Iron Oak Editions

Iron Oak Editions Iron Oak Editions is an independent publisher of literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry

Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and rec...
07/29/2026

Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.

Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and receive a complimentary copy of our spring print edition of West Trade Review or become a free subscriber to our newsletter.

Details at the link in the comments.

Excerpt from Alec Hershman’s “A Place in My Heart with Birds, Amerced,” from his forthcoming collection, Spine of the Hu...
07/28/2026

Excerpt from Alec Hershman’s “A Place in My Heart with Birds, Amerced,” from his forthcoming collection, Spine of the Hug.

Head to the link in the comments to preview and preorder your copy today.

Iron Oak Editions seeks fiction and CNF queries and full poetry manuscripts.Submission guidelines at the link in the com...
07/27/2026

Iron Oak Editions seeks fiction and CNF queries and full poetry manuscripts.

Submission guidelines at the link in the comments.

“Writing out of accumulated, seemingly disconnected scraps, the heartbeat of the poem usually arrives not from any parti...
07/24/2026

“Writing out of accumulated, seemingly disconnected scraps, the heartbeat of the poem usually arrives not from any particular detail or subject, but paths formed between them.”

Get your mind simmering, simmering, simmering with a new generative poetry prompt from associate poetry editor Claire Jussel.

Read it at the link in the comments.

Jacqueline Kolosov reads from her essay, "Dust, Light, Life," which is from her new book, Motherhood, and the Places Bet...
07/23/2026

Jacqueline Kolosov reads from her essay, "Dust, Light, Life," which is from her new book, Motherhood, and the Places Between, forthcoming October 6, 2026. Preview and preorder a copy at the Iron Oak Editions website.

Listen to her read at the link in the comments.

Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and rec...
07/22/2026

Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.

Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and receive a complimentary copy of our spring print edition of West Trade Review, or become a free subscriber to our newsletter.

Details at the link in the comments.

“In the yard, I press an earto the squash’s blossom. I can almost hear the musicof a former century.”“Historiography” fr...
07/21/2026

“In the yard, I press an ear
to the squash’s blossom. I can almost hear the music
of a former century.”

“Historiography” from Alec Hershman’s Spine of the Hog. Listen at the link in the comments.

Preview and preorder at the Iron Oak Editions website.

Grief sent her to the barn. The horses taught her how to breathe again.Motherhood, and the Places Between by Jacqueline ...
07/21/2026

Grief sent her to the barn. The horses taught her how to breathe again.

Motherhood, and the Places Between by Jacqueline Kolosov, coming October 6th.

Preview and preorder at the link in the comments.

Iron Oak Editions seeks fiction and CNF queries and full poetry manuscripts.Submission guidelines are at the link in com...
07/20/2026

Iron Oak Editions seeks fiction and CNF queries and full poetry manuscripts.

Submission guidelines are at the link in comments.

Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and rec...
07/16/2026

Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.

Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and receive a complimentary copy of our spring print edition of West Trade Review or become a free subscriber to our newsletter.

Details in the comments.

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