Website
Type Of Publisher
Press
Year Established
1974
Address
4983 Tall Oaks Dr. Fayetteville, NY 13066-9776 United States
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
All of our issues, in the past, included translations of living contemporary poets from all over the world in addition to English speaking poets and short fiction writers. Each issue featured one poet in particular with both a generous selection of their work and an interview with our editor. All of our books present in a bilingual format the translations of poets as well from every part of the world. Such poets would be Alberto Blanco (Mexico), José-Flore Tappy (Switzerland), Eunice Odio (Costa Rica), Hai Zi (China), Salvador Novo (Mexico), Nicomedes Suaréz-Araúz (Bolivia), Kristiina Ehin (Estonia), Jacques Dupin (France), Nora Iuga (Romania), Christine Lavant (Austria), Karl Krolow (Germany), Pierre Voélin (Switzerland), Ana Minga (Ecuador), Franca Mancinelli (Italy), André du bOuchet (France), Salgado Maranhão (Brazil), Riad Saleh Hussein (Syria). After our last issue (Autumn/2020) we will continue as a press to concentrate on publishing books of poetry in translation from any language into English.
Do You Accept Unsolicited Submissions?
Yes
Submission Guidelines URL
Reading Period
From 9 / 3 / 1 -31
Response Time
2 - 2 months
Author Payments
copies
Contests
The Bitter Oleander Press Library of Poetry Book Award: Publication & a $1500 award.
Distributors
Small Press Distribution
Do You Have Any Cover Letter Advice?
Be brief, make certain you're addressing the correct person and press in your cover letter and that you spell the names correctly especially after informing us how much of a fan you've been all these years. Only submit through oir Submittable portal.
What Do You Look For In A Submission?
To have our minds opened wide by something we never could have imagined without its happening.
What Advice Do You Have For First-time Submitters?
Read our guidelines carefully.
Do You Have A Favorite Unsolicited Submission Discovery Or Anecdote?
Anthony Seidman's "On Carbon-Dating Hunger" arrived without any precedence and for two nights kept me wondering where this person's work had been all my life, only to find out he had attended Syracuse U. for four years, but a few miles from my home.
Who Is Your Ideal Reader?
Who loves imaginative work that evolves from terrestrial illuminations that surround us but which only the well-trained eye can see.
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