• Hi. Welcome!

    Ruinous Press is a tiny publisher of poetry, hybrid, short-form, and visual art chapbooks and zines.

    Anti-fascist. Anti-AI.
    DIY. Chicago.

    We champion all writers, but we are most interested in writers of color and voices that are historically underrepresented.







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How to Submit

– Send us 20-40 of your best pages to ruinouspress at gmail dot com in word or pdf format
– We try our best to respond within six months
– We pay a modest cash stipend + 10 author copies
– Simultaneous submissions are okay, but please withdraw your submission if your work is accepted elsewhere
– We do not accept works composed, either in part or entirely, with the use of Artificial Intelligence

Who We Are

Our Mission

  • The world is collapsing. Let’s make art.


No portion of this work may be used for training artificial intelligence without written permission.

Cover photo by The Cleveland Museum of Art on Unsplash