The Backwaters Press is a small press

Small press

Small press is a term often used to describe publishers with annual sales below a certain level. Commonly, in the United States, this is set at $50 million, after returns and discounts...

 based in Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

 that publishes poetry

Poetry

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. Many of the authors published by the press are also based in Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

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The Backwaters Press has in the past offered the Backwaters Prize, the Weldon Kees Award, and the Omaha Prize, but as of 2005 is no longer offering contests. As of June 12, 2008, the Backwaters Press has discontinued reading manuscripts for possible publication until further notice..

The editor of the Backwaters Press is Greg Kosmicki.