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Lavender Ink was founded in 1995 in New Orleans by Bill Lavender, who is still the Director and Editor in Chief. The Press is a sole-proprietorship funded solely by revenues from book sales and some small grants and funding initiatives for individual books. Prior to 2012 the press published only poetry, but is now publishing fiction, nonfiction and other genres, also. Diálogos is an imprint of Lavender Ink devoted to literatures which have cross-cultural significance, primarily but not exclusively literature in translation. It is envisioned, too, that such work will often have a political component. Submissions are peer-reviewed via a large network of poets, writers and scholars around the nation. Many of the authors and translators in our current list peer-review new submissions.

We are interested in any work of literary merit in any genre, including anthologies or collections, though in general we take submissions by invitation only. Submitters are encouraged, in fact admonished, to study our list before submitting.

We are interested in any work of literary merit, normally in the broad categories of Contemporary Poetry and Fiction and Literature in Translation. The two imprints emphasize the following:

Lavender Ink: Contemporary Poetry, Fiction and other genres in English.

Diálogos: Works of international or cross-cultural significance, including works in translation and/or any work which engages multiple cultures.

While our two imprints represent different categories of publications, you need not concern yourself with which imprint you are submitting to.

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For more information, please feel free to email editors@lavenderink.org