🔖 AWARDS SUBMISSIONS REMINDER
There is currently 1 Red Hen Press Award open for submissions.
⭐️ Ann Petry Award: March 31, 2026
Award is $3,000 + publication by Red Hen Press.
visit the Submission Guidelines here for details 📎
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KILL DICK by @lukelikesglue was mentioned by Jennette McCurdy as her most eager book to read this year on Elle Magazine 📖
Officially out April 14th - - Preorder your copy wherever you grab your books 📚
See you at AWP 🖊️
Stay tuned for more Red Hen Press news at this year's AWP conference in Baltimore!
For more information about this year’s conference, visit
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⭐New Audiobook Release ⭐
Listen to Tom Lutz’s newest noir novel, CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO, on your devices!
Play it now on your favorite listening platform 🎧
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ATTENTION READERS 📣 Goodreads is giving away 100 copies of KILL DICK by Luke Goebel!
There will be 100 winners, AKA your odds of winning are higher than ever. The contest is now open and closes on February 7th at 11:59 PM PST.
Click the link here to enter:
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Congratulations to the winner of our 2025 Women's Prose Prize Award, Allison Field Bell! Her collection of stories, BODIES OF OTHER WOMEN, will be forthcoming from Red Hen Press in 2028!
Holiday Bundle Exclusive ✨️
BIND ME TIGHTER STILL by Lara Ehrlich is the perfect holiday gift 🎁
Only a limited amount, so don’t wait! Head over to the Red Hen Press merch site to grab this exclusive holiday gift bundle ♥️
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Help us publish diverse stories this Giving Tuesday 🌟
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We’re not going to change.
As our mission goes→ Red Hen Press is dedicated to publishing works of literary excellence, fostering diversity, and promoting literacy in our local schools.
With supporters like you, we get to keep championing writers whose stories shape the world 💛
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Holiday book haul, anyone? 🎁
We’re dropping MAJOR cheer: 30% off your entire Red Hen Press order with code HOLIDAYSTACK ✨📚
If you haven’t explored IndiePubs yet… this is the moment!
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Did we hear ✨holiday✨shopping?
We’re sleighing through your feed with 30% off your ENTIRE order on the Red Hen Press Merch site 🛍️
Be sure to use the code GIFTREDHEN at checkout!
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Welcome to another Holiday Countdown! We are introducing 7 Days of Fiction straight to your feed 📩
Day 5 of fiction is GLORIOUS BOY by Aimee Liu ✨
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MIAMI! See you on SUNDAY!
📍 Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
🗓️ Friday, November 21: 10AM - 7PM - FREE!
Saturday, November 22: 10AM - 7PM - $12 Admission
Sunday, November 23: 10AM - 6PM - $12 Admission
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Mia C. Heavener’s UNDER NUSHAGAK BLUFF (@redhenpress.bsky.social) is “a generational saga of strong, stubborn Yup’ik women living in a village that has been divided between the new and the old.”
Read the novel this #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth: redhen.org/book/under-n...
Welcome to another Holiday Countdown! We are introducing 7 Days of Fiction straight to your feed 📩
Today’s highlight is JANE OF BATTERY PARK by Jaye Viner ✨
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Welcome to another Holiday Countdown! We are introducing 7 Days of Fiction straight to your feed 📩
Today’s fiction highlight is DEAR EDNA SLOANE by Amy Shearn ✨
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This season is about stories ♥️
You can gift the joy of independent literature to readers and writers during this year’s Giving Tuesday on December 2nd.
See how you can support Red Hen Press today 💛
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Book cover for Dwelling by Allison Joseph (Red Hen Press). Dwelling is the latest collection from Allison Joseph, whose wise words, narrative passion, and lyrical intensity have made her a fan favorite with audiences of all ages. In Dwelling, Joseph is concerned with the inevitable search for home—as a woman, as a person of color, and as a poet. Her poems take on subjects from the serious and sublime to the humorous and ironic. Whatever her subject, Joseph is humane, humble, hilarious, and high-spirited. This poet goes wherever her imagination thrives—dwelling among us and beyond us. https://redhen.org/book/dwelling/
Book cover for The Great Lunenburglary by Bryn Pottie (Moose House). In 1922 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, two friends with dreams of breaking the mould of Maritime music find themselves entangled in the most daring heist in Nova Scotian history. This rollicking farce combines wild adventures with trenchant comments on current events. Join the greatest caper Nova Scotia has ever seen! https://www.moosehousepress.com/product-page/the-great-lunenburglary
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Dwelling by @allisonpoet.bsky.social (@redhenpress.bsky.social): redhen.org/book/dwelling/ & The Great Lunenburglary by Bryn Pottie (@moosehousepress.bsky.social): www.moosehousepress.com/product-page... See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #readingcommunity #bookish
It’s the ULTIMATE gift guide for readers who ❤️ a book club favorite.
IF I WERE THE OCEAN, I'D CARRY YOU HOME by Pete Hsu
I ONLY CRY WITH EMOTICONS by Yuvi Zalkow
SINKING ISLANDS by Cai Emmons
UNSEEN CITY by Amy Shearn
TEA BY THE SEA by Donna Hemans
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It’s the ULTIMATE gift guide for readers!
For the friend who reads for the thrill 🔪😈
NOW YOU OWE ME by Aliah Wright
THE LAST WOMEN OF AZALEA COURT by Ellen Meeropol
URSULA LAKE by Charles Harper Webb
THE SEA GIVES UP THE DEAD by Molly Olguin
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Today we are sharing books of poetry for a quiet evening 🫖🌝
❇️ THE NIGHTLIFE by Elise Paschen
❇️ STILL WATER CARVING LIGHT by Peggy Shumaker
❇️ LIFTING THE ISLAND by David Eggleton
❇️ WALKING WHEEL by Molly Fisk
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Elise Paschen’s BLOOD WOLF MOON grapples with “a dark period of American history, ‘The Reign of Terror,’ when outsiders murdered individual members of the Osage for their oil headrights.”
Read the @redhenpress.bsky.social collection this #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth:
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We just heard “All I Want for Christmas is You” so we’re taking the cue and OFFICIALLY sharing our holiday book recommendations with you all!
Stay tuned all season long as we recommend books and gift guides for every reader in your life!
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🔖 AWARDS SUBMISSIONS REMINDER
There are currently 3 Red Hen Press open submissions for awards.
⭐️ Quill Queer Prose Award: November 30, 2025
⭐️ Cai Emmons Fiction Award: January 15, 2026
⭐️ Ann Petry Award:
March 31, 2026
visit the Submission Guidelines here: redhen.org/awards/
USA Today feature of our upcoming book KILL DICK by Luke Goebel
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Hey writers! Looking for a writing retreat? We got you!
Learn about the Studio Luce and Casa Zala writing retreat hosted by Red Hen Press founder Dr. Kate Gale here
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9 more days until the Benefit Gala!!
We’re so excited to celebrate with you all 🥳
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Every photo tells a story of compassion, celebration, and a community of literary marvels . Take a look back at the magic of our past benefits!
Thinking of attending? Grab a ticket for this year's Benefit or join us virtually by following the link here: e.givesmart.com/events/J63/
A graphic promoting an upcoming book tour for Tom Lutz. The image features a headshot of Tom Lutz looking toward the viewer. To the right is a list of five California tour dates: October 6 at Skylight Books, October 7 at The Town Club, October 9 at Diesel, A Bookstore, October 10 at Vroman's Bookstore, and October 14 at Chevalier's Books, and October 19 at Red Hen Press. The graphic is predominantly purple and pink, with the Coriolis logo at the top and the text "...more to come!" at the bottom.
Professor #TomLutz is bringing a double-feature masterclass in literature and history to the West Coast. Join him for conversations spanning two worlds: cultural revolutionaries of the Roaring Twenties and the deadly serious world of modern espionage.
#BookTour
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In our latest Substack post, our wonderful intern Belana Beeck reflects on her roots and how books helped her find belonging.
Read her heartfelt essay and join the conversation on Latinx identity, language, and literature.
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