Article Archive: News and Trends

Founded to support the work of marginalized poets, Get Fresh Books publishes one to three poetry collections each year, selecting manuscripts from a pool of no-fee submissions and solicited work. 

To mimic human writing, AI technologies have been consuming millions of pages of copyrighted literature. Authors have filed several class-action lawsuits accusing AI companies of illicitly using their work and seeking compensation.

Led by a board of distinguished authors in collaboration with three nonprofit organizations, a new yearlong fellowship supporting system-impacted writers promises to provide resources and funding to share their stories.

In defiance of Amazon’s dominance in the bookselling market, Bookshop has launched an imprint that will release its inaugural title this fall. Bookshop will also introduce its own e-reading platform, supporting independent bookstores. 

The author of Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go introduces five journals, including Shenandoah and Hyphen, where she found understanding and acceptance for her stories.

The new editor of the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets discusses the power of the written word, the importance of university presses, and his plans to leave no manuscript unturned. 

Dedicated to finding the voices and stories audiences most need to hear, Book*hug Press reads beyond borders as a Canadian press with international influences, representationally and aesthetically.  

After more than two decades, the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize will no longer divide its award into Canadian and international categories, drawing mixed responses from the Canadian literary world.

Guided by a mandate to seek out and amplify underrepresented voices, the Feminist Press publishes twelve to fifteen books a year in multiple genres and holds open submission periods twice annually.