May 21: Maureen Alsop Reads at Berl’s Poetry Shop in Brooklyn
Augury’s own Maureen Alsop (MANTIC, 2013) is in New York and will be reading Wednesday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at Berl’s Poetry Shop in Brooklyn. She will be joined by Sasha Steensen (HOUSE OF DEER, Fence...
View ArticleCleaver Magazine Reviews Maureen Alsop’s MANTIC
Photo by Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography Cleaver Magazine‘s Matthew Girolami reviews MANTIC (Augury Books, 2013) by Maureen Alsop, wherein, according to Girolami, “both the divine and the worldly...
View ArticlePICS from Federal Dust and Cabin/Fire’s Joint Reading
Two Baltimore reading series, Federal Dust and Cabin/Fire, joined forces earlier this month to throw “Federal Fire,” their first joint reading and cook-out. Hosted by Justin Sirois and Matthew Zingg,...
View ArticleAudio Interview with Halina Duraj, Author of THE FAMILY CANNON
Photo by Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography Halina Duraj, recent 2014 O.Henry Prize recipient and author of the new THE FAMILY CANNON (Augury Books, 2014), sat down with Maureen Cavanaugh from San...
View ArticleHalfway Through: Augury Books’ Reading Period Still Open for Poetry and Prose...
Photo by Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography We are a little over halfway through our reading period, which is still OPEN through July 31, 2014. We accept full-length manuscripts in the categories of...
View ArticlePoets & Writers Examines Augury Books’ Present and Future
This week, Poets & Writers wrote about Augury Books’ expansion into the world of prose with Halina Duraj’s THE FAMILY CANNON and the future goals of the press. In what is surely a sign of more...
View ArticleGulf Coast Now Accepting Entries for 2014 Barthelme Prize
Donald Barthelme, Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries Gulf Coast is now accepting entries for the 2014 Barthelme Prize for Short Prose. The contest is open to pieces of...
View ArticleVIDEO and AUDIO: New Work from Maureen Alsop in ‘Menacing Hedge,’‘Your...
Image courtesy of Fred J, Wikimedia Commons Maureen Alsop (Mantic, Augury Books, 2013) has emerged with new pieces in her short video series for literary journal Your Impossible Voice. “Portentum” and...
View ArticleSubmissions Open Four More Days
Photo by Dave Bledsoe, FreeVerse Photography Our reading period is still open until July 31st, 11:59 PM. Submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry are all welcome. For guidelines and...
View ArticleSubmissions Period Officially Closed — Thanks for your Manuscript!
Photo by Dave Bledsoe, FreeVerse Photography Thank you so much to everyone who submitted their fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry during our open reading period. Our submissions period is...
View ArticleOur Manuscript Selections for 2015
Photo by Dave Bledsoe, FreeVerse Photography Augury Books is delighted to announce our selections from this summer’s open reading period. We are honored and humbled to have received so many wonderful...
View ArticleThree Opportunities to Publish: AWP, National Poetry Series, and Four Way Books
a detail from “Illustrations of Ventilation” (1869), courtesy of the Public Domain Review As a small press that understands the writer’s most constant struggle, we’d like to highlight three contests...
View ArticleNo, Dear/Small Anchors Press Chapbook Contest: Deadline Approaching
a photo from ‘Transit of Venus’ (1882), courtesy of the Public Domain Review Brooklyn-based poetry journal No, Dear and Small Anchors Press are currently accepting five-to-twenty page submissions to...
View ArticlePen & Brush Calls for eBook Submissions
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula (1684) by A. J. Bormeester, courtesy of the Public Domain Review Pen & Brush is currently accepting submissions of literary fiction and poetry, both short and...
View ArticleAugury Books’ Reading Period Approaching
Felice Beato’s hand colored photograph courtesy of the Public Domain Review Augury Books is happy to announce that our spring/summer 2015 reading period opens for submissions on May 1st! This year...
View ArticleAugury Books’ Reading Period Now Open!
Felice Beato’s hand colored photograph courtesy of the Public Domain Review Augury Books is delighted to announce that our spring/summer 2015 reading period is now open! For guidelines and general...
View ArticleTrainless Magazine Now Accepting Submissions!
Trainless Magazine is now accepting submissions! Trainless Magazine focuses on travel and the unique ways of learning about a country through athleticism, extended stays, and cross-cultural...
View ArticleWe’re Halfway Through Our Reading Period!
The Covent Garden Night Mare, by Thomas Rowlandson, courtesy of the Public Domain Review We are just halfway through our reading period, which is still open through July 31, 2015. We are currently...
View ArticleBook Cover Debut: Carey McHugh’s ‘American Gramophone’
Design by Michael Miller; Photo courtesy Library of Congress Augury Books is happy to join poet Carey McHugh and designer Michael Miller in unveiling the cover art for the upcoming American Gramophone...
View ArticleBook Cover Debut: Joe Pan’s ‘Hiccups’
Original Cover art by David Drummond As promised, we are pleased to unveil the cover of Joe Pan‘s forthcoming collection, Hiccups (2015), designed by David Drummond. Taking cues from a myriad of short...
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