Pirowa Padowa
Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize Winner
Lee Jenny
translated from the Korean
by Archana Madhavan
The Valleys Are So Lush and Steep
Saturnalia Books Alma Book Award Winner
Trace Peterson
News & Updates
Tonight! It’s our annual poetry reading and fundraiser!
Come listen to our 2025 spring and fall poets read from their latest works, featuring: Archana Madhavan, Stephanie Rogers, Kristi Maxwell, Rob Ostrom, Danielle Pafunda, Trace Peterson, and Nicole Callihan
Once you reserve your spot, you’re all set. If you have any issues getting into the Zoom room the night of the event, please email info@saturnaliabooks.com — we will have have someone standing by to help.
Thank you for supporting independent publishing!
Fresh off the press! It’s Publishing Day! Please join us in welcoming these outstanding collections to the Saturnalia Books home:
Pirowa Padowa
by Lee Jenny
translated from the Korean by Archana Madhavan
The Valleys Are So Lush and Steep
by Trace Peterson
We hope you love them as much as we do!
Visit our bookstore to grab your copies today.
Click here to see our full press release and learn more.
Your continued support makes independent publishing possible.
Saturnalia Books is delighted to announce our 2025 contest winners!
The winning manuscript, In the Service of the Mysteries by Sarah Mangold, was chosen for the Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize by guest judge Hadara Bar-Nadav.
Saturnalia Books’ staff selected Agape by Patrick Kindig and red by Laura Walker for the two Alma Book Awards.
Congratulations Sarah, Patrick, and Laura!
Here is the list of our fabulous finalists!
Anxiety and Other Mythologies, by Zachariah Claypole White
Let It Be the Bird, by Mickie Kennedy
Dirt Talk, by Spencer Williams
The Americans, by Brandon Downing
Loop Hole, by Julie Choffel
Cosmic Idiot, by Michael Montlack
To Remember the Future By, by Andrew Nance
Check out our press release and newsletter for more info.
Thank you to all those who submitted, and please consider sending your work to us again next year.
It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of the extraordinarily talented poet Martha Silano.
Saturnalia Books is so proud to have published The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception, chosen by Bob Hicock for the Saturnalia Poetry Prize in 2010.
Saturnalia published her next two books, Reckless Lovely (2013) and Gravity Assist (2019), and will be releasing Last Train to Paradise: New & Selected Poems in October 2025.
Martha’s voice, so full of love and life, will continue to feed our souls for years to come.
They’re here! Visit the Bookstore for SLIP by Nicole Callihan, Along the Road Everyone Must Travel by Danielle Pafunda, The Bear Wrestler by Robert Ostrom, and Wide Ass of Night by Kristi Maxwell. Enjoy all four and save money with our Spring 2025 Subscription.
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2024 Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize:
PIROWA PADOWA, published in Korean as 아마도 아프리카 (literally: “Maybe Africa”)
by Lee Jenny, translated from Korean by Archana Madhavan.
Click here to see our full press release and learn more.
They’re here! Visit the Bookstore for In Another Country by Andrea Jurjević, So Tough by Jared Stanley, and Apocryphal Genesis by Travis Mossotti. Enjoy all three and save money with our Spring 2024 Subscription.
2023 Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize Winner announced!
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2023 Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize:
Wherever We Float, That’s Home by Maya Tevet Dayan, translated from Hebrew by Jane Medved.
Click here to see our full press release and learn more.
Annual Fundraiser + Poetry Reading
Join us on Zoom for our annual fundraiser + poetry reading at 7PM, December 7th. Don’t miss your chance to hear from our Spring + Fall 2023 poets and other Saturnalia favorites. We can’t wait to see you there! Click here to sign up.
Always wanted one of our READ POETRY t-shirts? Check out the fundraising page to see all the exciting perks of donating! Your support makes independent publishing possible.
The Engineers by Katy Lederer has been featured in The New York Times Fall Poetry Picks!
Click here to see the full list at the New York Times, or check the Sunday Book Review on Oct 29th.
Get your copy of The Engineers here.
They’re here! Visit the Bookstore for The Engineers by Katy Lederer, High Lonesome by Allison Titus, and Cutting the Stems by Virginie Lalucq, translated by Claire McQuerry and Céline Bourhis. Enjoy all three and save money with our Fall 2023 Subscription.
Katy Lederer’s forthcoming book, The Engineers, has been thoughtfully reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly. We so are excited for the October 15th release along with the rest of our fall books.
Click here to read the review at Publisher’s Weekly, and pre-order your copy here.
Our winners have been announced! The winning manuscript, Along the Road Everyone Must Travel by Danielle Pafunda, was chosen for the Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize by guest judge Hoa Nguyen.
Saturnalia Books’ staff selected Resemblance/與 by Jonathan Chou and SLIP by Nicole Callihan for the two Alma Book Awards.
Click here to see our full press release and learn more!
Our spring books have arrived! Visit the Bookstore for Leah Poole Osowski’s Exceeds Us, Owen McLeod’s Before After and Lee Upton’s The Day Every Day Is, winner of the Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize.
Jimmie Cumbie has praised Jacob Sunderlin’s debut This We in the Back of the House in his review at Plume Poetry, describing the poems as “a big beating heart meeting serious craft.”
You can read the full review here. If you don’t have Jacob Sunderlin’s book yet, you can get your copy at the bookstore.
Lee Upton’s newest book The Day Every Day Is, described as “a vivid, compelling collection by an erudite poet,” has been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews. Click here to read the full review from Kirkus Reviews at their official website. You can find Lee Upton’s book as part of our Spring 2023 releases.
Leah Poole Osowski’s book Exceeds Us has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly! Click here to read the full review from Publishers Weekly at their official website. You can get a copy of Osowski’s book as part of our Spring 2023 releases.
We are excited to announce that Dolore Minimo by Giovanna Christina Vivinetto, translated from Italian by Gabriella Fee and Dora Malech, has been selected for the 2023 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation Longlist. Congratulations to all those involved!
Learn more about the PEN America awards and see all of the works featured on the 2023 longlists. Click here to learn more about Dolore Minimo and purchase a copy.