March is Small Press Month!
Thank you to Jessie, founder and managing editor of Folded Word Press and Shape of a Box
for putting it together!
Small Press Month is a nationwide celebration highlighting the valuable work produced by independent publishers. Held annually in March, Small Press Month raises awareness about the need for broader venues of literary expression. From March 1st-31st, independent, literary events will take place from coast-to-coast, showcasing some of the most diverse, exciting, and significant voices being published today.
As best-selling author Sherman Alexie—the face of this year's Small Press Month Poster—states: "The small presses represent what is most brave, crazy and beautiful about our country and our literature. So let us all sing honor songs for the independent publishers."
Small Press Month, now in its 13th year, is a grass-roots effort co-sponsored by:
- The New York Center for Independent Publishing (NYCIP)
- The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)
- Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA)
Additional sponsorship is provided by:
- The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen
- American Booksellers Association/IndieBound
- Association of American Publishers (AAP)
- BookExpo America
- ForeWord Magazine
- Gival Press
- Hanging Loose Press
- Ingram Publisher Services
- National Book Foundation
- Small Press Distribution (SPD)
- Thomson-Shore
Special thanks to Sherman Alexie, the face of Small Press Month 2009.
