Saturnalia Books

01/10/2025

01/09/2025

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2024 Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize:

PIROWA PADOWA, published in Korean as 아마도 아프리카 (literally: “Maybe Africa”)
by Lee Jenny
Translated from Korean
by Archana Madhavan

See comments below for Translator and Poet bios

Congrats to our 2024 Finalists!

Pontus by Daniela Danz, translated from German by Monika Cassel
A Great Little Personality, by Berta García Faet, translated from Spanish by Kelsi Vanada

Thank you to everyone who submitted their manuscripts this year, and please consider sending your work to us again next year!

Your continued support makes independent publishing possible

12/05/2024

T-SHIRTS?! Tonight only!
And from your own living room!
Come to our annual fundraiser and reading to hear fantastic poetry from our 2024 poets ( and special guest )

Virtual Zoom
Tonight, Thursday December 5 2024
8pm ET / 5pm PT

Link in bio to register for the Zoom Room!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvc-2tqT4sEtKu0M13b319i0hav99m9RvW #/registration

Link in bio for the Fundraiser Shop!
https://saturnaliabooks.square.site/

Your continued support makes independent poetry possible ♥️

12/04/2024

This Thursday December 5th!
Join us for our annual fundraiser and reading via Zoom

Featuring:
Chris Brunt
Jonathan C Chou
Andrea Jurjevic
Becca Klaver
Derek Mong
Travis Mossotti
Jared Stanley
with special guest, Roberto Tejada

Link to register and Zoom room can be found in our bio 👍

Register in advance here so we know you're coming!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvc-2tqT4sEtKu0M13b319i0hav99m9RvW #/registration.

Want updates the day of?
Register on Eventbrite:
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12/04/2024

See you there!

11/01/2024

We love an extension!
Take a few more days to submit!

The Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize honors the life and work of award-winning poet and translator Malinda A. Markham.
Manuscripts must be a translation by a female translator of a female poet. Female is interpreted as anyone who identifies as female, including AFAB nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, and intersex.
For more information, please see the linktree in our bio
https://saturnaliabooks.com/poetry-prize/translation/
Submit on our Submittable:
https://saturnaliabooks.submittable.com/submit

10/15/2024

Join us in welcoming our newest poets and 2024 fall releases!
New poetry from Jonathan C Chou, Chris Brunt, Derek Mong, Maya Tevet Dayan & Jane Medved !

Get your copies today with the link in our bio.
Sign up for our fall subscription to get all four at a discount!
Happy Pub day!

https://saturnaliabooks.com/bookstore/

Your continued support makes independent publishing possible -- Thank You

10/15/2024

Fresh off the press, get 'em while they're hot! Join us in welcoming our newest poets and 2024 fall releases!
New poetry from Jonathan C Chou, Chris Brunt, Derek Mong, Maya Tevet Dayan & Jane Medved!

Get your copies today with the link in our bio.
Sign up for our fall subscription to get all four at a discount!
Happy Pub day!

https://saturnaliabooks.com/bookstore/

Your continued support makes independent publishing possible
Thank you

10/15/2024

Oct 30 - Dec 11 (6:30-8:30pm ET): Starting Without the Blank Page with Sharon Dolin

So many poets use other poems or texts to generate new work, so who says you have to start with the blank page to write terrific poems? Each session we discuss procedures and strategies as found in examples of published work, do a short, in-class writing exercise, as well as workshop several participants’ poems based on suggested assignments. Handouts of published works are provided. Be prepared to expand your idea of how to write a poem and have a good time doing it.

https://poetshouse.org/event/starting-without-the-blank-page/

All are welcome, space is limited! A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Please email support @ poetshouse.org with any questions.

Sharon Dolin is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Imperfect Present; a prose memoir entitled Hitchcock Blonde; and two books of translation, most recently, the award-winning Late to the House of Words: Selected Poems by Gemma Gorga. Her book of poems, Burn and Dodge, won the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. A recent NEA Fellowship recipient, Fulbright Scholar, Pushcart Prize Winner, and recipient of a Fellowship from the Library of Congress, Dolin is Associate Editor of Barrow Street Press. She lives and teaches in New York City.

10/13/2024

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