Omnidawn Publishing
@omnidawn.bsky.social
Founded in 2001, we publish work that opens readers to the many ways language may bring new insight & an elevated respect for, and appreciation of, differences.
https://www.omnidawn.com/
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Like Lady Gaga, we want your horror! We want your disease. We want your strange fiction, your fabulist tales to win our Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest.
We’re extending our fabulist fiction contest deadline by two weeks!
Prize $1000, 20 copies & publication!
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We’re extending our fabulist fiction contest deadline by two weeks!
Prize $1000, 20 copies & publication!
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Like Lady Gaga, we want your horror! We want your disease. We want your strange fiction, your fabulist tales to win our Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest.
We’re extending our fabulist fiction contest deadline by two weeks!
Prize $1000, 20 copies & publication!
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
We’re extending our fabulist fiction contest deadline by two weeks!
Prize $1000, 20 copies & publication!
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Like Lady Gaga, we want your horror! We want your disease. We want your strange fiction, your fabulist tales to win our Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest.
We’re extending our fabulist fiction contest deadline by two weeks!
Prize $1000, 20 copies & publication!
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
We’re extending our fabulist fiction contest deadline by two weeks!
Prize $1000, 20 copies & publication!
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
YEET! is a collection of departures and arrivals where all roads lead to love. Guided by a heart that uses form, homage, and boundless lyric to lead the way, be prepared to exit these poems with wings added to your spirit.
—Danez Smith, author of Bluff
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—Danez Smith, author of Bluff
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November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
YEET! is a collection of departures and arrivals where all roads lead to love. Guided by a heart that uses form, homage, and boundless lyric to lead the way, be prepared to exit these poems with wings added to your spirit.
—Danez Smith, author of Bluff
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—Danez Smith, author of Bluff
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Tuesday poem #658 : Ian Lockaby : Super Ego Holding / @omnidawn.bsky.social ;
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Tuesday poem #658 : Ian Lockaby : Super Ego Holding
a- ccumulations of us softening , braided in through the fine hog furs running in- ward our nipples to milk ducts ...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Tuesday poem #658 : Ian Lockaby : Super Ego Holding / @omnidawn.bsky.social ;
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jason b crawford, YEET! / @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social @omnidawn.bsky.social ;
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jason b crawford, YEET!
This Has Never Been My america I could talk about every video clip of bodies rolling on pavement, skin-smeared sidewalks, the hopscotch of...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
jason b crawford, YEET! / @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social @omnidawn.bsky.social ;
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Mark your calendar to join 2025 Fall book launch with Evan Karp!
Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 1:00 pm Pacific.
Event free to the public--register in advance:
www.omnidawn.com/readings/
And donate to Omnidawn for 35% off all our books, including the new season, from UCP!
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Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 1:00 pm Pacific.
Event free to the public--register in advance:
www.omnidawn.com/readings/
And donate to Omnidawn for 35% off all our books, including the new season, from UCP!
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November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Mark your calendar to join 2025 Fall book launch with Evan Karp!
Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 1:00 pm Pacific.
Event free to the public--register in advance:
www.omnidawn.com/readings/
And donate to Omnidawn for 35% off all our books, including the new season, from UCP!
mailchi.mp/omnidawn/joi...
Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 @ 1:00 pm Pacific.
Event free to the public--register in advance:
www.omnidawn.com/readings/
And donate to Omnidawn for 35% off all our books, including the new season, from UCP!
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From our Fall 2025 season....
The work never ceases to surprise. His poetry is at once buoyant and piercing, funny and dark. Very dark. Very funny.
—PETER GIZZI
Pick up your copy of John Yau's Diary of Discontents here!
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The work never ceases to surprise. His poetry is at once buoyant and piercing, funny and dark. Very dark. Very funny.
—PETER GIZZI
Pick up your copy of John Yau's Diary of Discontents here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
November 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
From our Fall 2025 season....
The work never ceases to surprise. His poetry is at once buoyant and piercing, funny and dark. Very dark. Very funny.
—PETER GIZZI
Pick up your copy of John Yau's Diary of Discontents here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
The work never ceases to surprise. His poetry is at once buoyant and piercing, funny and dark. Very dark. Very funny.
—PETER GIZZI
Pick up your copy of John Yau's Diary of Discontents here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Happy Publication Day to devorah major!"word time" is devorah's fourth book with City Lights, and we look forward to welcoming her back to the store to celebrate this Thursday evening at 7pm.
devorah reads at Marcus Books, Oakland, on Sunday, Nov 16 at 1pm
devorah reads at Marcus Books, Oakland, on Sunday, Nov 16 at 1pm
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy Publication Day to devorah major!"word time" is devorah's fourth book with City Lights, and we look forward to welcoming her back to the store to celebrate this Thursday evening at 7pm.
devorah reads at Marcus Books, Oakland, on Sunday, Nov 16 at 1pm
devorah reads at Marcus Books, Oakland, on Sunday, Nov 16 at 1pm
This a brilliant opportunity! @clmporg.bsky.social champions independent presses & the writing of people of color!
Publishers, the deadline to submit for CLMP's Constellation Award—given to honor an independent literary press that champions the writing of people of color—is next Friday at 11:59 PM ET! The winning press receives $10,000. Submit here: www.clmp.org/constellatio...
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This a brilliant opportunity! @clmporg.bsky.social champions independent presses & the writing of people of color!
Congratulations to Craig Chen, winner of the 2025 Omnidawn Broadside Contest for "Velluvial Matrix!"
And congratulations to the finalists!
Emily Davis-Fletcher
Roanoke, VA
John Kneisley
Fort Collins, CO
Nils Michals
Santa Cruz, CA
Preeti Parikh
Cincinnati, OH
Michael Szporluk
Portland, Oregon
And congratulations to the finalists!
Emily Davis-Fletcher
Roanoke, VA
John Kneisley
Fort Collins, CO
Nils Michals
Santa Cruz, CA
Preeti Parikh
Cincinnati, OH
Michael Szporluk
Portland, Oregon
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Congratulations to Craig Chen, winner of the 2025 Omnidawn Broadside Contest for "Velluvial Matrix!"
And congratulations to the finalists!
Emily Davis-Fletcher
Roanoke, VA
John Kneisley
Fort Collins, CO
Nils Michals
Santa Cruz, CA
Preeti Parikh
Cincinnati, OH
Michael Szporluk
Portland, Oregon
And congratulations to the finalists!
Emily Davis-Fletcher
Roanoke, VA
John Kneisley
Fort Collins, CO
Nils Michals
Santa Cruz, CA
Preeti Parikh
Cincinnati, OH
Michael Szporluk
Portland, Oregon
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NEW Literary FUND Open call for general operating grant applications for Literary Arts opens Nov 1st. literaryartsfund.org/grants/
Grants | Literary Arts Fund
The Literary Arts Fund offers two grant opportunities for U.S.-based literary arts nonprofits: general operating and innovation project grants.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW Literary FUND Open call for general operating grant applications for Literary Arts opens Nov 1st. literaryartsfund.org/grants/
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A Poem for Our Times by @joseolivarez.bsky.social
A Poem for Our Times
A poet reacts to the immigration crackdown in his hometown the way he knows best: through verse.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A Poem for Our Times by @joseolivarez.bsky.social
From our Fall 2025 season....
Bendall makes us unnervingly aware of how enmeshed in a surveillance society we already are: “Calculating now what’s permissible, and what / we’re barred from even considering.” -Elizabeth Robinson
Pick up your copy here!
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Bendall makes us unnervingly aware of how enmeshed in a surveillance society we already are: “Calculating now what’s permissible, and what / we’re barred from even considering.” -Elizabeth Robinson
Pick up your copy here!
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October 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
From our Fall 2025 season....
Bendall makes us unnervingly aware of how enmeshed in a surveillance society we already are: “Calculating now what’s permissible, and what / we’re barred from even considering.” -Elizabeth Robinson
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Bendall makes us unnervingly aware of how enmeshed in a surveillance society we already are: “Calculating now what’s permissible, and what / we’re barred from even considering.” -Elizabeth Robinson
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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another ringette practice for small one, but today with John Yau’s selected poems, and the new novel by Souvankham Thammavongsa, / @omnidawn.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
another ringette practice for small one, but today with John Yau’s selected poems, and the new novel by Souvankham Thammavongsa, / @omnidawn.bsky.social
From our Fall 2025 season.....!
This is—dare I say—Jason Bayani’s most mystical book, a mighty alchemy of prayer and fury that was, for me, an invitation to feel with the honesty of water. -Brynn Saito
Pick up your copy here!
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This is—dare I say—Jason Bayani’s most mystical book, a mighty alchemy of prayer and fury that was, for me, an invitation to feel with the honesty of water. -Brynn Saito
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
October 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From our Fall 2025 season.....!
This is—dare I say—Jason Bayani’s most mystical book, a mighty alchemy of prayer and fury that was, for me, an invitation to feel with the honesty of water. -Brynn Saito
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
This is—dare I say—Jason Bayani’s most mystical book, a mighty alchemy of prayer and fury that was, for me, an invitation to feel with the honesty of water. -Brynn Saito
Pick up your copy here!
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
It's back--announcing the return of Omnidawn's Fabulist Fiction Contest! Send us your literary tales of the weird and wonderful!
Deadline: 11/16/25
Prize: $1000, publication, and 20 copies
Judge: Arria Deepwater
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
Deadline: 11/16/25
Prize: $1000, publication, and 20 copies
Judge: Arria Deepwater
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
October 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It's back--announcing the return of Omnidawn's Fabulist Fiction Contest! Send us your literary tales of the weird and wonderful!
Deadline: 11/16/25
Prize: $1000, publication, and 20 copies
Judge: Arria Deepwater
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
Deadline: 11/16/25
Prize: $1000, publication, and 20 copies
Judge: Arria Deepwater
omnidawn.submittable.com/submit
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@cassmannes.bsky.social expertly creates your press kit! Grateful to @omnidawn.bsky.social, @joy-castro.bsky.socia, Kate Gale, @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social, & David Koehn for endorsements. Preorder: bit.ly/3IRpxei. DM for readings, reviews, classes, & book clubs!
October 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
@cassmannes.bsky.social expertly creates your press kit! Grateful to @omnidawn.bsky.social, @joy-castro.bsky.socia, Kate Gale, @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social, & David Koehn for endorsements. Preorder: bit.ly/3IRpxei. DM for readings, reviews, classes, & book clubs!
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"Of course, you can look up everything on the Internet now. But there is something very special about a book — the feel of it in your hands and the way it looks on the table by your bed, or nestled in with others in the bookcase." -- Jane Goodall bit.ly/4mNwASZ
Jane Goodall’s Lovely Letter to Children About How Reading Shaped Her Life
How a public library and a messy second-hand bookshop helped a small girl with no money and big dreams change the face of science.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Of course, you can look up everything on the Internet now. But there is something very special about a book — the feel of it in your hands and the way it looks on the table by your bed, or nestled in with others in the bookcase." -- Jane Goodall bit.ly/4mNwASZ
Winner of the Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Contest
Descent by Arria Deepwater
Exploring boundaries of intimacy, fluidity, & grief, Deepwater brings an eco-feminist speculative twist to growing canon of writers with marginalized identities
Available for pre-order
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Descent by Arria Deepwater
Exploring boundaries of intimacy, fluidity, & grief, Deepwater brings an eco-feminist speculative twist to growing canon of writers with marginalized identities
Available for pre-order
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Winner of the Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Contest
Descent by Arria Deepwater
Exploring boundaries of intimacy, fluidity, & grief, Deepwater brings an eco-feminist speculative twist to growing canon of writers with marginalized identities
Available for pre-order
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Descent by Arria Deepwater
Exploring boundaries of intimacy, fluidity, & grief, Deepwater brings an eco-feminist speculative twist to growing canon of writers with marginalized identities
Available for pre-order
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Bloodletting: poems by Kimberly Reyes / @omnidawn.bsky.social ;
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Bloodletting: poems by Kimberly Reyes
Had we made it past the heat, the honey, we could have thawed semi-sweet & ekphrastic, waking to rewatch our black & white film...
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September 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Bloodletting: poems by Kimberly Reyes / @omnidawn.bsky.social ;
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Many congratulations to David Leftwich, winner of the
2025 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book Contest,
selected by Daniela Molnar!
Congratulations also to the finalists
Robert Black
Xinyue Huang
Annie Rovzar
Jackson Watson
JinJin Xu
2025 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book Contest,
selected by Daniela Molnar!
Congratulations also to the finalists
Robert Black
Xinyue Huang
Annie Rovzar
Jackson Watson
JinJin Xu
September 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Many congratulations to David Leftwich, winner of the
2025 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book Contest,
selected by Daniela Molnar!
Congratulations also to the finalists
Robert Black
Xinyue Huang
Annie Rovzar
Jackson Watson
JinJin Xu
2025 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book Contest,
selected by Daniela Molnar!
Congratulations also to the finalists
Robert Black
Xinyue Huang
Annie Rovzar
Jackson Watson
JinJin Xu
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newly posted: Laynie Browne : on Daily Self-Portrait Valentine / @omnidawn.bsky.social @pamenarpress.bsky.social ;
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Laynie Browne : on Daily Self-Portrait Valentine
My Daily Self-Portrait Valentine project began when I saw a show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in early February of 2024, by...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
newly posted: Laynie Browne : on Daily Self-Portrait Valentine / @omnidawn.bsky.social @pamenarpress.bsky.social ;
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"Ronk’s poems centre delicate care and human touch, the importance of physical and human connection, and the physical making of objects with care, and with one’s hands."
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August 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"Ronk’s poems centre delicate care and human touch, the importance of physical and human connection, and the physical making of objects with care, and with one’s hands."
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/06/mart...
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