Publisher’s Blog
Changed Behavior: SFWP and the Future of a Historically White Press
This is not a solidarity statement. During times of turbulence, especially for marginalized communities, corporations put out statements of solidarity because they know that they must appear to support equality even if the actions of those corporations do not. I’m...
“Something to the Niche: SFWP Announces Its New Children’s Imprint” by Andrew Gifford
New Year, New Decade, New Imprint By Andrew Gifford hen I started SFWP, everyone told me to “find a niche.” This was 1998, and it was a very different time for the publishing industry. It was a world before e-books, before the self-publishing...
SFWP is hiring! Join our team as our Social Media Manager
We’re looking for a social media manager to lead our social media strategy across Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to help support our growing presence in the literary community! SFWP is a traditional publisher who, for the last 22 years, has gone against the...
The 2019 Literary Awards Program winners
The winners of the 2019 Literary Awards Program…
Book Review: The World Doesn’t Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott
The World Doesn't Require You Author: Rion Amilcar Scott Liveright Publishing, of W.W. Norton & Company, 2019 ISBN: 978-1-63149-538-0 $27.95 Make Your Descendants Proud: Ancestral Worship, Language Ownership, and Whose Stories We Tell in Rion Amilcar...
The 2019 Literary Awards Program “Top Six List”
It's been a long wait for the Short List folks! This year's Awards Program was spectacular. There are so many amazing authors on the Short List, Carmen says it's felt almost impossible at times to figure out the winning entry. To tide you over, here are her current...
2019 Awards Program Short List
This weekend, we received the “short list.” We are down to just 20 manuscripts. One of the authors below will be the winner of the 2019 Literary Awards program.
2019 Awards Program Long List
Here it is! The 2019 Long List!
SFWP’s Spring Titles Are Coming May 1!
What should you be reading this spring? By SFWP Editors This spring, SFWP is releasing two new titles. We could tell you we're super excited about them, but of course we are. Why should you be stoked, too, you ask? Well, just read on. There's Elizabeth...
Author Spotlight: Tyrese Coleman
Truth and Truth-Adjacent: Excerpt, Review, and Interview with Fluid Prose Writer, Tyrese Coleman By Nicole Schmidt Tyrese Coleman is a writer, wife, mother, and attorney. She is also the fiction editor for District Lit, and an associated editor at SmokeLong Quarterly....