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Results From Accents Publishing’s 2025 Open Reading Period

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

Wendy Jett and WOMAN, TAINTED, GIRL

Tell us the story of your Accents Publishing trilogy, WOMAN, TAINTED, and GIRL.

Girl found me when I was attending the Carnegie Center’s Author Academy. She followed me on my walks, told me her story and I wrote it down! It has changed my life in so many positive ways. Katerina challenged me to continue to listen to Girl to see if she had more to say, so Tainted and Woman arrived!

What do you like most about it? Girl’s story is really about resilience! Which I think is so important in life. I think that’s why many people find her story to be hearbreaking and inspiring at the same time.

What did you have to overcome in order to finish and publish a book?

Self doubt. The struggle is real. Once I realized that all I had to do was listen to Girl, it became easier.

What do you hope people learn/receive/experience from reading your book?

I hope that people see themselves in Girl. Her story is universal even though the specifics may be a bit different. She is us, we are her. We can all be resilient, courageous, faithful and positive.

What was your favorite interaction with a reader and/or a fan?

I have been blessed with many positive interactions with those who have read Girl’s story. It has been such a humbling, impactful experience. I have met so many wonderful people through the entire experience. It has also reconnected me with family and friends of long ago!

What are you working on now? Catch us up one significant event in your life since the publications of WOMAN, TAINTED, and GIRL.

I am doing my best to continue to write new stories, poems and whatever pops into my head, although I must admit, Girl is still in my ear. She walks my dog with me daily. So I guess I’ve made a life long connection with her. Who knows where she will take me next. I am looking forward to the adventure.

Optional bonus question: Is there anything you want to get off your chest about writing or publishing?

I can only speak for myself, but I’ve found it very liberating to write and put my words out into the world, and own them. Everyone’s voice deserves to be heard. Oh what a choir we become when we all speak up!

Complete and Free Audiobook of GIRL by Wendy Jett

Wendy Jett’s WOMAN will be out from Accents Publishing this month. WOMAN is the finale of the GIRL-TAINTED-WOMAN trilogy about a young woman growing up in a complicated family dynamic. We invite you to listen to the complete audiobook of GIRL — the beginning of this gripping, multi-genre story.

Free and read to you by the author: