Red Hen Press is an American non-profit press located in

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, and specializing in the publication of poetry, literary fiction, and nonfiction. The press is a member of the

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, and was a finalist for the 2013 AWP Small Press Publisher Award. The press has been featured in ''

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,'' ''Southern Review of Books,'' and other venues. Authors representative of the poets and writers the press publishes include

Chris Abani Christopher Abani (born 27 December 1966) is a Nigerian-American and Los Angeles- based author. He says he is part of a new generation of Nigerian writers working to convey to an English-speaking audience the experience of those born and rai ...

Jan Beatty Jan Beatty is an American poet. She is a recipient of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, and the Creative Achievement Award in Literature. Life Born in 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she received her Bac ...

Camille Dungy Camille T. Dungy (born 1972) is an American poet and professor. Career Born in Denver, Colorado, Dungy graduated from Stanford University (BA) and the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, where she earned her MFA. She is the author of fou ...

, Gaylord Brewer, Aimee Liu,

Ron Carlson Ron Carlson (born 1947) is an American novelist, short story writer and professor. Life Carlson was born in Logan, Utah, and grew up in Salt Lake City. He received a master's degree in English from the University of Utah. He then taught at The ...

, Nickole Brown

Steve Almond Steve Almond (born October 27, 1966) is an American short-story writer, essayist and author of ten books, three of which are self-published. Life Almond was raised in Palo Alto, California, graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School and receive ...

History

Red Hen Press was founded in 1994 by Mark E. Cull and

Kate Gale Kate Gale (born 1963) is an American author, poet, librettist, and independent publisher. She is the managing editor of Red Hen Press. Life Kate Gale was born in Binghamton, New York to Stephen Gale and Evadene Swanson. She graduated with a B ...

. The press was reorganized as a non-profit

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, getting its federal exemption in 2004. It established a Writing in the Schools program in 2003, which has received funding from the

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, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the

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Foundation, the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs,

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, the Rose Hills Foundation, the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, the

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Foundation, and the Ahmanson Foundation. Its has held reading series at the Ruskin Art Club, Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Annenberg Beach House, and the

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. The press has received funding from the

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for a poetry lecture and discussion series.

Imprints

Red Hen Press has eight imprints: Arktoi Books, Boreal Books, Canis Major Books, Crooked Hearts, DJS Books, Pig Hog Press, Story Line Press and Xeno Books. Arktoi Books was established in 2006 by Eloise Klein Healy and publishes literary fiction and poetry by lesbian writers. It publishes at least one book every year, by new and established authors, such as Celeste Gainey’s ''The Gaffer,'' and

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, whose ''Chopper! Chopper! Poetry from Bordered Lives'' won the 2014 Golden Crown Literary Society Award, the 2014 International Latino Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award. Boreal Books was established in 2008 and focuses on literature and fine art from Alaska, such as Nicole Stellon O’Donnell’s ''Everything Never Comes Your Way,'' and Mark Rozema’s ''Road Trip.'' It is edited by Peggy Shumaker, State Laureate Writer of Alaska.Red Hen Press Website Boreal Books Page
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