Charcuterie is different (orphaned books only) and opens usually when we have space in the calendar. Cal is full right now due to last year’s impact on the schedule. Once we finish replying to all subs I’ll take a look at making it a standard reading time tho! Maybe March or May.
If you'd like to submit, come see us on Submittable:
porkbellypress.submittable.com/submit
Full guidelines on our website.
We're looking for personal works, work that touches on culture, identity, myth, tradition (new or old), family, fable, magic, pop culture, and many other topics.
We welcome works by authors all along the identity spectrum.
We're opening 2026 with a chapbook reading call, considering works of 12-26 pages in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid forms, and art.
If you're curious about what kind of work we accept, you can go to any chapbook in the catalog, click 'additional info' and see a sample from each.
porkbellypress.com/poetry/notes
Jessie’s poetry moves through the world with hunger and tooth, examines how the breeze moves through the body, conforms to it, how memory imprints, how to call fire, how to howl, to rip through life and devour each moment. (Porkbelly Press 2025)
Thank you for your patience while we make our way through the queue! Responses will be going out to everything in the queue this month (barring any further catastrophic shenanigans of 2025).
Orders are being processed as normal, though postal delays are possible due to USPS overload for holidays.
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.
astrology
signs
tarot
spells
kitchen witchery
#callforsubmissions #readmore #chapbooks #micropress
porkbellypress.submittable.com/submit
Reading manuscripts 8-10 pages thru July 31!
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.
fire
ash
cinder
molten things
forged-in-flame things
tempered or banked
wild & irresistible
offerings
stirring
herbalism
tinctures
natural dye
kitchen witchery
crafty practice
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.
ocean
historic shipwrecks
travel by sea
rivers
treasure
waterfalls
stargazing
fishing
reefs
jellyfish
#callforsubmissions #readmore #micropress
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.
horror
cult classic movies
80s pop culture
90s pop culture
lore
tall tales
slow food
cooking
traditions
family recipes
botany
chemistry
geology
pathology
various -ologies
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.
taxidermy
reliquaries
memory
memorials
mourning
ritual objects
heirlooms
feminist icons
NotoriousRBG
thinkers
activists
artists
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.
fossils
deserts
dinosaurs
creek beds
old bones
boneyards
exploration
discovery
collecting
sharp teeth
full moons
dark forests
haunted places
ghost stories
thickets
#callforsubmission
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.
haunted places
ghost stories
old houses
hidden rooms
D&D
gaming / rpgs / mmorpgs
battlestar galactica
dr. who
dead like me
fandoms
LARP
#callforsubmission #readmore #micropress
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.
museums
special collections
archives
vintage documents
pop culture
David Bowie / music / movies
Tori Amos / music / writing
your inspiration / fav people
#readmore #callforsubs
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.
true crime
photographers
investigation
cold cases
travel
migration
roadside attractions
curiosities
exploration
maps
the body
scars
aging
survival
healing
#readmore #callforsubs
Reading micro chapbooks through the end of July. Considering poetry, micro fiction, micro essay, hybrid, and art chaps 8-10 pages.
porkbellypress.com/subs Full info here. We read via Submittable.
#callforsubmissions #micropress #handbound #chapbooks
Emily F. Kerlin's THE SWORD SWALLOWERS is now available from Porkbelly Press! #poetry #performance #hunger #swordswallower
porkbellypress.com/poetry/sword
Happy release day to Sarah Josephine Pennington's WHERE THE BLUEGRASS GROWS, JUNE 1916.
In addition to Sarah's words, some of the poems include lines or images sourced from a vintage Kentucky newspaper. #appalachian #southeasternkentucky #kentucky #poetry #appalachianpoetry #handbound #chapbook
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www.poetryhugo.com
Sugared Water's latest issue is out this week! porkbellypress.com/009
Featuring work by:
Tim Duffy
B. Fulton Jennes
Lindsay Keller-Madsen
Steph Kleid
Barbara Lawhorn
Melanie H. Manuel
Jessa Queyrouze
Susan Rich
Hannah Yerington
Danielle Weeks
Elizabeth Wing
#litmag #sugaredwater #porkbellypress
Over 100 publications re-opened today, including @3lobedmag.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @anmlymag.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @narrativemag.bsky.social @terrainorg.bsky.social @burnsidereview.bsky.social @salamandermag.bsky.social @porkbellypress.bsky.social
Happy release day to Esinam Bediako's SELF-TALK, a hybrid #chapbook. porkbellypress.com/hybrid/self-...
I’m really excited to announce my first chapbook, “Trans Artifacts: Bones Between My Teeth,” will be published by Porkbelly Press in 2026/7!
Happy release day to Love Me, Love My Belly #zine issue no. 8! #bodyimage #body #autonomy #abortionrights #survival
porkbellypress.com/mags/belly8
Work by 9 poets & writers on the subject of the body.
See the content warnings on the 'additional info' page for more on topics this issue includes.
a yellow background with hand-drawn red and pink roses. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, and Audrey Gidman.
a photo of orange and pink spools of waxed linen thread. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, and Sasha Weiss.
A photo of sky blue and teal spools of waxed linen thread. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Ren Wilding and Juliette Zhu.
forthcoming in 2026/7 to Porkbelly Press. ✨ Chapbooks by Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, Audrey Gidman, Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, Sasha Weiss, Ren Wilding, and Juliette Zhu.
Happy Poetry Month! 🤘
For the month of April, use promo code POMO25 for 20% off orders of $20 or more. ✨
We’re working on new titles to bring to you. This sale includes pre-orders. 🦇
#poetrymonth #micropress #readmore #getlit #chapbook #anthologies
The prose poem "Dear Shaaitan" by Nishat Ahmed.
The cover of Nishat Ahmed's Brown Boy. There is no picture on the cover.
Nishat Ahmed, Brown Boy (@porkbellypress.bsky.social, 2021). I found myself gravitating more towards the prose poems in this collection. It holds well together, showing a navigation of identity and self.
(It was reviewed by Gnashing Teeth here: gnashingteethpublishing.com/book-review-...)
The next issue of Sugared Water is awaiting a last confirmation of acceptance before launching. We're very close! LMLMB no. 8 is almost ready too—just a cover to go. Several chapbooks are in the last bit of proofing process and cover design stages. Can't wait to share them with you. ✨
One of my favorite anthologies ever. So many beautiful poets in its pages. And how about this gorgeous cover? Perfection.
Working on the last round of consideration for our latest batch of chapbooks. We've narrowed down to 25 manuscripts to choose from. Each year we receive a few more than the last, and those final decisions are difficult. Thank you for your patience + your rad work! #getlit #micropress #chapbooks
