Free Verse Press is an independent publisher of poetry books based in Charleston, SC. We also produce the Free Verse Poetry Festival. Our festival has featured Jericho Brown, Andrea Gibson, Aja Monet, and more.

Want to have a book published?  Submissions are closed for now, but stay tuned for more opportunities.

Submissions will open again in 2023. Stay tuned!

“Waiting for Sunset to Bury Red Camellias” by Miho Kinnas

Purchase "Waiting for Sunset to Bury Red Camellias"

“Releasing Birds”
by Lisa Spears

Purchase "Releasing Birds"

“Hold What Makes You Whole”
by Marcus Amaker

Purchase "Hold What Makes You Whole"

2024 Free Verse Poetry Prize

Submissions open in 2023

Poets in Schools anthology, volume 1

Purchase "Colors Wash Over Me"

Anthology of Charleston Poets

Purchase the anthology

“Running Naked in the Snow”
by Linda Joy Walder

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2022 Free Verse Poetry Prize

Purchase "Out of Darkness"

“The Birth of All Things”
by Marcus Amaker

Purchase "The Birth of All Things"

“Black Music Is”
by Marcus Amaker and Nathan Durfee

Purchase "Black Music Is"