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Celebrating The Los Angeles Review 2025 Flash Fiction Award Winner and Runner Up
FLASH FICTION
“Laugh Your Beak Off” by Jennifer Lewis
""Manual for Using the Phrase “Saving Our Children” as a Default" by Tyler Stallings
Congrats everyone!
More info losangelesreview.org/submiss…
Celebrating The Los Angeles Review 2025 Short Fiction Award Winner and Runner Up 🥳
SHORT FICTION
“When the Metal Prays” by Priyanka Kumra
“Tigerlily” by Ellie Prusko
Congratulations everyone!
For more info on the LAR submissions, visit the webpage here losangelesreview.org/submiss…
✨CHALLENGE REMINDER✨
Red Hen Press NANOWRIMO Challenge #1: Brainstorm your character’s personality types and backgrounds!
Give your character or characters a personality type, discover what their true selves would be, and how they would act with others. Give them backgrounds, where they came from, how they got to a certain point in their life, or even what species they are.
Feel free to share some snippets of your work/ideas down below in the comments!
Tune in next week for the reveal of the second NANOWRIMO challenge!
#redhenpress #fyp #NANOWRIMO
Celebrating The Los Angeles Review 2025 Nonfiction Award Winner and Runner Up 🥳
NONFICTION
“Between Gravity and Grace” by Maria B. Olujic
“Marked” by Christina Chu
Congratulations everyone!
For more info on the LAR submissions, visit the webpage here: losangelesreview.org/submiss…
As a refresher, Red Hen Press will attend the 2026 Portland Book Festival on November 7 all day! We will be at the Kridel Grand Ballroom as Booth 36. Don’t know exactly which building we’ll be at, then swipe right to see the map to know the exact location!
If you are in the area or are already planning to attend the festival, stop by our booth to see our wonderful catalog of titles from past to recent releases. We hope to see you there!
Click to link to learn more about the festival: pdxbookfest.org/
Celebrating The Los Angeles Review 2025 Poetry Award Winner and Runner Up 🥳
POETRY
“Garden of Ash” by Regina O’Melveny
“I’m Just Telling You What I Do Know, Doctor” by Evie Lee
Congratulations everyone!
For more info on the LAR submissions losangelesreview.org/submiss…
Filled with poems, platitudes, anecdotes, and life lessons, UNCERTIAN GIRLS IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, edited by Donna Wolf and Joyce Chen, offers bite-sized, Rupi Kaur-esque notes that linger with readers long after the book is closed.
Preorder copy today: indiepubs.com/products/uncer…
A huge thank you to Jen Ryland for reviewing A SHADOW OF JAGUARS on Goodreads! Jen recommends the book “for fans of noir and procedural mysteries!”
Check out the feature on Goodreads here 📖✨: goodreads.com/book/show/2453…
Secure a copy here 🛍️🌟: indiepubs.com/products/a-sha…
Thanks to The Press-Enterprise for publishing Maurya Simon’s review of B. H. Fairchild's poetry! Maurya's the author of THE WILDERNESS; we're happy to see her celebrating the work of fellow poets!
Read the review: pressenterprise.com/2026/10/…
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Thank you to Shelf Awareness for reviewing Kristen Millares Young's DESIRE LINES! Describing it as “a courageous road map for readers reconciling the cracks in their own family narratives.”
Read the review 🌟: shelf-awareness.com/sar3-iss…
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Want to learn how these authors got their work published, the publishing process, and how you and other aspiring writers can turn your creative ideas into bestsellers?
Head on over to the Linda Vista Library in Pasadena Saturday, November 7 to join us for an informational panel conversation featuring DC Frost, Pete Hsu, and E. P. Tuazon, in moderation with Media Director, Monica Fernandez.
We hope to see you there!
Thank you to Erin Hollowell for interviewing Susan Campbell for Alaska Book Week! Susan reads an excerpt of poetry and discusses the writing and publication process!
Watch the full interview here 🎥🌟: youtube.com/watch?v=X4dBI_36…
Secure a copy here 🛍️🌟: indiepubs.com/products/this-…
✨BOOK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT✨
We are so excited to announce that we’ll be attending and vending at the 2026 Portland Book Festival!! The festival runs from November 2-8 but we will be present all day on November 7.
If you are a Portland resident or traveling to the city, and love everything book related, then head on over to the Portland Book Festival for some bookish fun! Not only enjoy the rest of the festival, but stop by our booth to say hi and view our wonderful catalog of titles.
Where we’ll be 🐓: Kridel Grand Ballroom / Booth 36
Click to link to learn more about the festival: pdxbookfest.org/