Rose Metal Press, Inc. is an independent, not-for-profit publisher of hybrid genres specializing in the publication of short short, flash, and micro-fiction; prose poetry; novels-in-verse or book-length linked narrative poems; and other literary works that move beyond the traditional genres of poetry, fiction, and essay to find new forms of expression.
In observing the literary community, we have seen that many writers are doing fruitful and exciting work in these hybrid genres, but they have limited opportunities to publish that work because few commercial publishers accept such submissions due to concerns with classification and marketability. Our mission is to focus on supporting these transgressive and unusual works, thereby helping to expand the field of publishing, as well as the range of opportunities open to authors.
Founded in January 2006 by Abigail Beckel and Kathleen Rooney, Rose Metal Press plans to put out three beautifully produced titles per year. We also sponsor readings and events to promote our books, hybrid genres, and the independent literary community.
We are grateful to the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts for their support.
Rose Metal Press is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Our primary source of funding is through grants and personal contributions. Please consider making a tax deductible contribution to support our literary mission.
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Pay once a year and receive each book as it publishes and contribute to Rose Metal’s future projects.
Here are the options for 2010:
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$30 — Receive a copy of our limited-edition chapbook as soon as it is released this summer and help support its printing. |
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$100 — All 3 books (2 full length and 1 limited-edition chapbook) delivered to you at the time the book is released. |
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$250 — All 3 books (2 full length and 1 limited-edition chapbook) delivered to you at the time the book is released, plus your copy of the chapbook will be signed by the author. Your name will be listed on our website. |
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$500 — All 3 books (2 full length and 1 limited-edition chapbook) delivered to you at the time the book is released, plus your copies of the chapbook and fall single-author book will be signed by the authors. Your name will be listed on our website. |
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$1000 and above — All 3 books (2 full length and 1 limited-edition chapbook) delivered to you at the time the book is released, plus your copies of all 3 books will be signed by the authors or editors. Your name will be listed on our website. |
Click on the buttons to subscribe. Donations above $1000 should be made using the Donate button above. Checks should be sent to Rose Metal Press, PO Box 1956, Brookline, MA 02446.
In all cases, the subscription options include a tax-deductible donation. The book cover prices and shipping costs for 2010 total about $50, so the remainder of your subscription/gift will be tax deductible.
As always, you are welcome to donate to the Press outside of the subscription program and have the whole of your gift be tax deductible.
ABOUT THE FOUNDERS:
Abigail Beckel has worked professionally in publishing for more than eight years at publishing houses such as Pearson Education, Beacon Press, and Blackwell Publishing, and for the magazine Physicians Practice. She is a published poet and received her MA in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College.
Kathleen Rooney is the author of Reading with Oprah: The Book Club that Changed America (University of Arkansas Press, 2005), Something Really Wonderful (with Elisa Gabbert, dancing girl press, 2007), That Tiny Insane Voluptuousness (also with Gabbert, Otoliths, 2008), Oneiromance (an epithalamion) (Switchback Books, 2008), and Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object (Arkansas, 2009). Her essays have appeared in Gulf Coast, Gettysburg Review, Ninth Letter, and Southern Humanities Review, and a book of them called For You, For You I Am Trilling These Songs will be published by Counterpoint in 2010.
Rose Metal Press would like to acknowledge the invaluable help of the following people:
Chief Designer
Rebecca Krzyzaniak
Designer
Melissa Gruntkosky
Editorial Interns
Crystal Pernell
Steven Subrizi
Evan Fleischer
Web Designer
Aaron Sweet
Board Members
Alex Brown
Ron Carlson
Lisa Diercks
Daniel Handler
Pamela Painter
