Autumn House Press
@autumnhousepress.bsky.social
Award-winning nonprofit publisher of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. | Pittsburgh, PA
Congrats to Lauren D. Woods for being featured in Washington City Paper's Holiday Gift Guide! The article describes the collection as the "perfect gift." Thank you to the Washington City Paper and grab a copy of the collection for the holidays at the link in our bio!
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Congrats to Lauren D. Woods for being featured in Washington City Paper's Holiday Gift Guide! The article describes the collection as the "perfect gift." Thank you to the Washington City Paper and grab a copy of the collection for the holidays at the link in our bio!
It's here! We're so thrilled to share the cover for “Self-Portrait as the 'i' in Florida” by @cunningpscott.bsky.social, out on April 7.
Read about how the author worked with designer Gabriel Alcala to create the cover on Electric Literature's website.
Read about how the author worked with designer Gabriel Alcala to create the cover on Electric Literature's website.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It's here! We're so thrilled to share the cover for “Self-Portrait as the 'i' in Florida” by @cunningpscott.bsky.social, out on April 7.
Read about how the author worked with designer Gabriel Alcala to create the cover on Electric Literature's website.
Read about how the author worked with designer Gabriel Alcala to create the cover on Electric Literature's website.
A new review for Laura Jackson's "Deep and Wild" points out that it's always a gamble to read a book about your home state. Luckily, picking up Jackson's essays is like "having the winning ticket, plus the multiplier."
Thank you to the Southern Literary Review for the wonderful review!
Thank you to the Southern Literary Review for the wonderful review!
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A new review for Laura Jackson's "Deep and Wild" points out that it's always a gamble to read a book about your home state. Luckily, picking up Jackson's essays is like "having the winning ticket, plus the multiplier."
Thank you to the Southern Literary Review for the wonderful review!
Thank you to the Southern Literary Review for the wonderful review!
Check out the cover reveal of Grace Spulak's (gspulak.bsky.social) Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think! Grace spoke with Debutiful (debutiful.bsky.social) about the cover and its representation of the harsh, strange quality of the New Mexico landscape, as well as the beautiful, vibrant life within.
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Check out the cover reveal of Grace Spulak's (gspulak.bsky.social) Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think! Grace spoke with Debutiful (debutiful.bsky.social) about the cover and its representation of the harsh, strange quality of the New Mexico landscape, as well as the beautiful, vibrant life within.
Today and every day, we’re grateful for our authors, readers, and supporters. 🧡
Because of you, AHP can uplift powerful new voices like Laura Jackson, whose debut Deep & Wild won the AHP Nonfiction Prize and was named the 2025 Book of the Year by the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia.
Because of you, AHP can uplift powerful new voices like Laura Jackson, whose debut Deep & Wild won the AHP Nonfiction Prize and was named the 2025 Book of the Year by the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia.
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today and every day, we’re grateful for our authors, readers, and supporters. 🧡
Because of you, AHP can uplift powerful new voices like Laura Jackson, whose debut Deep & Wild won the AHP Nonfiction Prize and was named the 2025 Book of the Year by the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia.
Because of you, AHP can uplift powerful new voices like Laura Jackson, whose debut Deep & Wild won the AHP Nonfiction Prize and was named the 2025 Book of the Year by the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia.
Check out AHP author Grace Spulak's reading from her collection MAGDALENA IS BRIGHTER THAN YOU THINK! Grace will read alongside other members of the Get the Word Out fiction cohort, a group which works with early-career authors, on Zoom on November 20 at 8:00 PM EST.
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Check out AHP author Grace Spulak's reading from her collection MAGDALENA IS BRIGHTER THAN YOU THINK! Grace will read alongside other members of the Get the Word Out fiction cohort, a group which works with early-career authors, on Zoom on November 20 at 8:00 PM EST.
We are so excited to share some of our titles with the Free Books Project! Their mission is to bring books to where they’re most needed, fostering positive literary experiences and building connection.
Check out their website and donate to support their work here: https://thefreebooksproject.org/
Check out their website and donate to support their work here: https://thefreebooksproject.org/
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We are so excited to share some of our titles with the Free Books Project! Their mission is to bring books to where they’re most needed, fostering positive literary experiences and building connection.
Check out their website and donate to support their work here: https://thefreebooksproject.org/
Check out their website and donate to support their work here: https://thefreebooksproject.org/
We’re thrilled to share the cover of LES PORTES by Meredith Nnoka, winner of the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize!
In her debut collection, Nnoka traces how harm against women and femmes takes root, recurs, and reshapes itself across generations.
You can preorder your copy now: https://loom.ly/yHrmUHs
In her debut collection, Nnoka traces how harm against women and femmes takes root, recurs, and reshapes itself across generations.
You can preorder your copy now: https://loom.ly/yHrmUHs
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We’re thrilled to share the cover of LES PORTES by Meredith Nnoka, winner of the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize!
In her debut collection, Nnoka traces how harm against women and femmes takes root, recurs, and reshapes itself across generations.
You can preorder your copy now: https://loom.ly/yHrmUHs
In her debut collection, Nnoka traces how harm against women and femmes takes root, recurs, and reshapes itself across generations.
You can preorder your copy now: https://loom.ly/yHrmUHs
Thank you to The Daily Texan for the wonderful interview with AHP author and UT Austin alumna Lauren D. Woods! Lauren talks about the importance of the humanities, the short story form, and the experience of publishing a book.
#utaustin #publishing #shortstory
#utaustin #publishing #shortstory
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thank you to The Daily Texan for the wonderful interview with AHP author and UT Austin alumna Lauren D. Woods! Lauren talks about the importance of the humanities, the short story form, and the experience of publishing a book.
#utaustin #publishing #shortstory
#utaustin #publishing #shortstory
"Fuller ... draws upon her deep love for her family to craft delicate stories that simultaneously reveal and protect their subjects."
Thank you to Hippocampus Magazine for this thoughtful review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER! We loved reading about how this reviewer connected with Ren's essays.
Thank you to Hippocampus Magazine for this thoughtful review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER! We loved reading about how this reviewer connected with Ren's essays.
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Fuller ... draws upon her deep love for her family to craft delicate stories that simultaneously reveal and protect their subjects."
Thank you to Hippocampus Magazine for this thoughtful review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER! We loved reading about how this reviewer connected with Ren's essays.
Thank you to Hippocampus Magazine for this thoughtful review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER! We loved reading about how this reviewer connected with Ren's essays.
"Fuller is whimsical and self-deprecating . . . This openhearted memoir models how to explore and integrate with one's family history."
Thank you to Shelf Awareness (@shelf-awareness.com) for the starred review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER!
Thank you to Shelf Awareness (@shelf-awareness.com) for the starred review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER!
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Fuller is whimsical and self-deprecating . . . This openhearted memoir models how to explore and integrate with one's family history."
Thank you to Shelf Awareness (@shelf-awareness.com) for the starred review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER!
Thank you to Shelf Awareness (@shelf-awareness.com) for the starred review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER!
The 2026 CAAPP Book Prize is now open!
The submission deadline is December 15th, 2025, and the winning manuscript will be published by AHP & receive a $3,000 prize. As always, submissions are free.
This year's final judge is Ladan Osman.
The submission deadline is December 15th, 2025, and the winning manuscript will be published by AHP & receive a $3,000 prize. As always, submissions are free.
This year's final judge is Ladan Osman.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The 2026 CAAPP Book Prize is now open!
The submission deadline is December 15th, 2025, and the winning manuscript will be published by AHP & receive a $3,000 prize. As always, submissions are free.
This year's final judge is Ladan Osman.
The submission deadline is December 15th, 2025, and the winning manuscript will be published by AHP & receive a $3,000 prize. As always, submissions are free.
This year's final judge is Ladan Osman.
Interested in learning more about indie publishing in the South? Check out CLMP's fabulous list of books, publishers, fairs, awards, and more in the American South, including AHP poet Jennifer Conlon's TAKING TO WATER!
Thank you to CLMP for featuring Jennifer's debut collection!
Thank you to CLMP for featuring Jennifer's debut collection!
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Interested in learning more about indie publishing in the South? Check out CLMP's fabulous list of books, publishers, fairs, awards, and more in the American South, including AHP poet Jennifer Conlon's TAKING TO WATER!
Thank you to CLMP for featuring Jennifer's debut collection!
Thank you to CLMP for featuring Jennifer's debut collection!
"When we love someone, we want their world to be bigger. And by loving people who are different from us, it really expands our world."
Ren Cedar Fuller, author of the essay collection BIGGER, was just on Parley Lit's "Totally Biased Reviews" with Asha Dore. Thanks to Parley Lit!
Ren Cedar Fuller, author of the essay collection BIGGER, was just on Parley Lit's "Totally Biased Reviews" with Asha Dore. Thanks to Parley Lit!
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"When we love someone, we want their world to be bigger. And by loving people who are different from us, it really expands our world."
Ren Cedar Fuller, author of the essay collection BIGGER, was just on Parley Lit's "Totally Biased Reviews" with Asha Dore. Thanks to Parley Lit!
Ren Cedar Fuller, author of the essay collection BIGGER, was just on Parley Lit's "Totally Biased Reviews" with Asha Dore. Thanks to Parley Lit!
Happy pub day to self-driving by Betsy Fagin! (@betsyfagin.bsky.social)
Winner of the 2024 AHP Poetry Prize, selected by Kazim Ali: “Feminist and humanist . . . passionate and compassionate.”
Through incisive, playful verse, Fagin reclaims the road trip for Black, queer, feminist futures. 💙
Winner of the 2024 AHP Poetry Prize, selected by Kazim Ali: “Feminist and humanist . . . passionate and compassionate.”
Through incisive, playful verse, Fagin reclaims the road trip for Black, queer, feminist futures. 💙
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Happy pub day to self-driving by Betsy Fagin! (@betsyfagin.bsky.social)
Winner of the 2024 AHP Poetry Prize, selected by Kazim Ali: “Feminist and humanist . . . passionate and compassionate.”
Through incisive, playful verse, Fagin reclaims the road trip for Black, queer, feminist futures. 💙
Winner of the 2024 AHP Poetry Prize, selected by Kazim Ali: “Feminist and humanist . . . passionate and compassionate.”
Through incisive, playful verse, Fagin reclaims the road trip for Black, queer, feminist futures. 💙
"Bear of loss. Bear of reckoning. I turned to face it, offering a hunger that required no mouth."
Thank you to Poetry Daily (poetrydaily.bsky.social) for featuring AHP author Amie Whittemore's (amiewhittemore.bsky.social) "The Bear" from her collection NEST OF MATCHES!
Thank you to Poetry Daily (poetrydaily.bsky.social) for featuring AHP author Amie Whittemore's (amiewhittemore.bsky.social) "The Bear" from her collection NEST OF MATCHES!
October 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Bear of loss. Bear of reckoning. I turned to face it, offering a hunger that required no mouth."
Thank you to Poetry Daily (poetrydaily.bsky.social) for featuring AHP author Amie Whittemore's (amiewhittemore.bsky.social) "The Bear" from her collection NEST OF MATCHES!
Thank you to Poetry Daily (poetrydaily.bsky.social) for featuring AHP author Amie Whittemore's (amiewhittemore.bsky.social) "The Bear" from her collection NEST OF MATCHES!
As the holiday season approaches, we have just the gift for your book-loving someone! Our book subscriptions are a fantastic way to support our independent press, and we love sending books to our subscribers each month.
Find more information on the ‘Subscriptions’ tab of our website!
Find more information on the ‘Subscriptions’ tab of our website!
October 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As the holiday season approaches, we have just the gift for your book-loving someone! Our book subscriptions are a fantastic way to support our independent press, and we love sending books to our subscribers each month.
Find more information on the ‘Subscriptions’ tab of our website!
Find more information on the ‘Subscriptions’ tab of our website!
Pub day for The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe by Lauren D. Woods (@ladiwoods.bsky.social)!
So proud to share this stunning debut collection with the world. 💖
#shortstory #fiction #indiepress
So proud to share this stunning debut collection with the world. 💖
#shortstory #fiction #indiepress
October 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Pub day for The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe by Lauren D. Woods (@ladiwoods.bsky.social)!
So proud to share this stunning debut collection with the world. 💖
#shortstory #fiction #indiepress
So proud to share this stunning debut collection with the world. 💖
#shortstory #fiction #indiepress
Thank you to Necessary Fiction (@necessaryfiction.com) and reviewer Emily Hall for the wonderful review of Lauren D. Woods's (@ladiwoods.bsky.social) THE GREAT GROWN-UP GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE!
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank you to Necessary Fiction (@necessaryfiction.com) and reviewer Emily Hall for the wonderful review of Lauren D. Woods's (@ladiwoods.bsky.social) THE GREAT GROWN-UP GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE!
Need a snack for the mind? AHP author Lauren Woods launched a book vending machine for local authors in D.C., and it's helping people find independent books from the city's own creatives.
https://loom.ly/G65M978
https://loom.ly/G65M978
October 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Need a snack for the mind? AHP author Lauren Woods launched a book vending machine for local authors in D.C., and it's helping people find independent books from the city's own creatives.
https://loom.ly/G65M978
https://loom.ly/G65M978
"How do we care for each other when we live in institutions of violence?'"
BITTERING THE WOUND by Jacqui Germain is at the top of Electric Lit's list "7 Poetry Books Written From Activism’s Front Lines!"
Read the full list here: https://loom.ly/yl1LsOU
BITTERING THE WOUND by Jacqui Germain is at the top of Electric Lit's list "7 Poetry Books Written From Activism’s Front Lines!"
Read the full list here: https://loom.ly/yl1LsOU
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"How do we care for each other when we live in institutions of violence?'"
BITTERING THE WOUND by Jacqui Germain is at the top of Electric Lit's list "7 Poetry Books Written From Activism’s Front Lines!"
Read the full list here: https://loom.ly/yl1LsOU
BITTERING THE WOUND by Jacqui Germain is at the top of Electric Lit's list "7 Poetry Books Written From Activism’s Front Lines!"
Read the full list here: https://loom.ly/yl1LsOU
We hope to see you tonight at 7.p.m. for the book launch of Jasmine Reid's INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS! RSVP here: https://loom.ly/15WY32w
Jasmine will also lead a Writers’ Café on writing radical futures at the Pitt Writing Center TODAY from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Jasmine will also lead a Writers’ Café on writing radical futures at the Pitt Writing Center TODAY from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We hope to see you tonight at 7.p.m. for the book launch of Jasmine Reid's INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS! RSVP here: https://loom.ly/15WY32w
Jasmine will also lead a Writers’ Café on writing radical futures at the Pitt Writing Center TODAY from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Jasmine will also lead a Writers’ Café on writing radical futures at the Pitt Writing Center TODAY from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
"The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe" and "Bigger" made The Millions' 2025 Great Fall Book Preview, just in time for peak leaf season!
We couldn't be prouder of Lauren D. Woods and Ren Cedar Fuller!
Read the full list here: https://loom.ly/X65v-SY
We couldn't be prouder of Lauren D. Woods and Ren Cedar Fuller!
Read the full list here: https://loom.ly/X65v-SY
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe" and "Bigger" made The Millions' 2025 Great Fall Book Preview, just in time for peak leaf season!
We couldn't be prouder of Lauren D. Woods and Ren Cedar Fuller!
Read the full list here: https://loom.ly/X65v-SY
We couldn't be prouder of Lauren D. Woods and Ren Cedar Fuller!
Read the full list here: https://loom.ly/X65v-SY
Autumn House is excited to announce the winner of our 2025 Poetry Prize: REDWORK by Laurie Ann Guerrero, selected by Matthew Olzmann!
We're honored to share this book with the world in October 2026.
#poetry #publishing #prize #winner
We're honored to share this book with the world in October 2026.
#poetry #publishing #prize #winner
October 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Autumn House is excited to announce the winner of our 2025 Poetry Prize: REDWORK by Laurie Ann Guerrero, selected by Matthew Olzmann!
We're honored to share this book with the world in October 2026.
#poetry #publishing #prize #winner
We're honored to share this book with the world in October 2026.
#poetry #publishing #prize #winner
Reminder that AHP poet Jasmine Reid, winner of the 2024 CAAPP Book Prize, is launching her book INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS this Friday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty!
RSVP here: https://loom.ly/15WY32w
RSVP here: https://loom.ly/15WY32w
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reminder that AHP poet Jasmine Reid, winner of the 2024 CAAPP Book Prize, is launching her book INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS this Friday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty!
RSVP here: https://loom.ly/15WY32w
RSVP here: https://loom.ly/15WY32w