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  • Unsolicited Press

    A small press that supports literature, writers, the environment, a good beer, feminism, & the fight against systemic oppression. Not necessarily in that order.

  • Some Stewart

    Summer is the publisher of Unsolicited Press. She is also an award-winning journalist, poet, developmental editor, and a badass homeschooling mama.

  • LeeAnn Pickrell

    I've created a life from words, as a reader, a poet and writer, and editor. My memoir Tsunami is forthcoming from Unsolicited Press in August 2026. Gathering the Pieces of Days, my debut poetry collection, was published by Unsolicited Press in 2025.

  • Anthony DiPietro

    Anthony DiPietro is a queer, poly writer, arts administrator originally from Providence, Rhode Island. He is a contributor to Queer Love Project, and kiss & release (Unsolicited Press, 2024) is his first book.

  • Timothy Boudreau

    Writer. Website: timothyboudreau.com

  • Nicola Ranson

    Author of A Slice of Orange: loving and leaving the Osho/Rajneesh cult (Unsolicited Press 12/8/26). Writer, spoonie, somatic psychotherapist, social worker. Fan of rabbits, kindness, giant sunflowers, human rights and democracy.

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