Dear Friends and Fans of Accents Publishing,
Happy Spring! In Kentucky we’re starting to see new leaves on trees. We spent a busy and productive winter and can’t wait to tell you about our latest accomplishments, opportunities and announcements. Please, read on.
New Book
Novella Contest Results
Literary Accents Update
Poetry Class and Manuscript Analysis Workshop
New Book
We’re very excited to present Christopher McCurry’s first full-length poetry collection, Open Burning. It’s a gorgeous hardcover volume, and the poems detail the fallout of a young couple’s divorce. Click on the title to read a sample poem and to learn more about the book and the author. To browse our catalog, please click here.
Novella Contest Results
Accents Publishing is proud to announce the results of its Inaugural Novella Competition!
The winning novella is Homegoing, by Toni Ann Johnson!
Toni Ann Johnson will receive the $500.00 award and publication of her manuscript in a separate book volume. Those who have purchased in advance a copy of the winning novella will receive it as soon as the book is out.
We read many wonderful submissions and selected the following manuscripts as finalists:
Under the Seal, by Carol Mauriello
A Hollow, Muscular Organ, by Meg Files
Cheeseburgers, by Dean Crawford
City of Foam, by Ryan Slater
Moonlit Landing, by Ari McKenna
Things Are Not So Ill as They Might Have Been, by Scott Winokur
Accents Publishing is offering publication to the first three of these finalists.
Tremendous gratitude to everyone who sent manuscripts for consideration. We appreciate your trust and support. Please keep in touch. We hope to read your work again in the future.
Literary Accents Call for submissions
We’re still finishing up Issue #3 of Literary Accents. We hope to be able to send it to the printer within weeks.
We’re still reading submissions for Issue #4. The theme of Issue #4 is “breakup and heartbreak”. Send 3 – 5 poems to accents.publishing@gmail.com by April 30th. We look forward to reading your work.
Poetry Class
Katerina Stoykova (Owner and Senior Editor of Accents Publishing) is seeking eight to ten committed poets for a fast-paced six-week writing class in person or online. In each session, the poets will workshop a poem, then listen to a craft lecture and/or participate in a writing exercise. March 26th to April 23rd. Thursdays, 6 – 8 pm at The Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center. Price for the six-week class: $120. To reserve your space in the class, write to accents.publishing@gmail.com. Deadline to apply: March 16th
Manuscript Analysis Workshop and a Poetry Class
Looking for 4 – 5 poets with nearly-ready book-length manuscripts for a weekend-long manuscript analysis workshop lead by Katerina Stoykova (Owner and Senior Editor of Accents). You can participate in person or remotely via Skype. Price: $250. For more information or to reserve your spot, please write to accents.publishing@gmail.com. Exact dates TBD based on participant availability. Deadline to apply: March 31st
Thank you, everyone, for reading to the very end of this email. We appreciate you! Best wishes from the team at Accents Publishing.
