Healing Where You Are cover reveal and preorders

Friends!!!!

It is with INCREDIBLE excitement that i make two announcements today!

1) CHECK OUT THE COVER FOR AKINOGA’S NEXT BOOK, Healing Where You Are: an Introduction to Urban Foraging by Suzannah Kolbeck with illustrations by Kim Mattison!

and 2) preorders are available! So make sure you nab your copy today!!!

Healing Where You Are will be launching later this summer, exact date forthcoming. But don’t worry: we have something extra special being cooked up. Check back here for the finalized details!

–mz

double exposure update

Hello, friends!

I would like to express my deep, deep appreciation with how patient everyone who ordered a copy of Double Exposure has been. I am very sorry it’s been just about a month since launch without any updates. But, i have good news! After some printing snafus (and many nights of book prep/binding), your copies of Double Exposure will start shipping out this weekend!

They came out absolutely STUNNING, and i cannot wait for y’all to experience them. They will be coming mostly media mail (which can be a little dodgy sometimes), but be on the lookout for your copies toward the end of next week!

Here’s to more books!

–mz

The Candle Moth: cover reveal, preorder/launch info, and spotlight

FRIENDS!!!

It is with absolutely incredible excitement that i’m announcing the book being released by akinoga press! Let me formally introduce you to The Candle Moth, a story by Dave K!

This dark, nautically-themed prose poem will be launching via a virtual event in February, but preorders are available!

More info for the release will be forthcoming, so in the meantime, please check out the Candle Moth Spotlight page for some more info on the book and an excerpt. Trust me, y’all: this is NOT one you want to miss out on.

–mz

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED!

Happy new year, friends!

It is with deep gratitude that i announce submissions are now closed.

Thanks to everyone who submitted projects/proposals for consideration! I have a hefty stack that needs going through, so plan to hear from me regarding your submission around mid-January (at the absolute earliest).

I’m excited for all of the upcoming projects and for whatever else 2022 brings.
Here’s to better times.

–mz

AKINOGA PRESS IS NOW ACCEPTING PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION

I am thrilled to announce that akinoga press’s consideration period is NOW OPEN, and will remain so until the end of the year (December 31st)!

So, if you have a project you’ve been looking to find a home for (or have reached out to me previously about submissions), now’s your chance to send something my way!!!

But, before you do, please check out the submissions page for the guidelines. I do submissions a little differently than most presses, and it’s in your best interest to fully understand what i’m looking for. There’s also some additional information about the rough publishing timeline (if your project is selected) that it would worth being aware of before submitting.

I’m excited to see what y’all have been working on!

–mz

welcome Kristjana to the press!

Friends!

It is with equivalent tremendous excitement that i welcome Kristjana Gunnars to akinoga press!!!

Kristjana Gunnars is a writer and painter based in British Columbia. She has published several books of poetry, short fiction and essay collections, as well as five cross-genre works with Red Deer Press/Fitzhenry & Whiteside. She is also the author of three previous chapbooks: Snake Charmers and A Moment in Time from Above/Ground Press in Ottawa, and At Home I the Mountains from Junction Press, Ontario. 112th St. Notebook (forthcoming with akinoga) is inspired by years spent in Edmonton where she taught Creative Writing at the University of Alberta. She is currently serving as Guest Professor at the University of Iceland in the Department of Languages and Literature.

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welcome Stephanie to the press!

Friends!

It is with corresponding tremendous excitement that i welcome Stephanie Garon to akinoga press!!!

Stephanie Garon’s environmental art has been exhibited internationally in London, Colombia, and South Korea, as well as across the United States. Her writing, a critical aspect of her artistic process, has been published in international literary journals. She received dual science degrees from Cornell University, then attended Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).

When she’s not wading across rivers, she can be found welding sculpture in her Baltimore studio.

Visit her online at: garonstudio.com or IG: @garonstudio

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welcome Suzannah to the press!

Friends!

It is with matching tremendous excitement that i welcome Suzannah Kolbeck to akinoga press!!!

Suzannah Kolbeck writes and paints in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work has appeared in Plainsongs, Pomme Journal, and 50 Haikus.

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welcome Lora to the press!!!

Friends!

It is with equally tremendous excitement that i welcome Lora Robinson to akinoga press!!!

Lora Robinson is a poet, nonfiction writer, and amateur photographer from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, currently residing outside of Minneapolis. She grew up a ballerina and fiction writer, not discovering poetry until her first year in the creative writing program at Salisbury University. After relocating to Colorado, she took a four year hiatus from poetry, returning to her craft when she moved to Baltimore in 2019. She has been published in numerous magazines and journals and will be taking part in her first residency this fall at Art Farm Nebraska. Her writing focuses on imagery and experience and she takes influence from Greek mythology, surrealist art, nature, and dance. In her spare time, you can find her hiking, fishing, singing to her cats and folding origami. Connect with her on Instagram @theblondeprive and Twitter @starsinmyteeth.

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welcome Kelly to the press!

Friends!

It is with tremendous excitement that i welcome Kelly Burke to akinoga press!!!

Kelly A Burke is a 2021 graduate from Madonna University in Livonia, MI with a BA in English Journalism. She lives in Plymouth, MI with her two rescue cats. Kelly writes poetry, nonfiction, personal essays, and short stories that can be found on her blog titled Bee Abundant. She also owns and operates her own social media agency.

Her poetry illustrates the intricacies of womanhood, religion, and modern love.

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YOU get an update AND YOU get an update

Friends!

Summer is almost upon us, and we all know that with the long, hot days nigh, books are not too far behind! I’ve been editing and design up a storm throughout the spring and i am so incredibly excited to be working on so many amazing books!

In the meantime, i wanted to be better with the PR side of things, so starting next week, i will be highlighting some of the writers being published in 2021/2022. They are all amazing and i cannot wait to usher their work into the world.

–mz