Independent Publisher
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
Next Page Press is an independent publisher based in San Antonio, TX.
We publish contemporary poetry that is precise in language, clear in voice, and that fosters new thinking about how we make meaning in our lives. We are drawn to poems attentive to both image and sound. Next Page is committed to publishing professionally designed, beautiful books that feel good in the hand.
As a small press, we value community and collaboration and aim to build relationships with our authors and audiences. Next Page seeks writers who embrace working together to promote and create conversations around the books we publish. We hold a roll-up-the-sleeves attitude and work well with authors who actively take a role in getting word out about their books.
We look for submissions from a diverse range of writers, and we will make inclusive decisions about the authors we publish. While open to new and emerging voices, Next Page is especially interested in working with poets looking for a home for a second or third book. Submissions are by solicitation only at this time.
Founded by Laura Van Prooyen, Next Page Press is fully volunteer-run, attracting a team of associates with editorial, design, publishing, and expertise. Watch for news about our growth.
Contact
laura [at] nextpage-press.com
Founder & Publisher
Laura Van Prooyen (she/her) is author of three collections of poetry: Frances of the Wider Field (Lily Poetry Review Books) Our House Was on Fire (Ashland Poetry Press) nominated by Philip Levine and winner of the McGovern Prize and Inkblot and Altar (Pecan Grove Press). She is also co-author with Gretchen Bernabei of Text Structures from Poetry, a book of writing lessons for educators of grades 4-12 (Corwin Literacy). Van Prooyen is a graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. She can be found online at www.lauravanprooyen.com.
Co-Editor & Marketing Coordinator
Cathlin Noonan (she/her) is a poet out of San Antonio. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in The Broadkill Review, Crazyhorse, Pidgeonholes, Ruminate, Small Oranges Journal, and West Trade Review among others. She can be found online at www.cathlinnoonan.com.
Co-Editor
Sheila Black is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Radium Dream (Salmon Poetry, 2022), and the chapbook All the Sleep in the World (Alabrava Press, 2021). Poems and essays have appeared in Poetry, Kenyon Review Online, Blackbird, The Birmingham Poetry Review, New York Times, and elsewhere. She is a co-founder of Zoeglossia, a non-profit to build community for poets with disabilities.
Social Media & Editorial Associate
Josephine Prock (she/her) is a MA graduate from The University of Chicago where she concentrated on both classic and contemporary literature; however, her undergraduate work at the University of North Texas extended to comparative syntax and syntactic theory. Josephine has been the editor of several award-winning pieces featured in Chestnut Review, The Lumiere Review, and Passages North.
Consulting & Editorial Associates
Tina Posner's work has appeared or is forthcoming in EcoTheo, Autofocus, Dispatches from the Poetry Wars, Elsewhere, Texas Poetry Calendar 2016 and 2019, and in the anthology Resist Much, Obey Little (Spuyten Duyvil, 2017). She is the author of more than a dozen nonfiction and poetry books for classroom use. She lives in Austin, TX with her family and holds an MFA from Pacific University.
Judy Jensen has published work in journals, anthologies, and co-founded Float Press, a letterpress printing emerging and established poets. Jensen has served as an editor, reading curator, moderator, panelist, and long-time volunteer at Poetry at Round Top.
Joni Wallace earned her MFA at the University of Montana and is the author of three books of poetry: Kingdom Come Radio Show (Barrow Street Press, 2016), finalist for the Colorado Prize, the Besmilr Brigham Award, Word Works’ Washington Prize, and AROHO’s To the Lighthouse Award; Blinking Ephemeral Valentine (Four Way Books, 2011), winner of the Levis Prize, selected by Mary Jo Bang; Redshift (Kore Press, 2001), which garnered a fellowship from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she teaches at the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
We publish contemporary poetry that is precise in language, clear in voice, and that fosters new thinking about how we make meaning in our lives. We are drawn to poems attentive to both image and sound. Next Page is committed to publishing professionally designed, beautiful books that feel good in the hand.
As a small press, we value community and collaboration and aim to build relationships with our authors and audiences. Next Page seeks writers who embrace working together to promote and create conversations around the books we publish. We hold a roll-up-the-sleeves attitude and work well with authors who actively take a role in getting word out about their books.
We look for submissions from a diverse range of writers, and we will make inclusive decisions about the authors we publish. While open to new and emerging voices, Next Page is especially interested in working with poets looking for a home for a second or third book. Submissions are by solicitation only at this time.
Founded by Laura Van Prooyen, Next Page Press is fully volunteer-run, attracting a team of associates with editorial, design, publishing, and expertise. Watch for news about our growth.
Contact
laura [at] nextpage-press.com
Founder & Publisher
Laura Van Prooyen (she/her) is author of three collections of poetry: Frances of the Wider Field (Lily Poetry Review Books) Our House Was on Fire (Ashland Poetry Press) nominated by Philip Levine and winner of the McGovern Prize and Inkblot and Altar (Pecan Grove Press). She is also co-author with Gretchen Bernabei of Text Structures from Poetry, a book of writing lessons for educators of grades 4-12 (Corwin Literacy). Van Prooyen is a graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. She can be found online at www.lauravanprooyen.com.
Co-Editor & Marketing Coordinator
Cathlin Noonan (she/her) is a poet out of San Antonio. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in The Broadkill Review, Crazyhorse, Pidgeonholes, Ruminate, Small Oranges Journal, and West Trade Review among others. She can be found online at www.cathlinnoonan.com.
Co-Editor
Sheila Black is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Radium Dream (Salmon Poetry, 2022), and the chapbook All the Sleep in the World (Alabrava Press, 2021). Poems and essays have appeared in Poetry, Kenyon Review Online, Blackbird, The Birmingham Poetry Review, New York Times, and elsewhere. She is a co-founder of Zoeglossia, a non-profit to build community for poets with disabilities.
Social Media & Editorial Associate
Josephine Prock (she/her) is a MA graduate from The University of Chicago where she concentrated on both classic and contemporary literature; however, her undergraduate work at the University of North Texas extended to comparative syntax and syntactic theory. Josephine has been the editor of several award-winning pieces featured in Chestnut Review, The Lumiere Review, and Passages North.
Consulting & Editorial Associates
Tina Posner's work has appeared or is forthcoming in EcoTheo, Autofocus, Dispatches from the Poetry Wars, Elsewhere, Texas Poetry Calendar 2016 and 2019, and in the anthology Resist Much, Obey Little (Spuyten Duyvil, 2017). She is the author of more than a dozen nonfiction and poetry books for classroom use. She lives in Austin, TX with her family and holds an MFA from Pacific University.
Judy Jensen has published work in journals, anthologies, and co-founded Float Press, a letterpress printing emerging and established poets. Jensen has served as an editor, reading curator, moderator, panelist, and long-time volunteer at Poetry at Round Top.
Joni Wallace earned her MFA at the University of Montana and is the author of three books of poetry: Kingdom Come Radio Show (Barrow Street Press, 2016), finalist for the Colorado Prize, the Besmilr Brigham Award, Word Works’ Washington Prize, and AROHO’s To the Lighthouse Award; Blinking Ephemeral Valentine (Four Way Books, 2011), winner of the Levis Prize, selected by Mary Jo Bang; Redshift (Kore Press, 2001), which garnered a fellowship from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she teaches at the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
