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Submit to the 2023 Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize!
Willow Springs Books is seeking submissions for the Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize, a first poetry book prize for poets 35 years old and younger who have not yet published a book-length poetry manuscript (poets who have previously published chapbooks are welcome to...
Order Teeth of the Billow Tree Now!
Willow Springs Books is thrilled and delighted to announce that our surrealist anthology, Teeth of the Billow Tree, is available for order.
Sustainable Living Tied for Bronze!
We are thrilled to announce that Sustainable Living by Elsa Nekola has tied for bronze in the Independent Publishers Book Awards for Short Fiction.
EHRPP Winner Announced!
We are thrilled and excited to announce that the winner of the inaugural Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize, judged by Geffrey Davis is With Midnight Down Your Throat by Caitlyn Curran.
2021 Spokane Prize Winner
We are thrilled to announce that the winner of our 2021 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction is Catherine Browder’s Resurrection City.
2021 Spokane Prize Finalists
We are happy to announce the finalists for our 2021 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, judged by Ian Pisarcik.
NEW! Submit to the inaugural Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize!
Willow Springs Books is seeking submissions for the inaugural Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize, a first poetry book prize for poets 35 years old and younger who have not yet published a book-length poetry manuscript. Poets who have previously published chapbooks are welcome to submit.
Upcoming reading featuring Andrea Jurjević, author of Nightcall
Willow Springs Books is excited to share an upcoming reading on 7/26 with our most recently published poet, Andrea Jurjević. She will be reading from her most recent collection, Nightcall, which can be purchased through this link:...
Valerie Vogrin’s “things we’ll need for the coming difficulties” recognized in 2020 Foreword Indies
We are so excited to announce Valerie Vogrin's "things we'll need for the coming difficulties," our previous Spokane Prize for Short Fiction winner, was named a finalist in the 2020 Foreword Indies in two categories (Literary & Short Fiction). You can find the...
Andrea Jurjević’s “Nightcall” Release
We are happy to announce the release of the 12th volume in our ACME Surrealist series, Andrea Jurjević's Nightcall Please join us for a live reading and Q&A with author on Friday, May 14 at 9:30pm EST/ 6:30pm PST at https://youtu.be/HsJZHTTUqDk These poems offer...
Debut Novel by Dariel Suarez
We're happy to announce the debut novel of former winner Dariel Suarez, The Playwright's House. Pre-Order here. Suarez won the Spokane Prize for A Kind of Solitude, which can be found here. Happily married, backed by a powerful mentor, and with career prospects that...
2020 Spokane Prize Finalists!
We're happy to announce the finalists for our 2020 Spokane Prize, judged by Valerie Martin. Waiting for Mr. Kim and Other Stories, by Carol Spaulding The Last Innocent Year, by Kerry Jones Hanoi Rocks Will Live Forever, by Daniel Hoyt Motherborn, by Tori Malcangio The...
Massachusetts Book Award–Dariel Suarez
Massachusetts Book Awards Must-Read Fiction Congratulations to Dariel Suarez, author of A Kind of Solitude, for being included on the Massachusetts Book Awards Must-Read Fiction list! Click here for the full list and more details.
Bosses of Light and Sound
The 2019 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction winner, Bosses of Light and Sound, is available for purchase. Available on our Submittable page. Willow Springs Books is proud to announce the release of Bosses of Light and Sound, the winner of the 2019 Spokane Prize for Short...
2019 Spokane Prize Finalists!
We're happy to announce the finalists for our 2019 Spokane Prize, judged by Kevin Canty. 6) Further News of Defeat: Stories, by Michael Wang 5) Something You Take a Pig to, by Andrew Gretes 4) The Machine We Trust & Other...
Presenting Cameron McGill’s Meridians
We’re pleased to welcome Cameron McGill and his manuscript Meridians into the Willow Springs Books fold as a part of our Surrealist Poetry Series. Meridians is due out Fall 2019. Author Bio: Cameron McGill is a writer, educator, musician, and the poetry editor...
Valerie Vogrin: Winner of the 2018 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
Willow Springs Books is pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction: Valerie Vogrin and her collection, Things We'll Need for the Coming Difficulties, judged by Karen Karbo! About the book: Driver or passenger? Sidekick or hostage?...
Presenting Dariel Suarez’s A Kind of Solitude
About the book: Set in Cuba largely after the fall of the Soviet Union, these eleven stories explore themes of isolation and perseverance in the face of widespread poverty and socio-political oppression. From a chronically ill santero refusing medical care to a...
Presenting Heikki Huotari’s Tooth & Shoe
About the book: Willow Springs Books is pleased to announce the 9th volume of our Surrealist Poetry Series: Tooth & Shoe by Heikki Huotari. Simultaneously hyper organized and utterly chaotic, Tooth and Shoe asks us to take a second glance at the seeming normality...
Call For Submissions! Hair of the Dog!
Hair of the dog—the best cure for what ails us is to have more of it. Even outside of this context, dogs seem to represent ourselves in excess, our best and worst, most over the top, heart-on-our-sleeves, versions. The selves that run wild, yet wait patiently, that...