Del Sol Press seeks to publish exceptional work by both new and recognized writers, as well as republish literary works that we consider extremely significant and that have gone out of print. Our approach is eclectic, but our emphasis is on original, unique, and accessible work WITH AN EDGE. As such, we eschew noncommunicative forms (language poetry rip-offs, Finnegan's Wake imitations, and so forth) and genre fiction (unless exceptional).

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Del Sol Press Staff

JOAN HOULIHAN: Poetry Editor

Joan Houlihan is founder and director of the Concord Poetry Center and the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conferences. She is author of two poetry collections: Hand-Held Executions: Poems & Essays (2003) and The Mending Worm, (2006) winner of the New Issues Press Green Rose Award. A third collection, The Us, is forthcoming from Tupelo Press. She has written a series of critical essays on contemporary American poetry called The Boston Comment and is editor of Perihelion. Her work has appeared in many journals and magazines, and has been anthologized in The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries and The Book of Irish-American Poetry (Notre Dame Press, 2007). She is a staff reviewer for the Contemporary Poetry Review.

MICHAEL NEFF: Publisher and Editor

Michael Neff is the founder and director of WebdelSol.Com and it's affiliate non-profit projects, including Del Sol Press. He is a writer, editor, and an artist. He publishes several literary magazines including In Posse Review, 5_Trope, Perihelion, and La Petite Zine, and is also the editor-in-chief of Del Sol Review. His own work has appeared in several journals including North American Review, Mudlark, Conjunctions, The Literary Review, Pittsburgh Quarterly, and Quarterly West.

JONATHAN WEINERT: Managing Editor

Jonathan Weinert is the author of In the Mode of Disappearance (Nightboat Books, 2008) winner of the 2006 Nightboat Poetry Prize. His work has appeared in American Letters & Commentary, The Kenyon Review, Harvard Review, LIT, Pleiades, 32 Poems, Memorious, The Laurel Review, AGNI Online, and elsewhere. Jonathan serves as web editor for the letterpress journal Tuesday; An Art Project, and is an advisor at the Lesley University Low-Residency MFA in Writing Program in Cambridge, MA.

Contact and Submissions

Currently, DSP is NOT taking unsolicited submissions, synopses, or outlines in any form, however, query letters and all other communications, including requests for review copies can be sent to dspress@webdelsol.com.

In your query letter, please include a bio, publishing history for this project (if any), and other previous publications.

Poetry queries should be sent to dsp-poetry@webdelsol.com. Expect at least two weeks for a reply.

For poetry manuscripts, especially: though we don't require manuscripts to include a lengthy list of publications, most of the authors we are interested in have published poems in a variety of literary magazines.

Our advice is to examine the type of work we publish. Our poets and authors are unique and accomplished writers. We would never consider any type of literary work that is not exceptionally original and well written.

Address (not for unsolicited ms):

Del Sol Press
2020 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 443
Washington, D.C. 20006