Porkbelly Press is pleased to announce the following chapbook & micro chapbook manuscripts have been accepted, and these books will join PP’s 2025/6 lineup of new releases!
POETRY
touching grass by Mukethe Kawinzi
where the bluegrass grows, june 1916 by Sarah Josephine Pennington
The Sword Swallowers by Emily F. Kerlin
Texas Flood by Robert Okaji
FICTION
The Uses of Hardness, the uses of softness by Sarah Beddow
Thank you to all of the poets & authors who took the time to submit and shared work this reading period. We’ll read again for chapbooks in January 2025—micro chapbooks subs open in July 2025.
Also forthcoming from Porkbelly Press in 2024/5 (as of this post):
POETRY
dream about an uncle by miles a.m. collins-sibley
The Woman, The River by Sayuri Ayers
A Few Mythic Paths by Mari Ness
Mascara, Boobs, & Headbands by Susan Milchman
Notes on how the wolf resuscitates by Paris Jessie
There Are No Filipinos in Mississippi by Noreen Ocampo
Arizona is in its 28th year of drought by Brekken Carns
FICTION
For Every Tower, a Princess by Kathryn Kulpa
HYBRID
Self-Talk by Esinam Bediako