Yavanika Press

Yavanika Press is affiliated with the bi-annual literary & arts journal Sonic Boom. We publish poetry & short prose e-chapbooks.

[Yavanika Press @PressYavanika]

It is with great pride and pleasure that we bring to you our 50th title releasing this May: 'the field of why' by Founding Editor Shloka Shankar.

We are now taking pre-orders before the official launch on May 23, 2022.

Head here for more info:

https://t.co/Z6G6RGzJmY

[Sonic Boom @sonic_boom2014]

We're open for submissions!

https://t.co/5zmMWVNcWD

[Shloka Shankar @shloks89]

Excited to have work included in the new mixed issue of whiptail, edited by the fabulous duo Kat Lehmann and Robin Smith!

Check out Issue 12 here:

https://t.co/JLQjekGbp8

[Shloka Shankar @shloks89]

I'm happy to share my first publication of 2025! :)

Grateful thanks to editors Joe Wodehouse and C. X. Turner of @WalesHaiku for including two of my monoku in the Winter '24/25 issue.

Download here:

https://t.co/upSi1GBLog

[Sonic Boom @sonic_boom2014]

Our January 2025 issue is HERE!

We are beyond thrilled to share this new format with you. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments. Share away! :)

Cover Art: Cinzia Farina

Download here:

https://t.co/4eATeRsLdT

[Rebel Scum (it's not the years, it's the mileage) @TimGardiner3]

my short #haiku #poetry collection by @PressYavanika 'the sky, taken away' can be downloaded https://t.co/ksNgfVuxbW title taken from dad saying in 2019 "the sky's been taken away from us" while in rehab after a severe heart attack and brain damage. He passed away in Oct #ripdad

[Sonic Boom @sonic_boom2014]

We can't contain our excitement! Our first reading period after the hiatus is almost here. :)

https://t.co/5zmMWVNcWD

[Yavanika Press @PressYavanika]

Happy Friday!

Do your plans for this weekend involve a get-under-the-covers reading session? We have EVEN MORE e-chapbooks that you can now add for FREE to your TBR pile.

If you include our titles from the archives, that's over 20 of them! Enjoy.

https://t.co/77S1fJg95Q

[Shloka Shankar @shloks89]

If you've known me for any length of time, you know I love me some cut-ups and found poems! :)

Read more here:

https://t.co/JBo6OYMaGQ

[Yavanika Press @PressYavanika]

Our 85th title, and the chapbook that wraps up Catalogue 2024, is 'In Through the Out Door' by debut author Kunal Mithrill.

Cover Art: Vidya Premkumar

Download the eBook here:

https://t.co/Ag8SemERGU

[Philly Chapbook Review (subs/queries open) @PhillyChapbook]

New #poetry #chapbooks for October 2024 from @TwoSylviasPress, @PressYavanika, @ThePoetryBox, @VariantLit, @KithBooks, @NewfoundOrg, @BlackLawrence Press, @DiodeEditions, @9SyllablesPress, @QuerenciaPress, Bottlecap Press and @FLPress.
https://t.co/XJWHbc3fkq

[Shloka Shankar @shloks89]

A catch-up post after what feels like ages! :)

New work in @SenryuJournal, Kingfisher, and #FemkuMag. Thank you to the editors and @arvinder8 for the haiga collab.

[Yavanika Press @PressYavanika]

Presenting one of the winners in our Short Prose e-chapbook category, 'Blue Lovers' by Elizabeth Paul. A collection of 14 haunting, lyrical, and whimsical prose poems, each piece is an ekphrastic response to a painting by Marc Chagall.

Download here:

https://t.co/Ag8SemERGU

[Yavanika Press @PressYavanika]

Our second poetry e-chapbook winner is 'The Principle of a Clearing Nut Tree' by Uma Gowrishankar, a stunning addition to contemporary Indian writing in English.

Cover Art: Gayathri Kakarparthi

Download the eBook here:

https://t.co/Ag8SemERGU

[Yavanika Press @PressYavanika]

One of our poetry chapbook winners this year is 'This Is Not Why You Call Your Friends in the Middle of the Night' by Bulgarian poet Evgeniya Dineva, a fine and riveting collection of 20 poems.

Download the eBook here:

https://t.co/YySBYmGdXG

[Shloka Shankar @shloks89]

Thank you, @lafcadiopoetry and @haikufound :)

[Yavanika Press @PressYavanika]

We're excited to share Part Two of Catalogue 2024, our much-awaited Poetry & Short Prose titles!

Download here:

https://t.co/Ag8SemERGU

[Yavanika Press @PressYavanika]

We conclude Part One of Catalogue 2024 with 'frame story' by Vidya Premkumar, a collection of 15 powerful and emotionally charged senryu.

Cover Art: Shloka Shankar

Download the eBook here:

https://t.co/Ag8SemFpws

[Shloka Shankar @shloks89]

Thank you so much, @talking_time :)

https://t.co/hcOFk8EaO5

[Yavanika Press @PressYavanika]

We are delighted to share 'dimes of light' by Touchstone Award winning poet John Pappas.

Cover Photo: Phil Openshaw

Download the eBook here:

https://t.co/Ag8SemERGU

[Shloka Shankar @shloks89]

Thank you so very much, @SenryuJournal and @MikeRehling :)

Link to read:

https://t.co/NvYexpgV9o