High Plains Press

12/02/2023

Publishing fine books about Wyoming and the West for over 25 years.

11/28/2023

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08/28/2023

Congratulations to High Plains Press author, Rod Miller! He is the Wyoming Arts Council 2023 Creative Writing Poetry Fellowship Recipient.

08/10/2023

Congratulations to High Plains Press author Rod Miller!! Don't forget to pick up a copy of his book "The Dog's Pancake" from https://www.highplainspress.com/dogpancake.html

We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Fellowships in Visual Arts, Creative Writing, and Performing Arts.

Visual Arts Fellowship: Aubrey Edwards of Laramie, Wendell Field of Kelly, and Adrianna Hinds of Cheyenne. Honorable mentions were awarded to Brittney Denham of Sheridan and Jennifer Rife of Cheyenne.

Creative Writing Fellowship: Rod Miller of Cheyenne in Poetry, Janna Urschel of Laramie in Fiction, and Jennifer Kocher of Gillette in Nonfiction. Honorable mentions were given to Nanci Turner Steveson of Jackson for Fiction, and Renee Carrier of Hulett and Katie Klingsporn of Lander for Nonfiction.

Performing Arts (Music) Fellowship: Patrick Chadwick of Jackson and Kalyn Beasley of Cody.

Performing Arts (Theatre and Dance) Fellowship: Oakley Boycott of Lander and Scott Tedmon-Jones of Laramie.

Submissions are juried anonymously by jurors from outside the state with extensive backgrounds in each artistic area.

06/12/2023

Check out this podcast about the Wyoming outlaw who was made into shoes!!! The tale of Big Nose George is a very true part of Wyoming history that is a story so interesting it seems made up.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1972170/12580275?fbclid=IwAR3rGO61kEkrSFN8zUASax5uy-84eRIeDoFe5vpPOM12h0XwM99Cdvp9th4

In 1881, confessed murderer George "Big Nose" Parrott was hanged by vigilantes after he tried to escape from jail in Rawlins, Wyoming. While that was the end of George, it wasn't the end of his remains. Some of them were given to a teenaged girl, ...

05/15/2023

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/05/15/review-rod-millers-the-dogs-pancake-takes-you-to-wyoming-whether-you-want-it-or-not/?fbclid=IwAR3unDKQryOxUyVBHR7MKPSdjTtaRPP1quwR5rtcgBAEiA54CKJhjXEptkw

Cowboy State Daily columnist Rod Miller's first volume of published poems hits bookstores this month. The 65 anthems, mostly free-verse, will take readers to Wyoming — whether they want to go there or not.

05/15/2023

Rod Miller and I are at the Chugwater Soda Fountain. He is signing copies of his new book of poetry. Visit www.highplainspress.com to get your copy. Use code MILLER for free shipping.

04/27/2023

Here's a sampling of High Plains titles on Wyoming and the West: history, outlaws and lawmen, women, poetry, memoirs, and other perspectives of the West. For more information click on the image of the book.

03/07/2023

Check out this opportunity to hear High Plains Press author Mark Miller. Check out the post for information to join on zoom!

Tonight, March 7, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m., the June Frison Chapter of the WY State Archaeology Society is hosting "Big Nose George Parott: An Outlaw's Troublesome Trail, 1878-2022" with Mark Miller; former WY State Archaeologist. " Available via Zoom ID: 923 0492 6510 with the Passcode: March

03/06/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r35TZZc2IE

105-year-old Kay was born in the coal town of Frontier, Wyoming (near present-day Kemmerer) in 1917. She is also the aunt of High Plains Press author Marilyn Wood, who wrote The Day the Whistle Blew, which is about Wood's life growing up in another coal town near Rock Springs, Wyoming.

Erik Soderborg - a Millennial - had the opportunity to sit down with Kay Croen - a 105-years-young marvel to discuss how the world has changed over the past ...

09/20/2022

On this day in 1900 Butch Cassidy and company robbed the bank in Winnemucca, Nevada. Find out more about this gentleman outlaw here: https://www.highplainspress.com/butch.html