Empty Bowl, an independent press founded in 1976 in the Pacific Northwest as a cooperative letterpress publisher, publishes periodicals, literary anthologies, collections of poetry, books of Chinese translations, essays, and fiction.

Now accepting submissions for the next Madrona Project, “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace.”

New Releases from Empty Bowl Press

Dear friends of Empty Bowl

It’s with deep sorrow that we share the news that Empty Bowl poet Clem Starck— merchant mariner, carpenter, masters of many trades and languages, FisherPoet extraordinare, wide-ranging reader, devoted father, and mentor to many a writer—passed on last week. Sail on, Clem. You will be deeply missed. Read more about Clem Starck, including a link to his last collection, Enjoying the Evening: Last Poems 2018-2024.

We are pleased to announce Season Unleashed, a new collection of poetry by Anna Odessa Linzer, available April 9, 2024. And check out our three most recent books: The Madrona Project: The Empty Bowl Cookbook, The Rain Sweeps Through, haiku and drawings by John Brandi, and A Watershed Runs through You, essays, talks, and reflections by Freeman House, author of Totem Salmon: Life Lessons from Another Species.