Winner of the 2020 Perugia Press Prize

Holli Carrell's Apostasies

* Honors & Press *

 

Holli Carrell's Apostasies was named a finalist for the 2025 Foreword INDIES Poetry Prize. Congratulations, Holli!

Read about the awards and other finalists here.

 

 

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A wonderful interview with Holli Carrell is up in Sapling!

Thanks to Kit Frick for featuring Holli and her incredible debut collection, Apostasies, and thanks to Holli for shining light

on Perugia in this piece. Read the whole at the link.

 

 

Winner of the 2020 Perugia Press Prize

Once More, With Feeling!

 

 

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After announcing the the Perugia Press Prize results, 

 Painted Bride Quarterly highlighted past contributor

Jen Siraganian for her win for her manuscript

Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead: 

 

 

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Cheers to Jen Siraganian on winning the Jane Underwood Poetry Prize for her poem “To the Purple Dye Inserted into My Uterus” - with hearty congratulations to the finalists Molly Thapviwat and Reed Turchi, and thanks to judge Matthew Olzmann

and The Writing Salon. Read the winning poem here.

 

Winner of the 2020 Perugia Press Prize

Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight

 

March 2026 Poet: Lisa Low

 

Ars Poetica

 

For years I used the body

of my younger self as proof

racism exists. I placed her 

into the blank space

of a poem as if no one

would see her. She let me

arrange her like that— 

sitting on her hands, 

thighs suctioned 

to a folding chair.

What audience doesn't

want to see a girl 

sweat? She glistened

like evidence, shone

from all angles. I wouldn't 

let her friends into

the poem. I left a box 

of tissues outside the frame.

I gave her the open 

ceiling of a poem through 

which she could be looked at 

as long as you want.

 

 

from Replica (University of Wisconsin Press, 2026)

 

To read about this poet and her work, check out our blog.

Winner of the 2020 Perugia Press Prize

* Upcoming Poet Events *

 

Abby E. Murray on April 4:

 

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Editor/Director Rebecca Olander with

Lisa Allen Ortiz and Lynne Thompson on April 9:

 

 

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Joan Kwon Glass on April 16:

 

 

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Lynne Thompson on April 18:

 

Winner of the 2020 Perugia Press Prize

* Poet News *

 

Lisbeth White is being represented by The Caldwell Agency,

a queer and Black woman-owned team which “specializes in literary representation and management with a personal touch.” At Perugia, we publish poets’ first and second books with the aim of helping to launch publishing careers in a challenging and historically exclusive ecosystem. It is not only a great joy to see poets we’ve published gain recognition and be celebrated for their gifts, it is tied to our mission. Congratulations, Lisbeth! 

 

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Gratitude to CLMP for this stellar reading list

for Women's History Month 2026, including

Holli Carrell's Apostasies & L. I. Henley's Starshine Road. 

Check out all the fantastic titles in the full list in the link.

 

 

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Thank you to our distributor, Asterism, for including Perugia Press in their “Women-Led Publishers” showcase in such incredible company! Asterism notes, “These leaders are doing great work and are putting women at the forefront of indie literature.” Check out the highlighted presses here.