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We're thrilled to announce TOWARD PRAISE, a new version of Rilke's masterpieces, patiently translated over the course of 3+ decades by Erik Bendix!
"A major achievement in the art of translation."
—Joseph Cadora, translator of Rilke's NEW POEMS
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ARCs of Jake Young’s Orison Prize-winning novella Shared Perspectives are available! Kaveh Akbar calls the book “a brilliant vortical rush of mind and action” and Elizabeth McKenzie says it’s “nothing short of a masterpiece.” DM us if you’re interested in writing a review!
The Orison Chapbook Prize is open for submissions through July 1!
$300 + publication awarded to the winner
Finalists also considered for publication
Open to all literary genres
Deadline: July 1
Find complete details at duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/…
✨Now available for pre-order: IN THE DARK ALL CATS ARE GRAY, a novel by Lance Tukell, selected by Tessa Fontaine as winner of The Orison Fiction Prize!✨
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At NVR, Mary Grace Mangano (@MG_Mangan0) reviews Jane Zwart's debut poetry collection (@OrisonBooks).
"Like the seashell brought back from the beach vacation...Zwart has collected what amazes her, but is also mindful that all lives come to an end."
Many thanks to Amit Majmudar at @MarginaliaROB for this compelling interview with Jane Zwart!
"But when I say sometimes my faith comes into my poems, which implies that sometimes it doesn’t, that doesn’t account for where my poems come from."
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“In poems characterized by their wit and wisdom,” Richard Chess “offers us glimpses of a seeker’s life from childhood through early old-age.”
THE LONELIEST MONK (@OrisonBooks) is on our reading list for #APAHeritageMonth: orisonbooks.com/product-page…
"Majmudar re-creates origin stories from Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism in lyrical prose and verse that contains all the heft of mythic significance, while he somehow simultaneously manages to leave a light touch." —The Christian Century christiancentury.org/books/t…
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May is #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth! Pick your next reads from our 2026 reading list, featuring @OrisonBooks, @Sinister_Wisdom, @GnashingTeethPu, @HangingLooseNY, @AutumnHousePrs, @triohousepress, @CavanKerryPress, and more indie publishers: clmp.org/news/a-reading-list…
Check out W.J. Herbert's interview with Jane Zwart in the latest issue of Amsterdam Review! "We’re all full of imagination, of bonus worlds."
Our Spring 2026 issue is OUT NOW!
Featuring #interviews with Eleni Sikelianos and Jane Zwart, as well as works by Raúl Zurita, Jane Clarke, Tom Laichas, Dian Parker, Susan Irvine, and many more.
Read here: bit.ly/AmsterdamReview
#poetry #fiction #translations #amsterdam 🇳🇱
Now open for submissions: The 2026 Orison Chapbook Prize!
$300 + publication awarded to the winner
Finalists also considered for publication
Open to all literary genres
Deadline: July 1
Find complete details at duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/…
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Submit to the 2026 @OrisonBooks Prizes in Poetry & Fiction! Judged this year by Leila Chatti and Margot Livesey, one winner in each genre will receive $1,500 and publication of their full-length manuscript. Submissions close April 1: clmp.org/members/open-submis…
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Don’t miss these quickly approaching deadlines! @pshares, @TxReviewPress, @RaleighReview, @sillygoosepress, @AdiMagazine, @GnashingTeethPu, @ablemuse, @OrisonBooks, @thedodgemag, and more are closing their submission windows between March 28 and April 1: clmp.org/programs-opportunit…
✨Two weeks left to enter The 2026 Orison Prizes in Fiction & Poetry!✨
Margot Livesey and Leila Chatti will judge. The winner in each genre will receive $1,500 and publication by Orison Books.
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There's still time to sign up for this Saturday's virtual class on comparative language in poetry with Jane Zwart! Sign up today at orisonbooks.com/product-page…
We won't be at the AWP conference, but some of our authors will, including our two latest poets, Jane Zwart and Haley Hodges!
✨Study with poet Jane Zwart!✨
This generative workshop will focus on comparative language—that bedrock of poetic expression.
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A little cover update for ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.🎉 Congratulations to Vishwas R. Gaitonde on being longlisted for The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection!!
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Come out to Malaprop's Bookstore in Asheville this Sunday to hear Orison Books poet Haley Hodges as well as fiction writers Holly Beth Pratt and Elliot Reed! Register at malaprops.com/event/2026-02-…
Announcing a virtual author class with Jane Zwart!✨
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