Rose Metal Press

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Rose Metal Press is a non-profit publisher specializing in the publication of hybrid genre books. Founded in 2006. Posts by co-founders Abby Beckel and Kathleen Rooney. Check out our books and amazing authors here: www.rosemetalpress.com

Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 16:59 UTC

An update on our distribution situation post-SPD, AND it's the last week of our special fundraiser to recoup our losses from the sudden SPD closure. If you haven't had a chance to give, please consider helping out now. Thank you! : icont.ac/4YCF5

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] May 20, 2024 at 17:47 UTC

Awesome to see The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature, edited by Kelcey Ervick and Tom Hart, on this list in wonderful company! Thanks to ALA Booklist for including it! www.booklistonline.com/Top-10-Refer...

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] May 14, 2024 at 21:02 UTC

We are nearly halfway to our fundraising goal! A gigantic thank you to everyone who has already donated to help us recover our losses from the sudden SPD closure: you are all amazing! 17 more days to help us reach our goal: www.gofundme.com/f/help-rose-...

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social
[ View ] May 04, 2024 at 13:29 UTC

hey I just saw that my essay "2004" from the Laurel Review (and also from my forthcoming book w/ @rosemetalpress.bsky.social) is online now. Seems like I can just link to the PDF and tell you to scroll down to pg 34, and yes I realize even this sentence has deterred some of you from ever clicking

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 23, 2024 at 04:57 UTC

Thanks so much for the support!

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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 20, 2024 at 13:17 UTC

RMP is a terrific press run by terrific people. Please consider helping them recover from this undeserved setback.

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 15, 2024 at 22:37 UTC

We have faced a challenging situation over the last few weeks after our distributor, SPD, closed suddenly on March 28, owing us a lot of $. We have raised 25% of our $50,000 goal—we're so grateful for the outpouring of support! Please consider donating to help us recoup our losses: icont.ac/4XLKV

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @ejneukirch.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 14, 2024 at 16:39 UTC

Happy to support incredible indy publisher @rosemetalpress.bsky.social and their authors! 📚✨️

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 12, 2024 at 19:42 UTC

Two weeks ago our distributor, SPD, shut down suddenly. They owed us 40K+ & 3,300 RMP books were stranded in a warehouse. We made quick strides to find new distribution so our books will be back on sale soon, but we'd be very grateful for help recovering financially: www.gofundme.com/f/help-rose-...

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Jasmine Sawers @sawers.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

Like many small presses, @rosemetalpress.bsky.social has been burned terribly by the abrupt closing of SPD. Long before I was an RMP author, I was an RMP admirer. Their books have been among my favorites for many years. Please help them keep the lights on.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rose-...

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[ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 22:29 UTC

The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature is a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the anthology category! Congrats to editors Kelcey Ervick and Tom Hart and all the contributors! www.forewordreviews.com/awards/final...

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Jasmine Sawers @sawers.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 08, 2024 at 15:13 UTC

Writers! I’m the fiction editor for the first issue of Blanket Gravity, a litmag that explores mental health. Payment is $40 per piece & we’ll read submissions up to 9000(!!!) words. Submissions open March 19th!

We’re also looking for art, poetry, & CNF

www.blanketgravitymag.com/submissions

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[ View ] Mar 04, 2024 at 22:04 UTC

Wonderful to see THE HURRICANE BOOK by Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones on CLMP's Reading List for Women's History Month in terrific company: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

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[ View ] Feb 10, 2024 at 20:09 UTC

Only 20 min left to stop by and get your copy of The RMP Field Guide to Graphic Literature signed by co-editor Kelcey Ervick!

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[ View ] Feb 10, 2024 at 19:47 UTC

Happening now! The Field Guides are going fast! Come on over to Table 1815! #AWP24

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 10, 2024 at 18:45 UTC

Virtual AWP Sale! Only 1 more day to get free shipping on any available books in our catalog with code AWPFREESHIP! Stock up on hybrid genre reading this weekend! rosemetalpress.com/rmp/all-books/

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[ View ] Feb 10, 2024 at 18:04 UTC

At 1:35 pm, after their panel, Field Guide to Graphic Literature coeditor Kelcey Ervick and 4 Field Guide contributors will be signing copies of the Field Guide at TABLE 1815! Come by and get a book signed and talk comics and collage! 1:35 to 2:30 today! #AWP24

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[ View ] Feb 10, 2024 at 16:56 UTC

AWP! At 12:10 pm today, come hear Field Guide to Graphic Literature co-editor Kelcey Ervick and contributors Naoko Fujimoto, Nick Francis Potter, Lauren Haldeman, and David Dodd Lee talk about making comics and collage! Room 2101. Don't miss it! #AWP24 www.awpwriter.org/awp_conferen...

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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @ejneukirch.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 09, 2024 at 22:35 UTC

✨️ Book haul from #AWP24 including some beauties from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social ✨️

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[ View ] Feb 09, 2024 at 20:59 UTC

From 3:00 to 3:30 pm, @sawers.bsky.social will be at table 1815 signing copies of their PEN America Finalist book, THE ANCHORED WORLD! Come on by! #AWP24

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[ View ] Feb 09, 2024 at 20:26 UTC

@nikwalk.bsky.social!

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[ View ] Feb 09, 2024 at 20:26 UTC

AWP! From 2:30-3:00 pm, @Nikwalkotter will be at table 1815 signing copies of The After-Normal. Come on by and get your copy signed! #AWP24

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 08, 2024 at 21:50 UTC

#AWP24! Come out to Nimble Brewing at 7:00 pm for an offsite reading hosted by Blackbird, Cupboard Pamphlet, & Rose Metal! Readers for RMP will be @sawers.bsky.social, Aaron Angello, & Kelcey Ervick! All readers listed here: www.facebook.com/events/s/a-c...

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[ View ] Feb 08, 2024 at 19:54 UTC

Hey #AWP24! At 2:45 p.m. at Table 1815, the one and only @kathyfish.bsky.social will be signing copies of Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness, which contains an early flash chapbook of hers! Come on by and see her and grab a copy!

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[ View ] Feb 08, 2024 at 16:45 UTC

Happening now until 11 am! Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones is signing copies of The Hurricane Book at Table 1815 #AWP24:

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 08, 2024 at 15:22 UTC

AWP! At 10:30 am, directly after her panel, Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones will be signing copies of THE HURRICANE BOOK at Table 1815. First 30 people to buy the book get an RMP flashlight! #AWP24

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 08, 2024 at 14:55 UTC

All set up and ready for you at Table 1815 at the bookfair! All our book are on SALE! Come on by! #AWP24

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 08, 2024 at 14:41 UTC

Happening soon! Head on over to Room 2502B, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2 #AWP24

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Jasmine Sawers @sawers.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 06, 2024 at 15:56 UTC

Hope to see you there!

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 07, 2024 at 20:18 UTC

AWP! Tomorrow at 9:00 am, Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones will be on this amazing panel about writing about/from the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Check it out and then come meet Claudia and have her sign your copy of The Hurricane Book at table 1815 at 10:30 #AWP24 : www.awpwriter.org/awp_conferen...

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[ View ] Feb 07, 2024 at 15:37 UTC

AWP virtual sale! Even if you are not headed to Kansas City, you can get any of our in-print books directly from our website with free shipping with code AWPFREESHIP. Free shipping sale runs through Sunday, Feb. 11. Stock up! rosemetalpress.com/rmp/all-books/

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 02, 2024 at 21:53 UTC

Going to AWP Kansas City next week? Come see us at table 1815 and check out all our authors' book signings, panels, and offsite events! icont.ac/4W6mf

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 01, 2024 at 01:39 UTC

Would love to hear more these designers. We use freelancer designers. Email us at rosemetalpress@gmail.com and we can chat. Thanks!

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 26, 2024 at 23:14 UTC

A huge thank you to all our donors and subscribers! With your help, we met our fundraising drive goals for 2024! So grateful for all the amazing support for our books, authors, and mission! rosemetalpress.com/support-rose...

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 19, 2024 at 23:12 UTC

Only $350 left to go to reach our goal! Please help us get there and become a subscriber! rosemetalpress.com/support-rose...

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 19, 2024 at 17:18 UTC

It's the LAST DAY of our annual fundraising and subscription drive! Can you help us reach our goal? We're only about $1000 dollars away and have funding levels at $35 and above. Every donation helps us publish more innovative hybrid genre books! Thank you! icont.ac/4VU3E

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Chelsea Stickle (she/her) @chelseastickle.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 16, 2024 at 19:54 UTC

Tonight we're discussing @sawers.bsky.social's The Anchored World from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social at @shorterbc.bsky.social! It starts at 7:30 PM Eastern and Jasmine will be joining for the Q&A!

RSVP: the-anchored-world.eventbrite.com

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Chelsea Stickle (she/her) @chelseastickle.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 14, 2024 at 19:33 UTC

On Tuesday at 7:30 PM Eastern, @shorterbc.bsky.social will be discussing @rosemetalpress.bsky.social's The Anchored World by @sawers.bsky.social! Jasmine will be dropping by for a Q&A! #flash #flashfiction

RSVP: the-anchored-world.eventbrite.com

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Shorter is Better Book Club @shorterbc.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 04, 2024 at 20:56 UTC

Check out our book club in 2024! The books we read are short and so are the meetings! This month we’re reading The Anchored World by @sawers.bsky.social from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social. Join us on Tuesday, January 16th at 7:30 PM ET for a discussion followed by a Q&A with Jasmine!

#flashfiction

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Chelsea Stickle (she/her) @chelseastickle.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 04, 2024 at 22:39 UTC

Join @shorterbc.bsky.social to discuss @sawers.bsky.social's @rosemetalpress.bsky.social chapbook The Anchored World. Then stick around for the Q&A with Jasmine! The whole thing will take about an hour! #flash #flashfiction

RSVP: the-anchored-world.eventbrite.com

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Shorter is Better Book Club @shorterbc.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 28, 2023 at 20:41 UTC

We’re starting 2024 with The Anchored World by @sawers.bsky.social from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social. Grab a copy and join us on Tuesday, January 16th at 7:30 PM ET for a discussion followed by a Q&A with Jasmine!

Links to buy the book and RSVP in the comments.

#flashfiction

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Annie Berke @sayanniething.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 30, 2023 at 16:55 UTC

Speaking of short, two @rosemetalpress.bsky.social titles I'd love a buddy for:

FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING FLASH NONFICTION
and
MY VERY END OF THE UNIVERSE: FIVE NOVELLAS-IN-FLASH AND A STUDY OF FORM

Turn your distracted, constantly interrupted lifestyle into art with me!

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Shorter is Better Book Club @shorterbc.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 21, 2023 at 23:01 UTC

You won’t want to miss our first book club meeting of 2024! Get a copy of The Anchored World by @sawers.bsky.social from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social, and join us on Tuesday, January 16th for a discussion followed by a Q&A with Jasmine!

#flashfiction

Links to the buy book & RSVP in comments.

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Shorter is Better Book Club @shorterbc.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 19, 2023 at 18:29 UTC

Get started on your 2024 reading goals. Order a copy of The Anchored World by @sawers.bsky.social from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social, and join us on Tuesday, January 16th at 7:30 PM ET for a discussion followed by a Q&A with Jasmine!

Buy the book: rosemetalpress.com/books/the-an...

#flashfiction

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Shorter is Better Book Club @shorterbc.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 18, 2023 at 21:47 UTC

Have you gotten your copy of The Anchored World yet?

rosemetalpress.com/books/the-an...

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Marie Gethins @mariegethins.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 22:06 UTC

Such a brilliant collection. 👏👏👏

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Shorter is Better Book Club @shorterbc.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 16, 2023 at 23:39 UTC

We can’t wait to talk to @sawers.bsky.social about their book, The Anchored World from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social! Get a copy and join us on Tuesday, January 16th for a discussion followed by a Q&A with Jasmine.

#flashfiction

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Heidi Czerwiec @heidiczerwiec.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 14, 2023 at 17:30 UTC

Announcing THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING THE LYRIC ESSAY from @rosemetalpress.bsky.social, edited by me and Lee Ann Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social, out Winter 2026! We hope it will add to the ongoing craft discussion on the lyric essay. Details and list of contributors in link:

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Lee Ann Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 14, 2023 at 18:40 UTC

I'm delighted to formally announce THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING THE LYRIC ESSAY, edited by Heidi Czerwiec and me, which will be forthcoming in 2026. Details and a full listing of contributors in the link!

rosemetalpress.com/preview-the-...

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 14, 2023 at 16:37 UTC

Announcing THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING THE LYRIC ESSAY, publishing in Winter 2026! Edited by Heidi Czerwiec and Lee Ann Roripaugh and containing craft essays by 28 experts and innovators in the field. Details here: icont.ac/4Vhfy

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