Underground Voices Explained

Underground Voices
Language:	American English
Category:	Novels, novellas, memoirs, poetry chapbooks, short story chapbooks, e-shorts
Publisher:	Cetywa Powell
Country:	United States
Website:	undergroundvoices.com

Underground Voices is an independent American book publisher. Originally started as an online literary magazine in 2004, it expanded into a small press in 2009. In 2013, it became an independent book publisher. Underground Voices is based in Los Angeles.

Awards and recognitions

Work published has been awarded or received honorable mention in the following:

• 2016 Finalist, 19th Library of Virginia Literary award^[1]
• 2015 Finalist, Beverly Hills Literary Award^[2]
• 2014 Notable Indie Book, Shelf Unbound^[3]
• 2014 Finalist, International Book Awards^[4]
• Dzanc Books 2008 Best of the Web^[5]
• 2007 Pushcart Prize XXXI Best of the Small Presses Anthology - Special Mention
• storySouth Million Writer's Award 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009

Select books by Underground Voices

• Petroleum Transfer Engineer by Richard Klin (2018; paperback 978-0998892337)
• The Good Dead by Al Sim (2017; paperback 978-0998892313)
• Super Sport by Ralph Bland (2017; paperback 978-0998892306)
• The Pull of It by Wendy J. Fox (2016; paperback 978-0990433170)
• Miraculous Fauna by Timmy Reed (2016; paperback 978-0990433156)
• The Beginning Things by Bunny Goodjohn (2015; paperback 978-0990433163)
• West by Whitney Poole (2015; paperback 978-0990433132)
• The Demon who Peddled Longing by Khanh Ha (2014; paperback 978-0990433118)
• Faulkner & Friends by Vicki Salloum (2014; paperback 978-0990433101)
• Scars of the New Order by Scott Neuffer (2014; paperback 9780983045687)
• The Collector of Tears by Michael C. Keith (2014; paperback 978-0983045670)
• Scarred Canvas by RC Edrington (2013; paperback 978-0983045649)
• From the UV Files (2012; paperback 978-0983045632)
• Hotel Oblivion (2011; paperback 978-0983045625)
• Last Train To Noir City (2010; paperback 978-0-9830456-0-1)
• Chewing The Fat (2009; paperback 978-0615314754)

Select shorts from Underground Voices e-book series

• Inferno by Jim Meirose (2017)^[6]
• Five Words That Can Cripple a Man by Max Mundan (2016)^[7]
• The Top Floor by Vince Reighard (2015)^[8]
• Hard to Learn. A novella by J.S. Kierland (2015)^[9]
• The Lightning Tree by Erin Pringle-Toungate (2015)^[10]

Past contributors

Authors

• James Brown (Los Angeles Diaries^[11])
• Andrew Coburn (Edgar Award nominee for the novel Goldlilocks^[12])
  • Michael C. Keith Ned Vizzini (It's Kind of a Funny Story, Be More Chill, Teen Angst? Naaah...)
• Nancy Weber (The Life Swap)

Poets

• Cortney Davis^[13]
• Patricia Fargnoli
• S.A. Griffin
• Lyn Lifshin
• Tony O'Neill (Down and Out on Murder Mile,^[14] Digging the Vein^[15])
• Charles Plymell
• Linda Ravenswood

Artists

• Chris Anthony
• Alessandro Bavari^[16]
• Jeremy Caniglia
• Ben Goossens
• Misha Gordin^[17]
• Michal Macku^[18]
• Mark Parisi (Off the Mark comic panel)

See also

• List of literary magazines

External links

• Tweets From Tahrir book review
• Cover screenshot gallery

Notes and References

1. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/litawards/ 2016 Finalist, 19th Library of Virginia Literary award
2. http://www.beverlyhillsbookawards.com/2015-BHBA-Winners-and-Finalists.htm 2015 Finalist, Beverly Hills Literary Award
3. http://www.shelfmediagroup.com/ 2014 Notable Indie Book, Shelf Unbound
4. http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2014awardannouncement.html 2014 Finalist, International Book Awards
5. http://www.dzancbooks.org/best-of-the-web-2008/ Dzanc Books 2008 Best of the Web
6. https://www.amazon.com/INFERNO-Jim-Meirose-ebook/dp/B06XKXD7V6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489844496&sr=8-1&keywords=jim+meirose+inferno Inferno by Jim Meirose (2017)
7. https://www.amazon.com/Five-Words-That-Can-Cripple-ebook/dp/B01B4YRBK2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1454336390&sr=8-2&keywords=max+mundan Five Words That Can Cripple a Man by Max Mundan (2016)
8. https://www.amazon.com/Top-Floor-Vince-Reighard-ebook/dp/B017GC0OM8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1447555749&sr=1-1&keywords=vince+reighard The Top Floor by Vince Reighard (2015)
9. https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Learn-novella-J-S-Kierland-ebook/dp/B00W7RE1G8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429404850&sr=8-1&keywords=j.s.+kierland Hard to Learn. A novella by J.S. Kierland (2015)
10. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TCNU5HY The Lightning Tree by Erin Pringle-Toungate (2015)
11. https://www.amazon.com/dp/006052152X Los Angeles Diaries
12. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0843957077 Goldlilocks
13. Web site: A Way to Honor Life . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324013639/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7136723 . 2022-03-24 . live .
14. http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061582868/Down_and_Out_on_Murder_Mile/index.aspx Down and Out on Murder Mile
15. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0976657910 Digging the Vein
16. http://www.alessandrobavari.com Alessandro Bavari
17. http://www.bsimple.com/home.htm Misha Gordin
18. http://www.michal-macku.cz Michal Macku