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Founded in 1974, Graywolf Press is an independent, nonprofit publisher of literary fiction, nonfiction, & poetry.
Minneapolis, MN
Joined June 2007
📢 Pssst, we're also on Bluesky now! Make sure to follow us there:.
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We are proud to announce the acquisition of a new book by MacArthur Genius and CITIZEN author Claudia Rankine: JUST US: AN AMERICAN CONVERSATION. This is a historic acquisition for Graywolf, as we celebrate our 45th anniversary this year. JUST US will publish in September 2020.
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We are thrilled to announce that Carmen Giménez will join Graywolf Press as our next Executive Director and Publisher, beginning August 8.
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🚨 We are now accepting applications for remote editorial interns! These are paid positions and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Click through for all the details. We can't wait to hear from you!
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We can't wait to bring you CUSTOMS, a new collection by the one and only Solmaz Sharif, in March 2022 🎉@JeffShotts1 @PublishersWkly
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📢 Attention nonfiction writers! 📢. The Graywolf Nonfiction Prize will open for submissions in Feb. 2024. Learn more here:.
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We are heartbroken and outraged by the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. We stand in solidarity with those in grief today and in the days to come, and we urge our city leadership to act now.
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The best news -- welcome to the pack, @blgtylr! 🎉🎉🎉. Prepare yourselves for TWO nonfiction books 😮.
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Major acquisition news: we've acquired TWO books by THE ARGONAUTS author Maggie Nelson! Thanks to @PublishersWkly for announcing the deal. Click through the images to learn more about her new work:
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After twenty-seven years as director and publisher at Graywolf Press, Fiona McCrae has announced her retirement effective June 2022.
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We are very saddened at the loss of brilliant poet, essayist, scholar, and teacher Saskia Hamilton. (1/2)
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📢 Guess whaaaat?! We have big news. Announcing Graywolf Lab, an online platform for interdisciplinary conversations and new writing:.
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We at Graywolf are very concerned about the impact of the collapse of SPD. The small press ecosystem is both delicate and crucial to a healthy literary culture. Please support these presses by donating, buying books from their websites, and recommending them to your community.
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Job alert! We are looking for two editorial interns to join the wolf pack remotely. Applications close on November 8th. Learn more about the position and how to apply here:
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We are so excited to announce that @NatalieGDiaz's POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in 2020! You can read the title poem over at @newrepublic: cc: @JeffShotts1.
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Our hearts go out to George Floyd’s family. We acknowledge this incremental justice, but no verdict can replace the life lost. We continue to mourn all Black lives taken by police violence and will continue to work toward a time when truer forms of justice are possible.
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MODERN POETRY—an extraordinary new collection by @dlseuss, author of FRANK: SONNETS, winner of the Pulitzer Prize—is out March 5, 2024 (and features Diane on the cover) ✨. Sneak peek ⬇️. Preorder:
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📢 Graywolf Lab is now open for submissions to the first issue, "Time," until December 22nd! ⏱️. Guidelines here:.
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🚨We are open for submissions for the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize until January 31! Previous winners include @esmewang, @Deardarkness, Eula Biss, and @lsjamison. Click through for submission guidelines:
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📢 Spread the news! The submission window for the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize opens next week! . Click below for more info (and the Submittable link, which goes live on 2/1). We can't wait to read your work! .
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We are thrilled to announce the newest member of the wolfpack: @yignarski, joining Graywolf Press as executive editor! 🐺🎉
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📚📚📚 These are the books we published in 2018. Thank you for reading along with us this year! 📚📚📚
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Graywolf seeks a forward-thinking and highly motivated senior editor to acquire new authors for our diverse prose list. Learn more: cc: @LatinxinPub @MinoritiesinPub
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@carmenmmachado Turns out your publicist (hi, it's me) also spent the last 4 years thinking it was a corset.
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We are thrilled to announce that Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is the first winner of the Graywolf Press Africa Prize, selected by @_igoni! Read more about THE HOUSE OF RUST:
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We're hiring an Editorial Assistant! Applications will be accepted via Submittable until 10/15 and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Click through for the full job description, salary and benefits information, and to apply:
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We’re thrilled to announce the latest winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize: POJANGMACHA PEOPLE by @ChaeJunghae. Chae will receive a $20,000 advance, a $2,000 stipend, and editorial guidance toward the completion of the manuscript.
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Applications for our 2021 Citizen Literary Fellowship close Friday, Dec. 4! This position—remote, part-time, $25k, w/ health & dental—is designed to increase access to the publishing industry and offer mentoring from the whole Graywolf team. Learn more:
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Brimming with joy for @dlseuss, whose brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking FRANK: SONNETS just won the NBCC 2021 Award for Poetry! @bookcritics
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🚨 Some Friday news: we're hiring! 🚨 We're looking for a Marketing & Events Assistant and an Editorial & Production Associate to join our team. Learn more about these positions: #publishingjobs.
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💥 Howls and cheers for Anna Burns! Graywolf will publish MILKMAN in the United States on December 11! 💥.
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Graywolf strives to publish literature that reflects empathy, understanding, and generosity of spirit. The lawsuit brought by Stephen Elliott is not consistent with those values, and in the strongest possible way we express concern for those who may be harmed if it goes forward.
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We are accepting applications for our paid, remote summer 2021 internship program through April 5! Learn more:
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"How the Tiny Graywolf Press Became a Big Player in Book Publishing" Thanks for the great @vulture write-up, @Borisk! http://t.co/1jtUvGb69S.
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📢 Big/amazing news: Layli Long Soldier's new collection WE is coming in 2026!.
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Cheers and congratulations to our next United States Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith!
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Wolves, that so many of you are reading #CITIZEN right now---enough to land back on the NYT Bestsellers list--THAT gives us hope. Thank you.
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Graywolf Press is seeking a Publicist to join our team! This position is full-time with benefits (health/dental insurance, paid time off, & more) and the salary range is $50-55k. Applications will be accepted until 9/12. Click through for all the details:
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Diane Seuss!!! MODERN POETRY has been longlisted for the National Book Award for Poetry 🎉🎉🎉 @dlseuss @nationalbook .
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🎉💥🍾 HOWWWWWLS FOR @esmewang AND HER NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING BOOK THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS!!! 🎉💥🍾
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📢 The Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize is now open for submissions! . Full submission guidelines ⬇️.
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Our former publicity associate Elizabeth Bryant (you also may know her from her work at @cavecanempoets!) is raising money to purchase a farm & create an agricultural and artistic resource for Black Minnesotans and their families. Help us spread the word?
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Thanks, @awpwriter! We're so honored to be named Small Press Publisher of the Year! #AWP15.
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We are thrilled to share that CITIZEN by Claudia Rankine, POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM by @NatalieGDiaz, DEAF REPUBLIC by @ilya_poet, & ADVICE FROM THE LIGHTS by @accommodatingly will be a part of the #NEABigRead in 2024-25! (1/2).
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📢 Announcement!. Graywolf Press will hold an open submission period for contemporary poetry in translation from 11/11 to 11/15. Complete details and instructions here:.
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Harriet the hawk is back! We think she wants a copy of @esmewang's THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS.
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Today marks five years since the publication of Claudia Rankine's CITIZEN.
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Take a few minutes and read @KavehAkbar's stunning poem "The Palace." We are thrilled and honored to publish this poem, and more, in his forthcoming collection PILGRIM BELL.
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🚨 Job alert! Applications open for our 2021 remote Citizen Literary Fellowship on 11/9. The fellowship runs Feb-Nov, and it's part-time, paid, and offers health & dental insurance. Questions? Attend an info session on Zoom, 11/9 @ 4pm CST. Register:
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The happiest news! 🎉🎉🎉. Deepest gratitude to @Center4Fiction for honoring Graywolf with the Medal for Editorial Excellence. We can't wait to celebrate on December 5th!.
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This is the time to shop indie. They need us, and we need them. 📚♥️.
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Here are all the books we published in 2019. See you in 2020!
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That howl you heard a little while go was coming from Minneapolis! Huge congratulations to @dlseuss, who just won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for frank: sonnets!.
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Calling all nonfiction writers! The Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize is currently open for submissions from January 1—January 31! .
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We don't often publish four books on one day, but when we do, we go BIG. Huge, howling cheers for @carmenmmachado, @MalcolmTariq, @rosaliksom and translator Lola Rogers, and @NonaFernandez and translator Natasha Wimmer!
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Join us in celebrating Kiprop Kimutai (@Tirobon), winner of the Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize for his manuscript THE FREEDOM OF BIRDS 🎉🎉🎉.
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Graywolf Press is deeply saddened at the death of Linda Gregg. Her presence, like her work, was passionate, dazzling, and enduring. She is one of the greats, and she is missed.
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🎉 We are thrilled to announce the latest winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize: @thiriimkm for ZAT LUN! 🎉
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Howling congratulations to Lars Horn, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize for VOICE OF THE FISH! (📷: Maria Esquinca)
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📢 We are now open to submissions for contemporary poetry in translation!. Guidelines here:.
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We're accepting applications for remote Winter/Spring interns! There are 2 positions open (paid, part-time, & open to applicants living in NY, MN, CA or HI) working across Editorial, Marketing, & Development. Learn more & apply by 10/25 via Submittable:
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Don't miss @destinyoshay's stunning cover story on Roger Reeves, author of DARK DAYS (out now), in the Sep/Oct issue of @poetswritersinc ✨✨.
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The wolves are howwwwling for @mariek1991 and Michele Hutchison, winners of the 2020 International Booker Prize for THE DISCOMFORT OF EVENING! We published the book in the US just last week 🎉📕✨
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💙💙💙📘📘📘 Shouts, cheers, and applause around the office for @jamelbrinkley!!!! #aluckyman 💙💙💙📘📘📘.
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And Percival Everett a @PulitzerPrizes finalist for TELEPHONE! Three books in one! The project we wondered if anyone would notice, or figure out, or just be confused about! #Pulitzer.
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We are so proud of these wolves! Stay tuned for more hiring news in the coming weeks 🎉
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📢 Job opening!. We're currently hiring for an Editorial & Administrative Assistant. This position will be based in our Minneapolis office. $40K / year. Apply by Feb. 14! Details:.
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Graywolf will proudly publish @officialdonika’s THE RENUNCIATIONS in May 2021, which dials into the difficult process of removing from the center of one’s life two figures: the father and the wife.
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Our Winter 2020 catalog is online now, with books by @Danez_Smif, @MarieMockett, Anna Burns, @angermonsoon, @NatalieGDiaz, Deb Olin Unferth, @Paul_Lisicky, Leah Naomi Green, and @maxjohnporter! Take a peek:
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📚 We are accepting applications for our Citizen Literary Fellowship until 4/30! This is a Minneapolis-based, 10-month paid position that includes health and dental insurance. 📚 Learn more: #publishingjobs
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Percival Everett's novel ERASURE is coming to the big screen in the form of AMERICAN FICTION, @cordjefferson's directorial debut 🎬 Coming this fall!.
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Get ready, world: @Danez_Smif's galleys are here. DON'T CALL US DEAD goes on sale September 5!💫
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Our 2018 book preview is here! Take a peek at what's coming from Graywolf next year:
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*Submissions will be accepted via Submittable, from February 1 to February 28, 2022.*. Click below for more information and the link to submit. We are so excited to read your work! 🐺✨.
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You're invited to a virtual celebration with @NatalieGDiaz, author of Postcolonial Love Poem, winner of the 2021 @PulitzerPrizes for Poetry! With special guests Solmaz Sharif, @JeffShotts1, & @FIONAMCCRAE. Tuesday, June 29 at 7pm CDT on Zoom:
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🎉 Announcing Claudia Rankine's virtual tour for JUST US: An American Conversation! 🎉 For full details, visit
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Going back to press again for CITIZEN, and the content of page 134 keeps changing. (cc: @kennycoble) http://t.co/xJu4ZWUxUn.
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After serious consideration, Graywolf has decided to cancel our plans to attend AWP. We will miss the conversations with all of you at our booth and at panels this year, and apologize for any inconvenience this causes. We look forward to seeing you in 2021!.
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All of us at Graywolf are greatly saddened at the death of poet Sjohnna McCray. His remarkable first collection RAPTURE was selected by Tracy K. Smith as the winner of the First Book Award of the Academy of American Poets.
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