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SFWP is a globally distributed independent traditional press, founded in 1998. We publish all forms of fiction and nonfiction.

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Room of Wonders: New Perspectives on Home Birth - edited by Kate McCahill

Room of Wonders: New Perspectives on Home Birth - edited by Kate McCahill

Practicing to be Lightning - Betsy James

Practicing to be Lightning - Betsy James

Black Dog - Erica Kent

Black Dog - Erica Kent

No Heroic Measures - Jessica Danger

No Heroic Measures - Jessica Danger

The Wedding - Vandana Nair

The Wedding - Vandana Nair

The Last Supper - Wendy J. Fox

The Last Supper - Wendy J. Fox

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Letter from the Editor

Neala Claire Siegle, Creative Nonfiction, Issue 33 / Spring 2026

Letter from the Editor

Neala Claire Siegle, Creative Nonfiction, Issue 33 / Spring 2026

Neala Claire Siegle, Creative Nonfiction, Issue 33 / Spring 2026

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Ashleigh Sean Rolle

The Fig Tree

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Ashleigh Sean Rolle

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Ashleigh Sean Rolle

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Brigid Regan McCarthy, Poetry

Computer Girls

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Brigid Regan McCarthy, Poetry

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Brigid Regan McCarthy, Poetry

This National Keffiyeh Day

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Maryah Converse

This National Keffiyeh Day

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Maryah Converse

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Maryah Converse

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Michael Pacheco, Fiction

Kaden’s Call

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Michael Pacheco, Fiction

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Michael Pacheco, Fiction

Summer of the Squirrels

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Katherine Rooks

Summer of the Squirrels

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Katherine Rooks

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Katherine Rooks

The Bitter Way Home

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Sidrah Haque

The Bitter Way Home

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Sidrah Haque

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Sidrah Haque

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Sara Dudo

Spring Day

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Sara Dudo

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Sara Dudo

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Candi Sary

Ashes

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Candi Sary

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Candi Sary

The Banyan Keeps Rewriting Us

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Kumar Sen

The Banyan Keeps Rewriting Us

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Kumar Sen

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Kumar Sen

Tempered Perfection

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Katherine Liljestrand

Tempered Perfection

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Katherine Liljestrand

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Katherine Liljestrand

Sitting Below A Rebar Crucifix

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Jon Lawrence

Sitting Below A Rebar Crucifix

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Jon Lawrence

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Jon Lawrence

Home and Garden

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Eleanor Whitney

Home and Garden

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Eleanor Whitney

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Eleanor Whitney

The People with the Purple Thumbs

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Michael Maiello

The People with the Purple Thumbs

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Michael Maiello

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Michael Maiello

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Anne Whitehouse

Hawk Shabbat

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Anne Whitehouse

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Anne Whitehouse

Transitional Objects

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Yuyi D. He

Transitional Objects

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Yuyi D. He

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Yuyi D. He

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, J. T. Townley

Hotshot

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, J. T. Townley

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, J. T. Townley

The Hardest Steps

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Amanda Izzo

The Hardest Steps

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Amanda Izzo

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Amanda Izzo

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Simon le Maliac

The Passenger

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Simon le Maliac

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Simon le Maliac

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Lynn D. Gilbert

Peach Cobbler

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Lynn D. Gilbert

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Lynn D. Gilbert

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Michelle Balogh

Epiphany

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Michelle Balogh

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Michelle Balogh

The House with Green Windows

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Vandana Nair

The House with Green Windows

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Vandana Nair

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Vandana Nair

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Olivia Nathan

Wing Back Home

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Olivia Nathan

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, Olivia Nathan

barrera del idioma

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Angelica M. Ramos-Santa

barrera del idioma

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Angelica M. Ramos-Santa

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Poetry, Angelica M. Ramos-Santa

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, J. L. Evans

What Is Broken

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, J. L. Evans

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Creative Nonfiction, J. L. Evans

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Carol Chandler

Sea Change

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Carol Chandler

Issue 33 / Spring 2026, Fiction, Carol Chandler

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Creative Nonfiction, Wendy Kennar

My New Career

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Creative Nonfiction, Wendy Kennar

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Creative Nonfiction, Wendy Kennar

Your little monk

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Poetry, Vincenzo Anastasia

Your little monk

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Poetry, Vincenzo Anastasia

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Poetry, Vincenzo Anastasia

The Story of the Othermother

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Poetry, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

The Story of the Othermother

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Poetry, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Poetry, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Creative Nonfiction, Lindsey Danis

Ancestor Work

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Creative Nonfiction, Lindsey Danis

Issue 32 / Spring 2025, Creative Nonfiction, Lindsey Danis

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I don’t know pleasure until she convinces me to skip French class

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Ashley Elizabeth, Special Issue

I don’t know pleasure until she convinces me to skip French class

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Ashley Elizabeth, Special Issue

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Ashley Elizabeth, Special Issue

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Ashley Elizabeth, Special Issue

lipservice

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Ashley Elizabeth, Special Issue

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Ashley Elizabeth, Special Issue

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Dalia A. Elmanzalawy, Special Issue

Garden

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Dalia A. Elmanzalawy, Special Issue

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Dalia A. Elmanzalawy, Special Issue

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Dr. Deidra Suwanee Dees, Special Issue

Alcohol Woman

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Dr. Deidra Suwanee Dees, Special Issue

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Dr. Deidra Suwanee Dees, Special Issue

When you check in to let me know you’re thinking of me

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Special Issue

When you check in to let me know you’re thinking of me

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Special Issue

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Special Issue

Variations on a Wooden Spoon

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Special Issue

Variations on a Wooden Spoon

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Special Issue

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Special Issue

A Nightmare Called Tonight

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, simóne j banks, Special Issue

A Nightmare Called Tonight

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, simóne j banks, Special Issue

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, simóne j banks, Special Issue

menses sings of me

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Nefertiti Asanti, Special Issue

menses sings of me

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Nefertiti Asanti, Special Issue

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Nefertiti Asanti, Special Issue

the most powerful aphrodisiac

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Zara R. Ahmed, Special Issue

the most powerful aphrodisiac

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Zara R. Ahmed, Special Issue

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Zara R. Ahmed, Special Issue

Seagulls would leave it spotless

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Lucy Zhang, Special Issue

Seagulls would leave it spotless

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Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Lucy Zhang, Special Issue

Feb 1, 2021

Special Issue 24 / Winter 2021, Lucy Zhang, Special Issue

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