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Poetry Publishers

There are so many excellent presses and publishers at present. In an effort to measure how high their profile is I have written in blue (from 2021 only) the last time that the press had a listing in the Poetry Book Society (PBS) Bulletin, which is published quarterly. (Winter 2024 update completed.)

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This is supplemented by appearances in reviews of the poetry magazines that I subscribe to.  I have listed the priority I give to these at the bottom of the page.

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I have restricted the list to publishers of poetry in the English language, and languages from the U.K. and Ireland.

A to Z

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(UK followed by Outside the UK)

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UK 

 

 

404 Ink

The North August 2022

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the87 press

PBS Winter 2023, Poetry London Summer 2024

 

Aark Arts

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2006

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​Against the Grain Poetry Press 

PBS Autumn 2023

 

Agenda Editions 

PBS Autumn 2022

 

Allardyce, Barnett Publishers - Allardyce Book - AB

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And Other Stories

PBS Winter 2024

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Anvil Press Poetry (Carcanet Imprint)

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 2002

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 1993

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2003

 

Arachne Press 

PBS Summer 2024

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Arc Publications 

PBS Winter 2024

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 1995

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2020

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Atlantic Books

PBS Summer 2023, The Poetry Review Spring 2024

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Awen Publications

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Bad Betty Press 

PBS Winter 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2022

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2022

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Bennison Books

The High Window Spring 2022

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Birlinn Ltd (Scotland)

PBS Autumn 2024

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Black Bough Poetry

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The Black Cat Poetry Press

PBS Summer 2024

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Black Eyes Publishing UK

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The Black Light Engine Room Press

The High Window Summer 2021

 

Black Pear Press 

acumen May 2021

 

The Black Spring Press Group

PBS Winter 2023

 

Black Sunflowers Poetry Press

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Bloodaxe Books 

PBS Winter 2024,

T.S. Eliot Prize 2024 shortlist x2

T.S. Eliot Prize winner 2004, 2008, 2009, shortlist 2024 x 2

Forward Prize shortlist 2023

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 1999, 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2023 (with MsLexia)

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Blood Pudding Press

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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) 

PBS Autumn 2023, Poetry Review Winter 2024

Forward Prize shortlist 2022

T.S. Eliot Prize winner 2022

 

Blue Diode Publishing 

PBS Autumn 2024

 

Blueprint Poetry Press 

PBS Autumn 2021, Magma Poetry Spring 2024

 

Boatwhistle Books 

PBS Summer 2021

 

Boiler House Press (University of East Anglia)

PBS Spring 2024

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The Braag (U.K)

(North East England)

PBS Summer 2024 

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​Broken Sleep Books 

PBS Winter 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2021

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2020

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Burning Eye Books (bigcartel.com)

PBS Summer 2024 

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​Butcher's Dog Poetry Magazine | Newcastle (U.K.)

(Though newly adding this the site says it is on a break from publishing in 2025)

PBS Winter 2024

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Cacafuego Press

 

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Calder Valley Poetry

the North January 2021 

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2017, shortlist 2018

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Candlestick Press

PBS Autumn 2024

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Canongate 

PBS Spring 2021

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Cape / Cape Poetry - See Jonathan Cape

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Carcanet Press 

PBS Winter 2024 

T.S.Eliot Prize winner 1996, 2013, 2023 shortlist 2024 x 2

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 2007, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2023  

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2018

Won a Lammy in 2023

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CB editions (Central Books) 

PBS Winter 2024

Forward Prize shortlist 2012

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Cerasus Poetry 

The High Window Summer 2021

 

​Chatto & Windus (penguin.co.uk) 

PBS Winter 2024

T.S.Eliot winner 2015, shortlist 2021

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 1994, 1996, 2018, shortlist 2022 x 2

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2014

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2018

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Cheerio Publishing

PBS Spring 2024 

 

Cinnamon Press 

PBS Autumn 2024

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Cipher Press (LGBTQIA+)

Poetry London Spring 2023

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ClairObscur Zine

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Clayhanger Press (North Staffordshire, U.K.)

The High Window October 2023

 

The Clutag Press

Forward Prize shortlist 2012

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2015

 

Contraband Books

PBS Spring 2023

 

Corsair (Little Brown Book Group) - Corsair Poetry

PBS Summer 2024, Poetry Review Winter 2024

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 2020

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 2024

Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist 2023

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Cultured Llama Publishing | Maria C. McCarthy

​(Ran from 2011-2023, closed now, but still has a webpage)

 

Currock Press

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​Cyhoeddiadau'r Stamp (In Welsh)

Michael Marks Poetry Award  For Poetry Pamphlets Shortlist 2020

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Dare-Gale Press

PBS Autumn 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award  For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2024

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2024

 

Dempsey & Windle Publishing now see VOLE Publishing 

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Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers

PBS Winter 2024

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Dialect Press

PBS Summer 2024

 

​Dialogue Books | Hachette UK

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 2024

 

Doire Press 

PBS Autumn 2024

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Donut Press

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2012*

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Doomsday Press - Facebook

PBS Winter 2023, The Poetry Review Spring 2024

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Dreich  

PBS Autumn 2021

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Elephant Press

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The Emma Press 

PBS Autumn 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2018

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2016, shortlist 2024

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Enitharmon Editions

Forward Prize Best Collection shortlist 2011

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 1995

 

Enneract Editions (Penteract Press) 

PBS Summer 2021

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Equipage 

Poetry London Autumn 2021

 

Exiled Writers Ink

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Eyewear Publishing (blackspringpressgroup.com) 

PBS Spring 2023

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2015*

 

Faber & Faber (Faber)

PBS Autumn 2024

T.S. Eliot Prize winner 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, shortlist 2024

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 1992, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, shortlist 2024

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 1992, 1993, 1996, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013

Griffin Poetry Prize (Canada) Shortlist 2024

 

Fair Acre Press 

PBS Winter 2024

 

Fevers of the Mind Press

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Fish Publishing

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Five Leaves Publications

PBS Summer 2024

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Flight of the Dragonfly Press

PBS Spring 2023

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flipped eye publishing 

PBS Winter 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2015

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2014*

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Fly On The Wall Press  

PBS Autumn 2024

 

fourteen poems (aka Fourteen Publishing)

(LGBTQ+)

PBS Autumn 2024

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Frosted Fire Press (Cheltenham Poetry Festival)

PBS Spring 2024

 

Fum d'Estampa Press 

(English translation of Catalan language poetry)

Magma Poetry Summer 2021

 

FyfieldBooks (Carcanet Imprint)

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Garlic Press

(Mostly Suffolk based poets, U.K.)

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Gatehouse Press - Story Machine

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2017

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Good Press (Glasgow, Scotland)

PBS Summer 2023

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Graft Poetry

The High Window Spring 2022

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Granta Poetry 

PBS Autumn 2024

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 2020

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2020, 2022

Griffin Poetry Prize (Canada) finalist 2024

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Green Bottle Press 

PBS Winter 2022, The Poetry Review Autumn 2023

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Grey Hen Press 

The High Window Summer 2021

 

Grey Suit Editions UK (U.K. link)

The High Window Autumn 2021

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Grove Press – Atlantic Books

(U.K. imprint of U.S. publisher)

Poetry London Summer 2024

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Guillemot Press 

PBS Autumn 2023, The Poetry Review Spring 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2019, shortlist 2022

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2018, shortlist 2024

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Hamish Hamilton | Penguin General

Poetry London Autumn 2022

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Hamish Whyte – Mariscat Press & Hamish Whyte

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HappenStance Press 

PBS Winter 202

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 2018

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2015, shortlist 2016

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2010

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HVTN Press (aka Haverthorn Press)

Poetry London Summer 2023

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Hawkwood Books

PBS Summer 2024

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Hawthorn Press

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Hazel Press  

PBS Summer 2022

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2021

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2022

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Hedgehog Poetry Press 

PBS Winter 2023

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The Hendon Press (Russian Translation)

PBS Winter 2022

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Hen Run - pamphlet imprint of Grey Hen Press

The High Window Summer 2021

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Hercules Editions 

PBS Spring 2022

 

Hesterglock — Penteract Press

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HetMoet | ItMust Publishing

(Amsterdam based Press)

PBS Winter 2023

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The High Window Press 

acumen May 2021

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Hippocrates Initiative for Poetry and Medicine

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Holland Park Press 

(Dutch authors in English language)

PBS Winter 2023

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If a Leaf Falls Press (Sam Riviere)

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IF P THEN Q 

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ignition press - Oxford Brookes University

PBS Autumn 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2024

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2021

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Ignota Books

 

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Indigo Dreams Publishing  

Magma Poetry Spring 2024

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Ink Sweat and Tears 

Poetry Review Spring 2021

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets Shortlist 2020

 

The Irish Pages Press Cló An Mhíl Bhuí

PBS Autumn 2022

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Iron Press 

PBS Summer 2024

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Istros Books (Books from the Balkans translated into English)

PBS Autumn 2023

 

Jonathan Cape (penguin.co.uk) - Cape Poetry

PBS Autumn 2024

T.S. Eliot Prize winner 1995, 2000, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2017, shortlist 2023

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 2006, 2011, 2013, 2019, shortlist 2020

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2004, 2005, 2017, 2023

Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist 2023

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Knives Forks and Spoons Press (KFS) 

PBS Spring 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2011

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2011*

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Kater Murr's Press

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2011*

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Lapwing Publications  or see Facebook 

acumen May 2023, The High Window Autumn 2023

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Leafe Press 

Tears In The Fence November 2021

 

Leamington Books 

PBS Spring 2021

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LegalHighsPress

The High Window Spring 2023

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Legitimate Snack (Broken Sleep Books) 

Poetry London Autumn 2021

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The Letter Press

 

 

Lifeboat Press (Northern Ireland)

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Lily Poetry Review Press

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Lintott Press (Carcanet Imprint)

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​Little Betty - Bad Betty Press

PBS Autumn 2024

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Lolli Editions (Translations into English)

PBS Summer 2023

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The Lifeboat Press

PBS Autumn 2023

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2020

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Little Island Press (Carcanet Imprint)

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Littoral Magazine Press

The High Window December 2023

 

Live Canon 

PBS Winter 2023

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Liverpool University Press 

The Poetry Review Winter 2023

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2015

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Longbarrow Press

The North January 2022

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2015

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Luath Press (Edinburgh)

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Lucent Dreaming

PBS Autumn 2024

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Magma Poetry 

PBS Spring 2024

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Makina Books 

PBS Autumn 2022 / The Poetry Review Summer 2023

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Mariscat Press  (Mariscat Press & Hamish Whyte)

PBS Winter 2022, The North August 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2011, shortlist 2023 x 2

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2015, 2023

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Maytree Press 

PBS Autumn 2023

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Macmillan Collector's Library - Pan Macmillan

PBS Summer 2024

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Mica Press 

PBS Summer 2023 

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Modus Arts

PBS Autumn 2023

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MOIST

PBS Spring 2023

 

Monitor Books

PBS Summer 2024

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​Mudfog Press 

PBS Autumn 2024

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Muscaliet Press 

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2022

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2022

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Naked Eye Publishing

The High Window Winter 2023

 

​​​​The New Menard Press

(UK imprint of Amsterdam based indie publisher HetMoet)

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New River Press

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New Walk Editions

The North January 2022, The High Window July 2023

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2019

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2024

 

​New Writing North

PBS Winter 2022 (with Faber)

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Nine Arches Press 

PBS Winter 2024

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 2021

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2010 x 2

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Nine Pens

PBS Winter 2024

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Offa’s Press 

acumen May 2021

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Offord Road Books 

The North January 2022

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 2020

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2019

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Original Plus chapbooks

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Osmosis Press

The Poetry Review Winter 2023

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​Out-Spoken Press 

PBS Winter 2024

Forward Prize shortlist 2024

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2023

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Oversteps Books

acumen September 2022

 

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Poetry London Spring 2024

Forward Prize winner 1995. 1997, 1999

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Paekakariki Press

The High Window Autumn 2023

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Palewell Press

The High Window Spring 2023

 

Pamenar Press (U.K., Canada, Iran)

The Poetry Review Summer 2023

 

Pan Macmillan 

PBS Spring 2022

 

Paper Swans Press

PBS Summer 2023

 

Papillote Press | Books from the Caribbean

PBS Autumn 2024

 

Parthian Books (Wales)

PBS Summer 2024

 

Pariah  Press - Infernal Editions

PBS Summer 2024

 

Partus Press 

PBS Summer 2022, Poetry London Summer 2023

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​Pavilion Poetry   (Liverpool University Press) 

PBS Summer 2024

T.S. Eliot Prize winner 2020, shortlist 2024

Forward Prize Best Collection shortlist 2017

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Peepal Tree Press 

PBS Winter 2024

T.S. Eliot Prize winner 2019

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 1994, 2016

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Penguin Books Penguin Poetry

PBS Winter 2022

T.S. Eliot Prize winner 2024

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 2015, shortlist 2021

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2019, 2021

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Penguin Press - Penguin Books

PBS Autumn 2023

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Penned In The Margins 

PBS Summer 2022, Poetry London Summer 2023

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 2019

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 2021 

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Penteract Press 

PBS Autumn 2021

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Picador Books - Pan Macmillan) Picador Poetry

PBS Winter 2024

T.S. Eliot Prize winner 2007, 2016, shortlist 2024

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, shortlist 2016

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 1997, 1998, 2001, 2011

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Pighog Press - Red Hen Press

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2012

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2013*

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Pindrop Press (Glasgow/France)

acumen September 2022, The High Window Winter 2023

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​PlaySpace Publications

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The Poetry Business - see Smith|Doorstop

PBS Autumn 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2021 (as New Poetry Prize)

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Poetry Space

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Poetry Translation Centre (PTC) 

PBS Autumn 2024

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Poets House Pamphlets 

acumen May 2021

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Polari Press

('we publish queer voices (&) other marginalised groups')

PBS Summer 2024

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Polygon | Birlinn Ltd

(Scotland)

PBS Autumn 2024

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Prole Books

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Prototype Publishing  

PBS Winter 2024

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Pushkin Press

PBS Autumn 2024

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Rack Press Poetry 

PBS Winter 2022, The High Window October 2023

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2012, Shortlist 2014

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2014

 

The Red Ceilings Press 

PBS Winter 2023

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Red Squirrel Press 

PBS Spring 2024

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Renard Press

PBS Autumn 2024

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Repeater Books

Tears In The Fence August 2021

 

The Rialto 

Poetry London Spring 2021

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2000

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2014, 2016, shortlist 2021 x 2

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Rockingham Press

acumen September 2022

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Roncadora Press

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2010

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2011*

Callum Macdonald Memorial Award winner 2021

 

Rough Trade Books

Forward Prize shortlist 2024

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Salò Press

PBS Summer 2024

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Salt Publishing 

PBS Autumn 2023, the North August 2024, Poetry London Summer 2024

Forward Prize shortlist 2023

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Salamander Street

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Sampson Low (Kingston University Creative Writing students)

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Saqi Books

the North August 2022

 

Second Light Publications

acumen May 2022

 

Seren Books 

PBS Autumn 2024,

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 2019

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 2022

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2008, 2010

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2023

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Serpent's Tail

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Shearsman Books 

PBS Autumn 2024, 

Forward Prize Best Collection shortlist 2015, 

Griffin Poetry Prize (Canada) finalist 2024

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2014*

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Sheep Meadow Press (Carcanet Imprint)

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Shoestring Press 

Poetry London Summer 2023, The High Window December 2023

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Sidekick Books

PBS Autumn 2024

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Silhouette Press (Coventry)

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Singing Apple Press  - Camilla Nelson

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Silver Press

PBS Winter 2023

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Smith|Doorstop (The Poetry Business) 

PBS Autumn 2024,

T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist 1999,

Forward Prize Best Collection shortlist 2008

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2022

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2012, 2017

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Smokestack Books 

PBS Autumn 2024

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Some Roast Poet (Manchester, UK)

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​​SPAM Press

The Poetry Review Summer 2023

 

Stairwell Books

Forward Prize shortlist 2024

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Steel Incisors

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Stewed Rhubarb Press

(Based in Scotland)

PBS Winter 2023, the North August 2024

 

Stichill Marigold Press – the private press of Leonard McDermid

Callum Macdonald Memorial Award shortlist 2021

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SurVision Books

The High Window July 2023

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tall-lighthouse 

PBS Summer 2024

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2013

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2009*

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Taproot Press 

Magma Poetry Spring 2021

 

Tapsalteerie

PBS Summer 2024

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Templar Poetry

PBS Winter 2023

Michael Marks Poetry Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2016

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2010*

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​Tenement Press

The Poetry Review Winter 2024

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Tilted Axis Press

PBS Autumn 2024

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TLM Editions - The London Magazine

acumen  January 2022

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Trickhouse Press

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Troika Books 

PBS Summer 2021

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Two Rivers Press 

PBS Summer 2024

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​​Valley Press 

PBS Autumn 2024

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Vane Women Press

PBS Winter 2023

 

Veer Books

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist 2010*

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Veer2.

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Verve Poetry Press 

(Birmingham based press)

PBS Winter 2024

Michael Marks Publisher's Award For Poetry Pamphlets winner 2019

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Vintage - Penguin Books

Poetry London Spring 2023

 

Virago Books 

Magma Poetry Winter 2022

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VOLE Publishing (Formerly Dempsey and Windle)

PBS Spring 2024

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V. Press Poetry 

PBS Autumn 2024

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Waterloo Press 

PBS Summer 2024, The High Window October 2023

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Wayleave Press  

PBS Summer 2024 

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The Waywiser Press  (Based in the U.K. and U.S.)

 

 

The Westbourne Press – Saqi Books

T.S. Eliot Prize winner 2021

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WiId Pressed Books

​(No longer being updated, but back catalogue available to view)

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Wiley  (U.K. base of U.S. publisher) (John Wiley and Sons)

The High Window Spring 2023

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Wordville Press

PBS Spring 2023

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Worple Press

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Write Bloody UK  (U.K. base of US publisher)

PBS Spring 2023

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​Wylde Publications

PBS Autumn 2024

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Yale University Press London) (UK, Europe and overseas) 

PBS Autumn 2021, Poetry London 2023

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Yew Tree Press  

PBS Winter 2022

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Y Lolfa (Welsh books from Wales)

PBS Summer 2023

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​zarf editions poetry pamphlets

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Zeno Books — CHRISTIAN PATRACCHINI

 

 

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Last full update of all links above 2/2/2025

Outside the UK

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I accept the links below are rather haphazard and random, it is mostly based on publishers that are referenced in reviews by U.K. poetry magazines that I subscribe to, or major prize winners.

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The A3 Press

(Based in Spain)

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Able Muse Press  (U.S.)

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Acre Books (University of Cincinnati)

Magma Summer 2022

 

Akashic Books (U.S.)

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Alfred A. Knopf - see Knopf Doubleday

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Alice James Books (U.S.)

Won a Lammy in 2022

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AngelHousePress (Canada)

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Animal Heart Press (U.S.)

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Anstruther Press (Canada)

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Anvil Press (Canada)

The High Window June 2023

 

​Archipelago Books

Griffin Poetry Prize finalist 2024

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Argos Books (U.S.) 

Won a Lammy in 2021

 

 

Arlen House (Republic of Ireland)

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Arrowsmith Press (U.S.)

Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist 2024

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Auckland University Press (New Zealand)

The Poetry Review Spring 2024

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Augury Books (U.S.)

Won a Lammy in 2020 

 

Bamboo Dart Press (U.S)

Tears In The Fence July 2021

 

Banipal  Books (UK)

(Contemporary Arab authors in English translation)

PBS Summer 2024

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Banshee Press (Republic of Ireland)

PBS Autumn 2024

​T.S. Eliot  Prize shortlist 2024

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Beatnik Publishing (New Zealand)

 

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​Belladonna (U.S.)

 

 

Bitter Oleander (U.S.)

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BLP Black Lawrence Press (U.S.)

Won a Lammy in 2024

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Black Widow Press (U.S.)

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​BOA Editions, Ltd. (U.S.)

Won a Lammy in 2024

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​Breakwater Books Ltd (Canada)

Griffin Poetry Prize Canada First Book Winner 2024

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Brick Books (Canada)

Griffin Poetry Prize Canada Shortlist 2022

 

Broadstone Books (U.S.)

The High Window Autumn 2023

 

Buckrider Books (Wolsak & Wynn) (Canada) 

The North January 2021

 

Caitlin Press (Canada)

Griffin Poetry Prize Canada Shortlist 2020


CavanKerry Press (U.S.)

Tears In The Fence May 2021

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Chax Press (U.S.)

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Cholla Needles (U.S.) 

Tears In The Fence June 2021

 

City Lights Publishers (U.S.) (Pocket Poet Series)

Won a Lammy in 2021

Griffin Poetry Prize finalist 2024

 

Clare Songbirds Publishing House (U.S.)

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Coach House Books (Canada)

The Poetry Review Winter 2023

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Cold Hub Press (New Zealand)

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Contra Mundum Press (U.S., translations)

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Copper Canyon Press (U.S.) 

Poetry London Summer 2022

Pulitzer Prize in Poetry Winner in 2020 and finalist in 2024

Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist 2024 

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The Cuba Press (Aotearoa New Zealand)

acumen May 2023

 

Curbstone Books (Northwestern University Press) (U.S.)

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Dedalus Press (Republic of Ireland)

PBS Summer 2024, Magma Poetry Autumn 2024

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Dos Madres Press (U.S.)

acumen May 2021

 

Driftwood Press (U.S.)

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Drunk Muse Press (Republic of Ireland)

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Dusie Books (U.S.)

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Fish Publishing (Republic of Ireland)

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FSG (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)   (Macmillan) (U.S.) 

Poetry London Spring 2024

Pulitzer Poetry Prize winner 2023

Griffin Poetry Prize International winner 2021, shortlist 2024

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Flood Editions (U.S.)

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Fonograf Editions (U.S.)

Poetry London Autumn 2023

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Four Way Books (U.S.) 

Poetry Daily July 2021

 

FutureCycle Press (U.S.)

The High Window June 2023

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The Gallery Press  (Republic of Ireland) 

PBS Winter 2024

T.S. Eliot Prize winner 1993, shortlist 2023

Forward Prize Best Collection winner 2003, shortlist 2015

Forward Prize Best First Collection winner 2002

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Gazebo Books (Australia)

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Georgia Review Books - Georgia Press

(University of Georgia Press)

Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner in 2024

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George Braziller (U.S.)

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Ghost City Press (U.S.)

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Graywolf Press (U.S.) 

Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner in 2021, 2022

Won a Lammy 2021

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Grey Suit Editions (The U.S. link)

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​GRIEVELAND (U.S.)

The Poetry Review Spring 2024

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Hopkins Press - John Hopkins University Press (U.S)

The High Window October 2023

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Inhabit media (Canada) 

(Inuit owned independent press)

The Poetry Review Spring 2024

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Invisible Publishing (Canada) 

The Poetry Review Winter 2023

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​Isobar Press - English Writing from Japan

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Kelsay Books (U.S.)

acumen May 2023

 

Knopf Doubleday (Penguin Random House) (U.S.)

Poetry London Autumn 2023

The Griffin Poetry Prize finalist 2023

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The Last Books (English books based in Netherlands/Bulgaria)

Tears In The Fence June 2021

 

Life Before Man – (Gazebo Books) (Australia)

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Lost Horse Press (U.S)

Griffin Poetry Prize International Shortlist 2022

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MadHat Press (U.S.)

The High Window July 2023

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​McClelland & Stewart (penguinrandomhouse.ca) (Canada)

Griffin Poetry Prize Canadian winner 2021, 2020, shortlist 2023

Poetry London Spring 2023

 

McGill-Queen's University Press | McGill-Queen’s University Press (Canada)

The North January 2022

 

McSweeney’s (U.S.)

Pulitzer Poetry Prize nomination 2023

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Milkweed Editions (U.S.)

Won a Lammy in 2023

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​New Directions Publishing  (U.S.)

Poetry London Spring 2024

Pulitzer Prize Nominee 2022

Griffin Poetry Prize winner 2024

 

New Island Books (Republic of Ireland)

PBS Spring 2024

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NYRB Poets – New York Review Books (U.S.)

The Poetry Review Winter Spring 2021, The High Window May 2023

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Nightboat Books (U.S.) 

The Poetry Review Spring 2024

Griffin Poetry Prize International Winner 2020 

Won a Lammy in 2020 (x3), 2023 and 2024

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Nightingale & Sparrow (U.S.)

(No updates since 2022) 

Tears In The Fence June 2021

 

Nightwood Editions (Canada) 

Griffin Poetry Prize Canada First Book Prize winner 2023

 

Noemi Press (U.S.) 

Poetry London Autumn 2023

 

Nomadic Press (U.S.)

(Closed in February 2023, but site still available)

Won a Lammy in 2022

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Northwestern University Press (U.S.) - TriQuarterly

Poetry London Summer 2024

Won a Lammy 2024

 

Nostrovia! Press (U.S.) 

Archive available on pdf at Nostrovia! Catalog - Nostrovia! Press

Still has a presence on Facebook

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Ó Bhéal Press (Republic of Ireland)

 

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The Operating System and Liminal Lab (U.S.)

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Otago University Press (New Zealand)

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Otoliths: Mark Young / Otoliths (Australia)

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Palimpsest Press

Griffin Poetry Prize Canadian winner 2022

 

Paperwall Publishing (India)

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Passager Books  (U.S. for over-50s)

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Penguin Random House (U.S.)

(See above for the U.K. link)

Pulitzer Prize in Poetry finalist in 2024

Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist 2024

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Persea Books (U.S.)

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Pitt Street Poetry (Australia)

acumen May 2023

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Plum White Press | Poetry Nook (U.S.)

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Poetry Bus Press (Republic of Ireland)

T.S. Eliot shortlist 2023 

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Poetry Salzburg Pamphlet Series - PSPS (University of Salzburg) (Austria, English poetry)

PBS Winter 2022, the North August 2024

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Poetrywala – Paperwall (India)

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Poets Choice (India) (English language)

(Registered in the U.S., books can be purchased in U.K. currency)

The High Window October 2023

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The Porcupine's Quill  (Canada)

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Princeton University Press (U.S.) (They do have a U.K. base, too)

The North August 2023

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Pushcart Press : Publishers of The Pushcart Prize

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Rattle (U.S.)

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Red Hen Press (U.S.)

Magma Poetry Winter 21

 

Revival Press – Limerickwriters  (Republic of Ireland)

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River River Books (U.S.)

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Salmon Poetry (Republic of Ireland) 

PBS Winter 2023

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Saturnalia Books (U.S.)

Griffin Poetry Prize International shortlist 2022

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Schaffner Press (U.S.)

 

 

Scribner Books (simonandschusterpublishing.com) (U.S.) 

The Poetry Review Spring 2024

 

Sea Crow Press | Independent Book Publisher (U.S.)

acumen September 2022

 

Seagull Books (Books of English translation, India)

Poetry London Spring 2023

 

Sheep Meadow Press (U.S.)

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Sídhe Press  (English language press based in Berlin)

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SIR Press (Southern Indiana Review Press) (U.S.)

 

 

Soft Skull Press (U.S.)

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​​The Song Cave (U.S.)

Poetry London Spring 2023

Won a Lammy in 2022,

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Southword – Munster Literature Centre (aka Southword Editions) (Republic of Ireland)

PBS Autumn 2024

 

Speaking Tiger Books (Mostly English books, India)

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Steel Toe Books (U.S.)

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Strange Light (Penguin Random House, Canada)

 

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Syracuse University Press (Also distributer for Sheep Meadow Press) (U.S.)

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Tin House (U.S.)

Poetry London Summer 2024

Won a Lammy 2024

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TriQuarterly - See Northwestern University Press

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Tupelo Press  (U.S.)

Daily Poem February 2022

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Turas Press (Republic of Ireland)

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Two Lines Press (U.S.)

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Ugly Duckling Presse (U.S.)

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University College Dublin Press (UCD Press) (Republic of Ireland)

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University of California Press (ucpress.edu) (U.S.)

The High Window November 2023

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University of Chicago Press (U.S.)

The Poetry Review Autumn 2021

 

University of Iowa Press (U.S.)

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University of Nebraska Press (U.S.)

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University of Pittsburgh Press (U.S.)

Won a Lammy in 2022

 

University of Tampa Press (U.S.)

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Wave Books (U.S) 

The Poetry Review Spring 2024

Pulitzer Poetry Prize nomination 2023,
Griffin Poetry Prize winner 2022, finalist 2024

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Wesleyan University Press (U.S.)

Griffin Poetry Prize International Shortlist 2022

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Wild Honey Press (Republic of Ireland)

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World Poetry Books (Poetry in English translation) (U.S.)

The High Window Spring 2023

 

Write Bloody (U.S.)

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W. W. Norton & Company (U.S.)

Pulitzer Prize in Poetry finalist in 2020

Griffin Poetry Prize winner 2023

The Poetry Review Spring 2024

 

Yale University Press (U.S.)

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Yes Yes Books (U.S.) 

Poetry London Summer 2023

Won a Lammy in 2021, 2023

 

Zephyr Press (U.S.) Includes Russian and Eastern Europe translations

The North August 2023

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Lists of  Publishers

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I am not in the habit of mopping up other people's excellent lists, rather here is a little list of other people's lists: 

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Contemporary Small Press : Directory

 

​Indie Press Network

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​National Poetry Library Comprehensive list of all U.K. publishers

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​Online Poetry Resources - Poetry Super Highway

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Tears in the Fence: Links

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The order of the most recent magazine review, which you can see listed first in light blue, follows the following priorities:

 

(Note: For magazine reviews I delete all updates in favour of a new update of the same or higher priority. I plan to permanently list the all prize winners, but only the most recent prize shortlisting.)

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Priority 1.

 

Poetry Book Society Bulletin (Spring 2021 to Winter 2024)

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Then it is based on book reviews in magazines I subscribe to.

 

Priority 2

 

The Poetry Review (Spring 2021 to Winter 2024)

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Priority 3

 

Magma Poetry (Spring 2021 to Autumn 2024)

Poetry London (Spring 2021 to Summer 2024)

The North (January 2021 to August 2024 - issue 70)

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Followed by online magazines I like to read:

 

Priority 4.

 

The High Window (April 2021 to December 2023)

Tears in the Fence (from the website only)

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Priority 5.

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Then other occasional sources Including:

 

acumen magazine

Daily Poem website

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This is followed by competition wins in the following order:

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The T.S. Eliot Prize: all the winners, then the most recent shortlist (1993-2024)

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Forward Prize Best Collection:  all the winners, then the most recent shortlist  (1992 - 2024)

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Forward Prize Best First Collection: all the winners only (1992 - 2024)

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Michael Marx Poetry Awards for Poetry Pamphlets: all the winners, then the most recent shortlist  (2009- 2024)

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Michael Marx Publisher's Awards for Poetry Pamphlets: all the winners, then the most recent shortlist  (2009- 2024)*

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The Pulitzer Poetry Prize: all the winners and the most recent nominee  (2020-2024)

 

​The Griffin Poetry Prize: all the winners, then the most recent shortlist or finalist  (2020-2024)

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The Lambda Poetry Prize: all the winners (2020-2024)

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* I have no information on the shortlist for Michael Marx Publisher's Awards for Poetry Pamphlets for 2016 to 2021, unfortunately, only the winners. 

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Hopefully I'll extend the Lambda, Griffin and Pulitzer Poetry Prize lists over time.

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N.B. Award winners no longer publishing are:

Arete Books (Forward shortlist in 2009)

Aussteiger Publications (No longer appear to do poetry, Michael Marx Poetry Award winner 2013)

Galdraon Press (Michael Marx Poetry Award winner 2009)

Flarestack Poets (Michael Marx Poetry Award winner 2010 & 2013, shortlist 2014, and Publisher's Award winner in 2014)

Oystercatcher (Michael Marx Publisher's Award 2009, shortlist 2010)

Peterloo Poets (Forward shortlist in 1996)

Self-published (- just one so far Michael Marx Poetry Award 2009)

Waterflag Press (Michael Marx Poetry Award 2016) 

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