Terrapin Books
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  • Forthcoming
    • Notes from the Column of Memory, by Wendy Drexler
    • The Mayapple Forest, by Kim Ports Parsons
    • Vert, by Catherine Staples
    • The Night Divers, by Melanie McCabe
    • Leave Me a Little Want, by Beverly Burch
  • Our Titles
    • Poetry Books >
      • NEW--light waves, by Kirsten Shu-ying Chen
      • NEW--Horse Not Zebra, by Eric Nelson
      • NEW--Design, by Theresa Burns
      • NEW--House Bird, by Robb Fillman
      • Years Beyond the River, by David Axelrod
      • The Poet & The Architect, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • Wind Apples, by Jeff Ewing
      • The Feast Delayed, by Diane LeBlanc
      • These Few Seeds, by Meghan Sterling
      • The Curator's Notes, by Robin Rosen Chang
      • A Cartography of Home, by Hayden Saunier
      • Tell Me How You Got Here, by Emily Franklin
      • Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars, by Patricia Clark
      • Ghost Dogs, by Dion O'Reilly
      • A Kinship with Ash, by Heather Swan
      • Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound, by Yvonne Zipter
      • Somatic, by Ann Keniston
      • The Honey of Earth, by David Graham
      • Sugar Fix, by Kory Wells
      • The Davids Inside David, by Sarah Wetzel
      • The Bones of Winter Birds, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • Strange What Rises, by Gary Whitehead
      • Suspension, by Paige Riehl
      • The Northway, by Lisa Bellamy
      • The Infinite Doctrine of Water, by Michael T. Young
      • Aileron, by Geraldine Connolly
      • No Such Thing As Distance, by Karen Paul Holmes
      • Leaves Surface Like Skin, by Michelle Menting
      • How to Wear This Body, by Hayden Saunier
      • Travel Notes from the River Styx, by Susanna Lang
      • Route 66 and Its Sorrows, by Carolyn Miller
      • Bluewords Greening, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • The Canopy, by Patricia Clark
      • Cutting Room, by Jessica de Koninck
      • The Persistence of Longing, by Lynne Knight
      • Confessions of a Captured Angel, by Neil Carpathios
    • Craft Books >
      • NEW--The Strategic Poet
      • The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics
      • The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop
      • The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop
    • Anthologies >
      • NEW—A Constellation of Kisses
      • The Book of Donuts, edited by Jason Lee Brown and Shanie Latham
      • The Doll Collection
  • Redux Series
  • Submissions
    • Guidelines
    • FAQs
  • Poetry Salon
  • Store
    • Poetry Books
    • Craft Books
    • Anthologies
Terrapin Books is a small press specializing in poetry books. Our intention is to publish books by individual authors, an occasional anthology, and a small number of craft books. 

We are a small press and plan to stay that way. We accept only a limited number of manuscripts at a time so that we can carefully edit each one and work closely with our authors. Because we accept a limited number of manuscripts during each submission period, we expect to publish each accepted manuscript within six months. We don't want you to grow old before your book enters the world.

We pay a generous royalty fee and provide each poet with 15 complimentary copies of his or her book. Our authors are able to purchase additional copies at a substantial discount.

We charge a reading fee for manuscript submissions but plan to keep it at a minimal $12. The fee enables us to cover costs such as Submittable (a big convenience for us and the poets who submit), our website fee, our bookstore, various fees for our printer and distributor, postage, paper, cartridges, etc. 

Our books are 6x9, paperback, color cover, and perfect bound with printed spine.

Terrapin books are available in our own bookstore and at Amazon, B&N, and other online stores. Books may also be ordered through your favorite brick and mortar bookstore. Libraries and bookstores may order through Ingram, our distributor. Books ordered through Ingram are fully returnable and discounted.

​Terrapin Books is owned and operated by Diane Lockward.
www.terrapinbooks.com
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terrapinbks@gmail.com
Terrapin Books
4 Midvale Ave.
West Caldwell,
New Jersey 07006

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  • Home
  • About
    • Awards
  • Contact
  • Forthcoming
    • Notes from the Column of Memory, by Wendy Drexler
    • The Mayapple Forest, by Kim Ports Parsons
    • Vert, by Catherine Staples
    • The Night Divers, by Melanie McCabe
    • Leave Me a Little Want, by Beverly Burch
  • Our Titles
    • Poetry Books >
      • NEW--light waves, by Kirsten Shu-ying Chen
      • NEW--Horse Not Zebra, by Eric Nelson
      • NEW--Design, by Theresa Burns
      • NEW--House Bird, by Robb Fillman
      • Years Beyond the River, by David Axelrod
      • The Poet & The Architect, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • Wind Apples, by Jeff Ewing
      • The Feast Delayed, by Diane LeBlanc
      • These Few Seeds, by Meghan Sterling
      • The Curator's Notes, by Robin Rosen Chang
      • A Cartography of Home, by Hayden Saunier
      • Tell Me How You Got Here, by Emily Franklin
      • Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars, by Patricia Clark
      • Ghost Dogs, by Dion O'Reilly
      • A Kinship with Ash, by Heather Swan
      • Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound, by Yvonne Zipter
      • Somatic, by Ann Keniston
      • The Honey of Earth, by David Graham
      • Sugar Fix, by Kory Wells
      • The Davids Inside David, by Sarah Wetzel
      • The Bones of Winter Birds, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • Strange What Rises, by Gary Whitehead
      • Suspension, by Paige Riehl
      • The Northway, by Lisa Bellamy
      • The Infinite Doctrine of Water, by Michael T. Young
      • Aileron, by Geraldine Connolly
      • No Such Thing As Distance, by Karen Paul Holmes
      • Leaves Surface Like Skin, by Michelle Menting
      • How to Wear This Body, by Hayden Saunier
      • Travel Notes from the River Styx, by Susanna Lang
      • Route 66 and Its Sorrows, by Carolyn Miller
      • Bluewords Greening, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • The Canopy, by Patricia Clark
      • Cutting Room, by Jessica de Koninck
      • The Persistence of Longing, by Lynne Knight
      • Confessions of a Captured Angel, by Neil Carpathios
    • Craft Books >
      • NEW--The Strategic Poet
      • The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics
      • The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop
      • The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop
    • Anthologies >
      • NEW—A Constellation of Kisses
      • The Book of Donuts, edited by Jason Lee Brown and Shanie Latham
      • The Doll Collection
  • Redux Series
  • Submissions
    • Guidelines
    • FAQs
  • Poetry Salon
  • Store
    • Poetry Books
    • Craft Books
    • Anthologies