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Writegirl is CA Nonprofit of the Year

Huge congratulations to SPD publisher Writegirl who was recently named the California Nonprofit of the Year! In addition, their 8 books have so far won a total of 22 awards...hats off to this wonderful organization, their great books, and their superb mission!

Writegirl's Publications at SPD:

Silhouette (2010)
Listen to Me (2008)
Lines of Velocity (2008)
Bold Ink (2006)
Nothing Held Back (2006)
Pieces of Me (2004)

Article in the HUFFINGTON POST

Featured in the New York Times!

Congratulations to the books and presses that were recently featured in the New York Times, and thanks to the Times for giving attention to some smaller, independent presses (all but two of which were SPD publishers!). 

For a limited time, take 25% off any of these books by buying online and using "nytimes" as your promotion code. 

Find the Girl (Coffee House Press)

Phantom Noise (Alice James Press)

This Lamentable City (Tupelo Press)

Moving Blanket (Ugly Duckling Presse)

The Book of What Remains (Copper Canyon Press)

Going To Seed: Dispatches from the Garden
by Charles Goodrich
(Silverfish Review 2010)

"Wild Geese"

(Writers Almanac, April 23, 2010 )

"Truck Garden"

(Writers Almanac, April 28, 2010)

Review by Joseph Bednarik

(Oregonian, May 27, 2010)

Reached #6 on Bestseller List

(Poetry Foundation Bestsellers)

The Russian Version
by Elena Fanailova
trans. Stephanie Sandler & Genya Turovskaya
(Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010)

Winner: Best Translated Book Award 2010!
THE RUSSIAN VERSION has been named the Best Translated Book for 2010 by Three Percent (a University at Rochester resource supporting translated literature).

Other SPD Finalists:
 
The Brittle Age & Returning Upland
(Rene Char, trans. Gustaf Sobin)
Scale & Stairs: Selected Poems of Heeduk Ra
(trans. Won-Chung Kim & Christopher Merrill)
K.B.: The Suspect
(Marcelijus Martinaitis, trans. Laima Vince)
Lightwall
(Liliana Ursu, trans. Sean Cotter)
In Such Hard Times
(Wei Ying-wu, trans. Red Pine)
Killing Kanoko
(Hiromi Ito, trans. Jeffrey Angles)