📖 Got a chapbook? We want to read it! 🤓 Please submit your best poetry, hybrid, or fiction work to Abode Press. We are seeking chapbook manuscripts that explore themes of identity, origin, and culture. Submissions open until 11/30! 🗓️ Learn more: www.abodepress.com/submissions

We're excited to share the cover of Earth and Earth-like Planets by Devaki D. Devi! Earth & Earth-like Planets by Devaki D. Devi is a collection of imaginative short stories following Indian American children, teens, and young adults as they come of age in a country that often alienates them.

We're excited to introduce Marilyn Ramirez and Chase Martin as our Managing Editor team for our chapbook submission reading periods!👏 They're responsible for assigning submissions to readers, improving our reading workflow, and managing their assigned sections. 📖 Welcome to the team! 🎉

It’s been just over a month since Sea Changes by Hayun Cho entered the world, and our very own Angela Heiser, Poetry Reader and Publicity Intern at Abode, sat down with the author to get her insight. Subscribe to our Substack and read more: abode.substack.com/p/abode-feat...

🚨NEW WORKSHOP🚨 Join us Tuesday, September 16 at 7 PM CST for Writing with the Earth: An Anti-Imperialism Approach Towards Eco-Poetics a virtual workshop led by Ashia Ajani. Get your tickets: www.abodepress.com/events-1/wri...

🔥The wait is over!!!🔥 Abode Press is officially open for chapbook submissions in hybrid, poetry, and fiction. Submit your best manuscripts that speak to home, identity, and culture now until November 30th. We're excited to read your work! Learn more and submit here: www.abodepress.com/submissions

It's true. We still need to make headway into reaching our first fundraising goal of $500 by the end of August. All donations will go towards supporting increasing business operations, programming, and supporting authors and our staff. Donate here: donorbox.org/abode-press-... 🧵

🚨COMING SOON!🚨 Join us on Sunday, August 17 at 12 PM CST for Beyond Self Translation a virtual workshop led by Angelica Dàvila, author of “Bilingual Bitch”. 📖 “Beyond self-translation” intends to question the originality of a translated poem. Learn more: www.abodepress.com/events-1/bey...

It’s almost that time of the year again!! ✨ Our chapbook submissions open NEXT FRIDAY for poetry, prose, and hybrid chapbooks. Our teams are incredibly excited and ready to read your incredible work. Save the date and don’t miss your chance to submit to us! #chapbooks #indiepress

Thrilled to share that my hopeful dystopian poem “If I must exist here” will appear in an upcoming issue of @havenspec.bsky.social! ✨ This poem was sparked at last year’s @abodepress.bsky.social Summer Retreat, and I’m so excited that it will finally be out in the world.

Extremely excited to share that I’ve been accepted into @abodepress.bsky.social’s virtual summer retreat! I’ll be spending the summer studying under @kaylakumari.bsky.social and working on something spooky.

New newsletter is live! This month I wrote about some personal transitons I have coming up, storytelling and folklore and fairytales. Here are some writing prompts I featured in it from my Reconnecting to the Body Through Fairytales workshop I taught for @abodepress.bsky.social

thrilled to share that i was accepted into @abodepress.bsky.social’s virtual retreat this summer! i’m v excited to work on my next poetry manuscript with an incredible instructor & meet other folks in my cohort this june <3

Join us 4/28 at 6:30PM for Docupoetics: Distilling Truths in Oral Histories led by Dena Igusti! In this virtual class, we will explore docu-poetics & how incorporating archives and oral history into poems allows emotional exploration and distills truths without fully compromising identity risks. ✍️

Tomorrow is the last day to apply for our Virtual Retreat! Apps will not open again so don’t miss this deadline!! abodepress.submittable.com/submit

apply for this affordable creative writing residency w/ top-tier workshop leaders, people! 🤗 linktr.ee/abodepress

BIG NEWS! We are extending our Virtual Retreat application deadline!❤ Due to new followers and writers who missed the original deadline, we have received many requests to reopen our submissions for our Virtual Retreat this past week, we will re-open applications until 3/2!

Congratulations to our 2025-2026 chapbook winners!🏆 Please join us in congratulating our authors on their achievement!🥳 Stay tuned for more announcements regarding pre-orders, book launches, and more! Congratulations once again to our authors! Welcome to the Abode family! 🎉❤️😍

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Hey writers-- TOMORROW is the deadline to apply for @abodepress.bsky.social's virtual summer retreat. I'm the nonfiction instructor, but the workshop is open to writers from all genres! If you're looking to build community & get feedback on your writing, apply now: www.abodepress.com/summer-retreat

NEW WORKSHOP! Join us on 2/26 at 630pm CST for "Reconnecting to the Body Through Fairy Tales," an open-genre workshop that discusses fairytales, fables, myths & traditional stories to explore our relationships to our bodies and the stories that we tell about them. www.abodepress.com/events-1/rec...

✨ happy pub day to “Toy Soldiers”!! ✨ Michael Chang’s chapbook “Toy Soldiers” is officially out for publication!! Due to the holidays, the books were delayed in shipping but are officially shipped and all pre orders will be shipped as soon as books are received! www.abodepress.com/product-page...

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Applications for our 2025 Virtual Retreat are open! It’s free to apply! Don’t miss your chance to apply for an amazing affordable retreat packed with additional lectures, craft talks, and panels throughout June! ❤️❤️ Apply here: abodepress.submittable.com/submit

We close for chapbook submissions tonight at 11pm CST! Don’t miss your last chance to submit to us! abodepress.submittable.com/submit

we are THRILLED to reveal our Pushcart nominations!! 😱 it was such a joy to publish each author’s incredible chapbook this year, and it was not easy narrowing down our selections because of how strong their work was. 🧵

We are officially in our LAST week for chapbook submissions!!! We close for submissions on Saturday, November 30th by 11pm CST. Make sure to get your chapbook submissions in on time and don't miss us!! abodepress.submittable.com/submit

We are officially accepting workshop proposals for 2025!❤️ We’re looking for proposals from creative, thought leaders who align with our anti-racist, anti-colonialist, intersectional, and empathetic values. We love workshops that can tie in themes of home, identity, and culture. Link in bio 🔗

Our writing workshop at 5pm CST titled “Becoming Humananimal” is today! Attendees will read works examining the ways animals, trees, mushrooms, the living beings around us make a home (art), gather food (sustenance), and experiment w/ ways of being and play. www.abodepress.com/events-1/ope...

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We are very excited to reveal the cover art for our next chapbook, TOY SOLDIERS by MICHAEL CHANG! ✨ Coming January 1st, TOY SOLDIERS is a poetry collection that queers language and culture to critique 21st century living. Pre-order your copy here: www.abodepress.com/product-page...

We are now open for new work for our February 2025 issue, to be edited by the incredible KB Brookins! This issue has no theme -- just send good work! More information: beestungmag.com/about/

There's still some time left to submit your chapbook to Abode Press! ⏲️ We want to read your very best hybrid, fiction, and poetry writing 🧡 Submissions close on 11/30. ✍️ Don't miss your chance! Head to the link in our bio to check out our submission guidelines and submit your work. 🔗

Abode Press is seeking a Graphic Designer! This is a remote, volunteer position requiring at most 3 hours a week. This position starts as soon as possible. The Graphic Designer creates and uploads graphics weekly for the Social Media Manager. Learn more: www.abodepress.com/jobs

Abode Press needs an Administrative Assistant! This is a remote, volunteer role requiring 1-3 hours a week. Begins August 1st, 2024. This role provides a helping hand with all administrative tasks and gets hands-on publishing experience. Learn more: www.abodepress.com/jobs

🚨New Virtual Workshop!🚨 Join us Sunday, July 28, at 1 PM CST for Dismantling and Building the Page: Visual Poetry led by Monica Kim. Examine how visual poetry can subvert the Western poetic page and norm of the English language. Learn more: www.abodepress.com/events-1/dis...

Join Abode Press as a reading intern for our fall reading period in either poetry, hybrid, or fiction. Read 1-2 manuscripts per week, get hands-on publishing experience, and more! Learn more and apply for this volunteer role: abodepress.submittable.com/submit

Join us on 5/18 at noon CST for "The Plate is a Portal: Writing About Food" a virtual workshop led by Devi Sastry. Read food poems and discuss the role of food in our lives and culture. Uncover how food can inspire and nourish your writing. Learn more: www.abodepress.com/events-1/the...

Abode presents "Monster Mash"—a virtual workshop on 4/7 @ 1 pm with CD Eskilson. Explore how monster stories challenge society's dominant narratives & create your own empowering work. Learn more: www.abodepress.com/events-1/mon...

Join us on 3/30 @ 1 pm CST for "Still We Rise: Poems as Political Anthems" a virtual workshop by Sofia Aguilar. 🌟 Read and discuss political poems from revolutionary thinkers and writers. Plus create your own politically driven poem. Learn more: www.abodepress.com/events-1/sti...

🚨NEXT WEEK🚨 Abode will be tabling at the AfroLatinx Life & Writing Symposium at Texas A&M College Station. Catch our Founder Diamond Braxton and Poetry Editor SG Huerta reading during the Poetry Recital. The event is Thursday 2/29 from 9 am-5 pm CST Poetry Recital at 3:45 pm CST

I'm facilitating a workshop on ars poetica and writing about writing with @abodepress.bsky.social this Tuesday evening! you should join us! $10+ sliding scale, completely virtual, all genres/levels welcome. we will mostly discuss work by QTPOC 🥰

SG Huerta's workshop is coming NEXT TUESDAY!! Sign up for this incredible online workshop that will dive into ars poetica and study contemporary poets such as Danez Smith, Aerik Francis, and others. See you virtually there! Sign up here: www.abodepress.com/events-1/the...

New workshop! "The Art of Writing...About the Art of Writing", taught by SG Huerta. Get a refresher on ars poetica & study contemporary poets bringing the genre into the 21st century, like Danez Smith, Aerik Francis, and Oliver Baez Bendorf. Learn more here: www.abodepress.com/events-1/the...

We’re so excited for AWP! Find us at table T3335, say hello, and get some Abode Press merch! Stick around for our offsite event, “A Very Queer BIPOC Reading.” on Feb 7th and @diamondgbraxton.bsky.social on the panel “Publishing as Activism: Amplifying Marginalized Voices” on Feb 8th. 🧡

In 2023, we hosted a variety of stellar workshops, received nearly 200 chapbook submissions, and we’re just getting started. We’ll be taking a short break to make final selections and we’ll be back mid-Jan to announce our first-ever chapbook lineup. Thank you for a great year! ❤️

We hit 100 subscribers on Substack! Thanks to everyone who subscribed. We're excited to reach our next goal. Don't forget to subscribe to our Substack for press updates and exclusive content for paid subscribers. 💯 Subscribe here: abode.substack.com

Exciting news! 🥳 Abode Press will attend AWP in Kansas City next February. More details are coming soon, including table number and panel info. Thank you to everyone who has supported us by donating. Donations help cover costs and support author advances. Hope to see you there! 🧡