Kaya Press

(Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Regional, Indigenous)
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About Kaya Press

Kaya Press is a publisher of the Asian-Pacific diasporas, and is under the academic auspices of the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

Kaya Press is a group of dedicated writers, artists, readers, and lovers of books working together to publish the most challenging, and provocative literature being produced throughout the Asian and Pacific Island diasporas.

Founded in 1994, Kaya Press has established itself as the premier publisher of cutting-edge Asian and Pacific-Islander diasporic writers in the USA. Their diverse list of titles includes experimental poetry, noir fiction, film memoir, avant-garde art, performance pieces, “lost” novels, and everything in between.

Kaya authors have been the recipients of numerous awards, including the Gregory Kolovakas Prize for Outstanding New Literary Press, the American Book Award, the Association for Asian-American Studies Book Award and the PEN Beyond Margins Open Book Prize.

Originally based in New York, Kaya Press is currently housed in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.

What does “Kaya” mean?

Kaya was the name of a tribal confederation of six Korean city-states that existed from the middle of the first until the sixth century CE. It is remembered as a utopia of learning, music, and the arts due to its trade and communication with China, Japan, and India.

Kaya Press Submissions

Kaya is always open for submissions. Editorial board meets three times every year.

Just send your proposal: kaya.submittable.com/submit

Kaya Press titles

– Double Happiness by Maya Lu
– Anam by André Dao
– Blu’s Hanging by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
– Not Yet Gods by Djuna
– Blue Dragon, White Tiger by Trân Văn Dĩnh

Come check out these Kaya titles.

Kaya Press
c/o USC ASE
3620 S. Vermont Ave
KAP 462
Los Angeles, CA 90089
USA

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