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!

“Running Naked in the Snow”
by Linda Joy Walder

Purchase "Running Naked in the Snow"

2022 Free Verse Poetry Prize

Purchase "Out of Darkness"

Anthology of Charleston Poets

Purchase the anthology

Poets in Schools anthology, volume 1

Purchase "Colors Wash Over Me"

2024 Free Verse Poetry Prize

Submissions open in 2023

“Hold What Makes You Whole”
by Marcus Amaker

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“Black Music Is”
by Marcus Amaker and Nathan Durfee

Purchase "Black Music Is"

“The Birth of All Things”
by Marcus Amaker

Purchase "The Birth of All Things"