The Emergency Almanac

The Emergency Press is pleased to announce the release of Touched by Lightning by Ernest Loesser. It’s currently available in paperback for $15 at Powell’s, Amazon, Barnes & Noble or direct from Emergency Press.

We’re also anticipating these future releases:

September, 2009

Impatience by Scott Zieher

Early 2010

American Junkie by Tom Hansen

Various Men Who Knew Us As Girls by Cris Mazza

Emergency Press International Book Contest

We’re currently accepting submissions for our annual international contest for book-length manuscripts of an interdisciplinary, cross-genre, and/or multimedia nature. The winner will receive a prize of $1,000 and publication of their book by Emergency Press. Entry fee: $20. Submission info.

AWP Conference, Chicago, IL
February 11th–14th, 2009

If you’re in Chicago for AWP, be sure to see us at the bookfair in the Hilton and join us for a reading on Friday night:

Emergency Press Reading & Book Launch Party
Friday, February 13th, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W. Washington
Chicago, IL 60607

We are pleased to welcome Ed Taylor to the Emergency Collective. Check back soon to read his work.

We are pleased to welcome Andrea L. Volpe and Joseph Wood to the Emergency Collective. Check back soon to read new work from our newest members!

The Emergency Press recently completed a redesign of their main website.

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