Abode Press is thrilled to announce that we’re expanding to start acquiring full-length prose titles in 2026. We would like to acquire two full-length projects per year and need to bring on more remote volunteers to help us with this exciting new growth at Abode. Please note that all positions are remote, and we are looking to work with people who are based in the U.S. (especially Texas or the South) and embody our values (anti-racism, anti-colonialism, intersectionality, and empathy).
Open Positions:
The Editorial Assistant is in charge of handling our prose submissions. The Editorial Assistant will assign submissions to our editorial interns, work with our Senior Editor to narrow down final selections, and communicate with authors.
The Marketing + Sales Manager is in charge of creating our marketing campaigns for each full-length title. This means coming up with special promotional ideas for books, including merch and managing product sales from our website. Marketing + Sales can expect to work closely with the Publicity, Events, and Social Media Department.
The Grants and Development role will help us scale the organization and acquire more funding so we can offer higher advances and keep the organization sustainable. This person is responsible for managing our yearly fundraiser, securing donors, and more.
Please note that all positions are volunteer-based, though some do come with a small honorarium. For more information about each role, head to the link in our bio. If interested, email your CV/resume and cover letter in the body of the email to info@abodepress.com detailing your interest by December 10th. All qualified applicants will be responded to by early January.
Dec 03, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM CST : Virtual Workshop
Workshop Description: Building on the foundation laid in the first workshop, participants will dive deeper into Western imperialism’s impact on the environment and how writers grapple with those impacts in their writings. Reading work by contemporary poets Cianga, Golden, Maya Salameh, this workshop begs the question: how are we to interpret the ecological vulnerability of our time through language, place, history, and emergent knowledge? How can we re-embed ourselves into the natural world, and remind ourselves of our responsibility to it? This layered response allows for a deeper engagement with ecological works and moves beyond the aesthetic/sensorial into ethical and stewardship capacity. Participation in the first workshop is not required.
Ashia Ajani is a sun shower, an overripe nectarine, a carnivorous plant, a glass bead. They are the author of one poetry collection, Heirloom (Write Bloody Publishing, 2023), and a forthcoming collection of lyric essays, Tending the Vines (Timber Press, TBA). Her writing is a kaleidoscope of her work as an eco-griot & abolitionist.
Tickets are $25 minimum for general admission and $10 for writers-in-need. All proceeds go towards paying our presenters and helping the Press pay for operational expenses. Thank you for your contribution to help keep an indie intersectional press afloat! Get your tickets here.
What We’re Looking For: We are looking for workshops from writers/leaders that align with our core values: anti-racism, anti-colonialism, intersectionality, and empathy. In addition, we want workshops that amplify marginalized voices to create more representation in the landscape. Since we are currently only able to publish writers who live in the U.S., we are looking for writers based in the U.S. as well to lead our workshops. Abode Press looks for work that focuses on identity, origin, and culture, so any workshops that can tie in these themes will be favorably considered. In addition, we love workshops that take risks, defy genre, and subvert our expectations.
Who Should Submit a Proposal:
We want to work with workshop leaders who align with our mission and values at Abode Press: to uplift underrepresented voices with a commitment to anti-racism, anti-colonialism, intersectionality, empathy. In addition, we want to work with Instructors who are comfortable advertising their workshops because we have noticed an increase in signups when leaders advocate for their workshops in addition to our own marketing initiatives. We especially love to work with Instructors who belong to BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities and/or who are based in the South.
The deadline to submit workshop proposals is 12 pm CST, Monday, January 5th. Submit here!
We are excited to be tabling as part of a zine and print market taking place Saturday, December 6, 12pm-5pm, at the Jones Center rooftop of The Contemporary Austin. The event is in conjunction with the fall exhibition, which is retrospective of the queer Chicano artist Teddy Sandoval. Stop by and learn about our 2026 programming and grab one of our chapbooks! Learn more about the event here: Zine & Print Market Presented in Collaboration with St. Sucia - The Contemporary Austin.
Thank you to everyone who submitted to our Fall 2025 Chapbook period. We received 226 chapbook submissions (a new record!), and our team is hard at work reading through your wonderful submissions. All submitters will receive a response regarding their submission in January.
CLMP 2025 Firecracker Awards in Poetry
We are excited to announce that we have nominated “Sea Changes” by Hayun Cho and “Bilingual Bitch” by Angelica Julia Davila for the 2025 Firecracker Awards. Congratulations to our authors on their nomination!
Lambda Literary Awards
We are thrilled to announce that we have nominated “Weaving Liberation: An Archival Chapbook” by M. K. Thekkumkattil for a Lammy Award in Trans Nonfiction. Congratulations!
Monarch Queer Literary Awards
We are also excited to announce that we have nominated three poems from “Bilingual Bitch” for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards, a new anthology spearheaded by the wonderful people at fifth wheel press. Congratulations!
Help Us Reach Our Fundraising Goal of Before the End of the Year!!
For this Giving Tuesday, we still need your help to reach $1,000 by the end of this year. We have $630 to raise left. Help us get there so we can continue to amplify marginalized voices amidst a growing effort to silence them! Contributions are tax-deductible and will go towards increasing author payments, operational expenses, and for more literary offerings, including our first-ever full-length publication prize. Your donations will go towards supporting an indie press that champions marginalized writers with strong values and commitments to anti-racism, anti-colonialism, intersectionality, and empathy. We have been recognized by Women Who Submit for having a racially diverse masthead and women-led masthead; in addition, to having a staff that are primarily people of color, queer and trans, and who mostly live in the South. We are forever grateful to our community and thank you for keeping us afloat to do the work!!
We want to take a moment to acknowledge accomplishments in the Abode Press family.
Poetry Reader, Teri Vela, has a new poem out in Black Fox Lit Mag. Read it here!
Poetry Reader, Cheyenne William’s poems published in the March issue of Poetry have won the Frederick Bock Prize!!
Poetry Reader, Angela Heiser, had a piece in German published at Behemoth Entgleist. Congrats, Angela!
Congratulations to these Abode staff members!! Learn more about them on our Masthead page.
Thank you, as always, for your support! We love you!
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