Orison Books

A non-profit literary press focused on the life of the spirit from a non-ideological standpoint.

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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 https://t.co/YtcQAaYSCC

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✨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!✨
https://t.co/9BlIrnO0kp

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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."

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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."

https://t.co/SBy4inZZSZ

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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: https://t.co/PJH1ZscSD8

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"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 https://t.co/MjGvYADMuc

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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: https://t.co/8J1RQjccHN

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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."

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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: https://t.co/9qziijGFAF

#poetry #fiction #translations #amsterdam 🇳🇱

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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 https://t.co/YtcQAaYSCC

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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: https://t.co/ZCk9s4LbSz

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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: https://t.co/m3Sah20ZDw

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✨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.

https://t.co/j4ziiFbCJP

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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 https://t.co/Hins44gJ8j

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We won't be at the AWP conference, but some of our authors will, including our two latest poets, Jane Zwart and Haley Hodges!

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✨Study with poet Jane Zwart!✨

This generative workshop will focus on comparative language—that bedrock of poetic expression.

Register at https://t.co/Hins44gJ8j

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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!!

Order your copy today at https://t.co/2Z7NPQPgWw

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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 https://t.co/pdD7Zem4Z5

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Announcing a virtual author class with Jane Zwart!✨
https://t.co/Hins44gJ8j

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If you're in the Asheville area, come out this Sunday for a reading featuring Orison Books author Haley Hodges! Free registration required at https://t.co/pdD7Zem4Z5

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Sunday Feb. 8th at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series presents Rebecca Aronson & Wayne Miller at @birdinhandcafe & the reading includes the best open mic in town! You'll have time to watch sports later.

#poetry #smartishpace #poetrycommunity @coppernickel @Milkweed_Books @OrisonBooks