Est. October 2005
Celebrating Twenty Years of Finding and sharing remarkable voices in Poetry & Short Fiction
Attention Readers Outside of the United States: All Press 53 books are available worldwide. To avoid high shipping charges from the U.S., check with your favorite online bookseller!
Press 53 published its first book on October 10, 2005, and we have now published more than 300 titles by writers in 41 states who have earned more than 100 awards.
Thank you for your support of Press 53 and our authors!
Better to resist the flux and believe that something stays. At last, he thinks, that is his answer. How still it all is, so utterly clear. Then one bright leaf lets go and changes everything.
from Knowing by Mark Cox, winner of the 2025 Brockman-Campbell Book Award
Issue 283 Is Now Live! Press 53’s two-time Pushcart Prize-winning online literary journal
Our annual “Prime 53 Poem” Summer Challenge is now open for entries!
Challenge yourself to try this original poetry form
Four poems will be selected for publication in Issue 293 of Prime Number Magazine
Deadline is July 31
2026 Titles
by Amanda Chiado
Winner of the 2026 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-968783-05-1
9 × 6 softcover, 98 pages
by Daniel S.C. Sutter
Winner of the 2026 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction
Publication date: May 3
Pre-orders ship now!
ISBN 978-1-968783-04-4
8.5 × 5.5-inch softcover, 160 pages
by Michael Kardos
ISBN 978-1-968783-02-0
8.5 × 5.5-inch softcover, 180 pages
by William Pitt Root
ISBN 978-1-968783-06-8
9 × 6 softcover, 66 pages
Our Spring 2026 titles are now ready to ship. To learn more about each title, click on the cover image.
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