Cover Reveal for The RMP Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay
We are thrilled to reveal the cover of our newest Field Guide, joining the award-winning series in September 2026, The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay,…
Sneak Peek of the Cover of Fit Into Me
Cover reveal! We are so excited about our upcoming December 2025 release, FIT INTO ME: A Novel: A Memoir by Molly Gaudry. Check out the cover,…
Evidence of V Chosen for One Book | One Minnesota
Sheila O’Connor’s award-winning hybrid novel Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions has been chosen as the One Book | One Minnesota selection from August 4 to September 28,…
The Braille Encyclopedia Wins 3 Awards
Huge congratulations to Naomi Cohn, whose abecedarian memoir, The Braille Encyclopedia, has received many accolades this spring and summer, including:
Winner of the Eric Hoffer Awards GRAND PRIZE,…
Sneak Peek of the Cover of It All Felt Impossible
We are thrilled to be releasing Tom McAllister’s memoir-in-essays, It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays, in May 2025.…
AWARDS ROUND-UP: RMP Books Recognized by Multiple Awards Committees
Gold Medalist! The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History by Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones won the gold medal in the Creative Nonfiction category of Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). …
Itasca Books Is Our New Distributor
We are happy to announce that Rose Metal Press books will now be distributed to trade (retail bookstores, university bookstores, Amazon, Bookshop, and other online sellers) by Itasca Books.…
AWP Kansas City Recap
It was so great to see so many of you in Kansas City at the AWP Conference! Thanks to everyone who came by the table to say hello,…
Preview: The RMP Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay
We are thrilled to announce that in Winter 2026 we will be expanding our award-winning Field Guide Series by publishing a new volume:
The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay:
Insights and Prompts from Contemporary Writers and Teachers
Edited by Heidi Czerwiec and Lee Ann Roripaugh
Featuring Essays From: Chelsea Biondolillo,…
The Results of Our 2023 Open Reading Period
This past June we held a month-long open submission period for full-length books in hybrid genres. We received 601 manuscripts—a record number! We love seeing the hybrid genre field continue to grow and innovate: the submitted projects were a strong and inspiring group that showcased the impressive variety and creativity of cross-genre work being produced both nationally and internationally.…