Casie Dodd

Nov 26, 2024 | lithub.com | Casie Dodd

The literary ecosystem can feel vast and overwhelming within an industry in major flux, constantly threatened by corporate greed and inefficiency. These realities continually challenge the sustainability of smaller bookish businesses, yet independent bookstores and small presses keep working to offer better, more personal models for reading intentionally.

Oct 15, 2024 | bellepointpress.substack.com | Casie Dodd

[Please note that these manuscripts were acquired before our most recent reading period; we are still working through submissions from summer 2024 and will not announce those results until all submissions have received a response.]We have been extra busy over here settling into our new distribution setup and preparing our next round of releases. As we complete our 2024 poetry titles and continue to work through submissions for 2026, we’re thrilled to announce our next slate of Belle Point poets.

Sep 9, 2024 | bellepointpress.substack.com | Casie Dodd

This fall, we’re excited to have our first intern at the press! Rebecca Carpenter is a senior English major and Professional Writing minor at Oklahoma Baptist University. She plans to use her degree to work in the field of editing or publishing and is also interested in becoming a librarian. Rebecca lives in Shawnee, Oklahoma and recently celebrated her one-year wedding anniversary. While school takes up much of her time, she also enjoys reading, writing, and photography.

Aug 19, 2024 | bellepointpress.substack.com | Matt Miller |Casie Dodd

“Stick around and read” has been our mantra for a while now. As we’ve settled into our identity as a press and have continued to solidify our commitment to writers in and around this Mid-Southern, “middle-of-somewhere” region (to borrow This Land’s motto), we’ve been eager to think more deeply about the ways we can give voice to the complexities of our place.

Aug 14, 2024 | bellepointpress.substack.com | Casie Dodd

[We’ve been slowing down here over the past few months, but we’re gearing back up for the fall and will be more active again in the coming weeks. Read on for a little insight into part of the impetus for easing through summer.]The connection between the personal and the professional is a guiding force in our press. We are working alongside our writers to build something that speaks to a larger community around us as it has also deeply shaped who we are as people and a family.