# Press 53

- **Website:** <https://press53.com>
- **Primary alias:** `press53.com`
- **Location:** Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

## Description

Press 53 is an independent publishing house founded in October 2005 and based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The press focuses on discovering and sharing writers in poetry and short fiction, and has published more than 300 titles by authors from 42 states. Its catalog includes poetry collections, short-story books, flash fiction and prose poems, novels, memoirs, craft and instruction books, anthologies, broadsides, posters, and Carolina Classics Editions. Press 53 also publishes Opine Press, an imprint for essays, and Plot Hound Books, focused on mystery, suspense, and thriller titles.

The press offers books through its online bookstore and provides information for booksellers, including desk-copy and permissions requests. Its literary program includes Prime Number Magazine, an online journal featuring poetry and short fiction, with subscriptions and back issues available. Press 53 also runs awards and contests for poetry and short fiction, including a 53-Word Story Contest and the Prime 53 Poem Summer Challenge. Readers and writers can find information about local and online readings, seminars, and workshops, as well as submission opportunities.

## Industries

- 🍿 Arts and Entertainment
- 🍿 Books and Literature _(under Arts and Entertainment)_

## Links

- [facebook](https://facebook.com/Press53)
- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/press-53)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idpEJuQdJN/w/657/h/793/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1793292065802)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idpEJuQdJN/w/555/h/555/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1793292065963)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Zest | #df781c | accent |
| Denim | #1d6bc7 | dark |
| Porsche | #eab96c | light |

## Fonts

- proxima-nova — asset _(custom)_
- Helvetica Neue — asset _(custom)_

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