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Rockwood Press makes right-sized poetry chapbooks for people who need poems.
We believe chapbooks are an art form as much as a literary form, perfectly suited for revolution, protest, political change, and social critique. They can be both haunting and hauntingly beautiful.
We believe in emerging and established poets and aim to make room for all kinds of mighty voices in teeny books that might not otherwise find their way into the world.
We believe that a work doesn’t have to be full-length to have a full life. That’s why almost all of our releases are open editions.
Queer Reflections on Loving and Leaving Church: Ten Snapshots
[excerpt from chapter 1] The Lord’s Prayer was the only formal prayer I knew. I had learned it in the church basements my parents’ Alcoholics Anonymous groups met in. In the cigarette-smoke-heavy air, styrofoam cups between our feet, we’d hold hands and pray. “Our Father,” the prayer that Jesus taught. “Forgive us our tresspasses,” I prayed, but it would be decades before I learned to forgive. It would be many prayers in front of stained-glass Jesus, traveling and at home, before I could really see him. And before I could really see myself.
Dani Jeremiah Gabriel was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church; they are now an interfaith minister. Dani is the author of four books of poetry, a chapbook, and three children’s books. They write about the realities of queer and trans middle age, survival amidst everyday apocalypses, and the very dangerous possibilities of hope. Dani is a Bay Area poet; born in San Francisco, they graduated from U.C. Berkeley, received their MFA from Mills College, were the poet laureate of El Cerrito from 2018—2020, and currently live in Oakland, California.
Details
Title: In the Company of Many Saviors
Subtitle: Queer Reflections on Loving and Leaving the Church: Ten Snapshots
Author: Rev. Dani Jeremiah Gabriel
Publisher: Rockwood Press
Released: 2026 - November
Format: chapbook, acid-free paper, silk cover
Pages: 56
Price: $10
ISBN: 978-1-59498-258-3
In the Company of Many Saviors
In the Company of Many Saviors
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submissions
We select manuscripts through an open submissions process that occurs year-round.
Manuscripts should be tightly linked collections of ten to thirty poems or up to forty pages, submitted in .rtf, .doc, or .docx formats only. All submissions should be made via email. We do not accept unsolicited paper submissions.
Eligibility: Poets writing in English are eligible. Previous book publication is not a consideration. Simultaneous submissions are permissible, but entrants are asked to notify Rockwood Press immediately if a manuscript becomes committed elsewhere.
There is no open submission fee.
We do our best to reply to submissions within one month, but the time can vary depending on submission volume. If your work has not been accepted or declined, it’s still under consideration. Every submission is considered thoroughly before a response is made.
All submissions are eligible for publication by Rockwood Press with a standard royalty contract.
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If we seem familiar
That’s because, Rockwood Press, a not-for-profit literary imprint, is a project of Fernwood Press and its parent company, Barclay Press. For years, we’ve made our books and full-length poetry collections available through POD services, but we wanted to produce more books in-house where we have control over color, texture, paper quality, and the overall shape each project takes.
We’ve also seen a ten-fold increase in poetry submissions over the last year and sensed from our conversations with writers that it’s getting harder and harder to find homes for good work.
The project of Rockwood Press is to bring more great poetry into the world in smaller, focused collections that can be produced locally, quickly, and beautifully.
