Introducing the Thomas E. Kennedy Novel Award

Serving House Books is seeking brave, well-crafted, literary novels for the Thomas E. Kennedy Novel Award. We want books that are overlooked and under-appreciated by traditional commercial publishing companies. We are interested in work that explores the depths of the...

ARTIFACTS AND OTHER STORIES is the winner in Short Story Fiction for the 2024 American Fiction Awards! Congratulations to Ronna Wineberg! We’re honored to have published this excellent collection!

Mark Cox Wins $10,000 NC Arts Council’s Artist Fellowship

We are thrilled to announce that Mark Cox, SHB author of Sorrow Bread: Poems 1984-2015, has won a $10,000 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship. “One seeks that elusive treasure,” Cox says, “the poem that exists as a beautifully made object,...

Mark Cox’s Poem “Alcohol” Featured at Poetry Daily

Exciting news! Mark Cox’s Sorrow Bread: Poems 1984-2015 is featured on Poetry Daily today. “Alcohol” is the featured poem, and this intensely moving poem grabs you, wraps itself around you, and doesn’t let go. It begins, “In this faded...