Noemi Press

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Noemi Press
Founded2002;22 years ago (2002)
Founder Carmen Giménez
Country of origin United States
Publication types Books
Official website www.noemipress.org

Noemi Press is an independent, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) publisher. [1] Noemi Press was founded in 2002 to publish and promote the work of emerging and established writers, with a special emphasis on writers traditionally underrepresented by larger publishers, including women, BIPOC, and LGBTQIAP writers. [2]

Contents

Noemi publishes about five books a year, including the Noemi Press Awards in Poetry. [3] They also collaborate with Letras Latinas to produce the Akrilica series.

History

Publisher and editor-in-chief Carmen Giménez and founding editor Evan Lavender-Smith began Noemi Press in 2002 by publishing a single chapbook. [4] It has since grown to include full-length poetry, nonfiction, critical work, drama, and fiction. [4] Noemi Press was previously based in Las Cruces, New Mexico [5] and is currently based in Tucson, Arizona and Blacksburg, Virginia. [6] In 2022, Giménez left Noemi to become Executive Editor and Publisher at Graywolf Press. [7] Noemi is now co-published by Suzi F. Garcia and Anthony Cody, with Sarah Gzemski acting as Executive Director. [8] Its editorial staff includes Diana Arterian, Emily Kiernan, and John Darcy. [8]

Noemi Press Awards

One prize of $2,000 and publication by Noemi Press are given annually for one book-length poetry collection. (In the past there was also a prize for prose, but the press no longer runs a prose prize.) The editors judge, and often one or two finalists are published. Poets at any stage in their career may enter. The contest results are announced in the summer. [9]

Past winners include: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, [10] Kate Colby, [11] Casey Rocheteau, [12] Natalie Eilbert, [13] Muriel Leung, [14] Yanara Friedland, [15] Nate Liederbach, [16] Ruth Ellen Kocher, [17] and Caren Beilin. [18]

YearPoetryFiction (inactive)
2023Kinsey Cantrell-
2022Zefyr LisowskiAlvina Chamberland
2021Casey RocheteauChristine Hume
2020Nilufar KarimiJackson Bliss
2019Aeon GinsbergSarah Minor
2018Lillian-Yvonne BertramStephanie Sauer
2017Jessica Rae BergaminoKate Colby
2016Natalie EilbertSara Veglahn
2015Muriel LeungYanara Friedland
2014Aichlee BushnellNate Liederbach
2013Ruth Ellen KocherCaren Beilin

AKRILICA Series

AKRLILICA is a co-publishing venture with Letras Latinas which seeks to showcase new innovative Latinx writing. [19] The name of the series alludes to the groundbreaking, bilingual poetry book by distinguished Chicanx writer and former United States Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera. Authors included in the AKRILICA series include Manuel Paul López, [19] Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, [19] Jennif(f)er Tamayo, [20] Carolina Ebeid, [19] Chloe Garcia Roberts, Roberto Harrison, [21] elena minor, [22] and Sandy Florian [21]

Infidel Poetics Series

The Infidel Poetics Series is a venue for shorter critical works addressing the overlap between poetry and politics, often interrogating notions of identity. [21] The Infidel Poetics Series is named after poet-scholar Daniel Tiffany's 2009 essay collection Infidel Poetics. [23] Infidel authors include: Roberto Tejada, [21] Douglas Kearney, [21] Susan Briante, [21] and Sarah Vap. [24]

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