Dear writers, readers, supporters, and friends of Accents Publishing,
We are happy to announce the results of our 2025 Open Reading Period.
The following books have been selected for publication during the remainder of 2026 and throughout 2027. We look forward to bringing each of these outstanding books into the world and to working closely with these talented authors.
Please join us in congratulating them.
We were humbled by the large number of high-quality manuscripts we received. The selection process took longer than expected, and we had to make a number of very difficult decisions, but we feel we selected the titles that most closely reflect where Accents Publishing hopes to grow and evolve over the next eighteen months.
We deeply appreciate everyone who submitted work to us. Thank you for trusting us with your writing, and we sincerely hope to have the opportunity to read your work again in the future.
With appreciation,
Katerina Stoykova
and the team at Accents Publishing
The Double-Souled Son, a novel by Mary Louise Hill
Languages of Birds, a short story collection by Geraldine Ann Marshall
The Water Collection, a short story collection by Bill Carman
True Bias, essays and sketches by Melita Schaum
Alert the Oracle, poetry by Tabitha Dial
Alien Mother, poetry by Kristina Erny
Animals, poetry by Rumen Pavlov
Birds of Thunder, poetry by Jessica D. Thompson
Catching a Ride in the Gizzard of a Bird, poetry by Sujata Lakhe
Flotilla: A Family Memoir in Verse, poetry by Melissa Jørgenrud Helton
From Field to Fable, poetry by Richard Taylor
My Father, the Water Bird, poetry by Sean Corbin
My Life as a Cricket, poetry by Linda Bryant Davis
Neighborhood Watch, poetry by Bill Brymer
Orchestra of Belonging, poetry by Marianne Peel
Orfeito, poetry by Ricardo Nazario y Colón
Places You Must Not Go, poetry by Flora K. Schildknecht
Stare on Paper, poetry by Stuart Horodner
Tendril, poetry by Amy Le Ann Richardson
This Set Down / This, poetry by Libby Falk Jones
Think. Pray. God, poetry by Wendy Jett
Your Curious Guidebook to Climate Change, poetry by Vivian Faith Prescott