Fallen Tree Press is a small press specializing in publishing poetry chapbooks. We are focused on being part of the larger writing community. It’s our intent to promote a diverse group of writers, especially those identifying as women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and members of underserved groups. Whenever possible, a portion of the proceeds from book sales will be donated to charity. The charities will be selected in conjunction with the authors.
We are pleased to announce that Landscapes and Observations by Michael Ratcliffe will be forthcoming later this year. Michael’s book mixes nature, spirituality, and a sense of place that is grounded in reality while it reaches for the beyond.
Bare Roots Chapbook Contest – The winner of our first contest is 2.5 Patients Per Hour by Carlin Corsino. Now available for pre-order on the Shop page! We also want to send congratulations to the wonderful finalists: The Buzzing of the Blue Guitar by Peter E. Murphy, Daughter of the Sandman by E. Doyle Gillespie, Barbershop by Ann Kammerer, and Night’s Door by Mary Kancewick. Thank you to everyone who submitted.
We are now closed to submissions. See our submissions page for our guidelines: https://fallentreepress.com/submissions. We’re still reading open submissions! We had a lot (seriously, a lot) of submissions. We’ve received a big batch of high quality submissions. We’re just about done reading and to the point where we put our heads together and make decisions. We will respond to everyone, I promise. Thank you to everyone who submitted.
Write Women Book Fest — The sixth Write Women Book Festival will be in Bowie, Maryland on July 19th & 20th, 2025. We’ll have a table and Patti & Terri will be reading. For more info, visit Write Women Book Festival
Announcing our chapbooks for 2024!
Our submissions in January 2024 were so amazing, we picked two! We are very pleased to announce Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes by Marsheila Rockwell and Mundane Things by Kateema Lee. In Blood Quantum, Métis poet Marsheila Rockwell gives us a “howl of defiance against erasure” (Chris La Tray), exploring life in the in-between. In Mundane Things, Kateema Lee guides us to the heart of everyday life. Both of these chapbooks tell you things you didn’t know you needed to hear. Don’t miss these books by two fantastic poets.
Mundate Things by Kateema Lee is now available in our shop and on Amazon.
Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes by Marsheila Rockwell is in stock and available from our shop and on Amazon.
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