November Press Updates: Poetry Pre-Orders, Events, & More!
Chapbook submissions are closing soon!
Sagittarius Season is upon us and as always we have ton of exciting things happening at Abode!
TOY SOLDIERS by MICHAEL CHANG, out January 1st
Pre-orders are open for our next poetry chapbook, TOY SOLDIERS by MICHAEL CHANG!
MICHAEL CHANG's poetry chapbook TOY SOLDIERS queers language and culture to critique 21st century living. Alert to the sins and sorrows of our indignant time, driven by fast lingo, tight lines, and erotic vitality, TOY SOLDIERS presses all the relevant and irreverent buttons with cunning bravado. Pleasure is ever allied to pain but "a brief sight of beauty/can serve as a source of renewable energy." Amen. These poems keep it, and us, true.We’re so excited to start the new year with a brand new poetry collection. Copies will ship as soon as January 1st!
Pushcart Nominations!
This is our first time to nominate work for the Pushcart Prize! We’re so excited to share that we’ve nominated the following works:
Jerrice J. Baptiste from Coral in the Diaspora: "Le Maïs"
Farrah Fang from Quererme En La Luz: "Bury The Boy And Birth The Woman" and "La Mujer Trans y La Luna"
Desiree McCray from My Sisters Look Like God: "My Grandmother Don't Measure While Cooking" and "Letter to My Motherland"
Stephen Rendon from Moth and Ghost at Work: "unburied | eaten | San Jacinto river | 1830s-2021"
Chapbook Submissions - open until November 30th
Our second reading period ends in just one week! We have absolutely loved reading all of the wonderful manuscripts you’ve sent our way so far. If you’re still wanting to send us your chapbook, check out what we’re looking for:
Send us your prose, poetry, and everything in between. For poetry, send up to 30 pages. For prose and hybrid, send up to 60 pages.
This year, we are also asking for a brief artist statement so we can get to know the artist behind the book. You can learn more about our press values here.
Abode not only prioritizes marginalized voices but is also run by marginalized writers and editors. We understand how important it is to level the playing field. Submission fees are on a sliding scale with options ranging from $5 to $20. Fee waivers for queer/trans writers of color are available!
Our full guidelines can be found here.
Workshop Proposals - open until January 4th
Community workshops are a staple of the work we do at Abode. We’re so excited to announce that we’re accepting proposals for our 2025 lineup!
We love themes of identity, origin, and culture, and workshops that take risks, defy genre and subvert our expectations. We especially love to work with instructors who belong to BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities and/or who are based in the South.
You can find more details and send your proposal here!
Literary Tarot with Abode Press - The Front Market, Austin, TX, November 24th, 11am-5pm
We’ll see you this Sunday at Front Market! We’ll be at Waterloo Greenway in Austin, Texas with over 150 other women & LGBT+ creatives curated by Future Front on November 24th. In addition to our chapbooks, we’ll also be offering literary tarot readings. You can learn more about the Front Market here.
San Antonio Zine Fest - Sociedad Fraternal Cruz Blanca, San Antonio, TX, December 1st, 10am-5pm
We’ll also be tabling at San Antonio Zine Fest next Sunday! Come see us and some amazing zinesters at this all-ages, free to the public event. We’ll have chapbooks and information about our 2025 programming. You can learn more here!
Bookstore
Earlier this year, we published two poetry chapbooks, My Sisters Look Like God: A Womanist Manifesto of Poetry by Desiree McCray, and Quererme en La Luz by Farrah Fang, Jerrice J. Baptiste’s fiction collection Coral in the Diaspora, and Stephen Rendon’s hybrid chapbook Moth and Ghost at Work. All of these chapbooks are in stock with a limited run. You can find our full bookstore here!
Thank you so much for being part of our Abode familia! We hope to connect with you in central Texas or virtually soon!