
That little letterpress publisher in your mind
Bateau Press publishes chapbooks and an annual magazine, churning out the highest quality, well-designed, environmentally minded package of literature known to man. As of 2016, Bateau is housed within the human ecologically sound superstructure of College of the Atlantic.
We publish a hand sewn letterpress chapbook from our annual contest & a book from our new Instruction Manual series.
Bateau Press is a 501c3. Click here to make a tax deductible donation.

Ashley Yang-Thompsons’ new book: Still Worm is now available
Stella Corso’s chapbook, the people were lovely, but i was not, is the winner of Bateau’s 24/25 BOOM Chapbook Competition. There were many amazing manuscripts to choose from. Thank you to everyone who entered. Look for the people were lovely, but i was not in the spring of 2025. big love, Bateau

FINALISTS for BATEAU’S BOOM CONTEST 24/25
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FINALISTS for BATEAU’S BOOM CONTEST 24/25 *
EG Cunningham: Track Record
Stella Corso: the people were lovely, but I was not
Julie Benesh: Now Playing: Poems
Roxanne Ward: Editor, Unedited
James D'Agostino: Dissipatriot
Alex Tretbar: According to the Plat Thereof
Ryan Collins: A Preserved Darkness
Seth Copeland: Backcountry Shadows
Ilan Mochari: Playthings
John Jodzio: Guns and Gold
Joe Milazzo: Public Domain
Christopher Brean Murray: The Fugitive Lands
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