prompts for future writing, and a surprise chapbook mailed to you!

Incredibly honored and excited to see Arielle Hebert's debut poetry collection on LitHub's "Most Anticipated Poetry of 2026" list!

Bottom Feeders is out with Black Lawrence Press 6/16/2026 ✨

Selected by Reedsy as one of 2022's Best Writing Contests, the Big Moose Prize has been up and running for over a decade. We're proud to award this prize each year to an unpublished novel. Take a peek at last year's winner!

The Big Moose Prize is open through 1/31. Submit at our Submittable!

The first week of a new month means a free Sapling piece is coming! It's got a curated directory of small presses & journals seeking submissions, as well as an interview! Head to the link below to get tomorrow's free newsletter straight to your inbox. 📬

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We're beyond excited for the lineup of new releases coming into the world this year! What better way to kick off the new year than to share this wonderful review of Mickie Kennedy's forthcoming collection, Worth Burning. It's out on February 24th, and available for pre-order now!

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A wonderful interview with Andrew Grace, author of A Brief History of the Midwest, is featured in the Winter 2025 edition of Rain Taxi! To read the full interview, click the link below.

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Last call for our December Manuscript Consultations! If you'd like to work with Enzo Silon Surin or TJ Beitelman, you've got until midnight EST tomorrow (12/31) to submit your manuscript. Head on over to our Submittable for the full submission details & for the submission link.

A handful of our 2025 New Releases are currently on sale! You've got through 12/31 to shop our Holiday Sale, where you can grab these titles & more for under $20. Shop the sale at blacklawrencepress.com/sale!