Welcome to Sun Thief Press! We are an independent literary small-press run by a tight-knit group in Providence, Rhode Island. We give preference to translations when it comes to publishing full-length manuscripts, but also accept original English-language poetry, short fiction, and creative-critical essays for the biannual Sun Thief Literary Journal.
We are interested in work that blurs boundaries between self and other, mind and world, writer and text. We value well-crafted*, difficult* work that interrogates and grapples with its own form and process, that deals in the experience of writing/living/being, along horizons, borders, between contraries, gulfs. We’re “translation-forward”, meaning that even when we ask for English-language submissions, we still look for work that generally deals with the questions of “translation” writ large, re: the difficulties of speech/articulation, meaning-making, and interpretation, whether that takes the form of poetry, short fiction, or essay. Interpret as you will!
Please read our submission guidelines for more details on how to submit!
**See our submissions page for descriptions of what we mean by “difficult” and “well-crafted.”