RED OCHRE PRESS

"It is a mysterious and complicated business, bringing together muscles and brain, memory and desire, and a rhythm of motions and subconscious impulses...No wonder most good writers approach writing with just a twinge of terror in their bones." --Richard Marius

RED OCHRE PRESS is a licensed business, that exists as a print, publishing press and a community advocate for all things literary. We publish premier, contemporary literature. This includes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, interviews & essays. While our primary goal is to showcase the work of experienced authors, we feature emerging writers as well. A multicultural organization, we venerate voices from around the world, taking pride in writers whose work is both innovative and captivating.

This press was founded on the belief that reading and writing are becoming dying pastimes.

In a world where people choose daily to flip through 1,000 channels instead of pages, writers must perfect their work and present it via widely accessible media venues. First and foremost, however, we, as writers, must lose our fear of rejection and submit polished pieces for publication.

Truly, this represents the crux of RED OCHRE LiT (our journal), ROLiT NEWS (our newsletter), and BLACK&WHITE (our semi-annual series), resoiling the grains of our literary ancestors and what they worked so hard for.

To really drive this notion home, RED OCHRE PRESS offers a number of workshops to help our local writers refine their literary crafts. We have groups geared for youths and adults. Our FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS ushers writers into their creative zone and takes them through an actual publication journey. Students mold their skills, creating powerful literature as they build a readership. This is paramount in a writer's literary universe and it is key to reviving the world's interest in reading. Please click on the link above for more information.

You will also be thrilled to learned about our new REVIEW & PROMOTION SERVICES. Learn how RED OCHRE PRESS can help YOU in your publication journey. We will not only review your manuscript and offer editorial suggestions to strengthen the piece, but also help you promote it! Our reputation and professional connections may be just what you need to get your work published. Read now for more information.

SIDE NOTE: RED OCHRE LiT & BLACK&WHITE are currently accepting submissions and we invite you to not only read our past online ISSUES, but also SUBMIT your work! We are eager to read pieces that steer us into emotion. Whether sadness, elation, empathy, or even anger, we want to feel your words.

Lastly, monetary donations help maintain foundation for our monthly, print issues as well as our yearly, print anthologies. We ask that you participate in our KEEP RED OCHRE ALIVE CAMPAIGN.

Cheers to yet another wave of writing!

Until next time,
Editors of RED OCHRE PRESS

Mimi Ferebee, ''Ibises at Play''

Your Editing Ibises:
Mimi Ferebee
  Editor-in-Chief
  James Akers
Fiction Head
    Dru MacArthur
Poetry Head
Victoria Johnson
Photography Head

BOARD OF ADVISORY DIRECTORS

Dr. Casey Clabough
Melvin Ferebee
Mimi Ferebee
Steve Knepper
Ian Blake Newham
Dr. Mark Roberts
Delaney Silver
Mables Tigo