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 is now available on our Shop page. 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.
Baltimore Book Festival — We will be vending at the Baltimore Book Festival on September 13th & 14th, 2025. Come join us!
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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