Hell Yes Press

Love Poem Anthology--Submissions Closed

2012-01-31T08:50:00.000-08:00

Thank you very much to everyone who sent us their voices and words! We'll be in touch very soon.

Love Poem Anthology--Submission Deadline Extended

2012-01-21T15:36:00.000-08:00

We're extending the deadline for submissions for our next project, an anthology of love poems on cassette, for another week, until Saturday, January 28.

We've got some really great work already, and we're excited to hopefully add your poems as well. Please contact us at hellyespress@gmail.com if you've any questions or concerns.

See the previous post below for details about how to submit (really, just email a recording of you reading and a copy of the text of your submission).

Call for Submissions

2011-12-30T11:03:00.000-08:00

Greetings from Hell Yes. We're reading submissions for our next project: an anthology of love poems on cassette.

Why love poems? Because they never go out of style. Your poems can be pro-, anti-, or ambivalent.

Why a cassette? Because we like art that makes you work a little bit. We like the idea of you scrounging up an old Walkman, sitting in your car, or going to the local library to listen to poets read their poems. In a time when we're all distracted, hopefully this slows us down.

The details: Email us a recording of you reading your poem(s) (via whatever options you have on your computer--e.g., GarageBand) and a copy of the text. We'll do the rest.

Soft deadline: January 16th. Then however long it takes to physically make them.

Send to: hellyespress@gmail.com

2011-09-16T09:41:00.001-07:00

Mission Creek Festival, Small Press and Literary Journal Fair: Sat, April 3, 1:00 - 4:30

2011-03-11T12:58:00.000-08:00

The small press and literary journal fair will start at 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 3rd. The event, which runs through 4:30 PM, will take place at The Mill (120 East Burlington Street, IC IA, 52245).

The publications you'll see on hand:

Granta Magazine
Iowa Review
MAKE Magazine
Rescue Press
Wag's Revue
Hell Yes Press
Defunct Magazine
Canarium Press
Flim Forum
featherproof
Black Ocean Press
PANK Magazine
Further Adventures Press
Human 500
Lightful Press
Catenary Press
Blue//Green
UI Center for the Book
Iowa Youth Writing Project
UNESCO City of Literature

Apparently there will also be free beer (!), courtesy of New Belgium Brewing, so come get a drink and see us with these other great presses. More info here.

Huge thanks to Joseph M. Tiefenthaler, Mission Creek's Literary Programming Coordinator.

Mission Creek Festival: April 2-3, 2011: Iowa City, IA

2011-02-20T11:03:00.000-08:00

Hell Yes Press has some roots in Iowa City, so we're happy to be returning there as part of the Mission Creek Festival. Brad Liening will be reading as part of a literary pub crawl (details forthcoming), and Hell Yes Press will participate in this:

New Belgium Brewery & Mission Creek Present: 2nd Annual Small Press and Literary Journal Book Fair. New Belgium's Iowa Ranger will be there to serve you fabulous beers from the New Belgium tap.

Click here for more details. And we'll keep you posted here with updates. Many thanks to Joe and the Mission Creek people for including us.

Changes at Hell Yes

2011-02-20T10:00:00.000-08:00

Hello! Just a quick note:

Thanks for keeping tabs on us here at Hell Yes. We're going through a few changes around the office, but we're still here. Good things take time, and we believe in quality, not quantity. We'll be back to our operations soon, we think, and we thank you for your patience and interest.

Hell Yes at Rain Taxi Twin Cities Book Festival

2010-10-13T09:31:00.000-07:00

Come visit HYP at the Rain Taxi Twin Cities Book Festival!

We will have signed copies of books, 5 brand new, not yet published poems from Dobby Gibson to give away with purchase of his fine collaborative chapbook (w/ Matt Hart), Late Makeup Years and Decline (1979-1983), special book festival sale prices, and other surprises.

Please come out and say hello on Saturday.

MCTC
1501 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, MN

Saturday, October 16, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Any and all additional information is available on Rain Taxi's website, right here. Hope to see you soon.

Late Makeup Years and Decline (1979-1983): Dobby Gibson and Matt Hart: Now Available

2010-03-21T17:44:00.000-07:00

Late Makeup Years and Decline (1979-1983)
Dobby Gibson and Matt Hart
72 pages
$15 donation PPD

This book is hand silkscreened (three colors) and assembled by hand for your order! The book is 7x7, printed on 70# paper, and bound by metal rings. It looks like this:

Ordering information can be found on the right side of the page. This is a limited edition of 150 copies.

Dobby Gibson is the author of Polar (Alice James Books, 2005), which won the Beatrice Hawley Award, and Skirmish (Graywolf Press, 2009). He lives in Minneapolis.

Matt Hart is the author of Who’s Who Vivid (Slope Editions, 2006) and YOU ARE MIST (Moor Books, forthcoming). He lives in Cincinnati.

Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston: Brad Liening: Available Now

2009-09-07T11:51:00.000-07:00

WHAT IS IT?

Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston. is a chapbook of poems and drawings. It's 32 pages, black-and-white, side-stapled twice in the very best zine tradition by a small band of dedicated peeps in it for the love of the game.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston. includes poems about, by, and for Whitney Houston, with special appearances by Bobby Brown and a few other people. It's sort of like an inquiry in the weird interstices that exist between celebrity and artistry, the public and the private, and us versus them, but in a way that's more awesome and fun than fussy.

WHO MADE IT?

Brad Liening.

HOW DO I GET IT?

There's a PayPal option on the right side of the page here, along with suggested donations. Wholesale rates on request. We'll send it to you PPD lickety-split.

The zine looks like this:

You can get an A/V taste of Are You There, God? It's Me, Whitney Houston. by clicking right here, and you can email us at hellyespress@gmail.com.

Hell Yes

2009-09-02T14:31:00.000-07:00