"I found myself compelled to read story after story, in part to discover what story-telling twist the author had in store for me next." Many thanks to Dorothy Rice and @literarymama.bsky.social for this thoughtful review of this award-winning collection by @ladiwoods.bsky.social!

We had such a wonderful weekend hosting Ren Cedar Fuller in Pittsburgh to celebrate her debut essay collection, BIGGER! From her workshop to her reading alongside contributors from Short Reads, Ren brought both a deep enthusiasm for the craft and a remarkable empathy for the lives she writes about.

Looking forward to hearing AHP Board Member Robert Yune read with AHP author Ren Cedar Fuller!

I have a new piece up @short-reads.org today about wassail choirs, strip clubs, New Zealand and a questionable life plan called the nonstop party wagon.

Tonight! We’re thrilled to cohost this special evening with Short Reads as we celebrate the Pittsburgh launch of Ren Cedar Fuller’s essay collection, BIGGER, welcoming Ren all the way from Seattle. We’re also delighted to be part of SR’s 3-year anniversary celebration. 🧡🫏🏠

Nonfiction Writers: The 2026 AHP Nonfiction Prize is now open! This prize is awarded for a full-length book of nonfiction (memoirs and personal essay collections). This year's judge is Ira Sukrungruang, and the winner receives publication of their book and $2,500. #indiepublishing #nonfiction

PGH Folks: Join us this afternoon for a writing workshop led by Ren Cedar Fuller, "The Lyric Essay: Using Nonlinear Forms to Tell the Story." In person @ the Pitt Writing Center (3rd floor, O’Hara Student Center, 4024 O’Hara St.); NB: You don't need to be affiliated with Pitt to attend!

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Ren Cedar Fuller interviewed by Pittsburgh Review of Books on storytelling, empathy, and future endeavors. Read the full interview here: pghrev.com/when-writing...

Join us on March 28, 2026, at White Whale Bookstore for a nonfiction reading to beat them all! We’ll be celebrating the PGH launch of Ren Cedar Fuller’s BIGGER along with the 3-year anniversary reading for Short Reads, featuring SR contributors Hallie Pritts, M.S. Reagan, and Robert Yune.

Thanks to Poetry Daily for featuring this poem from Richard Hamilton's DISCORDANT! @poetrydaily.bsky.social #poems #poetry #politicalpoetry

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Grace Spulak interviewed by Harvard Law Today about the inspiration behind her upcoming collection, Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think. Read the full interview here: hls.harvard.edu/today/from-h...

Some pre-pub love for Self-Portrait as the "i" in Florida by @cunningpscott.bsky.social!

Lana one of our social media team superstars is interning at @autumnhouse.org and she couldn’t have ended up in a more welcoming and generative space. This is why we need indie publishing in the world! Check them and their fantastic catalogue out! #awp #awp26 #autumnhousepress #writers #intern

“This bringing together of disparate influences, the merging of multiple inspirations to forge a new world is something of a Vollmer signature.” Scott Silsbe reviews Judith Vollmer's new book, THE PAVESE STONE, out now from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social. pghrev.com/judith-vollm...

Congrats to Lauren D. Woods: Her debut collection has been named a finalist for the 2025 Foreword INDIES Finalist for Short Stories! Read all about it: www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books... @ladiwoods.bsky.social #indie #finalist #bookprize #shortstories

Our books are packed, and we're ready to go! See you at #AWP26, Baltimore; we're booth 1165. 😎

Nonfiction Writers: The 2026 AHP Nonfiction Prize is now open! This prize is awarded for a full-length book of nonfiction (memoirs and personal essay collections). This year's judge is Ira Sukrungruang, and the winner receives publication of their book and $2,500. #indiepublishing #nonfiction

@cameronbarnett.bsky.social featured on @radio.wpsu.org.web.brid.gy Poetry Moment with “Emmett Till Haunts the Library in Money, MS.” Through humor and horror, the poem asks us not to look back in nostalgia, but forward into responsibility. Listen here: radio.wpsu.org/2026-02-23/p... #WPSU

Congrats to Grace Spulak for having her stunning story "The Four Winds" in the most recent issue of BLACKBIRD, and big thanks to the BLACKBIRD editors! Read Grace's story here: blackbird.vcu.edu/the-four-win... @blackbirdjournal.bsky.social

🚨Fiction writers: Tomorrow is the final day to submit to the AHP Fiction Prize! Send us your full-length MSs ASAP!

📢 Save the Date & spread the word! Join us Thursday, February 26 at Choolaah (Centre Ave), 10:45 AM–9 PM. Use code PRESS in the Choolaah app or mention our fundraiser in-store. 📚 30% of proceeds support Autumn House Press. More info: Choolaah.com #ChoolaahYum #ChoolaahGives

Submissions close this Saturday!

📢 Save the Date & spread the word! Join us Thursday, February 26 at Choolaah (Centre Ave), 10:45 AM–9 PM. Use code PRESS in the Choolaah app or mention our fundraiser in-store. 📚 30% of proceeds support Autumn House Press. More info: Choolaah.com #ChoolaahYum #ChoolaahGives

Cover reveal! 🦜 We’re thrilled to share the cover of our 2025 Autumn House Fiction Prize winner, OBJECTS OF DESIRE by Adam O’Fallon Price, selected by Alexandra Kleeman. Coming October 2026. Preorders open soon. DM us for a galley. #Coverreveal #Shortstory #Fiction @adamoprice.bsky.social

AHP was thrilled to host Lauren D. Woods in Pittsburgh! Lauren read alongside her AHP pressmate, Sherrie Flick, visited the Senior Seminar in Fiction at the University of Pittsburgh, led a generative workshop at the AHP office, and read with CAPA creative writing students! 💖

On the occasion of the release of his poetry collection KONBIT, out now from CMU Press, Aakanksha Agarwal interviews Pittsburgh writer Sony Ton-Amie. pghrev.com/a-poets-warn...

Pittsburgh! Come hear Laura Jackson (@thatwvwriter.bsky.social) read as part of the Free Association Reading Series this Sunday, 02/22, at 3 p.m at City of Asylum (@cityofasylum.bsky.social)! Laura will be joined by Dani LaMorte, Lauren Shapiro, and James Tasillo.

AHP is so looking forward to #AWP2026! Come say hi at Booth 1165!

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"I am obsessed with the idea of escape and didn’t realize it until I wrote this collection." Thanks to the Pittsburgh Review of Books and Devan Murphy for this wonderful interview with AHP's Lauren D. Woods! @ladiwoods.bsky.social @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social

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Pittsburgh, join us next Friday for a generative writing workshop at the AHP office: "Expanding Your Range in Short Stories: From Realism to Surrealism," led by @ladiwoods.bsky.social

Next Thursday! White Whale Bookstore, Pittsburgh 7pm

Next week, 02/12/26 at 7 pm, join AHP authors Lauren D. Woods & Sherrie Flick at White Whale Books for Lauren's Pittsburgh launch for her collection, THE GREAT GROWN-UP GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE. @ladiwoods.bsky.social @sherrieflick.bsky.social

Loves these blurbs for P. Scott Cunningham's Self-Portrait as the "i" in Florida! Big thanks to Major Jackson, Kaveh Akbar & Erika Meitner. @cunningpscott.bsky.social #poetry #donaldjustice #poems

“It all felt very much like those medieval torture devices and Kafka’s Officer who operated on the principle that according to him guilt was always beyond a doubt.” Lisa Slage Robinson on writing “Drive.” pghrev.com/on-writing-d...

Big congratulations to Okwudili Nebeolisa! His debut collection, TERMINAL MALADIES, is a finalist for the 2026 Minnesota Book Award in Poetry. Thank you to the committee, and congrats to the other finalists. @okwudilin.bsky.social #poetry #mnbookawards #award #debut

Check out these incredible blurbs for Meredith Nnoka's debut poetry collection, LES PORTES, winner of the CAAPP Book Prize. Warmest thank yous to Cameron Awkward-Rich, Brenda Shaughnessy, Beth E. Richie, and Chen Chen! #debut #lgbtq+ #feminist

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Print galleys of Self-Portrait as the "i" in Florida by P. Scott Cunningham have arrived! Winner of the 2025 Donald Justice Poetry Prize, Self-Portrait is a love letter to Miami & a meditation on fatherhood. #formalistpoetry #indiepub @cunningpscott.bsky.social

“Stories matter. . . . They shape how we understand ourselves and each other. And sometimes, they’re how we survive.” Wonderful interview with Grace Spulak about her debut short story collection in El Defensor Chieftan.

Winding, sometimes stream of consciousness type poetry. Phrases bump along uneven roads, sputter like a weary engine. Fagin’s poems ask you to trust the process, and know that we are shortcutting our way to an important place. Then, a revelation so bright you have to squint appears. #booksky

We had so much fun at our first annual Chicago Writers Showcase last night!!! Thanks to everyone who came and braved the cold to be there 🥰 You warmed our hearts with your beautiful words and brilliance.

We’re so excited to share these wonderful endorsements for Grace Spulak’s forthcoming debut short story collection, Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think! Deep thanks to K-Ming Chang, Adrienne Celt, Carter Sickels, and Maryse Meijer for these generous words of support. #debut #shortstories #lgbtq+

Short Reads (Nonfiction; pays) opened to nonfiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

PGH: Mark your calendars! Lauren D. Woods is coming to town and will be reading with Sherrie Flick at White Whale Bookstore on Feb. 12 @ 7 pm! @ladiwoods.bsky.social @sherrieflick.bsky.social #Reading #Fiction #Shortstories #Flashfiction

Print galleys of Les Portes by Meredith Nnoka are here! DM us if you're interested in a copy for review. . . . #indieauthor #debut #poetry

Thanks to @electricliterature.com and Wendy J. Fox for featuring THE GREAT GROWN UP GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE by @ladiwoods.bsky.social in their "15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Winter" list!