Welcome to Autumn House Press

• The Autumn House Poetry Series

  Founded in 1998, Autumn House Press has published 37 books of poetry by 30 authors who have won major American poetry awards, as well as lesser-known writers who we believe will become the important poets of their generation. Please browse our catalog of current releases to learn more.

• The Autumn House Fiction Series

  Our first three fiction titles, New World Order by Derek Green, Drift and Swerve by Samuel Ligon, and Monongahela Dusk by John Hoerr have been released. We plan to publish two books of fiction each year. One will be our annual contest winner, and the other will be a finalist from the contest.

• Our Anthologies

  In addition to collections by individual authors, Autumn House publishes comprehensive anthologies of poetry:

  When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women is the first major collection of its kind in a generation. It features 96 of the most exciting poets in America including Kim Addonizio, Natasha Trethewey, Robin Becker, Lia Purpura, Hilda Raz, Tracy K. Smith, Chase Twichell, Marilyn Nelson, Marie Howe, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Martha Collins, Jan Beatty, Maxine Kumin, Naomi Shihab Nye, Claudia Emerson, Lynn Emanuel, Mary Oliver, Jane Mead, Mary Ruefle, Kay Ryan, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, and Pattiann Rogers. The collection includes a photograph and a brief biographical sketch of each poet.

  The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry features 300 poems by 94 of America's best poets, including Wendell Berry, Rita Dove, Stephen Dunn, Denise Duhamel,Tony Hoagland, Li-Young Lee, Jane Kenyon, Philip Levine, Naomi Shihab Nye, Larry Levis, William Matthews, Jo McDougall, Gerald Stern, Jean Valentine, and Dean Young.

  Joyful Noise: an Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry brings together America's diverse spiritual traditions in one volume. Ancient Native songs from the Chippewa, Inuit, Ojibwa, Osage, Hopi, Pawnee, and Sioux are included beside traditional Protestant hymns and generous selections from Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, and many contemporary poets such as Frank O'Hara, Linda Pastan, Gerald Stern, Toi Derricotte, Agha Shahid Ali, B.H. Fairchild, Anne Waldman, Bob Hicok, and Mark Doty.

• The 2009 Autumn House Poetry Contest

  Since 2003, the annual Autumn House Poetry Contest has awarded publication of a full-length manuscript and $2,500 to the winner. The 2009 judge is Alicia Ostriker. The postmark deadline for entries is June 30, 2009 - click here to get all the details.

  The winner of the 2008 Autumn House Poetry Contest, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye, is A Theory of Everything by Mary Crockett Hill of Elliston, Virginia. The book was published in January, 2009.

• The 2009 Autumn House Fiction Contest

  We are pleased to announce the second annual Autumn House Fiction Contest. Selected by our fiction editor Sharon Dilworth, the winner will be awarded publication of a full-length manuscript and $2,500.The postmark deadline for entries is June 30, 2009 - click here to get all the details.

  The winner of the 2008 Autumn House Fiction Contest, selected by Sharon Dilworth, is Drift and Swerve by Samuel Ligon of Spokane, Washington. The book was published in January, 2009.

• Coal Hill Review

  Coal Hill Review is an online journal dedicated to publishing fine poetry by both emerging and established writers. We hope to gather a range of diverse voices and styles and to explore work outside the traditional limitations of popular trends and printing costs. The Review takes its name from Coal Hill, otherwise known as Mount Washington, Pittsburgh, PA, the home of Autumn House Press. Where once people mined its rich coal seams, we now mine for poetry. We encourage you to visit the site, review our submission policy, and submit your work to Coal Hill Review.

Our Mission

• Autumn House Press is a non-profit corporation registered in the state of Pennsylvania whose mission is to publish and promote poetry and other fine literature.
  
  
• The press will concentrate on publishing the work of excellent contemporary writers who have a following among readers, but whose work has been overlooked by commercial publishers.
  
  
• In the belief that a book is not only a readable text but also an object of art, the press is dedicated to producing beautifully designed, well-manufactured books on acid-free paper.
  
  
• To these ends, the press will seek out the best possible book designers, illustrators, poets, writers, and editors.
  
  
• This dedication to quality will, however, be balanced against considerations of cost in order to make the books affordable to all.