ISSUE 12 COVER REVEAL + PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN!!
Cover art is by Pearlyn Tan and it is a cyanotype and collage self-portrait.
Pre-orders are now available for the twelfth issue of Pile Press. With over 45+ writer's and artists' works, you will find something to love.
We are continuously proud of the work we publish and the spotlight we shine on women + non-binary creatives. Fill your bookshelves with more of them.
Pile Press is a small press with a focus on locally printed and limited edition publications.
✨️Buy local. Support local. Read all the books you can. Think all the thoughts. Dream all your dreams. ✨️
✨️ HERE SHE IS!! ✨️
Announcing the issue 12 contributors list. We are so proud and thrilled for this upcoming collection! Please feel free to tag yourselves and share.
✨️ HEY YOU, YEAH YOU, THE CUTE AND TALENTED ONE!! Our submissions close on March 15th. We are seeking your art + words. The link is in our bio with further submission guidelines. ✨️
Are we the local press for you and your work(s)?
Pile Press is an alternative publishing collective with a focus on local and limited edition print publications. We publish a bi-annual literary + arts journal featuring the works of women + non-binary creatives, as well as CHUNK, an Oregon centric lit + arts broadside paper. Within our publications readers will find a large variety of art, short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, photography and more.
You can finally snag your very own and some for friends! Now stocked up at some of our favorite local bookshops ♡
☆ Powell's on Burnside, Belmont Books, Chess Club, Literary Arts, Secret Room, Broadway Books and City Reader. ☆
SEE YOU THERE!
The Portland Art Book Fair is this weekend from 11 - 4PM, both Saturday and Sunday. Find us in Stelo Arts, alongside many other lovely makers + indie publishers.
A thank you to the hosts Chess Club and Landdd for including us this year!
✨️ SHE has ARRIVED and is STUNNING ✨️
Hot off the press that broke down right after printing our order. Thankfully, we were lucky! And don't worry, the printer is getting fixed and will be right as rain again soon!
Happy pub day to Pile Press and to all our lovely contributors!! I am busy packing up your pre-orders and will be shipping 'em out early next week. For all who haven't ordered yet, get on it, if you'd like to support indie publications and their artists + writers. 'Tis the season of giving!
👀 cover by @oldold.mold
Turn the book around to see the back cover image surprise!
COVER REVEAL: Issue 11
PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN (link in bio).
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PUBLISHERS, ARTISTS, WRITERS, MAKERS + CREATIVES.
Cover Artist and previous Pile Press contributor, Kateri Koenig is a multimedia artist primarily focused on creating abstract characters with influences from cubism, expressionism, absurdism, and, most of all, outsider art. Her medium of choice is graphite on paper, but she also works with printmaking, textiles, pen and ink, and 3D sculpture.
Find out more about her and our Issue 11 contributors by pre-ordering your next issue of Pile Press!
THINGS ARE HAPPENING!!
Here are the lovely artists + writers found in Issue 11 (forthcoming November 2025). If you see your name, tag yourself in the comments and like and share. We are as excited as ever to see this issue come about ✨️
THERE'S STILL TIME!!
Get your submissions into Pile Press for our eleventh issue via Submittable (link in bio). We are seeking art, poetry, photography, short fiction, and creative non-fiction.
See your work(s) in a cool locally printed, limited edition literary + arts journal.
We can't wait to hear from you!
♡ SarahAnn + April
Our Issue 10 release party was a HIT. Thank you to everyone who read their works, supported our lil' press, and bought our newest issue. Thank you to @upupbookspdx for hosting this gathering, and those who read, feel free to tag yourselves, you all were amazing.
I am still shipping orders and stocking our usual bookstores. Keep an eye out!
📷: @rad.ror
Stay cool.
