Letter Machine editions

seattle, wa | est. 2007
 
 
Our titles have been finalists for the National Book Award, the Norma Farber First Book Prize, the LA Times Book Prize, and the winners of both the Gold Medal in Poetry from the California Book Awards and the William Carlos Williams Award

LETTER MACHINE EDITIONS

SEATTLE, WA | lettermachine.org

 

Letter Machine Editions was a small, nonprofit publisher of books and chapbooks, run by Lisa Wells and Joshua Marie Wilkinson, based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Letter Machine was founded in Denver, Colorado in 2007 by JMW and Noah Eli Gordon (1975-2022).

As of 2019, Letter Machine Editions is no longer publishing new work.

While we will keep our catalog in print–and available through the help of our friends at Fonograf Editions–the editors have recently joined University of Iowa Press to become series editors of the Kuhl House Poets series with Mark Levine. We will carry on the legacy of Letter Machine through this new endeavor, which is closed to unsolicited submissions.

We appreciate your interest in Letter Machine. And thank you to all those who’ve submitted and supported the press over the years.

Please visit Fonograf Editions or contact the editors at info@fonografeditions.com

To date we’ve published twenty-three, and our books have been honored by the National Book Foundation, the LA Times Book Prizes, Poetry Society of America, the Arab American Book Awards, and other organizations. Letter Machine books and chapbooks have been reviewed in The New York Times, American Book Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Jacket2, Rain Taxi, The Washington Post, The Rumpus, Coldfront,& Vice, among many others. Fred Moten’s book The Feel Trio was named a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry as well; it also won the Gold Medal in Poetry from the California Book Awards. Brandon Shimoda’s book Evening Oracle was selected as the winner of the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America.

Fourteen of our books have made the SPD best-seller list, including three #1 best-sellers.

While Letter Machine’s run has ended, Lisa Wells and Joshua Marie Wilkinson will carry on the legacy of Letter Machine as series editors of the Kuhl House Poets, University of Iowa Press, with poet Mark Levine. KHP is closed to unsolicited submissions.

With our fond thanks,

Lisa Wells & Joshua Marie Wilkinson

August 3, 2024

Portland, OR.

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Letter Machine Editions was a small, nonprofit publisher of books and chapbooks, run by Lisa Wells and Joshua Marie Wilkinson, based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Letter Machine was founded in Denver, Colorado in 2007 by JMW and Noah Eli Gordon (1975-2022).

As of 2019, Letter Machine Editions is no longer publishing new work.

While we will keep our catalog in print–and available through the help of our friends at Fonograf Editions–the editors have recently joined University of Iowa Press to become series editors of the Kuhl House Poets series with Mark Levine. We will carry on the legacy of Letter Machine through this new endeavor, which is closed to unsolicited submissions.

We appreciate your interest in Letter Machine. And thank you to all those who’ve submitted and supported the press over the years.

Please visit Fonograf Editions or contact the editors at info@fonografeditions.com

To date we’ve published twenty-three, and our books have been honored by the National Book Foundation, the LA Times Book Prizes, Poetry Society of America, the Arab American Book Awards, and other organizations. Letter Machine books and chapbooks have been reviewed in The New York Times, American Book Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Jacket2, Rain Taxi, The Washington Post, The Rumpus, Coldfront,& Vice, among many others. Fred Moten’s book The Feel Trio was named a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry as well; it also won the Gold Medal in Poetry from the California Book Awards. Brandon Shimoda’s book Evening Oracle was selected as the winner of the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America.

Fourteen of our books have made the SPD best-seller list, including three #1 best-sellers.

While Letter Machine’s run has ended, Lisa Wells and Joshua Marie Wilkinson will carry on the legacy of Letter Machine as series editors of the Kuhl House Poets, University of Iowa Press, with poet Mark Levine. KHP is closed to unsolicited submissions.

With our fond thanks,

Lisa Wells & Joshua Marie Wilkinson

August 3, 2024

Portland, OR.