Unsolicited Press Heads to AWP 2026: Bold Books, Witty Chaos, and Indie Spirit
Unsolicited Press is heading to AWP 2026 in Baltimore with a full roster of authors, a packed signing schedule, and a slate of offsite events designed to prove that independent publishing is alive, loud, and unwilling to be beige. Find Unsolicited Press at Booth T625 at the Baltimore Convention... - February 25, 2026
Unsolicited Press Announces "Dollartorium," a Satirical Triumph by Ron Pullins
Unsolicited Press is proud to announce the release of Dollartorium, a sharp, hilarious, and deeply human novel by Ron Pullins, arriving February 10, 2026. In an era defined by hustle culture, economic anxiety, and the relentless monetization of everyday life, Dollartorium offers readers a... - February 22, 2026
Unsolicited Press Announces the Release of "Cloistered," a Surreal and Sensual Short Story Collection by Author Liz Kellebrew
Unsolicited Press is proud to announce the publication of Cloistered (February 17, 2026), an electrifying short story collection from writer Liz Kellebrew. Known for her innovative, cinematic prose, Kellebrew delivers a series of Mobius-strip narratives that blend the uncanny with the intimate,... - February 22, 2026
Unsolicited Press Announces "Parted Gods," a Luminous, Myth-Charged Novel by Alfredo Félix-Díaz
Independent publisher Unsolicited Press announces the March 24, 2026 release of Parted Gods, a sweeping and emotionally charged novel by Alfredo Félix-Díaz that moves between Berlin, Sicily, and New Orleans to explore art, obsession, myth, and the fragile boundaries of... - February 14, 2026
Unsolicited Press Announces Best of 2025: Seven Books Readers Would Not Let Go Of
Unsolicited Press has announced its Best of 2025, highlighting seven titles that did more than sell. These books stayed. They were reread, passed along, discussed, and returned to across the year. Selected based on sustained engagement across all sales channels, this list reflects reader trust... - February 08, 2026
Unsolicited Press Launches Small Press Big Mouth Book Club
Unsolicited Press announces the launch of Small Press Big Mouth Book Club, a monthly, author-present book club designed to foster long-term engagement with contemporary small press literature. Small Press Big Mouth centers one featured book per month and includes a live, moderated author salon,... - January 29, 2026
Ayendy Bonifacio’s "Dique Dominican" is a Lyrical Memoir of Migration, Identity, and the In-Between
Dique Dominican is the powerful debut memoir from Ayendy Bonifacio, born “near a mango-steepled, river-scented town” in the Dominican Republic and raised in Brooklyn after migrating as a child. With lyrical precision and emotional honesty, Bonifacio crafts an unforgettable meditation on... - January 27, 2026
Unsolicited Press Announces the Publication of "The Box of Torrone," by John J. Trause
Unsolicited Press is pleased to announce the publication of The Box of Torrone, a new poetry collection by John J. Trause, available January 6, 2026. The Box of Torrone is an experimental yet accessible collection built from a single intimate artifact: a box of Italian nougat gifted to the author... - January 08, 2026
Unsolicited Press Launches New Guide That Offers a Sustainable Alternative to Burnout in Publishing
Publish Without Burning Out: A Small Press Launch System provides ethical, repeatable launch strategies for authors and independent publishers. - December 30, 2025
Unsolicited Press Launches $30,000 Community Fundraising Campaign to Sustain Independent Publishing Operations
Unsolicited Press, an independent literary publisher known for championing bold, risk-taking voices, has launched a $30,000 fundraising campaign to support ongoing press operations and ensure the publication and promotion of its upcoming book list. The campaign addresses the real financial... - December 28, 2025
Debut Poetry Collection Body Memory by Meriwether Clarke Explores Identity, Violence, and the Power of Remembrance
Unsolicited Press is proud to announce the release of Body Memory, the debut full-length poetry collection by Meriwether Clarke, available October 7, 2025. Distributed through Asterism, this striking collection of 100 pages (ISBN: 978-1-963115-62-8, $18.95) traces the formation of identity in a... - December 26, 2025
The Body Never Forgets: Maureen Sherbondy’s The Body Remembers Explores Strength, Grief, and the Mystic of Womanhood
Unsolicited Press proudly announces the release of The Body Remembers by award-winning poet Maureen Sherbondy (ISBN: 978-1-963115-53-6 | $18.95). In this powerful new collection, Sherbondy turns the body into a map, a sanctuary, and sometimes even a battlefield. With fearless honesty, her poems... - December 26, 2025
Unsolicited Press Presents “Louder Than Silence”: A Year-End Livestream Celebrating Womxn’s Voices
Unsolicited Press will close its 2025 Year of Womxn with Louder Than Silence, a live, round-robin reading featuring womxn authors from across its 2025 publishing list. The virtual event will stream live on YouTube on Tuesday, December 30, from 2:00–6:00pm Pacific, bringing together voices... - December 25, 2025
Amy Gallo Ryan’s "YOU MAY FEEL A BIT OF PRESSURE" Lays Bare the Silent Struggle of Infertility
Unsolicited Press is honored to announce the release of YOU MAY FEEL A BIT OF PRESSURE: Observations from Infertility’s Heart-Wrenching Ride by Amy Gallo Ryan (ISBN: 978-1-963115-58-1 | $22.95 | 224 pages). With a foreword by Lauren Smith Brody, author of The Fifth Trimester and co-founder of... - December 24, 2025
Unsolicited Press Releases "The Impossible Physics of the Hummingbird" by Kim Farrar
Unsolicited Press is proud to announce the release of "The Impossible Physics of the Hummingbird" by Kim Farrar, a luminous poetry collection that proves the impossible happens every day. Just as the hummingbird defies nature’s logic—its body too heavy, its wings too... - December 23, 2025
Unsolicited Press Launches December Funding Drive with New Author Incentives to Support 2026 Season
Unsolicited Press, an independent literary publisher committed to elevating boundary-breaking voices, announces its annual December Funding Drive. The press relies on December sales and contributions to finance the upcoming publishing season, and this year, it’s launching two major... - December 05, 2025
A Wilderness of Secrets: Sommer Schafer’s "HOPE" Explores the Fragile Boundaries Between Past and Present
In "HOPE," Sommer Schafer takes readers to the rugged, wind-battered edge of the world—Hope, Alaska—where an isolated island community’s residents cling to their chosen lives far from modern distractions, even as the past refuses to stay buried. This novel-in-stories... - November 18, 2025
The Body Never Forgets: Maureen Sherbondy’s "The Body Remembers" Explores Strength, Grief, and the Mystic of Womanhood
Unsolicited Press proudly announces the release of The Body Remembers by award-winning poet Maureen Sherbondy (ISBN: 978-1-963115-53-6 | $18.95). In this powerful new collection, Sherbondy turns the body into a map, a sanctuary, and sometimes even a battlefield. With fearless honesty, her poems... - October 02, 2025
Unsolicited Press Announces the Release of "That Very Place," by Mary Ann McGuigan
Unsolicited Press is proud to announce the publication of That Very Place ($18.95), a new short story collection by acclaimed writer Mary Ann McGuigan, whose work has appeared in The Sun, Massachusetts Review, North American Review, and more. The characters in That Very Place find themselves in... - September 11, 2025
Unsolicited Press Releases "A Long Way from Anywhere: Living Off-Grid in the American West" by Norah Esty
Step into the wild with Norah Esty’s compelling new memoir, "A Long Way from Anywhere: Living Off-Grid in the American West. This candid and often humorous account follows Norah and her husband Jim as they trade city comforts and successful careers for the unpredictable challenges of... - July 15, 2025
Unsolicited Press Releases "Can I Have a Hug First?" by Mary Paula Hunter
Ever feel like you’re teetering on the edge of absurdity? Welcome to "Can I Have a Hug First?" the latest short story collection from writer and performance artist Mary Paula Hunter. This book is a high-voltage, no-holds-barred dive into the minds of midlife adults desperately... - July 15, 2025
New Release: "Ekphrasis as Divination: An Incantation Catalogue," by Robyn Leigh Lear
Unsolicited Press will release Ekphrasis as Divination: An Incantation Catalogue (ISBN: 978-1963115376), the latest collection from poet Robyn Leigh Lear. This book invites readers into a world where language serves as both divination and revelation. Composed almost entirely of found language,... - February 14, 2025
Reflecting on 2024’s Bestsellers: A Year of Literary Excellence
As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time to celebrate the books that captured readers’ imaginations, hearts, and minds. From emotionally charged memoirs to groundbreaking poetry and compelling fiction, this year’s bestsellers remind us why we turn to literature — to find truth,... - January 06, 2025
Unsolicited Press Releases Philip Jason's Book "Window Eyes"
"The novel bears re-reading well, for the twists and turns of the plot as well as the details even a careful reader might miss on a first pass. In a wink to the world of comic books and other forms of serial storytelling, the novel also leaves space for at least one alternative reading that... - February 15, 2024
Seattle Author Trevor J. Houser Releases "The Prumont Method," His Second Novel
Trevor J. Houser is an author in Seattle who has written two novels that use a unique writing style. - August 17, 2023
East Coast Author Tim DeMarco Launches Debut Novel,"Release Me"
Tim DeMarco, an author from New Jersey, releases his first novel with small press, Unsolicited Press, out of Portland, Oregon. - May 14, 2023
Unsolicited Press Releases Stacey Freeman's "I Bought My Husband’s Mistress Lingerie"
Stacey Freeman's "I Bought My Husband’s Mistress Lingerie" is a nonfiction memoir about love, marriage and finding oneself after divorce. - November 08, 2022
Unsolicited Press' Latest Release: "The Paper Boy & The Winter War" by R. E. Hengsterman Uncovers the Impacts of Loss, Struggle, & Addiction
Unsolicited Press announces the release of a new book by R.E. Hengsterman titled "The Paper Boy and the Winter War." - October 25, 2022
Poet and Composer Fernando Andres Torres Pens Electric Short Story Collection
Independent publisher Unsolicited Press releases Fernando Andres Torres's story and essay collection "Walks Through Memories of Oblivion." - October 11, 2022
Portland Poet Melanie Sevcenko Releases "I Still Go to Bed with Water," A Poetry Collection Steeped in Strange Intimacy and Published by Unsolicited Press
Unsolicited Press is publishing poet Melanie Sevcenko's poetry collection "I Still Go to Bed with Water." - September 15, 2022
Unsolicited Press Launches "The Guide to Being a Dictator's Mistress" by Cedrick Mendoza-Tolentino, a Book That Digs Into the Familiar and Unfamiliar in New Ways
Announcing the launch of "The Guide to Being a Dictator's Mistress" by Cedrick Mendoza-Tolentino. Released by Unsolicited Press. - August 31, 2022
Unsolicited Press Releases Montreal-Based Poet Elisabeth Blair's "Because God Loves the Wasp"
Unsolicited Press is a small press in Portland and has published a poetry collection, "Because God Loves the Wasp" by Elisabeth Blair. - August 23, 2022
Unsolicited Press Partners with Brooklyn Poet Lisa Badner Writes Verse with a Sharp Wit in Her New Book "Fruitcake"
A new poetry collection, "Fruitcake," written by Brooklyn-based poet, Lisa Badner is now available. The author is seeking interviews and media opportunities. - July 12, 2022
Buffalo Author Stephen G. Eoannou Writes a Riveting Novel About Al Nussbaum
Pacific Northwest publisher Unsolicited Press releases debut crime novel by Stephen G. Eoannou. - June 21, 2022
Unsolicited Press Releases Washington Author Kami Westhoff's Short Story Collection "The Criteria" That Traverses Into the Impossible Decisions Faced by Women
Pacific Northwest publisher Unsolicited Press releases Kami Westhoff's latest short story collection, "The Criteria." - May 30, 2022
Unsolicited Press Publishes Pushcart Prize Nominee Emily Paige Wilson’s Poetry Collection, Jalubí
Emily Paige Wilson's poetry collection, Jalubi, is being published by Unsolicited Press. - May 23, 2022
Montana Author Sarah Rau Peterson Captures the Soul of Montana in "Hunting Geese"
Unsolicited Press publishes a short story collection, "Hunting Geese," by Montanan Sarah Rau Peterson. - May 10, 2022
Unsolicited Press Releases Kadzi Mutizwa's "Living of Natural Causes"
Kadzi Mutizwa's "Living of Natural Causes" is an essay collection released by Pacific Northwest publisher Unsolicited Press. - March 24, 2022
Unsolicited Press Releases "The Land of Ale and Gloom: Discovering the Pacific Northwest" by Pacific Northwesterner Phillip Hurst
Phillip Hurst writes a travelogue book exploring breweries in the Pacific Northwest. Features Oregon and Washington. - March 15, 2022
Maine Author Releases Debut Poetry and Prose Collection with Unsolicited Press
Carrie Close's "What I Have I Done?" a poetry and prose collection is now available. - March 15, 2022
North Carolina Author's Debut Novel Already Looking Like a Bestseller
Unsolicited Press releases Thomas Calder's "The Wind Under the Door." - March 23, 2021
"While the Kettle Boils": Remarkable Nova Scotian Author Pens Flash Fiction Collection
Unsolicited Press releases new book from Canadian Author. - January 30, 2021
La Therapist’s Fierce Debut Book Carves Out Path Toward Body Acceptance and Conquering Dieting Woes Through Powerful Mini-Memoirs From Survivors
Small Press Releases a Book on Body Image and Eating Disorders - January 21, 2021
Boston-Based Poet Releases Books Tackling Trauma in an Apathetic World
Poetry Book Release in Boston, MA. - January 05, 2021
Texan Who Sailed Around the World with a Veteran Releases Debut Short Story Collection
Unsolicited Press, a small publisher in Portland, is releasing the debut book by Stephen J. O'Shea, a documentarian who sailed around the world. - November 10, 2020
Announcing the Release of "What Nell Dreams" by Anne Leigh Parrish
"What Nell Dreams" by Anne Leigh Parrish is an instant success; Parrish writes fiction with a delicate hand. - November 03, 2020
LA Author’s Timely Debut Book Maps Out the Universe of Single Motherhood and Her Journey to Power, Truth and Self-Acceptance
Amy Shimshon-Santo, in cooperation with Unsolicited Press, releases a new poetry collection. - September 16, 2020
Unsolicited Press Proudly Releases "Kathmandu" by Nepal-Born Anuja Ghimire
A press release for a poetry book titled, "Kathmandu" by a Dallas writer, Anuja Ghimire. - September 08, 2020
Unsolicited Press Announces Availability of "The Poet’s Garage" by Terry Tierney
Unsolicited Press announces immediate availability of The Poet’s Garage by Terry Tierney, an author based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Poet’s Garage is a provocative poetry collection enriched by deep images that refuse to remain static. Poems begin with epiphany-esque imagery... - May 05, 2020
Unsolicited Press Releases "Peripheral Visions and Other Stories" by Nancy Christie
Unsolicited Press Releases "Peripheral Visions and Other Stories" by Nancy Christie - April 29, 2020