Perugia Press is an American not-for-profit poetry press located in Florence, Massachusetts and founded in 1997 by Editor and Director Susan Kan. The press publishes one collection of poetry per year, by an emerging female poet chosen from its annual book contest, the Perugia Press Prize. The press has received support from the Academy of American Poets (Greenwall Fund) and individual donors.

Notable authors published by Perugia Press include Diane Gilliam Fisher

Diane Gilliam Fisher

Diane Gilliam Fisher is an American poet. She is author of several poetry collections, most recently, Kettle Bottom , which earned her numerous honors, including a spot on the American Booksellers Association Book Sense 2005 Top Ten Poetry Books list, and inclusion in The Pushcart Prize XXX...

 (Kettle Bottom

Kettle Bottom

Kettle Bottom is a collection of historical poems published in 2004 by Perugia Press in Florence, Massachusetts and written by Diane Gilliam Fisher. The collection’s deep focus is on the West Virginia labor battles of 1920 and 1921, such as the Battle of Matewan and Battle of Blair Mountain...

, 2004), Melanie Braverman, Frannie Lindsay

Frannie Lindsay

Frannie Lindsay is an American poet. She is author of three poetry collections, most recently, Mayweed . Her honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the MacDowell and Millay Colonies, and Yaddo...

, Jennifer K. Sweeney

Jennifer K. Sweeney

-Life:Jennifer K. Sweeney is the author of two poetry collections, most recently, How to Live on Bread and Music , winner of the 2009 James Laughlin Award and the 2009 Perugia Press Prize. Her first collection, Salt Memory won the 2006 Main Street Rag Poetry Award...

, Lynne Thompson, and Nancy K. Pearson

Nancy K. Pearson

Nancy K. Pearson is an American poet. She is author of Two Minutes of Light , and has had her poems published in many literary journals and magazines including The Iowa Review, Black Warrior Review, Indiana Review, and Hayden’s Ferry Review. Her honors include winning the Perugia Press Prize, the...

. Authors have been recipients many awards including the James Laughlin Award

James Laughlin Award

The James Laughlin Award, formerly the Lamont Poetry Prize, is given annually for a poet's second published book; it is the only major poetry award that honors a second book...

, the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award

L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award

The L.L. Winship/ PEN New England Award is awarded annually by PEN New England to honor a New England author or book with a New England setting or subject. The award was established in 1975 by The Boston Globe in conjunction with PEN to honor the veteran Boston Globe editor Laurence L. Winship. It...

, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, the Ohioana Library Association Poetry Book of the Year award, the Pushcart Prize

Pushcart Prize

The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....

, NEA Literature Fellowships, Massachusetts Cultural Council grants, and numerous other honors. Perugia Press titles have been reviewed by Valparisio Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, Blackbird, and other publications.

External links

• Perugia Press Website
• Council of Literary Magazines and Small Presses > Directory of Member Publishers
• Poets & Writers Directory > Small Presses > Perugia Press Listing