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New American Press is an American not-for-profit literary press founded in 2001. It publishes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. [1] The company is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and achieved non-profit status in 2012.

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History

New American Press was founded in 2001 as part of American Distractions, an arts-support initiative in North Carolina that supported gallery shows, fringe theater events, short film viewings, and literary events. When the company disbanded in 2002, David Bowen and Okla Elliott reformed the literary arm of the company as New American Press. [2] New American Press originally published chapbooks, and released its first full-length in 2007, [3] a collection of lesser-known Chekhov stories, each introduced by a contemporary writer. [4] The press publishes the winners of its national poetry and fiction competitions, as well as solicited works, both original and translated into English. [5] The press achieved non-profit status in 2012. [6]

Notable authors published by New American Press include Kyle Minor, Lee K. Abbott, Alden Jones, Icelandic author Olafur Gunnarsson, and Thomas E Kennedy. The press also publishes New Stories from the Midwest and New Poetry from the Midwest.

New American Press titles have been reviewed in The Star-Ledger, The Rumpus, Three Percent, [7] The Huffington Post, [8] Publishers Weekly, [9] Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, American Book Review, and many other publications. Awards given by New American Press include the New American Fiction Prize and The New American Poetry Prize. The press is also affiliated with MAYDAY magazine, a journal of art, literature, and commentary.

Awards and Publication

Each year, the organization annually awards the New American Fiction Prize and the New American Poetry Prize.

New American Press authors

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  3. ↑ "Midwestern Gothic". Midwestern Gothic. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  4. ↑ "Image Journal". Image Journal. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Poets&Writers Magazine". Poets&Writers Magazine. 23 January 2008.
  6. ↑ "Pif Magazine". Pif Magazine.
  7. ↑ "Three Percent". University of Rochester.
  8. ↑ Valerie Stivers-Isakova (2014-01-28). "Poetry for the Russophile: Paul Nemser's Taurus | Valerie Stivers-Isakova". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  9. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Electricity & Other Dreams by Micah Dean Hicks". Publishersweekly.com. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  10. ↑ "Home". newamericanpress.com.
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