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**CHAPBOOK SUBMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN OCTOBER 15TH-NOVEMBER 30TH, 2026 @ 11:59 PM EST**

Pitymilk Chapbook Series

Chapbooks will be produced in edition of 100 handmade and hand bound books likely accompanied by illustrations and visuals.

For our 2026–2027 publishing year, we’re asking that you purchase a pitymilk title—or show us one you already own—for your manuscript to be considered.

As a small, two-person DIY press, we have to be thoughtful about how we spend our limited time and resources. Reading submissions is labor, and so is running a press: we edit, design, print, bind, promote, and handle all the unglamorous business ourselves, without institutional funding or a big operation behind us. Every book sold helps sustain that work and makes it possible for us to keep putting books into the world.

This is about more than supporting the press, though. Holding a pitymilk book in your hands gives you a sense of the work we’re excited to publish, the ways we approach the physical object, and the little decisions that make a pitymilk book a pitymilk book. We want you to know the home you’re asking us to make for your work, just as we want to know the work you’re asking us to consider. Think of it as an invitation to get acquainted with our authors, our books, and the little ecosystem we’re trying to sustain—not a test of devotion or a paywall for the sake of it.

We recognize that buying a book isn’t equally accessible to everyone, so all titles are available on a sliding scale. If purchasing a book still isn’t possible for you, please email us. We want to make this process as reciprocal and accessible as we can while being realistic about what a tiny, self-funded press can sustain.

A FEW CAVEATS:

• Already have a Pitymilk book? If you’ve purchased one from us, a bookstore, or a bookfair, just send us a photo of it on your shelf, nightstand, or wherever it’s made itself at home. No new purchase necessary. Thank you for supporting us!
  
  

• Need a book? Use code “SUBBING” for 20% off your purchase. Adding more books to your cart can deepen the discount, and U.S. shipping is always free on orders over $40.
  
  

• Submitting before your book arrives? We get it. If you’ve placed your order, include your order number with your submission. The support still matters, and a handmade chapbook will be headed your way.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

• Reading period: October 15–November 30, 2026 11:59 PM EST
  
  

• What we’re looking for: A poetry chapbook manuscript of approximately 15–20 pages.
  
  

• What to include: Your manuscript, a brief author bio, and either a photo of your Pitymilk book(s) in their home or an order number from a recent purchase.
  
  

• How to submit: Email everything to pitymilkpress@gmail.com with “chapbook submission” somewhere in the subject line.
  
  

• Before you hit send: Please make sure your manuscript reads as a cohesive project, not simply a pile of poems that happen to share a document.

**PITYBATH SUBMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED**

Pitybath Digital Journal

Our bi‑monthly‑ish digital journal where poems show up bold, raw, and impossible to disregard. Each volume is a small universe—shiny, tender, unsettling—crafted by voices that refuse to sit still.