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Porkbelly Press
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a feminist, queer-friendly micro press based in cincinnati. books bound by hand. https://porkbellypress.com/
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 28
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.

astrology
signs
tarot
spells
kitchen witchery

#callforsubmissions #readmore #chapbooks #micropress

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Reading manuscripts 8-10 pages thru July 31!
Porkbelly Press Submission Manager
Porkbelly Press is an independent chapbook press based in Cincinnati, Ohio (where pigs fly). We print chapbooks, micro chapbooks, anthologies, zines (such as the body image zine Love Me, Love My Belly...
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 28
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.

fire
ash
cinder
molten things
forged-in-flame things
tempered or banked
wild & irresistible
offerings

stirring
herbalism
tinctures
natural dye
kitchen witchery
crafty practice
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 28
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.

ocean
historic shipwrecks
travel by sea
rivers
treasure
waterfalls
stargazing
fishing
reefs
jellyfish

#callforsubmissions #readmore #micropress
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 28
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.

horror
cult classic movies
80s pop culture
90s pop culture

lore
tall tales
slow food
cooking
traditions
family recipes

botany
chemistry
geology
pathology
various -ologies
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 28
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.

taxidermy
reliquaries
memory
memorials
mourning
ritual objects
heirlooms

feminist icons
NotoriousRBG
thinkers
activists
artists
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 28
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.

fossils
deserts
dinosaurs
creek beds
old bones
boneyards
exploration
discovery
collecting

sharp teeth
full moons
dark forests
haunted places
ghost stories
thickets

#callforsubmission
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 28
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.

haunted places
ghost stories
old houses
hidden rooms

D&D
gaming / rpgs / mmorpgs
battlestar galactica
dr. who
dead like me
fandoms
LARP

#callforsubmission #readmore #micropress
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 28
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.

museums
special collections
archives
vintage documents

pop culture
David Bowie / music / movies
Tori Amos / music / writing
your inspiration / fav people

#readmore #callforsubs
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 28
Examples of things we're into, if you're wondering if your #microchapbook might be right for Porkbelly Press.

true crime
photographers
investigation
cold cases

travel
migration
roadside attractions
curiosities
exploration
maps

the body
scars
aging
survival
healing

#readmore #callforsubs
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 28
Reading micro chapbooks through the end of July. Considering poetry, micro fiction, micro essay, hybrid, and art chaps 8-10 pages.

porkbellypress.com/subs Full info here. We read via Submittable.

#callforsubmissions #micropress #handbound #chapbooks
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jul 23
Emily F. Kerlin's THE SWORD SWALLOWERS is now available from Porkbelly Press! #poetry #performance #hunger #swordswallower

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The Sword Swallowers — porkbelly press
by Emily F. Kerlin 24 pages open edition
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jun 24
Happy release day to Sarah Josephine Pennington's WHERE THE BLUEGRASS GROWS, JUNE 1916.

In addition to Sarah's words, some of the poems include lines or images sourced from a vintage Kentucky newspaper. #appalachian #southeasternkentucky #kentucky #poetry #appalachianpoetry #handbound #chapbook
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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · Jun 11
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Jun 9
Sugared Water's latest issue is out this week! porkbellypress.com/009

Featuring work by:

Tim Duffy
B. Fulton Jennes
Lindsay Keller-Madsen
Steph Kleid
Barbara Lawhorn
Melanie H. Manuel
Jessa Queyrouze
Susan Rich
Hannah Yerington
Danielle Weeks
Elizabeth Wing

#litmag #sugaredwater #porkbellypress
Sugared Water no. 009 — porkbelly press
issue no. 009 of Sugared Water lit mag, published in spring 2025.
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · May 1
Over 100 publications re-opened today, including @3lobedmag.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @anmlymag.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @narrativemag.bsky.social @terrainorg.bsky.social @burnsidereview.bsky.social @salamandermag.bsky.social @porkbellypress.bsky.social
Re-openings for May 01, 2025
Over 100 publications re-opened today, including @3lobedmag.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @anmlymag.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @narrativemag.bsky.social @terrainorg.bsky.social @burnsidereview.bsky.social @salamandermag.bsky.social @porkbellypress.bsky.social
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · May 27
Happy release day to Esinam Bediako's SELF-TALK, a hybrid #chapbook. porkbellypress.com/hybrid/self-...
SELF-TALK — porkbelly press
by Esinam Bediako Bediako’s sharp, image rich language combines essay and poems to lyrically paint the portrait of becoming oneself. Layering memory and experience from childhood on, her work weaves ...
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Ren Wilding @renwilding.bsky.social · Apr 6
I’m really excited to announce my first chapbook, “Trans Artifacts: Bones Between My Teeth,” will be published by Porkbelly Press in 2026/7!
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Apr 3
forthcoming in 2026/7 to Porkbelly Press. ✨ Chapbooks by Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, Audrey Gidman, Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, Sasha Weiss, Ren Wilding, and Juliette Zhu.
a yellow background with hand-drawn red and pink roses. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, and Audrey Gidman. a photo of orange and pink spools of waxed linen thread. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, and Sasha Weiss. A photo of sky blue and teal spools of waxed linen thread. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Ren Wilding and Juliette Zhu.
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Apr 9
Happy release day to Love Me, Love My Belly #zine issue no. 8! #bodyimage #body #autonomy #abortionrights #survival

porkbellypress.com/mags/belly8

Work by 9 poets & writers on the subject of the body.

See the content warnings on the 'additional info' page for more on topics this issue includes.
Love Me, Love My Belly no. 8 — porkbelly press
Love Me, Love My Belly is a half-size zine composed of art, creative nonfiction, & poetry—an annual print zine dedicated to the acceptance of self and imperfection as beauty. It’s about the space...
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Apr 3
forthcoming in 2026/7 to Porkbelly Press. ✨ Chapbooks by Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, Audrey Gidman, Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, Sasha Weiss, Ren Wilding, and Juliette Zhu.
a yellow background with hand-drawn red and pink roses. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, and Audrey Gidman. a photo of orange and pink spools of waxed linen thread. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, and Sasha Weiss. A photo of sky blue and teal spools of waxed linen thread. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Ren Wilding and Juliette Zhu.
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Apr 3
Happy Poetry Month! 🤘

For the month of April, use promo code POMO25 for 20% off orders of $20 or more. ✨

We’re working on new titles to bring to you. This sale includes pre-orders. 🦇

#poetrymonth #micropress #readmore #getlit #chapbook #anthologies
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David Harrison Horton @unionherald.bsky.social · Apr 3
Nishat Ahmed, Brown Boy (@porkbellypress.bsky.social, 2021). I found myself gravitating more towards the prose poems in this collection. It holds well together, showing a navigation of identity and self.

(It was reviewed by Gnashing Teeth here: gnashingteethpublishing.com/book-review-...)
The prose poem "Dear Shaaitan" by Nishat Ahmed. The cover of Nishat Ahmed's Brown Boy. There is no picture on the cover.
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Mar 26
The next issue of Sugared Water is awaiting a last confirmation of acceptance before launching. We're very close! LMLMB no. 8 is almost ready too—just a cover to go. Several chapbooks are in the last bit of proofing process and cover design stages. Can't wait to share them with you. ✨
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Robin Turner @robinturnerpoet.bsky.social · Dec 27
One of my favorite anthologies ever. So many beautiful poets in its pages. And how about this gorgeous cover? Perfection.
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Dec 24
Happy printversary to our #anthology BRAMBLE & THORN. #limitededition

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"Don’t worry if she seems hungry; she’s always hungry; she has her mind already made, blade sharpened to meet the wolf’s heart."

#anthology #sharp #fiercegirls #feminist #witchy #spooky #survival
Bramble & Thorn — porkbelly press
We ask you to step into the dark forest with us, with these women and girls in poem—their sharp knives, those long fangs may protect you. Reach out—take the hand of the one beside you. Don’t worry if…
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Mar 25
Working on the last round of consideration for our latest batch of chapbooks. We've narrowed down to 25 manuscripts to choose from. Each year we receive a few more than the last, and those final decisions are difficult. Thank you for your patience + your rad work! #getlit #micropress #chapbooks
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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Feb 20
Gods & ghosts, what a high bar @porkbellypress.bsky.social sets for micropresses! Just 👀 this hyperpersonalized package presentation! They had me at hand-stitched, but these books (@robertokaji.bsky.social’s “Texas Flood” & Tina Mozelle Braziel’s “Rooted by Thirst”) are literal enchantment.
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