Here, the familiar and the foreign cannot be clearly delineated, and attempts to escape one’s history lead to seeing it in new forms. sundress-publications.square.site/product/tale...

11, 12. Nora Hikari’s collection _Still My Father’s Son_ is the most metal poetry I read this year, in the relentless present tense of metal, its theme of refusing to blame a wound that hasn’t closed for being open. Check out “Notes on a Poem” & “The End of Time”. From @sundresspub.bsky.social.

Sara Lieto (they/them) is a poet and MFA candidate at University of Maryland where their work was awarded the 2025 Academy of American Poets Prize. Most recently, their poems have appeared in Wax Nine Journal and Struggle Magazine. They live in the DMV area with their two cats.

Sundress Publications is thrilled to announce that Christian Yeo‘s chapbook, So Rain, was selected by Joshua Nguyen as the winner of our annual e-chapbook contest. Find out of full list of winners and finalists here! www.sundresspublications.com/news/2025/12...

In this week's #Sundress Reads, Emma Goss reads and reviews Ellen Austin-Li's latest poetry collection, Incidental Pollen, available now from Madville Publishing! sundressblog.com/2025/12/15/s...

Alaska native and Sundress intern Ana Mourant's immersive reading list comes complete with tea and location recommendations for each book. Choose your ambiance from this thoughtfully curated Project Bookshelf on our blog. sundressblog.com/2025/07/10/p...

Sundress Publications is open for submissions for microgrant applications from Palestinian writers with a chapbook or full-length book in progress. Projects of all genres are welcome. Visit our website to learn more and apply by December 31, 2025. www.sundresspublications.com/news/2025/09...

Have you had a book published in the past two years? Consider submitting to The Wardrobe! The Wardrobe’s “Best Dressed” features work from recent books of any genre written by women, nonbinary, and genderqueer writers. sundressblog.com/the-wardrobe/

Sundress intern Catie Macauley describes their writing, both letters and poetry, as an "act of reaching across time, in search of companionship." Learn more about what writing means to them on our blog. sundressblog.com/2025/11/09/m...

"There is no place to flee. I am here for the duration I say heart is heavy, angel of death all around no wonder so many hearts just stopped this week" —Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha beestungmag.com/issue25/one-...

"SG Huerta's Burns is so Texas like 'oil to pay for college wind power,' so Xicanx like 'if we make / ourselves laugh we'll remember / we don't need them to,' so trans like 'It is hard to revise when I can't promise myself / tomorrow.'" –KB Brookins sundress-publications.square.site/product/burn...

OverJOYED to see @juneroadpress.bsky.social, @perugiapress.bsky.social, @bobsykora.bsky.social, ENTRE RÍOS Books, @sundresspub.bsky.social and @djvorreyer.bsky.social on this list! 📚❤️🎉 I hope we are all giving books this year, and supporting small presses.

The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is now accepting applications for our summer 2026 residencies. To learn more and apply by February 1st, 2026, visit the link below. www.sundresspublications.com/safta/reside...

Read about the evolution of Sundress intern Tassneem Abdulwahab's "curatorial" literary habits in her edition of Project Bookshelf on our blog! sundressblog.com/2025/11/09/p...

In this week's #SundressReads, Ana Mourant reads and reviews Paula Sager's memoir, The Watch: Time to Witness the Beauty of It All, available now from Wildhouse Publications! sundressblog.com/2025/12/11/s...

Sundress Publications (@sundresspub.bsky.social) is accepting microgrant applications from Palestinian writers with a chapbook or full-length WIP. Any genre. No fee. Apply by 12/31/25. www.sundresspublications.com/news/2025/09/sundress-publications-open-for-2025-microgrant-for-palestinian-writers/

i have read all of these books and really adored them all!

“They made me and dissected me and sold me for ¥68 a ticket to college girls who all come with best friends and cups of boba tea.” —Yufan Lu beestungmag.com/issue25/two-...

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Feelings of grief and alienation abide, but so do love and gratitude as these characters forge bonds and gain perspective in unexpected encounters. sundress-publications.square.site/product/tale...

The Best of the Net is now officially on BlueSky! Follow them at @bestofthenet.bsky.social!

Pre-orders are now available for Burns, the debut full-length poetry collection by SG Huerta! Save $6 off the cover price when you pre-order now! sundress-publications.square.site/product/burn...

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Sundress Publications (@sundresspub.bsky.social) is open for submissions for microgrant applications from Palestinian writers with a chapbook or full-length book in progress. Projects of all genres are welcome. Learn more and apply by December 31, 2025: sundresspublications.com/news/2025/09...

"Every story stands alone, but together they form a radiant canvas of a Filipino-American neighborhood where memory and myth live side by side." —John McNally sundress-publications.square.site/product/tale...

Your tax-deductible donation could give writers and artists an opportunity to produce work at the SAFTA residency! Support a group of writers, a genre of writers, or more! Details at: sundresspublications.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/s...

Jessica Rae Bergamino's Girlhood x A Haunting has been featured in The Wardrobe's Best Dressed! Use the link in our bio to read and then order your copy of this poetry collection today. #tbr #newbook @sundresspub.bsky.social

Have you had a book published in the past two years? Consider submitting to The Wardrobe! The Wardrobe’s “Best Dressed” features work from recent books of any genre written by women, nonbinary, and genderqueer writers. sundressblog.com/the-wardrobe/

Ahead of the 2025 release of her fourth poetry collection, Unrivered, Donna Vorreyer spoke with Sundress Publications editorial intern Lizzy DiGrande. sundressblog.com/2025/11/04/i...

Our workshop participants reported more than 40 publications in November. While they don't yet rule the world—unfortunately—they rock it. www.smokelong.com/smokelong-wo...

The Sundress Academy for the Arts is excited to present “Word/Play: A Generative Poetry Workshop,” a free virtual workshop led by Aerik Francis on December 10th from 6:00-7:30 PM ET. sundressblog.com/2025/11/20/s...

Sundress Publications is open for submissions of full-length prose manuscripts in all genres. All authors are welcome to submit manuscripts during our reading period! Submissions are free from 12/1-12/14! www.sundresspublications.com/submit#prose

ICYMI, contributor @sfmontgomery.bsky.social's new chapbook ✨ NERVE: UNLEARNING WORKSHOP ABLEISM TO DEVELOP YOUR DISABLED WRITING PRACTICE ✨ is already out from @sundresspub.bsky.social 🥳 Get your copy here: buff.ly/C7Q2lhl

In this week's #SundressReads, Joseph Norris reads and reviews Whish by Jackie Craven, available now from Press 53! sundressblog.com/2025/11/20/s...

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It is the LAST DAY TO SUBMIT to our annual poetry broadside contest! Submit up to three poems for a chance to win $200 and 20 copies of your letterpress-printed broadside! www.sundresspublications.com/news/2025/09...

"Vorreyer is formally masterful, particular and intimate in her bodily inspections. You will come away from this book with a new understanding of your body. You will put this book down and want to hold yourself instead." —Taylor Byas sundress-publications.square.site/product/unri...

"Vorreyer is formally masterful, particular and intimate in her bodily inspections. You will come away from this book with a new understanding of your body. You will put this book down and want to hold yourself instead." —Taylor Byas sundress-publications.square.site/product/unri...

"The dust particles and ghosts of the Grolier Poetry Bookshop" are a home away from home for Sundress intern Catie Macauley. Delve into this enchanting installment of Project Bookshelf on our blog. sundressblog.com/2025/11/04/p...

Doubleback Review is hiring for a remote, volunteer Managing Editor. Responsibilities include the selection and oversight of the genre and social media editors, managing submissions, and ensuring the timely and accurate publication of the journals’ issues. www.sundresspublications.com/openings/#db

Being here for the duration & doing the dishes. Altar rails & touching up mullets. Disastrous atrophy & boba tea. Setting our fields ablaze. beestung #25 is here w/ Dylan McNulty-Holmes, Willow Sipling, Izzy Peroni, Helen Robertson, Yufan Lu, michal "mj" jones, & more! www.beestungmag.com

The Sundress Academy for the Arts has extended the deadline for editorial internship applications through December 2nd! This part-time internship would consist of approximately 5-10 hours of work per week and run from January 1st to July 5th, 2026. www.sundresspublications.com/openings/#sa...

Eartha Davis is a woman of Ngāpuhi & Celtic heritage living on Wurundjeri land. She is the winner of the AAWP/Express Media Sudden Writing Prize and a 2025 Varuna Residency Fellow.

The Sundress Academy for the Arts is excited to present Poetry Xfit hosted by Brynn Martin. This generative workshop event will take place on Sunday, November 30th, from 2 to 4 pm EST. Join us virtually with the password “safta”. sundressblog.com/2025/10/28/s...

Check out these upcoming winter readings for Donna Vorreyer's collection Unrivered! #sundresspublications #poetry #poetryreadings #poetryevents

In this week's #SundressReads, Marian Kohng reads and reviews Jennifer Dupree's novel, What Do You Want From Me?, available now from Apprentice House Press! sundressblog.com/2025/11/16/s...

In a review for RHINO, Amanda Auchter calls Donna Vorreyer's collection Unrivered, "a fierce, luminous meditation on the shifting terrain of aging, faith, loss, and the quiet defiance needed to remain whole amid unraveling." Read the full commentary at the link below. rhinopoetry.org/reviews/donn...

Being here for the duration & doing the dishes. Altar rails & touching up mullets. Disastrous atrophy & boba tea. Setting our fields ablaze. beestung #25 is here! www.beestungmag.com

SAFTA is seeking editorial interns for Spring 2026! The position’s responsibilities include the preparation of documents necessary to run a writer’s residency as well as online participation in literary events including readings and workshops. www.sundresspublications.com/openings/#sa...

We are hiring now for our spring internships! These remote, volunteer positions offer hands-on experience with editing, writing, and contributing to the social media of a nationally recognized independent literary press. Applications are due 11/21/2025! www.sundresspublications.com/openings/