Please note that with the passing of Flowstone Press founder and editor-in-chief Michael Spring, Flowstone Press is closed to submissions. If you are considering Left Fork for your book, we ask that you first familiarize yourself with what we do publish. Fortunately, you’re at an ideal place to research our books–the website! So please explore the different sections, but also read on.

* From 2016-2025, Flowstone Press published contemporary poetry collections and chapbooks exclusively, with a focus on lyrical, psychological, environmental, cultural, and imagistic work.

* Left Fork’s focus is both more and less specific. We do not have a genre limitation–we have published (or have forthcoming) memoir, fiction, poetry, children’s books, local history, literary magazines, and more. But we prefer work about our corner of the world, or by artists and authors who understand the Klamath-Siskiyou bio-region and/or Oregon and northwest California. Note: we limit publication to a max of 2-3 books each year.

* If you are here seeking information on submitting to our journal, Cobra Lily: a review of southwest oregon literature and art, please visit Cobra Lily.

We strongly prefer complete manuscripts, as opposed to proposals for a project. We also appreciate a letter of introduction, sharing a little about yourself and your connection with our region. If you’ve done all that, you can expect a response within 1 month. (And if you haven’t done at least that much, we reserve the right to not respond.)

Of course we do not charge reading or submission fees for our regular submissions (note: in the future, we may charge a fee if we hold a contest). Authors receive 10 copies of their book, royalties on books sold by the press, and a substantial discount on author copies.

Submissions for Left Fork can be directed to Ryan at editor @ leftfork.org.

Thank you.