We're looking for publicity interns for this summer and fall! Especially looking for people who are in Minnesota. Send us your resume at cover letter at Duosuma! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

Poetry titles from our "Out of Pocket" series, SWEET NOTHING by Kazim Ali and WAITING FOR A SPACESHIP by J. Otis Powell!? are 30% off all National Poetry Month with the code SPOUTPOETRYMONTH26 ! Get them at spoutpress.org

All Spout poetry books are 30% off with the code SPOUTPOETRYMONTH26 for the month of April at spoutpress.org. Plus, we're still accepting submissions of poetry (and fiction, thought, and translation) for Spout Magazine all month and into May

Our sale expires TONIGHT!! Use code FULLPOCKETS26 to get 30% off all books at spoutpress.org

Thank you @clmporg.bsky.social for highlighting our book Locker Room Talk for #WomensHistoryMonth!! You can get it from our store for 30% off right now with the code FULLPOCKETS26 spoutpress.org/product/lock...

Spout Press books are on sale! We got t-shirts! We have an event tomorrow! Magazine submissions are open! Read all about it here: spoutpress.substack.com/p/magazine-s...

Come to see editors Michelle Filkins and Margret Aldrich talk about Minnesota Book Award-winning LOCKER ROOM TALK: WOMEN IN PRIVATE SPACES and sign books! This Saturday at 2pm! Register here carverlib.libcal.com/event/15542696

New anthology celebrates epic and ordinary moments between women Co-editors Michelle Filkins and Margret Aldrich look to reframe the traditional sense of locker room talk and celebrate the privates spaces where women are often at their best in “Locker Room Talk: Wo...

Congrats to Michelle Filkins, Margret Aldrich, and the many contributors to this book! Locker Room Talk wins the Minnesota Book Award for Anthology. So thankful to be able to talk with them about this book recently! www.kaxe.org/show/what-we...

For the first time since 2015, Spout Magazine is open for submissions! Share your work with us @duosuma.com by May 30th spoutpress.org/submissions/

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Come join us at AWP!! We'll have open-mics at our bookfair booth, and our editor @xandergershberg.bsky.social will be moderating a panel with editors from @juneroadpress.bsky.social @triohousepress.org @perugiapress.bsky.social @splitlippress.com @clmporg.bsky.social !!

So exciting!! Loved working on this project! 🩷

Our new website is up!! Beautifully designed by @hadleyhendrix.bsky.social our site bridges our 90's DIY punk roots with contemporary style, including a store where you can buy our books and merch, direct from us. Take a look at our new digs!! 20% of all sales go to MN mutual aid spoutpress.org

Event details for a reading with two authors, Maureen Aitkin and Mona Susan Power. Cityscape background with white lettering and cover images for both previously published books.

Celebrate the reissue of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 (@wsupress) with author Maureen Aitken and Mona Susan Power – author of 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴 – who will share new work from her novel-in-progress!

Hosted by Michelle Filkins from the collective on Feb. 21, 2026 at 2pm.

One of our editors @xandergershberg.bsky.social wrote this stunning dispatch on life in Minnesota as the people resist fascism. Please read!

Organizations supporting Minnesotans targeted by ICE Organizations supporting Minnesotans targeted by ICE: Mutual Aid links Rent Relief for Impacted South Minneapolis Families Mutual Aid for Near North Minneapolis Families Affected by ICE Rent Relief fo...

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Spout Press stands in solidarity with everyone targeted by ICE's occupation of Minnesota, and with the family of Renee Good. As a press that is rooted in the Twin Cities, we support and grieve with our neighbors. We continue on in the resistance against fascism and hope you consider donating to and following the lead of these organizations, and if you're local, getting involved.

The Hummingbird Network, Unidos MN, MIRAC, Immigrant Defense Network, Defend 612, Immigrant Law Center of MN, Immigrant Advocates Network. Links to offer financial support and to learn more about volunteering with these organizations can be found linked in the comments.

Spout Press stands in solidarity with everyone targeted by ICE's occupation of Minnesota, and with the family of Renee Good.

We want to amplify the work of organizations leading the resistance to ICE on the ground and mutual aid networks supporting affected families. Links and info in the comments

Two exciting updates!:

1. We're fundraising to relaunch Spout Magazine, our historic literary magazine that originally ran from 1989-2015. Plus, we're giving thank-you gifts to donors. Donate here www.givemn.org/story/wuj8ef

2. We're on Substack now! Subscribe here: spoutpress.substack.com

We are relaunching Spout Magazine! Help us raise the money to do so and get a special thank you gift. Donate at www.givemn.org/story/wuj8ef

We are relaunching Spout Magazine! Help us raise the money to do so and get a special thank you gift. Donate at www.givemn.org/story/wuj8ef

Alum @alisonmcghee.bsky.social reads along with former English writer in residence Kao Kalia Yang this Wed--as contributors to Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces, winner of the 2025 Minnesota Book Award for Best Anthology! @spoutpress.bsky.social

Join us the Aug 27th @ Hook & Ladder Lounge for a night of readings from Kao Kalia Yang, Alison McGhee, Casey Jarrin and music from @squinnysquinny.bsky.social, Whispered the Rabbit, and Kith + Kin Chorus to celebrate our MN Book Award winning Locker Room Talk app.opendate.io/e/locker-roo...

Book Fair for Grown Ups — Inbound BrewCo

Did you love the Scholastic Book Fair? We got you covered! Tomorrow I'll be with @spoutpress.bsky.social tabling at the Book Fair for Grown Ups! Stop by!
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We're excited to see you at the Book Fair! inboundbrew.co/book-fair-fo...

This Saturday! We hope to see you there!

Poet, performer J. Otis Powell dies at 61 Those who knew him say he was a master of his literary tradition.

Read more about J. Otis Powell here via @mprnews.org www.mprnews.org/story/2017/0...

This Juneteenth, we're returning to our title from the late-great J. Otis Powell, a legend of MN writing and spoken word communities. Through the rest of June, his book WAITING FOR A SPACESHIP is 25% off on @asterismbooks.bsky.social Buy here: asterismbooks.com/product/wait...

Join us in St. Paul for a reading with co-editor Michelle Filkins and contributors Sha Cage,
@slipfast.bsky.social, @maureenaitken.bsky.social, and Pat Cumbie at the East Side Freedom Library May 15th, 7pm! Register here eastsidefreedomlibrary.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/e...

Join us in St. Paul for a reading with co-editor Michelle Filkins and contributors Sha Cage,
@slipfast.bsky.social, @maureenaitken.bsky.social, and Pat Cumbie at the East Side Freedom Library May 15th, 7pm! Register here eastsidefreedomlibrary.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/e...

Last night, editors Michelle Filkins and Margret Aldrich accepted the MN Book Award for Best Anthology for “Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces.” Here is a clip of their lovely acceptance speech. Thank you and congratulations to the 30+ wonderful contributors!