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Independent
Southern Lit.

Loblolly Press is an independent press publishing contemporary poetry, short fiction, and novels rooted in the American South.

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What We Stand For

And the why behind what we do
Independent, regional publishing

We publish contemporary work rooted in the South, led by editorial care rather than market trend.

Writers in relationship

We build long-term partnerships with authors based on trust, transparency, and shared investment in the work.

Centering marginalized voices

We prioritize writers who have been excluded from traditional publishing and support work shaped by lived experience.

Place-aware, contemporary literature

We publish writing attentive to land, labor, ecology, queerness, race, and class as they exist now.

Independent, regional publishing
Writers in relationship
Centering marginalized voices
Place-aware, contemporary literature

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