For Immediate Release -- Abode Press is thrilled to announce its first-ever full-length acquisition of  CHABÓCHI DOLL by féi iká shumarí , author of HOOD CRIATURA,  for publication in Summer 2026 .  Acquired by Editor Diamond Braxton , this autofiction book turns the mirror on the present moment in America tainted by the persecution of undocumented and native bodies, extensive trans legislation seeking to seize the livelihood of trans people all while negotiating the radical

We are delighted to announce our chapbook winners from our 2025 contest. Out of nearly 250 chapbook submissions, we welcome four new authors to our press. Cassie Holguin-Pettinato - Hybrid Chapbook Winner Sen time ntality - coming Spring 2027 Cassie Holguin-Pettinato is a Chicana multidisciplinary artist, published poet, and thereminist, from the U.S-Mexico border. She is the author of The Five Stages of Stuttering (FlowerSong Press, 2024), and The Lamb’s Tail (Bottlecap Pr