Unsolicited Press
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Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press is based out of Portland, Oregon and focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented.
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Past mistakes don’t wash away. They just wait for high tide. 🌊
Sommer Schafer’s HOPE, Nov 25. unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/hope
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Sommer Schafer’s HOPE, Nov 25. unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/hope
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HOPE BY SOMMER SCHAFER — Unsolicited Press
Set in a small island community called Hope, Alaska, this fresh and contemporary collection of linked stories drops us into the lives of a host of quirky town characters striving for freedom, meaning,...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Past mistakes don’t wash away. They just wait for high tide. 🌊
Sommer Schafer’s HOPE, Nov 25. unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/hope
#books
Sommer Schafer’s HOPE, Nov 25. unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/hope
#books
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"A lively collection of intergenerational essays on how people create possibility and place through the arts, culture, and heritage."
Enter to win a copy of Amy Shimshon-Santo's "Piecework: Ethnographies of Place" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of Amy Shimshon-Santo's "Piecework: Ethnographies of Place" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"A lively collection of intergenerational essays on how people create possibility and place through the arts, culture, and heritage."
Enter to win a copy of Amy Shimshon-Santo's "Piecework: Ethnographies of Place" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of Amy Shimshon-Santo's "Piecework: Ethnographies of Place" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
We’re a small press.
A micro press.
A “runs on caffeine and righteous anger” press.
Small Business Saturday is basically our Olympics.
Stay tuned.
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A micro press.
A “runs on caffeine and righteous anger” press.
Small Business Saturday is basically our Olympics.
Stay tuned.
#smallbusinesssaturday
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We’re a small press.
A micro press.
A “runs on caffeine and righteous anger” press.
Small Business Saturday is basically our Olympics.
Stay tuned.
#smallbusinesssaturday
A micro press.
A “runs on caffeine and righteous anger” press.
Small Business Saturday is basically our Olympics.
Stay tuned.
#smallbusinesssaturday
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"Through these entangled lives, 'Hope' asks an essential question: To what extent can we, should we, bury the past?"
Enter to win a copy of Sommer Schafer's "Hope" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social 💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of Sommer Schafer's "Hope" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social 💙📚 #Booksky
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"Through these entangled lives, 'Hope' asks an essential question: To what extent can we, should we, bury the past?"
Enter to win a copy of Sommer Schafer's "Hope" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social 💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of Sommer Schafer's "Hope" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social 💙📚 #Booksky
Authors: be very very skeptical right now. There are PR scams out there that are trying to steal your money...they will not deliver results. If you are unsure, please message us. We can help you suss it out.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Authors: be very very skeptical right now. There are PR scams out there that are trying to steal your money...they will not deliver results. If you are unsure, please message us. We can help you suss it out.
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Check out this weeks edition of “Literary nights with Unsolicited Press.” @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
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October 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Check out this weeks edition of “Literary nights with Unsolicited Press.” @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
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This book was supposed to be out this month. Plans changed. Now, "There’s No Future Where We Don’t Have Fire" will be published by Unsolicited Press (@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social)! Put 07-27-27 on your calendars, friends. 🤩 🔥
October 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This book was supposed to be out this month. Plans changed. Now, "There’s No Future Where We Don’t Have Fire" will be published by Unsolicited Press (@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social)! Put 07-27-27 on your calendars, friends. 🤩 🔥
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"The Body Remembers contains poems about a woman's exploration of life through the physical and emotional challenges of the female body."
Enter to win a copy of Maureen Sherbondy's "The Body Remembers" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of Maureen Sherbondy's "The Body Remembers" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"The Body Remembers contains poems about a woman's exploration of life through the physical and emotional challenges of the female body."
Enter to win a copy of Maureen Sherbondy's "The Body Remembers" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of Maureen Sherbondy's "The Body Remembers" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
Friday Preview Night Post
🎉 Friday Preview Night Special — 6–8 PM ONLY!
Buy 1 book, get another for $5 (or use your festival voucher!)
Start your PBF weekend early with candy, chaos, and community at the table.
💀 Don’t miss this sneak peek!
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🎉 Friday Preview Night Special — 6–8 PM ONLY!
Buy 1 book, get another for $5 (or use your festival voucher!)
Start your PBF weekend early with candy, chaos, and community at the table.
💀 Don’t miss this sneak peek!
#UnsolicitedPress #PBFPreviewNight #FeministLit #BookDeals
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Friday Preview Night Post
🎉 Friday Preview Night Special — 6–8 PM ONLY!
Buy 1 book, get another for $5 (or use your festival voucher!)
Start your PBF weekend early with candy, chaos, and community at the table.
💀 Don’t miss this sneak peek!
#UnsolicitedPress #PBFPreviewNight #FeministLit #BookDeals
🎉 Friday Preview Night Special — 6–8 PM ONLY!
Buy 1 book, get another for $5 (or use your festival voucher!)
Start your PBF weekend early with candy, chaos, and community at the table.
💀 Don’t miss this sneak peek!
#UnsolicitedPress #PBFPreviewNight #FeministLit #BookDeals
Meet Gary the Skeleton!
He’s serving writer’s tears, handing out candy, and lurking at the Unsolicited Press table at PBF.
📸 Bring your camera. Bring your questions. Bring your courage.
Gary guarantees literary mischief.
#GaryTheSkeleton #UnsolicitedPress #BookFestivalFun #PBF2025
He’s serving writer’s tears, handing out candy, and lurking at the Unsolicited Press table at PBF.
📸 Bring your camera. Bring your questions. Bring your courage.
Gary guarantees literary mischief.
#GaryTheSkeleton #UnsolicitedPress #BookFestivalFun #PBF2025
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Meet Gary the Skeleton!
He’s serving writer’s tears, handing out candy, and lurking at the Unsolicited Press table at PBF.
📸 Bring your camera. Bring your questions. Bring your courage.
Gary guarantees literary mischief.
#GaryTheSkeleton #UnsolicitedPress #BookFestivalFun #PBF2025
He’s serving writer’s tears, handing out candy, and lurking at the Unsolicited Press table at PBF.
📸 Bring your camera. Bring your questions. Bring your courage.
Gary guarantees literary mischief.
#GaryTheSkeleton #UnsolicitedPress #BookFestivalFun #PBF2025
"A boisterous and thoughtful journey through the absurdities of modern capitalism."
DOLLARTORIUM | Kirkus Reviews www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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DOLLARTORIUM | Kirkus Reviews
Pullins’ satirical, surreal novel tackles American greed.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"A boisterous and thoughtful journey through the absurdities of modern capitalism."
DOLLARTORIUM | Kirkus Reviews www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
DOLLARTORIUM | Kirkus Reviews www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
What I Wish My Pregnant Friends Had Said When I Was Infertile | Vogue www.vogue.com/article/what...
What I Wish My Pregnant Friends Had Said When I Was Infertile
Through rounds and rounds of IVF treatment attempts, author Amy Gallo Ryan’s friends all got pregnant.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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True crime podcasts, vintage candle holders, and a chic (expensive) rain jacket
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True crime podcasts, vintage candle holders, and a chic (expensive) rain jacket
Links we sent our friends #124 feat. writer Amy Gallo Ryan
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October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
True crime podcasts, vintage candle holders, and a chic (expensive) rain jacket
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Every single email is a rabbit hole. Starts with the initial action, which then leads to another and then some more work, and before you know it, three hours have passed and there are still 4.5 million more emails.
October 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Every single email is a rabbit hole. Starts with the initial action, which then leads to another and then some more work, and before you know it, three hours have passed and there are still 4.5 million more emails.
Would you all be cool if we dropped our Twitter account?
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Would you all be cool if we dropped our Twitter account?
We know this isn't a lot at all and we wish we could feed people, BUT if you are impacted by the shutdown, DM us. We can give you an audiobook to listen to... or if you prefer an ebook, we have those. We can also just chat if you want. It's not a lot, but it's what we have.
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We know this isn't a lot at all and we wish we could feed people, BUT if you are impacted by the shutdown, DM us. We can give you an audiobook to listen to... or if you prefer an ebook, we have those. We can also just chat if you want. It's not a lot, but it's what we have.
UNSOLICITED PRESS ANNOUNCES A FIERCELY HONEST MEMOIR: GETTING DRESSED IN THE DARK: AN ARTIST’S WAY HOME By Gabriella D’Italia — Unsolicited Press www.unsolicitedpress.com/news/unsolic...
UNSOLICITED PRESS ANNOUNCES A FIERCELY HONEST MEMOIR: GETTING DRESSED IN THE DARK: AN ARTIST’S WAY HOME By Gabriella D’Italia — Unsolicited Press
Portland, OR — Unsolicited Press is proud to announce the upcoming release of GETTING DRESSED IN THE DARK: AN ARTIST’S WAY HOME , a raw and evocative memoir by interdisciplinary artist Gabriella D...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
UNSOLICITED PRESS ANNOUNCES A FIERCELY HONEST MEMOIR: GETTING DRESSED IN THE DARK: AN ARTIST’S WAY HOME By Gabriella D’Italia — Unsolicited Press www.unsolicitedpress.com/news/unsolic...
October’s Angst, Rage & Poetry—All in One Inbox
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October’s Angst, Rage & Poetry—All in One Inbox
Pumpkin spice lattes aren't supposed to have pumpkin in them.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
October’s Angst, Rage & Poetry—All in One Inbox
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Blake Lindstrom lives in a 96-sq-ft cliffside shed. Loves his family. Hates his neighbor. War is coming.
Sommer Schafer’s HOPE releases Nov 25, 2025. unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/hope
Sommer Schafer’s HOPE releases Nov 25, 2025. unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/hope
HOPE BY SOMMER SCHAFER — Unsolicited Press
Set in a small island community called Hope, Alaska, this fresh and contemporary collection of linked stories drops us into the lives of a host of quirky town characters striving for freedom, meaning,...
unsolicitedpress.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Blake Lindstrom lives in a 96-sq-ft cliffside shed. Loves his family. Hates his neighbor. War is coming.
Sommer Schafer’s HOPE releases Nov 25, 2025. unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/hope
Sommer Schafer’s HOPE releases Nov 25, 2025. unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/hope
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In RESIDENTS OF THE DEEP (@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social) “we meet fantastical beings—by turns charming and nightmarish—who, when examined unsparingly, turn out to be versions of ourselves.” —Luis H. Francia
Read Marianne Villanueva’s stories for #FAHM!
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Read Marianne Villanueva’s stories for #FAHM!
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RESIDENTS OF THE DEEP BY MARIANNE VILLANUEVA — Unsolicited Press
In “Ice,” two men contemplate their future in a bleak, post-apocalyptic landscape: “The point is, there is no point. You just keep going. Even if there’s no point.” In Dumaguete , a young boy…
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October 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In RESIDENTS OF THE DEEP (@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social) “we meet fantastical beings—by turns charming and nightmarish—who, when examined unsparingly, turn out to be versions of ourselves.” —Luis H. Francia
Read Marianne Villanueva’s stories for #FAHM!
www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/resid...
Read Marianne Villanueva’s stories for #FAHM!
www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/resid...
The rest of our 2025 titles are up for grabs this November on LibraryThing’s Early Review Program! 📚
Up to 30 readers can snag advance copies before release—don’t miss it 👀
#LibraryThing #EarlyReview #UnsolicitedPress
Up to 30 readers can snag advance copies before release—don’t miss it 👀
#LibraryThing #EarlyReview #UnsolicitedPress
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The rest of our 2025 titles are up for grabs this November on LibraryThing’s Early Review Program! 📚
Up to 30 readers can snag advance copies before release—don’t miss it 👀
#LibraryThing #EarlyReview #UnsolicitedPress
Up to 30 readers can snag advance copies before release—don’t miss it 👀
#LibraryThing #EarlyReview #UnsolicitedPress
Infertility is expensive, invasive, and isolating.
And still, we’re silent.
YOU MAY FEEL A BIT OF PRESSURE breaks that silence.
Out October 21.
#WomensHealth #Memoir #YouMayFeelABitOfPressure
And still, we’re silent.
YOU MAY FEEL A BIT OF PRESSURE breaks that silence.
Out October 21.
#WomensHealth #Memoir #YouMayFeelABitOfPressure
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Infertility is expensive, invasive, and isolating.
And still, we’re silent.
YOU MAY FEEL A BIT OF PRESSURE breaks that silence.
Out October 21.
#WomensHealth #Memoir #YouMayFeelABitOfPressure
And still, we’re silent.
YOU MAY FEEL A BIT OF PRESSURE breaks that silence.
Out October 21.
#WomensHealth #Memoir #YouMayFeelABitOfPressure
Greetings from "war-ravaged" Portland, where the only thing exploding is the tired-ass narrative of our critics. While the nation is glued to the political clown show, we're busy publishing books that actually capture the resilient and gloriously rebellious spirit that makes this community tick.
October 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Greetings from "war-ravaged" Portland, where the only thing exploding is the tired-ass narrative of our critics. While the nation is glued to the political clown show, we're busy publishing books that actually capture the resilient and gloriously rebellious spirit that makes this community tick.
October 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: Introducing PIECEWORK: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF PLACE by the brilliant Dr. Amy Shimshon-Santo, coming 11/18/25!
This powerful creative nonfiction collection explores how art & community shape our world.
Pre-order now: www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/piece... #PieceworkBook #NewBook
This powerful creative nonfiction collection explores how art & community shape our world.
Pre-order now: www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/piece... #PieceworkBook #NewBook
PIECEWORK: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF PLACE BY AMY SHIMSHON-SANTO — Unsolicited Press
Piecework is a lively collection of intergenerational essays on how people create possibility and place through the arts, culture, and heritage. Women and children play central roles in these ethno...
www.unsolicitedpress.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: Introducing PIECEWORK: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF PLACE by the brilliant Dr. Amy Shimshon-Santo, coming 11/18/25!
This powerful creative nonfiction collection explores how art & community shape our world.
Pre-order now: www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/piece... #PieceworkBook #NewBook
This powerful creative nonfiction collection explores how art & community shape our world.
Pre-order now: www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/piece... #PieceworkBook #NewBook