⚡️ Swing by the Sarabande Booth #1039 and visit special guest LA MARKS of Ars Poetica who will be providing ✨ exclusive poetic offerings to our visitors.✨
LA will be at the booth during the following days and times:
3/5 from 9:00 -10:30 am ET
3/6 and 3/7 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm ET
See you soon!
Find me at AWP!
FEATURED PANEL!! Thursday, 3/5 12:10-1:25pm Ballroom 1 "They'll Never Write a Poem:" Neurodivergent Poets on Their Writing Lives
Sarabande Booth #1039-1041
Keeping things simple this year! You can find me one of two places—and I hope you do! 😘
✨ #AWP26 BOOTH #1039 SIGNINGS ~ MARCH 6 ✨ All books for sale at our booth.
1:00pm ET - Katrine Øgaard Jensen & Paul Cunningham
2:00pm ET - Alina Stefanescu (@alinaetc.bsky.social) & Brian Leung
3:00pm ET - Stine An (@stine.bsky.social) & Lauren Haldeman (@haldini.bsky.social)
✨ #AWP26 BOOTH #1039 SIGNINGS ~ MARCH 5 ✨ All books for sale at our booth.
1:00pm ET - Ilya Kaminsky (@ilyakaminsky.bsky.social) & Katie Farris
2:00pm ET - Marianne Chan (@mariannelchan.bsky.social) & Kathryn Nuernberger (@katnuernberger.bsky.social)
3:00pm ET - Lia Purpura & An Chang Joon
🙏 THANK YOU WRITERS!! 💞 To everyone who submitted their manuscripts to Sarabande’s Annual Prizes, thank you!
If you just couldn’t get your manuscript together in time, fear not; it’s only a short wait until THE SARABANDE OPEN! ✨ 🎾 😉
✨COVER REVEAL!✨ THE FRIEND SEEKERS by Siamak Vossoughi is a tender short story collection for readers of Lorrie Moore and Lydia Davis. Available November 2026.
🔗 Preorder in bio!
✨COVER REVEAL!✨ THE GRIEF ARTIST is a meditation on grief, rituals and art by award-winning author Traci Brimhall (@/tracibrimhall.bsky.social) for fans of Six Feet Under and Caitlin Doughty’s From Here to Eternity. Available Oct 2026.
🔗 Preorder in bio!
✨COVER REVEAL!✨ PERFECT ITALIAN by poet, Kiki Petrosino, is available September 2026. This is the third and final installment in her series on heritage and identity. Previous books in the collection, also published by Sarabande, include WITCH WIFE (2017) and BRIGHT (2022).
🔗 Preorder in bio!
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🎉 Happy Publication Day to HOW TO DISAPPEAR AND WHY by Kyle Minor 🥳 Chosen by LitHub (@lithub.com.web.brid.gy) as one of their most anticipated books this year and received a Starred Review from Kirkus!
🔗 Buy your copy today! www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
⚡️ LAST DAY TO SUBMIT TO SARABANDE'S ANNUAL PRIZES! ⚡️ All manuscripts must be submitted by 11:59p ET on February 23.
For more information and to submit visit the link in bio!
⚡️ 3 DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT TO SARABANDE'S ANNUAL PRIZES! ⚡️ We extended the deadline once. We won't extend it again. So don't miss out!!
All manuscripts must be submitted by 11:59p ET on February 23. For more information and to submit visit the link in bio!
CALLING ALL AWP ATTENDEES!! Don't miss our featured panel Neurodivergent Poets on Their Writing Lives on Thurs., 3/5 at 12:10pm ET. Featuring Stine An (@stine.bsky.social), Lauren Haldeman (@haldini.bsky.social), Alina Stefanescu (@alinaetc.bsky.social) and Karisma Price (@karismaprice.bsky.social).
Last-minute folks! We see you, we’ve got you, we are you. 😘
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❤️🔥 DEADLINE EXTENSION! ❤️🔥 Did you miss out on submitting your manuscript to Sarabande's Annual Prizes yesterday? Never fear! We have extended the deadline! All manuscript submissions for Sarabande's Annual Prizes are due by 11:59p ET on February 23.
✨ Link in bio for more info and to submit! ✨
✨CALLING ALL FICTION WRITERS!✨ The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction is accepting manuscript submissions through Feb 15!
Kaveh Akbar will select one winning manuscript for publication by Sarabande. The prize also includes $2,000 and a standard royalty contract.
Link in bio to submit!
✨CALLING ALL POETS!✨ The Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry is still accepting manuscript submissions through Feb 15!
Adrian Matejka will select one winning manuscript for publication by Sarabande. The prize also includes $2,000 and a standard royalty contract.
Link in bio to learn more and submit!
✨ Calling all essayists!✨ The Sarabande Prize in the Essay is still accepting manuscript submissions through Feb 15!
nezhukumatathil.bsky.social will select one winning manuscript for publication by Sarabande. The prize also includes $2,000 and a standard royalty contract.
Link in bio to submit!
💥 Get ready, Sarabande is headed to Baltimore, MD for #AWP26! Find us on the Bookfair floor March 5-7!! 💥 Sign up for our newsletter (link in bio) and watch our socials for updates on Sarabande #AWP26 events, signings and more!
⚡️ZINE LUNCH!⚡️presents “Building a New World,” a free, virtual workshop with Jamey Alea this Friday, February 6, at 12 PM EST.
Link in bio to register—it’s free!
Get excited for the #AWP26 event “‘They’ll Never Write a Poem’: Neurodivergent Poets on Their Writing Lives, Sponsored by @sarabandebooks.bsky.social,” w/ Stine An, @haldini.bsky.social, @alinaetc.bsky.social, @karismaprice.bsky.social & @kristenmiller.bsky.social!
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🎉 Happy Publication Day to LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET GO TO WAR by Lesyk Panasiuk translated by Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris 🥳
Buy your copy today! www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
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✨ Don't miss out on Sarabande's lead poetry title this spring, INTIFADAS by Edward Salem, on sale Apr. 21 was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Top 10 Poetry Books coming out Spring 2026! ✨
🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
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HOW TO DISAPPEAR AND WHY by Kyle Minor, on sale Feb 24, just received a starred Kirkus (@kirkus_reviews) review! Critics are calling this collection "funny, provocative, relatable, vulnerable , cynical, and sobering by turns..."
🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
Ivory background with black quote marks in the upper left and lower right hand corner. The white Sarabande logo is in the upper right. To the lower left is an image of the book LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET GO TO WAR. The text quoted in the center reads: "...The imagery is modernly, and terrifyingly, Kafkaesque. The poem’s brevity, nonetheless, personifies another horrifying reality faced by Ukrainians each and every day: how quickly war unravels lives and routines, and how drastically it reshapes an individual. - Nicole Yurcaba, World Literature Today"
✨ LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET GO TO WAR by Lesyk Panasiuk, trans. by Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris (Jan 20), was praised by World Literature Today (@worldlittoday.bsky.social) as "modernly, and terrifyingly, Kafkaesque."
Read this timely + essential collection! www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
⚡️ZINE LUNCH!⚡️presents “Language! Line! Character!,” a free, virtual workshop with Amanda L. Andrei this Friday, January 9, at 12 PM EST.
Link in bio to register—it’s free!
Send your brilliance my way! 🫶
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✨ SUBMISSIONS OPEN for the 2026 Sarabande Annual Prizes through Submittable starting today Jan 1 - Feb 15. This year’s judges are: Kaveh Akbar (Short Fiction), Adrian Matejka (Poetry), and Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Essay)!
Winners receive $2,000 and publication! Full details at link in bio ✨
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🚨 NEW YEAR'S SALE! All in-stock Sarabande titles are 20% off December 26 through January 2. Sale excludes bundles, merchandise + preorders. Discount applies to in-stock titles only. Shipping begins January 5. Use code NEWYEAR20 at checkout. ✨ 🪩
Shop the sale here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles
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❣ The Sarabande offices are closed December 25 - January 2. Any online orders will be processed when we reopen January 5. Thank you for being a part of the Sarabande community! May you also find rest, stay warm and feel joy always. 🫶
❄ HAPPY HOLIDAYS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉
ICYMI I wrote about this intoxicating project of collaborative poetic translation and mistranslation. @sarabandebooks.bsky.social
Exercises in poetic alchemy: Ancient Algorithms by Katrine Øgaard Jensen (and friends) roughghosts.com/2025/12/19/e...
