Red Hen Press is home to seven imprints and two publishing series which serve to support diversity and representation in literature.
Imprints
Arktoi Books publishes high-quality literary fiction and poetry by lesbian writers. It was established in 2006 by editor Eloise Klein Healy. The mission of Arktoi Books is to give lesbian writers more access to “the conversation” that having a book in print affords. Visit Arktoi’s homepage!
• Notable titles: The GAFFER; Hanging On Our Own Bones
Boreal Books was established in 2008 to publish literature and fine art from Alaska. The mission of Boreal Books is to bring Alaskan writers and fine artists to wider audiences within and beyond that great but remote state. It is edited by Peggy Shumaker, the former State Writer Laureate of Alaska. Visit Boreal’s homepage!
• Notable titles: I’m Here: Alaska Stories; Breaking into Air: Birth Poems; The Getting Place; Toward Antarctica; Becoming Earth; Under Nushagak Bluff; Steller’s Orchid
Canis Major Books is an imprint of Red Hen books. We are looking for active, energetic, and rollicking good stories and are open to all kinds of narratives in any genre. Visit Canis Major’s website for submission details!
• Notable titles: Cursebreakers
DJS Books was formed in 2008 by Ming Di and a group of Chinese poets who tried to independently publish cutting-edge poetry books in China. DJS Books became an imprint of Red Hen Press in 2013 and published five books in August of 2013. DJS Books promotes mutual understanding between China and the English-speaking world through poetry. Visit DJS’s homepage!
• Notable titles: Between Words; Earthly Burdens; The Empty Chair
Pighog Press is an award-winning publisher originally based in Brighton, England. After its acquisition by Red Hen Press in 2014, Pighog Press has continued to distribute through Central Books in the UK and Europe. The imprint publishes high-quality original work from a diverse range of regional and international voices, primarily from the British Isles. Visit Pighog’s homepage!
• Notable titles: Adamantine; A Man Against a Background of Flames; The Last Wolf of Scotland
Acquired by Red Hen Press in 2016, Story Line Press publishes poetry with a focus on Formalism. Contemporary literary culture continually breeds new movements, but Story Line Press devotes itself to reviving and renewing the tried and true: poetry that rhymes, adheres to a form, and is in verse. Story Line Press’s publications include books of poetry, both long and short, as well as criticism and analysis of Formalist movements and the people who drive them. Visit SLP’s homepage!
• Notable titles: Transatlantic Connections; Rebel Angels
Xeno Books publishes quirky, well-crafted titles that don’t fall within the boundaries of Red Hen’s regular literary program. Visit our Xeno homepage!
• Notable titles: Aqueous; We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth; The Adventures of Captain Pump: The World’s First Fitness Superhero; Letters from a Young Father; Confessions of a Headmaster
Letras Latinas, the literary initiative of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, in partnership with Red Hen Press, is pleased to support the publication of a second or third full-length book of poems by a Latino or Latina poet. Visit Letras Latinas’ homepage!
• Notable titles: Trace; A Camera Obscura; American Quasar; Rattlesnake Allegory; Speaking Wiri Wiri; The Gravedigger’s Archaeology
Edited by Red Hen’s Deputy Director, Tobi Harper, Quill publishes literary prose by a queer (LGBTQ) author once per year, chosen by rotating judges through award submissions, with a $10 entrance fee. The winning author receives $1,000 and publication by Red Hen Press. Visit our Quill homepage!
• Notable titles: From the Longing Orchard; Summer of the Cicadas; The Falls of the Wyona; Flannelwood; Scissors, Paper, Stone