We're so excited to welcome Joe Dornich and Arisa White to our Manuscript Consultation team this October! Learn more about the program and meet our consultants at the link in bio. ✨

Meet Adrian Van Young! Adrian is the author of Rough Beast, a crime novel set in New Orleans's black metal scene—he sat down with us to answer some questions about the novel, his process, and what we can expect from Rough Beast. Rough Beast is available everywhere books are sold on 10/13. ✨

The book launch event for Into the Into of Earth Itself is THIS Thursday, October 8th! Join us on Thursday evening to hear Amanda Hodes in conversation with BLP author and 2023 Philip Levine Prize winner, William Archila. Sign up and get the Zoom link at the link in bio. We'll see you then!✨

Join us one week from today on Tuesday, 10/13, for our FREE monthly workshop! This month, Anne Marie Wells is teaching "Form-enomenon: Celebrating Queer Subversions of Poetic Forms," a 90 minute virtual workshop on form as a means of defying constraining societal structures!

Need some recommendations for your autumn reading list? The BLP editors & staff have got you covered! When we think fall reading, we think folklore, enchantment, hauntings, secrets, the supernatural, and the uncanny. This list checks all of our boxes. 📚 👻 🔮🍂

We're thrilled to announce the recent acquisition of GRIEFOVER: STORIES AND INVITATIONS, a queer story collection and creative writing guide by Sidney M. Cass! Forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press in January 2028. ✨

It's October, and that means it's the final month of the Black River Chapbook Competition fall entry period! We are accepting submissions of unpublished chapbooks (poetry or prose) between 16-36 pages in length. Open to new, emerging, and established writers. Submit now at the link in bio!

Last call for September manuscript consultations! If you're interested in getting comprehensive, in-depth feedback on your manuscript from Robert Long Foreman, MJ Jones, or Raina León, you have until Midnight EST to upload your manuscript. The link is in our bio!

If you love The Great Gatsby, Saint the Terrifying, Razorblade Tears, and the film Green Room...Rough Beast is going to be a new favorite. For fans of stories featuring outsider characters, revenge, and the grimy underbelly of American life, this is for you. Pre-order now!

We're nearing the end of September, which means our Back to School sale is almost over! You still have through Wednesday to grab some heavily discounted BLP titles—use code BACKTOSCHOOL40 for 40% your order. (note: sale excludes forthcoming titles, workshops, and subscription bundles)

Hi friends—we are sad to report that the Brooklyn Book Festival Sunday Book Market has been canceled due to the forecasted nor’easter causing dangerous weather conditions. As a result Black Lawrence Press will not be at the Brooklyn Book Festival this weekend.

Diane Goettel, our Executive Editor here at BLP, reads thousands of cover letters each year, and she wants to help you get yours right! Grab a ticket and secure your spot now at the link in bio!

Mark your calendars for a virtual book launch event! We're celebrating Amanda Hodes's new collection "Into the Into of Earth Itself," in conversation with the 2023 Philip Levine Prize winner, William Archilla. This event is virtual, open to the public, and free. We hope to see you on Zoom!

Come see Black Lawrence Press at Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday, September 27th! BLP authors will be signing books all day starting at 11am. Come by and say hi—we can't wait to see you there! 📍 Brooklyn Book Festival: Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, booth #415 🗓️ Sunday, September 27th 🕰️ 10am - 6pm

"The Lunar Hour" by Franz Werfel, translated by James Reidel, is out now in tr. review of translations. Visit tr. at the link in bio. ✨

Mark your calendars for BLP's Fall 2026 Book Fair Appearances! We will be at Brooklyn Book Festival, Boston Book Festival, and Twin Cities Book Festival this year. The Brooklyn Book Festival is coming up one week from today. Stay tuned for our signing schedule!