Omnidawn Publishing
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Founded in 2001, we publish work that opens readers to the many ways language may bring new insight & an elevated respect for, and appreciation of, differences.
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· Jan 10
Announcing our 2026 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book Contest!
judge: Brody Parrish Craig
deadline: January 1, 2026-February 16, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific
contest fee: $30
prize: $3000, publication, and 20 copies
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
We look forward to reading your best work!
judge: Brody Parrish Craig
deadline: January 1, 2026-February 16, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific
contest fee: $30
prize: $3000, publication, and 20 copies
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
We look forward to reading your best work!
We are excited to share with our community exciting literary news: Split Lip Magazine and Friends is holding a benefit reading for CHARM at AWP, featuring incredible writers such as jason b. crawford.
RSVP here: charmlitmag.org
Pick up crawford's YEET! here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
RSVP here: charmlitmag.org
Pick up crawford's YEET! here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
February 10, 2026 at 1:13 AM
We are excited to share with our community exciting literary news: Split Lip Magazine and Friends is holding a benefit reading for CHARM at AWP, featuring incredible writers such as jason b. crawford.
RSVP here: charmlitmag.org
Pick up crawford's YEET! here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
RSVP here: charmlitmag.org
Pick up crawford's YEET! here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Poems set in a state of heavy surveillance as the speaker navigates uncertainty and shifting realities.
Read BOMB Magazine’s interview featuring Molly Bendall, author of Turncoat:
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Pick up a copy of Turncoat here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Read BOMB Magazine’s interview featuring Molly Bendall, author of Turncoat:
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
Pick up a copy of Turncoat here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Poems set in a state of heavy surveillance as the speaker navigates uncertainty and shifting realities.
Read BOMB Magazine’s interview featuring Molly Bendall, author of Turncoat:
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
Pick up a copy of Turncoat here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Read BOMB Magazine’s interview featuring Molly Bendall, author of Turncoat:
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
Pick up a copy of Turncoat here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Deepwater considers the fractured reality of living in a queer disabled body and how we might find freedom, safety, and spiritual healing despite grief.
Listen to Deepwater's podcast interview:
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Listen to Deepwater's podcast interview:
open.spotify.com/episode/5VYP...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Deepwater considers the fractured reality of living in a queer disabled body and how we might find freedom, safety, and spiritual healing despite grief.
Listen to Deepwater's podcast interview:
open.spotify.com/episode/5VYP...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Listen to Deepwater's podcast interview:
open.spotify.com/episode/5VYP...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
"Omnidawn made it easy for me to understand what I needed, answered SO MANY questions I had as a first time author, and prioritized my creative freedom throughout the publishing process! I can’t wait to read manuscripts & select the next Omnidawn author!"
-Brody Parrish Craig, judge of contest
-Brody Parrish Craig, judge of contest
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
"Omnidawn made it easy for me to understand what I needed, answered SO MANY questions I had as a first time author, and prioritized my creative freedom throughout the publishing process! I can’t wait to read manuscripts & select the next Omnidawn author!"
-Brody Parrish Craig, judge of contest
-Brody Parrish Craig, judge of contest
Poetry that considers the nature of relationships in an age mediated by social media and impacted by violence.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Poetry that considers the nature of relationships in an age mediated by social media and impacted by violence.
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INVENTORYS takes as its point of departure the voyage, shipwreck, and eventual excavation of the Spanish trade vessel El Nuevo Constante.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM
INVENTORYS takes as its point of departure the voyage, shipwreck, and eventual excavation of the Spanish trade vessel El Nuevo Constante.
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/12/sam-...
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robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/12/sam-...
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A collection of poetry showcasing the diversity of subjects and forms in Yau’s writing.
radiokingston.org/en/podcast/l...
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radiokingston.org/en/podcast/l...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:43 PM
A collection of poetry showcasing the diversity of subjects and forms in Yau’s writing.
radiokingston.org/en/podcast/l...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
radiokingston.org/en/podcast/l...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Experimental lyric and narrative poetry that brings together philosophy, theology, and humor.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Experimental lyric and narrative poetry that brings together philosophy, theology, and humor.
deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/q-wi...
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Poetic fables that consider a future Greater Americas that blends the cultures of people across the hemisphere.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Poetic fables that consider a future Greater Americas that blends the cultures of people across the hemisphere.
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/12/12-o...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/12/12-o...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Crawford explores the lines between blood and flower, between histories, inevitabilities, and possibilities.
-Lit Hub
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-Lit Hub
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January 18, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Crawford explores the lines between blood and flower, between histories, inevitabilities, and possibilities.
-Lit Hub
lithub.com/ancient-algo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
-Lit Hub
lithub.com/ancient-algo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Congratulations to James McCorkle! Seven Cycles is the winner of the 2025 Omnidawn Chapbook Contest.
And congrats to the finalists!
煦 NA
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Kuriakose
Brooklyn, NY
Susan Lewis
New York, NY
Christopher Nelson
Grinnell, IA
Anca Roncea
Cerritos, CA
And congrats to the finalists!
煦 NA
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Kuriakose
Brooklyn, NY
Susan Lewis
New York, NY
Christopher Nelson
Grinnell, IA
Anca Roncea
Cerritos, CA
January 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Congratulations to James McCorkle! Seven Cycles is the winner of the 2025 Omnidawn Chapbook Contest.
And congrats to the finalists!
煦 NA
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Kuriakose
Brooklyn, NY
Susan Lewis
New York, NY
Christopher Nelson
Grinnell, IA
Anca Roncea
Cerritos, CA
And congrats to the finalists!
煦 NA
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Kuriakose
Brooklyn, NY
Susan Lewis
New York, NY
Christopher Nelson
Grinnell, IA
Anca Roncea
Cerritos, CA
Mark your calendar to join our Virtual 2025 Fall book launch with Evan Karp on Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 1:00 pm Pacific.
Free! Register in advance...
Free! Register in advance...
Mark your calendar to join 2025 Fall book launch with Evan Karp!
Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 1:00 pm Pacific.
Event free to the public--register in advance:
www.omnidawn.com/readings/
And donate to Omnidawn for 35% off all our books, including the new season, from UCP!
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Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 1:00 pm Pacific.
Event free to the public--register in advance:
www.omnidawn.com/readings/
And donate to Omnidawn for 35% off all our books, including the new season, from UCP!
mailchi.mp/omnidawn/joi...
January 10, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Mark your calendar to join our Virtual 2025 Fall book launch with Evan Karp on Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 1:00 pm Pacific.
Free! Register in advance...
Free! Register in advance...
Announcing our 2026 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book Contest!
judge: Brody Parrish Craig
deadline: January 1, 2026-February 16, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific
contest fee: $30
prize: $3000, publication, and 20 copies
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
We look forward to reading your best work!
judge: Brody Parrish Craig
deadline: January 1, 2026-February 16, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific
contest fee: $30
prize: $3000, publication, and 20 copies
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
We look forward to reading your best work!
January 10, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Announcing our 2026 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book Contest!
judge: Brody Parrish Craig
deadline: January 1, 2026-February 16, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific
contest fee: $30
prize: $3000, publication, and 20 copies
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
We look forward to reading your best work!
judge: Brody Parrish Craig
deadline: January 1, 2026-February 16, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific
contest fee: $30
prize: $3000, publication, and 20 copies
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
We look forward to reading your best work!
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In memoriam, Renée Nicole Macklin
Read her poem, “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs,” which won a 2020 Academy of American Poets College Prize.
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Read her poem, “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs,” which won a 2020 Academy of American Poets College Prize.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
January 8, 2026 at 10:24 PM
In memoriam, Renée Nicole Macklin
Read her poem, “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs,” which won a 2020 Academy of American Poets College Prize.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
Read her poem, “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs,” which won a 2020 Academy of American Poets College Prize.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
Shane McCrae’s poems of disquiet dazzle with their tenderness and precision as they explore ‘life outliving life’ in a landscape of violence and erasure. Autobiography hovers at the edges of these verses...
—RICHIE HOFMANN
Pick up your copy here!
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—RICHIE HOFMANN
Pick up your copy here!
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January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Shane McCrae’s poems of disquiet dazzle with their tenderness and precision as they explore ‘life outliving life’ in a landscape of violence and erasure. Autobiography hovers at the edges of these verses...
—RICHIE HOFMANN
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
—RICHIE HOFMANN
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Amid global crises between states, and cultural destabilization manifesting across mass popular culture and literature, WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA. sets out to invigorate conversation about how the United States might adapt to a wider hemispheric consciousness.
Pick up a copy here! bit.ly/45H6L1h
Pick up a copy here! bit.ly/45H6L1h
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Amid global crises between states, and cultural destabilization manifesting across mass popular culture and literature, WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA. sets out to invigorate conversation about how the United States might adapt to a wider hemispheric consciousness.
Pick up a copy here! bit.ly/45H6L1h
Pick up a copy here! bit.ly/45H6L1h
In Coda, Seidenberg brings together the language and concerns of figures including Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, and Wittgenstein, alongside elements of raucous humor drawn from the tradition of Rabelais, Beckett, Lispector, and Sterne
Pick up your copy here!
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Pick up your copy here!
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December 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
In Coda, Seidenberg brings together the language and concerns of figures including Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, and Wittgenstein, alongside elements of raucous humor drawn from the tradition of Rabelais, Beckett, Lispector, and Sterne
Pick up your copy here!
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Pick up your copy here!
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Rodrigo Toscano, WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA. / @omnidawn.bsky.social @rodrigo-toscano.bsky.social ;
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Rodrigo Toscano, WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA.
my review of Rodrigo Toscano's WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA. (Oakland CA: Omnidawn, 2025) is now online at periodicities: a journal of poetr...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Rodrigo Toscano, WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA. / @omnidawn.bsky.social @rodrigo-toscano.bsky.social ;
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This year, we are thrilled to share with you that our wonderful Omnidawn Board of Directors is offering a Board Match for up to $2,000! This means that your donations (up to $2,000) will be doubled through 12-31.
Thank you for supporting independent literature!
www.omnidawn.com/donate/
Thank you for supporting independent literature!
www.omnidawn.com/donate/
December 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This year, we are thrilled to share with you that our wonderful Omnidawn Board of Directors is offering a Board Match for up to $2,000! This means that your donations (up to $2,000) will be doubled through 12-31.
Thank you for supporting independent literature!
www.omnidawn.com/donate/
Thank you for supporting independent literature!
www.omnidawn.com/donate/
We publish the work of valiant, brilliant, culture-challenging writers. We need your donation to keep Omnidawn's doors open, and their work out in the world where it belongs! Help us meet our match from Furthur Foundation up to $3,000! #GivingTuesday
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November 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We publish the work of valiant, brilliant, culture-challenging writers. We need your donation to keep Omnidawn's doors open, and their work out in the world where it belongs! Help us meet our match from Furthur Foundation up to $3,000! #GivingTuesday
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November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Please get your website orders in by Friday, December 5th for guaranteed delivery by Christmas 😍
Gift cards, City Lights t-shirts, caps, totes, baby onesies, and more can be purchased here:
citylights.com/merchandise-...
Gift cards, City Lights t-shirts, caps, totes, baby onesies, and more can be purchased here:
citylights.com/merchandise-...
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Like Lady Gaga, we want your horror! We want your disease. We want your strange fiction, your fabulist tales to win our Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest.
We’re extending our fabulist fiction contest deadline by two weeks!
Prize $1000, 20 copies & publication!
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We’re extending our fabulist fiction contest deadline by two weeks!
Prize $1000, 20 copies & publication!
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Like Lady Gaga, we want your horror! We want your disease. We want your strange fiction, your fabulist tales to win our Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest.
We’re extending our fabulist fiction contest deadline by two weeks!
Prize $1000, 20 copies & publication!
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
We’re extending our fabulist fiction contest deadline by two weeks!
Prize $1000, 20 copies & publication!
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
YEET! is a collection of departures and arrivals where all roads lead to love. Guided by a heart that uses form, homage, and boundless lyric to lead the way, be prepared to exit these poems with wings added to your spirit.
—Danez Smith, author of Bluff
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—Danez Smith, author of Bluff
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November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
YEET! is a collection of departures and arrivals where all roads lead to love. Guided by a heart that uses form, homage, and boundless lyric to lead the way, be prepared to exit these poems with wings added to your spirit.
—Danez Smith, author of Bluff
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—Danez Smith, author of Bluff
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Tuesday poem #658 : Ian Lockaby : Super Ego Holding / @omnidawn.bsky.social ;
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Tuesday poem #658 : Ian Lockaby : Super Ego Holding
a- ccumulations of us softening , braided in through the fine hog furs running in- ward our nipples to milk ducts ...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Tuesday poem #658 : Ian Lockaby : Super Ego Holding / @omnidawn.bsky.social ;
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