The Toad Press International Chapbook Series publishes contemporary, exciting, beautiful, odd, and avant-garde chapbook-length translations of poetry and prose. Since 2021, Toad Press has been an imprint of Veliz Books.

We accept submissions of chapbook-length TRANSLATIONS for the International Chapbook Series each year between October 15 and December 31.

We accept online submissions only. Your submissions should include ~14-26 pages of poetry or prose, cover sheet with name and contact information, table of contents (if applicable), and acknowledgments page.

  • Toad Press publishes 1-3 chapbooks each year.
  • Chapbooks accepted for publication will appear the following Summer/Fall.
  • Payment is in copies only.
  • Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, but please do us the  courtesy of withdrawing your manuscript immediately if it is accepted  elsewhere.

Visit https://toadpress.blogspot.com for full submission information and to review our FAQs


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Looking to submit your full length literary translation or collection? Check out the Veliz Books submission guidelines for full-length manuscripts.


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You can always purchase copies of Toad Press chapbooks here (choose one of the "purchase a chapbook" options below), or you can shop Toad Press chapbooks in the Veliz Books store.

SUBMIT to Request a review copy

Would you like a review copy of one of our forthcoming or recently published chapbooks? Great! We love it when people read and talk about literary translations.

We can currently send free review copies to addresses in the US only. If you reside outside the United States, please send us an email at toadpresschaps@gmail.com to check on availability of e-copies for review. 

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Note: Toad Press does not currently publish reviews. Use this form to request a review copy of a Toad Press chapbook; it's then up to you to write the review and find a home for it. 

Some print and online journals that might be interested in considering reviews of Toad Press titles include: 91st Meridian, Asymptote, Circumference, Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation, periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics, and Three Percent.

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SUBMIT to Submit to the Toad Press International chapbook series (literary translations)

Toad Press reads open submissions of chapbook-length TRANSLATIONS for the International Chapbook Series each year between October 15 and December 31.

    Please upload your entire submission--a cover sheet with your name and contact information, table of contents (if applicable), ~14-24 pages of poetry or prose, and acknowledgments page (if applicable)--in a single file.

    Toad Press publishes between 1 and 3 chapbooks a year. Chapbooks accepted for publication will appear the following Summer/Fall. Payment is in copies only.

Questions? Check out the FAQ's on our website ( https://toadpress.blogspot.com/p/faqs.html ) or send us an email at toadpresschaps@gmail.com.

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  About our submission options:

$0 - no reading fee

$6 - reading fee only

$12 - submit + choose a chapbook (see list below), for US addresses only

$14 - submit  + choose a chapbook (see list below), for mailing addresses outside the US


 

Thank you for choosing to submit your work to us! 

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Reading fees help us to cover the costs associated with running a small press, and we appreciate your support! 

When you choose the $12/$14 "submit + choose a book" option,  please select one of our previously published titles from the list below.

  • An Unknown Taste (Park Soran, trans. Susan K)
  • 09/09 : Nine Japanese Female Poets / Nine Heian Waka (trans. Naoko Fujimoto)
  • a species of least concern (Maria Cyranowicz, trans. Małgorzata Myk)
  • Hekate (Anna Glazova, trans. Alex Niemi)
  • Word Heart (Yaxkin Melchy, trans. Ryan Greene)
  • Void Odyssey (Renato Negrão, trans. Sarah Rebecca Kersley)
  • The Seamstresses (Elena Poniatowska, trans. Rowena Galavitz)
  • In the Gloom on the Left (Joyce Mansour, trans. Molly Bendall)
  • Faith in Strangers (Katarzyna Szaulińska, trans. Mark Tardi)
  • The Cheapest France in Town (Seo Jung Hak, trans. Megan Sungyoon)
  • Codex of the Insane (Bronka Nowicka, trans. Katarzyna Szuster-Tardi)
  • A Musical Education (Yaki Setton, trans. Sergio Waisman)
  • The Absolute Reader (Miri Ben Simhon, trans. Lisa Katz)
  • For the Seals (Juan Manuel Sánchez, trans. Jesse Lee Kercheval & Ruth Llana)
  • The Meat Market (Shaheen Akhtar & Mashiul Alam, trans. Shabnam Nadiya)
  • Experimental Gardening Manual (Sebastián Jiménez Galindo, trans. Naomi Washer) 
  • Two Step (Jacques Jouet & Olivier Salon, trans. Emma Ramadan & Chris Clarke)
  • houses | stripped (Paola Loreto, trans. Lawrence Venuti)
  • Blue Birds and Red Horses (Inna Kabysh, trans. Katherine Young)
  • Poet Blood (Kim Kyung Ju, trans. Jake Levine)
  • Shadowslongshoreman (José Daniel García, trans. Jesse Tangen-Mills)
  • The Night's Belly (Sara Tuss Efrik, trans. Paul Cunningham)
  • Tail of the Whale (Alice Sant'Anna, trans. Tiffany Higgins)
  • Mainland (stinne storm, trans. stinne storm)
  • ANTI-FERULE (Karen Wild Díaz, trans. by Ron Paul Salutsky)
  • The Tears (Olivia Rosenthal, trans, Béatrice Mousli)
  • Passenger ultrasound (Justyna Bargielska, trans. Katarzyna Szuster)
  • Eduardo Milan: Poems (trans. Leora Fridman)
  • The Flying Head (Ioan Flora, trans. Adam J. Sorkin and Elena Borta)
  • The Baden-Baden Lesson Plan in Acquiescence (Bertolt Brecht, trans. Justin Vicari)
  • Fernando de Rojas Asleep on His Own Hand (Rafael Ballesteros, trans. Steven J. Stewart) 


 

Purchase a 2022- 2024 chapbook ($8 US or $11 outside US)
SUBMIT to Purchase a 2022- 2024 chapbook ($8 US or $11 outside US)

Please select this option to purchase ONE of our chapbooks (published between 2022-2024) via credit card. Note your selection in the "Comments" category. 

Note: If your mailing address is outside the US, choose the $11 shipping category.

  • An Unknown Taste, poems by Park Soran, translated by Susan K. Toad Press/Veliz Books, September 2024
  • 09/09 Nine Japanese Female Poets / Nine Heian Waka, poems by Sei Shōnagon, Fujiwara no Teishi, Murasaki Shikibu, Kōkamonin no Bettō, Izumi Shikibu, Koshikibu no Naishi, Ukon, Daini no Sanmi, and Empress Shōshi; translations, original essays, and drawings by Naoko  Fujimoto. Published byToad Press/Veliz Books, August 2024
  • a species of least concern, poems by Maria Cyranowicz, translated by Małgorzata Myk. Toad Press/Veliz Books, July 2024   
  • Hekate, poems by Anna Glazova, translated by Alex Niemi. Toad Press/Veliz Books, September 2023
  • Word Heart, poems by Yaxkin Melchy, translate by Ryan Greene. Cover design: Niel Gan. Toad Press/Veliz Books, August 2023
  • Void Odyssey, a book-poem-performance by Renato Negrão, translated from the Brazilian Portuguese by Sarah Rebecca Kersley. Cover design: Daniel Minchoni, with an illustration by Marcos Gom. Toad Press/Veliz Books, December 2022
  • The Seamstresses, creative nonfiction by Elena Poniatowska, translated from the Spanish by Rowena Galavitz.  Cover photograph, by Alejandro González Castillo, shows a mural in downtown Mexico City painted by Maldita Carmen. Toad Press/Veliz Books, November 2022
  • In the Gloom on the Left, selections of Joyce Mansour, translated by Molly Bendall. Toad Press/Veliz Books, August 2022

 Note: If your mailing address is outside the US, choose the $11 shipping category.  Thanks!

The cover price of each chapbook is $6, plus $2 local shipping and fees or plus $5 overseas shipping and fees.  

Toad Press chapbooks are also available for purchase online at the Veliz Books store at https://veliz-books.square.site/#eRbucN 

SUBMIT to Purchase a 2004-2021 chapbook title ($7 US or $10 outside US)

  Please select this option to purchase ONE of our chapbooks (published between 2004-2021) via credit card. Note your selection in the "title" category. 

Note: If your mailing address is outside the US, choose the $10 shipping category.

Available titles: 

  • Faith in Strangers (Katarzyna Szaulińska, trans. Mark Tardi)
  • The Cheapest France in Town (Seo Jung Hak, trans. Megan Sungyoon)
  • Codex of the Insane (Bronka Nowicka, trans. Katarzyna Szuster-Tardi)
  • A Musical Education (Yaki Setton, trans. Sergio Waisman)
  • The Absolute Reader (Miri Ben Simhon, trans. Lisa Katz)
  • For the Seals (Juan Manuel Sánchez, trans. Jesse Lee Kercheval & Ruth Llana)
  • The Meat Market (Shaheen Akhtar & Mashiul Alam, trans. Shabnam Nadiya)
  • Experimental Gardening Manual (Sebastián Jiménez Galindo, trans. Naomi Washer) 
  • Two Step (Jacques Jouet & Olivier Salon, trans. Emma Ramadan & Chris Clarke)
  • houses | stripped (Paola Loreto, trans. Lawrence Venuti)
  • Blue Birds and Red Horses (Inna Kabysh, trans. Katherine E. Young)
  • Poet Blood (Kim Kyung Ju, trans. Jake Levine)
  • shadowslongshoreman (José Daniel García, trans. Jesse Tangen-Mills)
  • The Night's Belly (Sara Tuss Efrik, trans. Paul Cunningham)
  • Tail of the Whale (Alice Sant'Anna, trans. Tiffany Higgins)
  • mainland (stinne storm, trans. stinne storm)
  • Anti-Ferule (Karen Wild Díaz, trans. Ron Paul Salutsky)
  • The Tears (Olivia Rosenthal, trans. Béatrice Mousli) 
  • Passenger ultrasound (Justyna Bargielska, trans. Katarzyna Szuster)
  • *Roly Poly (Victoria Estol, trans. Seth Michelson)
  • Every Good Heart Is a Telescope (Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, trans. Katherine M. Hedeen)
  • Eduardo Milan: Poems (Eduardo Milan, trans. Leora Fridman)
  • The Flying Head (Ioan Flora, trans. Adam J. Sorkin and Elena Borta)
  • *An Evening in Europe (Jorg Fauser, trans. Mark Terrill)
  • *Arctic Poems (Vicente Huidobro, trans. Nathan Hoks)
  • The Baden-Baden Lesson Play on Acquiescence (Bertolt Brecht, trans. Justin Vicari)
  • *Mercury Project (Grzegorz Wroblewski, trans. Adam Zdrowski)
  • Fernando de Rojas Asleep on His Own Hand (Rafael Ballesteros, trans. Steven J. Stewart)
  • *Woman Bathing Light to Dark (Paul Eluard, trans. Justin Vicari)
  • *Martial Artist (Martial, trans. George Held)

     

*limited quantities available; please query before ordering this title.
 

Thanks!

  Chapbooks are $5 each, plus $2 local shipping and fees or plus $5 overseas shipping and fees.

SUBMIT to Purchase two 2004-2021 chapbook titles ($13 US or $17 outside US)

  Please select this option to purchase TWO of our chapbooks (published between 2004-2021) via credit card. Note your selections in the "title" category. 

 Note: If your mailing address is outside the US, choose the $17 category.

Available titles: 

Faith in Strangers (Katarzyna Szaulińska, trans. Mark Tardi)

The Cheapest France in Town (Seo Jung Hak, trans. Megan Sungyoon)

Codex of the Insane (Bronka Nowicka, trans. Katarzyna Szuster-Tardi)

A Musical Education (Yaki Setton, trans. Sergio Waisman) 

The Absolute Reader (Miri Ben Simhon, trans. Lisa Katz) 

For the Seals (Juan Manuel Sánchez, trans. Jesse Lee Kercheval & Ruth Llana) 

The Meat Market (Shaheen Akhtar & Mashiul Alam, trans. Shabnam Nadiya) 

Experimental Gardening Manual (Sebastián Jiménez Galindo, trans. Naomi Washer) 

Two Step (Jacques Jouet & Olivier Salon, trans. Emma Ramadan & Chris Clarke) 

houses | stripped (Paola Loreto, trans. Lawrence Venuti) 

Blue Birds and Red Horses (Inna Kabysh, trans. Katherine E. Young) 

Poet Blood (Kim Kyung Ju, trans. Jake Levine)

shadowslongshoreman (José Daniel García, trans. Jesse Tangen-Mills)

The Night's Belly (Sara Tuss Efrik, trans. Paul Cunningham)

Tail of the Whale (Alice Sant'Anna, trans. Tiffany Higgins)

mainland (stinne storm, trans. stinne storm)

Anti-Ferule (Karen Wild Díaz, trans. Ron Paul Salutsky)

The Tears (Olivia Rosenthal, trans. Béatrice Mousli) 

Passenger ultrasound (Justyna Bargielska, trans. Katarzyna Szuster)

*Roly Poly (Victoria Estol, trans. Seth Michelson)

Every Good Heart Is a Telescope (Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, trans. Katherine M. Hedeen)

Eduardo Milan: Poems (Eduardo Milan, trans. Leora Fridman)

The Flying Head (Ioan Flora, trans. Adam J. Sorkin and Elena Borta)

*An Evening in Europe (Jorg Fauser, trans. Mark Terrill)

 *Arctic Poems (Vicente Huidobro, trans. Nathan Hoks)

The Baden-Baden Lesson Play on Acquiescence (Bertolt Brecht, trans. Justin Vicari)

 *Mercury Project (Grzegorz Wroblewski, trans. Adam Zdrowski)

Fernando de Rojas Asleep on His Own Hand (Rafael Ballesteros, trans. Steven J. Stewart)

Woman Bathing Light to Dark (Paul Eluard, trans. Justin Vicari)

*Martial Artist (Martial, trans. George Held)


*limited quantities available; please query before ordering this title.


 
Thanks!

 
Chapbooks are $5 each + $3 local shipping and fees or + $7 overseas shipping and fees

$19.00
$19.00
SUBMIT to Purchase three 2004-2021 chapbook titles (shipping to US addresses only)

  Please select this option to purchase THREE of our 2004-2021 chapbook titles via credit card. Note your selections in the "title" category.

 Note: US addresses only. If you'd like your 3 chapbooks mailed outside of the US, please email toadpress@hotmail.com to query before making a purchase.

Available titles: 

  • Faith in Strangers (Katarzyna Szaulińska, trans. Mark Tardi)
  • The Cheapest France in Town (Seo Jung Hak, trans. Megan Sungyoon)
  • Codex of the Insane (Bronka Nowicka, trans. Katarzyna Szuster-Tardi)
  • A Musical Education (Yaki Setton, trans. Sergio Waisman) 
  • The Absolute Reader (Miri Ben Simhon, trans. Lisa Katz) 
  • For the Seals (Juan Manuel Sánchez, trans. Jesse Lee Kercheval & Ruth Llana)
  • The Meat Market (Shaheen Akhtar & Mashiul Alam, trans. Shabnam Nadiya)
  • Experimental Gardening Manual (Sebastián Jiménez Galindo, trans. Naomi Washer) 
  • Two Step (Jacques Jouet & Olivier Salon, trans. Emma Ramadan & Chris Clarke)
  • houses | stripped (Paola Loreto, trans. Lawrence Venuti) 
  • Blue Birds and Red Horses (Inna Kabysh, trans. Katherine E. Young) 
  • Poet Blood (Kim Kyung Ju, trans. Jake Levine)
  • shadowslongshoreman (José Daniel García, trans. Jesse Tangen-Mills)
  • The Night's Belly (Sara Tuss Efrik, trans. Paul Cunningham)
  • Tail of the Whale (Alice Sant'Anna, trans. Tiffany Higgins)
  • mainland (stinne storm, trans. stinne storm)
  • Anti-Ferule (Karen Wild Díaz, trans. Ron Paul Salutsky)
  • The Tears (Olivia Rosenthal, trans. Béatrice Mousli) 
  • Passenger ultrasound (Justyna Bargielska, trans. Katarzyna Szuster)
  • *Roly Poly (Victoria Estol, trans. Seth Michelson)
  • Every Good Heart Is a Telescope (Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, trans. Katherine M. Hedeen)
  • Eduardo Milan: Poems (Eduardo Milan, trans. Leora Fridman)
  • The Flying Head (Ioan Flora, trans. Adam J. Sorkin and Elena Borta)
  • *An Evening in Europe (Jorg Fauser, trans. Mark Terrill)
  • *Arctic Poems (Vicente Huidobro, trans. Nathan Hoks)
  • The Baden-Baden Lesson Play on Acquiescence (Bertolt Brecht, trans. Justin Vicari) 
  • *Mercury Project (Grzegorz Wroblewski, trans. Adam Zdrowski)
  • Fernando de Rojas Asleep on His Own Hand (Rafael Ballesteros, trans. Steven J. Stewart)
  • Woman Bathing Light to Dark (Paul Eluard, trans. Justin Vicari)
  • *Martial Artist (Martial, trans. George Held)


*limited quantities available; please query before ordering this title.

 
Thanks!

  Chapbooks are $5 each + $4 local shipping and fees 

$26.00
$26.00
SUBMIT to Purchase four 2004-2021 chapbook titles (shipping to US addresses only)

Please select this option to purchase FOUR of our 2004-2021 chapbooks via credit card. Please note your title selections in the Title line.

Note: US addresses only. If you'd like your 4 chapbooks mailed outside of the US, please email toadpress@hotmail.com to check before making a purchase.

Available titles: 

Faith in Strangers (Katarzyna Szaulińska, trans. Mark Tardi)

The Cheapest France in Town (Seo Jung Hak, trans. Megan Sungyoon)

Codex of the Insane (Bronka Nowicka, trans. Katarzyna Szuster-Tardi)

A Musical Education (Yaki Setton, trans. Sergio Waisman) 

The Absolute Reader (Miri Ben Simhon, trans. Lisa Katz)

For the Seals (Juan Manuel Sánchez, trans. Jesse Lee Kercheval & Ruth Llana) 

The Meat Market (Shaheen Akhtar & Mashiul Alam, trans. Shabnam Nadiya) 

Experimental Gardening Manual (Sebastián Jiménez Galindo, trans. Naomi Washer)

Two Step (Jacques Jouet & Olivier Salon, trans. Emma Ramadan & Chris Clarke)   

houses | stripped (Paola Loreto, trans. Lawrence Venuti)  

Blue Birds and Red Horses (Inna Kabysh, trans. Katherine E. Young) 

Poet Blood (Kim Kyung Ju, trans. Jake Levine)

shadowslongshoreman (José Daniel García, trans. Jesse Tangen-Mills)

The Night's Belly (Sara Tuss Efrik, trans. Paul Cunningham)

Tail of the Whale (Alice Sant'Anna, trans. Tiffany Higgins)

mainland (stinne storm, trans. stinne storm)

Anti-Ferule (Karen Wild Díaz, trans. Ron Paul Salutsky)

The Tears (Olivia Rosenthal, trans. Béatrice Mousli) 

Passenger ultrasound (Justyna Bargielska, trans. Katarzyna Szuster)

*Roly Poly (Victoria Estol, trans. Seth Michelson)

Every Good Heart Is a Telescope (Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, trans. Katherine M. Hedeen)

Eduardo Milan: Poems (Eduardo Milan, trans. Leora Fridman)

The Flying Head (Ioan Flora, trans. Adam J. Sorkin and Elena Borta)

*An Evening in Europe (Jorg Fauser, trans. Mark Terrill)

*Arctic Poems (Vicente Huidobro, trans. Nathan Hoks)

The Baden-Baden Lesson Play on Acquiescence (Bertolt Brecht, trans. Justin Vicari)

*Mercury Project (Grzegorz Wroblewski, trans. Adam Zdrowski)

Fernando de Rojas Asleep on His Own Hand (Rafael Ballesteros, trans. Steven J. Stewart)

Woman Bathing Light to Dark (Paul Eluard, trans. Justin Vicari)

*Martial Artist (Martial, trans. George Held)

*limited quantities available; please query before ordering this title.

 
Thanks!

  Chapbooks are $5 each + $6 local shipping and fees

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