
News & Notes. February 2021: New Submissions Form, Olivia on the Record news, and Author Updates!
We are now accepting new submissions for 2021! All submissions must be submitted online. If you require assistance or a different arrangement due to incarceration, disability, or accessibility, please reach out to submissions@auntlute.com. Once submitted, please expect to hear back from us within 3-5 months. We know this is slower than many larger presses, and unfortunately this is our capability in this time. You can find our new submission form here, or click the button b

2/16/21 Update on Aunt Lute and SPD
First and foremost, we at Aunt Lute want to express our appreciation for the ways several members of the Bay Area literary community have demonstrated their care and attention to our relationship with Small Press Distribution, supporting the intention on our part to commit to the standards we set forward in our mission. We also want to acknowledge the courage it took for Damaged Book Worker to come forward about their experience working at SPD and their interactions with SPD

Building a POC literary community
Announcing Building A POC Literary Community, a three-part event series that Aunt Lute Books and POC United have developed in collaboration to build a POC literary community independent from the disproportionately white publishing industry. This series is made possible by funds from the California Arts Council. The first event in the series is Prepping to Publish with Sonora Jha, a two-day intensive workshop geared towards marginalized writers who may lack access to MFA progr