Ravenna prides itself on bringing together the discerning reader and the stimulating book. Our titles have been reviewed at Kirkus, The American Book Review, Rain Taxi, Bookslut, New Pages and others.

Publishing since 1999, we offer our high standards, editorial good sense, innovative and independent nature, commitment to the written word and determination to put forward high quality work in prose and poetry and other media that too often is not supported by mainstream, profit-driven publishers.

Please browse our prose and poetry titles and order online or by check to Ravenna Press Books, as you prefer. Most of our books are also listed at Amazon.com and all are available via your independent bookstore.

To the trade: For bookstore/university/wholesale discounts or other information, please email the editor.  We offer standard terms to the trade, including returns.

Please note:  We are currently closed to book-length submissions.  We are, however, reading for the Triple Series, for which we are seeking poetry (up to 600 lines on 20-25 pages) or prose (up to 3500 words.)  Each perfect bound Triple volume contains the work of three individual authors. The full series of Triple volumes and authors are displayed in T section of the alphabetical All Titles page in the Menu.  To submit, email the editor, placing Triple Series in the subject line.

Additionally, we will be reading for the upcoming anthology, STILLS; poets respond to the films of the 2025 CASCADIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (April 24-27, Bellingham, WA and online.)

For the STILLS anthology, we are looking primarily for poetry, but also a wide range of ancillary media such as prose poems, short poetic essays, art, artistic oddity, etc., work with a poetic bent, that responds to one or more of the films shown at the festival.  NOTE: For those who do not attend the festival, reasonably priced individual tickets for online viewing are available and poets intending to write for the anthology receive a discount.

The in-person festival runs from April 24-27, but select films will be available for online viewing May 1-11, individually or as a group, for a modest fee.  To compensate for the charge, though small, we are not charging a submission fee.

The festival site is: https://cascadiafilmfest.org

Follow this link to the schedule of films and to purchase individual or series tickets: 2025 Official Selections - Cascadia International Women's Film Festival

You can also watch trailers and buy individual in person tickets here: Film guide | CASCADIA International Women's Film Festival 2025 

Beginning April 28, send up to 3 pieces of work by email addressed to The Editors  The poems/pieces may be of any style (formal, experimental, prose poems, hybrid) that engage with the films, scripts, or ideas and issues related to films shown at the 2025 CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival.  You may view the films either at the festival or online.  Include your work in the body of the email (no attachments) along with a cover note, your address, short bio and the poem or specific aspect of the festival to which your work responds.  Please place the word STILLS and your last name in your subject line.  There is no reading fee.  The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2025.

See the full Call for Submissions here.

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