ABOUT US
“Now the valley’s all bees and pears and crisp grass.”
-- from the poem, "To September," by Donna Henderson, The Eddy Fence
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Our Mission: We are a nonprofit publishing collective dedicated to cultivating and sustaining fine contemporary poetry. Our intent is to produce beautiful and compelling books by Willamette Valley poets; our mission is to offer writers working in our particular habitat a local, shared-work publishing alternative. Our Members: Founded in May, 2007, Airlie Press currently consists of six members, all active poets. Each member shares in the editorial and book production responsibilities of Airlie Press. We recently welcomed Cecelia Hagen and Chris Anderson to the collective, and anticipate the release of their books in the fall of 2011. Invitation of New Members: Our process involves the submission of two copies of a full-length manuscript of poetry during an annual open submission period (next period TBA), and an interview with current collective members. Of the submissions we receive, we thoroughly review and select two manuscripts by authors willing to work in our consensus-based collective. Our intention is to publish two new books of poetry a year. Learn more about how to submit a manuscript Editorial and Production Work: We meet in Airlie, near Monmouth, once a month on Sunday afternoons to discuss and delegate current tasks pertaining to the preparation of manuscripts for book production. This involves careful editorial discussion of the selected manuscripts as well as a review of our production schedule. Tasks are delegated among all of the collective members. Editorial communication continues beyond meetings for the purpose of sustaining a clear and inclusive consensus-based process. Our first two books of poetry, The Eddy Fence by Donna Henderson and Last Apples of Late Empires by Jessica Lamb, were published in the spring of 2009. Any books or annual subscriptions may be purchased through our Order Form. Means of Support Airlie Press is solely supported by individual book sales and subscription orders, as well as by the donations of time by all collective members. All funds from book sales return to the Press for the creation of new books of poetry. "The news of Airlie Press is very encouraging. I have been hoping more poetry presses might spring up to serve the many deserving Oregon poets not presently served." |
