Porkbelly Press
@porkbellypress.bsky.social
a feminist, queer-friendly micro press based in cincinnati. books bound by hand.
https://porkbellypress.com/
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Reading micro chapbooks through the end of July. Considering poetry, micro fiction, micro essay, hybrid, and art chaps 8-10 pages.
porkbellypress.com/subs Full info here. We read via Submittable.
#callforsubmissions #micropress #handbound #chapbooks
porkbellypress.com/subs Full info here. We read via Submittable.
#callforsubmissions #micropress #handbound #chapbooks
July 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Reading micro chapbooks through the end of July. Considering poetry, micro fiction, micro essay, hybrid, and art chaps 8-10 pages.
porkbellypress.com/subs Full info here. We read via Submittable.
#callforsubmissions #micropress #handbound #chapbooks
porkbellypress.com/subs Full info here. We read via Submittable.
#callforsubmissions #micropress #handbound #chapbooks
Emily F. Kerlin's THE SWORD SWALLOWERS is now available from Porkbelly Press! #poetry #performance #hunger #swordswallower
porkbellypress.com/poetry/sword
porkbellypress.com/poetry/sword
The Sword Swallowers — porkbelly press
by Emily F. Kerlin 24 pages open edition
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July 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Emily F. Kerlin's THE SWORD SWALLOWERS is now available from Porkbelly Press! #poetry #performance #hunger #swordswallower
porkbellypress.com/poetry/sword
porkbellypress.com/poetry/sword
Happy release day to Sarah Josephine Pennington's WHERE THE BLUEGRASS GROWS, JUNE 1916.
In addition to Sarah's words, some of the poems include lines or images sourced from a vintage Kentucky newspaper. #appalachian #southeasternkentucky #kentucky #poetry #appalachianpoetry #handbound #chapbook
In addition to Sarah's words, some of the poems include lines or images sourced from a vintage Kentucky newspaper. #appalachian #southeasternkentucky #kentucky #poetry #appalachianpoetry #handbound #chapbook
June 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Happy release day to Sarah Josephine Pennington's WHERE THE BLUEGRASS GROWS, JUNE 1916.
In addition to Sarah's words, some of the poems include lines or images sourced from a vintage Kentucky newspaper. #appalachian #southeasternkentucky #kentucky #poetry #appalachianpoetry #handbound #chapbook
In addition to Sarah's words, some of the poems include lines or images sourced from a vintage Kentucky newspaper. #appalachian #southeasternkentucky #kentucky #poetry #appalachianpoetry #handbound #chapbook
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Sugared Water's latest issue is out this week! porkbellypress.com/009
Featuring work by:
Tim Duffy
B. Fulton Jennes
Lindsay Keller-Madsen
Steph Kleid
Barbara Lawhorn
Melanie H. Manuel
Jessa Queyrouze
Susan Rich
Hannah Yerington
Danielle Weeks
Elizabeth Wing
#litmag #sugaredwater #porkbellypress
Featuring work by:
Tim Duffy
B. Fulton Jennes
Lindsay Keller-Madsen
Steph Kleid
Barbara Lawhorn
Melanie H. Manuel
Jessa Queyrouze
Susan Rich
Hannah Yerington
Danielle Weeks
Elizabeth Wing
#litmag #sugaredwater #porkbellypress
Sugared Water no. 009 — porkbelly press
issue no. 009 of Sugared Water lit mag, published in spring 2025.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Sugared Water's latest issue is out this week! porkbellypress.com/009
Featuring work by:
Tim Duffy
B. Fulton Jennes
Lindsay Keller-Madsen
Steph Kleid
Barbara Lawhorn
Melanie H. Manuel
Jessa Queyrouze
Susan Rich
Hannah Yerington
Danielle Weeks
Elizabeth Wing
#litmag #sugaredwater #porkbellypress
Featuring work by:
Tim Duffy
B. Fulton Jennes
Lindsay Keller-Madsen
Steph Kleid
Barbara Lawhorn
Melanie H. Manuel
Jessa Queyrouze
Susan Rich
Hannah Yerington
Danielle Weeks
Elizabeth Wing
#litmag #sugaredwater #porkbellypress
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Over 100 publications re-opened today, including @3lobedmag.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @anmlymag.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @narrativemag.bsky.social @terrainorg.bsky.social @burnsidereview.bsky.social @salamandermag.bsky.social @porkbellypress.bsky.social
Re-openings for May 01, 2025
Over 100 publications re-opened today, including @3lobedmag.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @anmlymag.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @narrativemag.bsky.social @terrainorg.bsky.social @burnsidereview.bsky.social @salamandermag.bsky.social @porkbellypress.bsky.social
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May 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Over 100 publications re-opened today, including @3lobedmag.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @anmlymag.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @narrativemag.bsky.social @terrainorg.bsky.social @burnsidereview.bsky.social @salamandermag.bsky.social @porkbellypress.bsky.social
Happy release day to Esinam Bediako's SELF-TALK, a hybrid #chapbook. porkbellypress.com/hybrid/self-...
SELF-TALK — porkbelly press
by Esinam Bediako Bediako’s sharp, image rich language combines essay and poems to lyrically paint the portrait of becoming oneself. Layering memory and experience from childhood on, her work weaves ...
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May 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Happy release day to Esinam Bediako's SELF-TALK, a hybrid #chapbook. porkbellypress.com/hybrid/self-...
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I’m really excited to announce my first chapbook, “Trans Artifacts: Bones Between My Teeth,” will be published by Porkbelly Press in 2026/7!
forthcoming in 2026/7 to Porkbelly Press. ✨ Chapbooks by Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, Audrey Gidman, Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, Sasha Weiss, Ren Wilding, and Juliette Zhu.
April 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’m really excited to announce my first chapbook, “Trans Artifacts: Bones Between My Teeth,” will be published by Porkbelly Press in 2026/7!
Happy release day to Love Me, Love My Belly #zine issue no. 8! #bodyimage #body #autonomy #abortionrights #survival
porkbellypress.com/mags/belly8
Work by 9 poets & writers on the subject of the body.
See the content warnings on the 'additional info' page for more on topics this issue includes.
porkbellypress.com/mags/belly8
Work by 9 poets & writers on the subject of the body.
See the content warnings on the 'additional info' page for more on topics this issue includes.
Love Me, Love My Belly no. 8 — porkbelly press
Love Me, Love My Belly is a half-size zine composed of art, creative nonfiction, & poetry—an annual print zine dedicated to the acceptance of self and imperfection as beauty. It’s about the space...
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April 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Happy release day to Love Me, Love My Belly #zine issue no. 8! #bodyimage #body #autonomy #abortionrights #survival
porkbellypress.com/mags/belly8
Work by 9 poets & writers on the subject of the body.
See the content warnings on the 'additional info' page for more on topics this issue includes.
porkbellypress.com/mags/belly8
Work by 9 poets & writers on the subject of the body.
See the content warnings on the 'additional info' page for more on topics this issue includes.
forthcoming in 2026/7 to Porkbelly Press. ✨ Chapbooks by Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, Audrey Gidman, Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, Sasha Weiss, Ren Wilding, and Juliette Zhu.
April 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
forthcoming in 2026/7 to Porkbelly Press. ✨ Chapbooks by Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, Audrey Gidman, Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, Sasha Weiss, Ren Wilding, and Juliette Zhu.
Happy Poetry Month! 🤘
For the month of April, use promo code POMO25 for 20% off orders of $20 or more. ✨
We’re working on new titles to bring to you. This sale includes pre-orders. 🦇
#poetrymonth #micropress #readmore #getlit #chapbook #anthologies
For the month of April, use promo code POMO25 for 20% off orders of $20 or more. ✨
We’re working on new titles to bring to you. This sale includes pre-orders. 🦇
#poetrymonth #micropress #readmore #getlit #chapbook #anthologies
April 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Happy Poetry Month! 🤘
For the month of April, use promo code POMO25 for 20% off orders of $20 or more. ✨
We’re working on new titles to bring to you. This sale includes pre-orders. 🦇
#poetrymonth #micropress #readmore #getlit #chapbook #anthologies
For the month of April, use promo code POMO25 for 20% off orders of $20 or more. ✨
We’re working on new titles to bring to you. This sale includes pre-orders. 🦇
#poetrymonth #micropress #readmore #getlit #chapbook #anthologies
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Nishat Ahmed, Brown Boy (@porkbellypress.bsky.social, 2021). I found myself gravitating more towards the prose poems in this collection. It holds well together, showing a navigation of identity and self.
(It was reviewed by Gnashing Teeth here: gnashingteethpublishing.com/book-review-...)
(It was reviewed by Gnashing Teeth here: gnashingteethpublishing.com/book-review-...)
April 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nishat Ahmed, Brown Boy (@porkbellypress.bsky.social, 2021). I found myself gravitating more towards the prose poems in this collection. It holds well together, showing a navigation of identity and self.
(It was reviewed by Gnashing Teeth here: gnashingteethpublishing.com/book-review-...)
(It was reviewed by Gnashing Teeth here: gnashingteethpublishing.com/book-review-...)
The next issue of Sugared Water is awaiting a last confirmation of acceptance before launching. We're very close! LMLMB no. 8 is almost ready too—just a cover to go. Several chapbooks are in the last bit of proofing process and cover design stages. Can't wait to share them with you. ✨
March 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The next issue of Sugared Water is awaiting a last confirmation of acceptance before launching. We're very close! LMLMB no. 8 is almost ready too—just a cover to go. Several chapbooks are in the last bit of proofing process and cover design stages. Can't wait to share them with you. ✨
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One of my favorite anthologies ever. So many beautiful poets in its pages. And how about this gorgeous cover? Perfection.
Happy printversary to our #anthology BRAMBLE & THORN. #limitededition
https://buff.ly/40XoVKG
"Don’t worry if she seems hungry; she’s always hungry; she has her mind already made, blade sharpened to meet the wolf’s heart."
#anthology #sharp #fiercegirls #feminist #witchy #spooky #survival
https://buff.ly/40XoVKG
"Don’t worry if she seems hungry; she’s always hungry; she has her mind already made, blade sharpened to meet the wolf’s heart."
#anthology #sharp #fiercegirls #feminist #witchy #spooky #survival
Bramble & Thorn — porkbelly press
We ask you to step into the dark forest with us, with these women and girls in poem—their sharp knives, those long fangs may protect you. Reach out—take the hand of the one beside you. Don’t worry if…
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December 27, 2024 at 8:09 PM
One of my favorite anthologies ever. So many beautiful poets in its pages. And how about this gorgeous cover? Perfection.
Working on the last round of consideration for our latest batch of chapbooks. We've narrowed down to 25 manuscripts to choose from. Each year we receive a few more than the last, and those final decisions are difficult. Thank you for your patience + your rad work! #getlit #micropress #chapbooks
March 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Working on the last round of consideration for our latest batch of chapbooks. We've narrowed down to 25 manuscripts to choose from. Each year we receive a few more than the last, and those final decisions are difficult. Thank you for your patience + your rad work! #getlit #micropress #chapbooks
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Gods & ghosts, what a high bar @porkbellypress.bsky.social sets for micropresses! Just 👀 this hyperpersonalized package presentation! They had me at hand-stitched, but these books (@robertokaji.bsky.social’s “Texas Flood” & Tina Mozelle Braziel’s “Rooted by Thirst”) are literal enchantment.
February 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Gods & ghosts, what a high bar @porkbellypress.bsky.social sets for micropresses! Just 👀 this hyperpersonalized package presentation! They had me at hand-stitched, but these books (@robertokaji.bsky.social’s “Texas Flood” & Tina Mozelle Braziel’s “Rooted by Thirst”) are literal enchantment.
Congrats to all the Bram Stoker Award finalists, including Mari Ness, author of PP #poetry chapbook A FEW MYTHIC PATHS!
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The 2024 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot Announced – The Bram Stoker Awards
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January 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Congrats to all the Bram Stoker Award finalists, including Mari Ness, author of PP #poetry chapbook A FEW MYTHIC PATHS!
bramstokerawards.horror.org/front-page/t...
bramstokerawards.horror.org/front-page/t...
Happy printversary to Billie R. Tadros' #chapbook:
Billie R. Tadros’ inter: burial places is at once like a confession and a chant, carrying us through a narrative of seeking, something lost, desire, full of language like “your lips always decanting like prayer.”
https://buff.ly/4hZOmRR
#poetry
Billie R. Tadros’ inter: burial places is at once like a confession and a chant, carrying us through a narrative of seeking, something lost, desire, full of language like “your lips always decanting like prayer.”
https://buff.ly/4hZOmRR
#poetry
Inter: Burial Places — porkbelly press
by Billie R. Tadros Billie R. Tadros’ inter: burial places is at once like a confession and a chant, carrying us through a narrative of seeking, something lost, desire, full of language like “your…
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December 27, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Happy printversary to Billie R. Tadros' #chapbook:
Billie R. Tadros’ inter: burial places is at once like a confession and a chant, carrying us through a narrative of seeking, something lost, desire, full of language like “your lips always decanting like prayer.”
https://buff.ly/4hZOmRR
#poetry
Billie R. Tadros’ inter: burial places is at once like a confession and a chant, carrying us through a narrative of seeking, something lost, desire, full of language like “your lips always decanting like prayer.”
https://buff.ly/4hZOmRR
#poetry
Happy printversary to our #anthology BRAMBLE & THORN. #limitededition
https://buff.ly/40XoVKG
"Don’t worry if she seems hungry; she’s always hungry; she has her mind already made, blade sharpened to meet the wolf’s heart."
#anthology #sharp #fiercegirls #feminist #witchy #spooky #survival
https://buff.ly/40XoVKG
"Don’t worry if she seems hungry; she’s always hungry; she has her mind already made, blade sharpened to meet the wolf’s heart."
#anthology #sharp #fiercegirls #feminist #witchy #spooky #survival
Bramble & Thorn — porkbelly press
We ask you to step into the dark forest with us, with these women and girls in poem—their sharp knives, those long fangs may protect you. Reach out—take the hand of the one beside you. Don’t worry if…
buff.ly
December 24, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Happy printversary to our #anthology BRAMBLE & THORN. #limitededition
https://buff.ly/40XoVKG
"Don’t worry if she seems hungry; she’s always hungry; she has her mind already made, blade sharpened to meet the wolf’s heart."
#anthology #sharp #fiercegirls #feminist #witchy #spooky #survival
https://buff.ly/40XoVKG
"Don’t worry if she seems hungry; she’s always hungry; she has her mind already made, blade sharpened to meet the wolf’s heart."
#anthology #sharp #fiercegirls #feminist #witchy #spooky #survival
Happy printversary to EPISTOLARY, our #anthology of #letters. #limitededition #handbound #anthology
Still on of my fav anthos. ✍️ 📖
https://buff.ly/3OiDTmW
#poetry #cnf #fiction
Still on of my fav anthos. ✍️ 📖
https://buff.ly/3OiDTmW
#poetry #cnf #fiction
Epistolary — porkbelly press
Work in response to a call for the intimate & specific, letters full of evocative language, short, funny notes, or passionate remembrances, fictional or poetic, unsent or scrawled on a postcard. 60…
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December 22, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Happy printversary to EPISTOLARY, our #anthology of #letters. #limitededition #handbound #anthology
Still on of my fav anthos. ✍️ 📖
https://buff.ly/3OiDTmW
#poetry #cnf #fiction
Still on of my fav anthos. ✍️ 📖
https://buff.ly/3OiDTmW
#poetry #cnf #fiction
Happy release day to Jordan E. McNeil's INTO THE WOODS WE MUST GO. #speculative #chapbook #handbound
https://buff.ly/3YPtNic
McNeil’s chapbook of linked micro fictions is alluring in its call to step into the woods, coaxing the reader off the path, enchanting in its call to cross the threshold.
https://buff.ly/3YPtNic
McNeil’s chapbook of linked micro fictions is alluring in its call to step into the woods, coaxing the reader off the path, enchanting in its call to cross the threshold.
Into the Woods We Must Go by Jordan McNeil — porkbelly press
by Jordan McNeil McNeil’s chapbook of linked micro fictions is alluring in its call to step into the woods, coaxing the reader off the path, enchanting in its call to cross the threshold. (Porkbelly…
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December 19, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Happy release day to Jordan E. McNeil's INTO THE WOODS WE MUST GO. #speculative #chapbook #handbound
https://buff.ly/3YPtNic
McNeil’s chapbook of linked micro fictions is alluring in its call to step into the woods, coaxing the reader off the path, enchanting in its call to cross the threshold.
https://buff.ly/3YPtNic
McNeil’s chapbook of linked micro fictions is alluring in its call to step into the woods, coaxing the reader off the path, enchanting in its call to cross the threshold.
Happy printversary to Amorak Huey's A MAP OF THE FARM THREE MILES FROM THE END OF HAPPY HOLLOW ROAD.
Huey's poems investigates place and the things that memory and reflection have made of it.
https://buff.ly/3OeRHyS
#poetry #place #farm #landscape #childhood
Huey's poems investigates place and the things that memory and reflection have made of it.
https://buff.ly/3OeRHyS
#poetry #place #farm #landscape #childhood
A Map of the Farm Three Miles from the End of Happy Hollow Road — porkbelly press
by Amorak Huey Huey’s A MAP OF THE FARM THREE MILES FROM THE END OF HAPPY HOLLOW ROAD investigates place and the things that memory and reflection have made of it. Poems are titled after locations…
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December 13, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Happy printversary to Amorak Huey's A MAP OF THE FARM THREE MILES FROM THE END OF HAPPY HOLLOW ROAD.
Huey's poems investigates place and the things that memory and reflection have made of it.
https://buff.ly/3OeRHyS
#poetry #place #farm #landscape #childhood
Huey's poems investigates place and the things that memory and reflection have made of it.
https://buff.ly/3OeRHyS
#poetry #place #farm #landscape #childhood
Happy printversary to Adrie Rose's I WILL WRITE A LOVE POEM.
Rose’s poetry leads us on a journey through vulnerable, distilled moments spun with steel underpinnings.
#poetry #persistence #trauma #survival
https://buff.ly/3Vo0djh
#readmore #getlit #micropress #porkbellypress #chapbook
Rose’s poetry leads us on a journey through vulnerable, distilled moments spun with steel underpinnings.
#poetry #persistence #trauma #survival
https://buff.ly/3Vo0djh
#readmore #getlit #micropress #porkbellypress #chapbook
I Will Write a Love Poem — porkbelly press
by Adrie Rose Rose’s poetry leads us on a journey through vulnerable, distilled moments spun with steel underpinnings. These poems persist through flashes of deep shadow and heartache, reaching for…
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December 5, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Happy printversary to Adrie Rose's I WILL WRITE A LOVE POEM.
Rose’s poetry leads us on a journey through vulnerable, distilled moments spun with steel underpinnings.
#poetry #persistence #trauma #survival
https://buff.ly/3Vo0djh
#readmore #getlit #micropress #porkbellypress #chapbook
Rose’s poetry leads us on a journey through vulnerable, distilled moments spun with steel underpinnings.
#poetry #persistence #trauma #survival
https://buff.ly/3Vo0djh
#readmore #getlit #micropress #porkbellypress #chapbook
Happy printversary to Kristi Carter's DAUGHTER SHAMAN SINGS BLOOD ANTHEM, a #chapbook of #poetry.
Carter’s work investigates the intersection of intergenerational trauma, survival, feminism, and power.
https://buff.ly/3Zchmi3
#survival #voice #agency #scars
Carter’s work investigates the intersection of intergenerational trauma, survival, feminism, and power.
https://buff.ly/3Zchmi3
#survival #voice #agency #scars
Daughter Shaman Sings Blood Anthem — porkbelly press
by Kristi Carter Carter’s work investigates the intersection of intergenerational trauma, survival, feminism, and power. Body-heavy and image-rich, these poems evoke a landscape of the scars and…
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November 28, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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We are open for our next themed issue celebrating 20 years of The Fourth River! Submissions are free for BIPOC writers until 11/22. Send us your birds!
4thriver.submittable.com/submit
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November 16, 2024 at 11:45 AM
We are open for our next themed issue celebrating 20 years of The Fourth River! Submissions are free for BIPOC writers until 11/22. Send us your birds!
4thriver.submittable.com/submit
4thriver.submittable.com/submit