Abode Press

We are BACK with our summer virtual retreat experience after the huge success of our Inaugural Retreat! Attendees will also be able to attend 2-3 craft talks and lectures throughout the week (x2 the amount than our first retreat!!). Learn more: abodepress.com/summer-retreat

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🚨 NEW WORKSHOP🚨 Join us 6/11 at 6:30PM CST for The Music of Minor Distractions: A Multi-genre Revision Workshop led by Nicole Arocho Hernández. ✨ Students will bring one draft to revise in the genre of their choice. Get tickets and learn more at the link in our bio. 🔗

‼️Our Intern Reading Applications are open‼️ Join Abode Press as a reading intern for our fall reading period in either poetry, hybrid, or fiction. Readers will read 1-2 manuscripts a week and gain hands-on experience. Apply and learn more: abodepress.submittable.com/submit

Tickets are Pay-What-You-Want, with a minimum set at $25 and $10 for writers in need. All proceeds go towards paying our presenters and helping the Press pay for operational expenses. Thank you for your contribution! Learn more and purchase tickets: buff.ly/QujnhjV

🚨 NEW VIRTUAL WORKSHOP!🚨 Join us 4/28 @ 6:30PM CST for Docupoetics: Distilling Truths in Oral Histories led by Dena Igusti! We'll explore docu-poetics and how incorporating archives and oral history into poems allows emotional exploration and distills truths. ✍️

Tomorrow is the LAST day to apply to the Virtual Retreat. It’s free to apply and apps will not open again so don’t miss your chance to work with our renowned faculty this June! ❤️ abodepress.submittable.com/submit

Join us Wednesday, February 26, @ 6:30PM CST for Reconnecting to the Body Through Fairy Tales led by Leticia Urieta.🧡 Engage in readings and discussions exploring relationships to our bodies across cultures. Plus generative writing activities to write body-focused stories📖

Apply to work with our reward winning faculty such as Ariana Brown, KB Brookins, mónica teresa ortiz, Kayla Kumari, and Stephanie Macias here: abodepress.submittable.com/submit

At our 2025 Virtual Retreat, you will: 🧑‍🎓Attend 2-3 lectures, panels, and craft talks weekly. 🤝 Network with other writers and authors. ✍️ Expect generative sessions and opportunities to give or receive feedback. 🎤 Show your work at open mic events& invite family or friends.

BIG NEWS! We are extending our Virtual Retreat application deadline!❤ Due to new followers and writers who missed the original deadline, we have received many requests to reopen our submissions for our Virtual Retreat this past week, we will re-open applications until 3/2!

Angelica Julia Davila's Bilingual Bitch explores the complexities of being Mexican yet growing up in the United States through multilingual expression, generational conflict, and longing for a homeland while existing in limbo. Learn more: buff.ly/4jKmli2 🧡

✨ COVER REVEAL✨ We're excited to be able to reveal the cover of our next poetry chapbook Bilingual Bitch by Angelica Davila. This is the sixth chapbook in Abode's 2024-2025 lineup and is officially available for preorder! 🧡

This workshop is open genre and is open to new and experienced writers 18+. Tickets are Pay-What-You-Want with the minimum set to $25. All proceeds go towards paying our presenters and helping the press pay for operational expenses. Learn more: buff.ly/3El8ej9

We are so excited to announce our 2025-2026 chapbook winners! Please join us in congratulating our authors on their achievement!🥳Stay tuned for announcements regarding pre-orders, book launches, and more! Welcome to the Abode family! 🎉❤️😍

Expect craft lectures, generative sessions, helpful feedback, and open mic events. Applications are free; donations are welcome. If accepted, the cost is $250-400, with one partial scholarship available per cohort. Apply by January 31st. Learn more: buff.ly/3C0axaA

Apply for our retreat's speculative fiction cohort led by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, managing editor at Autostraddle, 2023-2024 Tin House Reading Fellow, and 2023 Lambda writer in residence.

Please join us in celebrating our chapbook shortlist!🎉 We want to honor our shortlisted writers today because we believe in their work. We plan to announce our official chapbook catalog by the end of the month.

Expect craft lectures, generative sessions, helpful feedback, and open mic events. Applications are free; donations are welcome. If accepted, the cost is $250-400, with one partial scholarship available per cohort. Apply by January 31st. Learn more: buff.ly/3C0axaA

Applying for our 2025 retreat? Join our poetry cohort guided by Ariana Brown a queer Black Mexican American writer and national collegiate poetry slam champion. Ariana is the author of We Are Owed (Grieveland, 2021) and Sana Sana (Game Over Books, 2020).