Mayapple Press is a literary
small press
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originally from
Bay City, Michigan
Bay City is a city in Bay County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The population was 32,661 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is located just upriver from the Saginaw Bay on the Saginaw River. It is the princip ...
, but now based in
Woodstock, New York
Woodstock is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Ulster County, New York, United States, in the northern part of the county, northwest of Kingston, New York, Kingston. It lies within the borders of the Catskill Park. The popula ...
. Founded by poet and translator Judith Kerman. Mayapple Press has produced more than 70 titles, primarily poetry by single authors, but also poetry anthologies, short fiction and
Great Lakes
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nonfiction. Mayapple publishes poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. The Press has an interest in works that straddle conventional categories: Great Lakes/Northeastern U.S. literature,
women, Caribbean, translations, science fiction poetry and recent immigrant experience. Publications are in both
chapbook
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and trade paperback formats.
Award-winning authors have released books with Mayapple, including
Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for oc ...
,
Jeannine Hall Gailey,
Howard Schwartz, and
Allison Joseph. Mayapple Press authors also include
Jayne Pupek,
Conrad Hilberry,
William Heyen,
Penelope Schott,
Myra Sklarew,
Judith Minty,
Eleanor Lerman, Mariela Griffor, Dennis Hinrichsen, David Lunde, Catherine Anderson, Jessica Goodfellow, Toni Ortner, Judith McCombs, Zilka Joseph,
Johanny Vazquez Paz
Johanny Vázquez Paz (born 1960) is a Puerto Rican poet, narrator and professor.
Biography
Johanny Vázquez Paz was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She received her primary and secondary education in Catholic schools in Santurce. T ...
, Claire Keyes, and Nancy Botkin and
Devon J. Moore.
In 2012,
Mary Winegarden's poetry collection, ''The Translator's Sister'', received an
American Book Award
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from the
Before Columbus Foundation
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. Kathryn Kirkpatrick's poetry collection, ''Out of the Garden'', was a Finalist in the 2008 Southern Independent Booksellers Association Book Award.
's first full-length poetry title ''They Say This is How Death Came Into the World'' was published by Mayapple in 2011; in 2015, Dickey won the
Nebraska Arts Council $5,000 Master Poet Award.
Mayapple Press is a member of CLMP (
Council of Literary Magazines and Small Presses) and of AWP (
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) is a nonprofit literary organization that provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to nearly 50,000 writers, 500 college and university creative writing programs, and 125 writers' c ...
).
References
External links
Mayapple Press
Publishing companies of the United States
Publishing companies established in 1978
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