Arachne Press

Arachne Press is a small, independent publisher of award-winning short fiction, award winning poetry and (very) select non-fiction, for adults and children. Our first ever YA title was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, and our most recent, Zed and the Cormorants by Clare Owen won the 2022 Holyer An Gof YA award, and the Ann Trevenen Jenkin cup for authorship of a book for Children or Young Adults!

Arachne Press is committed to showcasing talented writing and treating writers as they would wish to be treated, which includes paying them for their work, and making sure that their books look gorgeous! We welcome submissions to our open call anthologies from everyone who writes magnificiently and particularly want to see work from writers with disabilities and from the diverse ethnic and LGBT communities.

Quote of the Month:

“The poem titles are like notes hastily scribbled on the top of a page, while listening to a story in the lamplight. It gives the poems an immediate, intimate quality.” Louise Warren reviews The Arctic Diaries for London Grip

Arachne Press is committed to showcasing talented writing, and treating writers as they would wish to be treated, which includes our approach to inclusive publishing (and events), with BSL interpretation and translation; working with Welsh language poets, moving into Audiobooks, and actively seeking out as wide a range of authors and poets as possible.