Founded in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1995, Hub City Press is the South’s premier independent literary press.

Focused on finding and spotlighting extraordinary new and unsung writers from the American South, our curated list champions diverse authors and books that don’t fit into the commercial publishing landscape. The press has published over ninety high-caliber literary works, including novels, short stories, poetry, memoir, and books emphasizing the region's culture and history. Hub City is interested in books with a strong sense of place and is committed to introducing a diverse roster of lesser-heard Southern voices. We believe strongly that the publishing industry needs to promote a more diverse range of experiences, and so have committed ourselves to spotlighting lesser-heard Southern voices including: people of color, members of LGBTQ and gender diverse communities, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, as well as ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities.

We are proudly funded by the grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. In recent years we've had numerous Best Book of the Year nods from NPR and Kirkus, books longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and The Story Prize, and the PEN/Voelcker Award. Our books have received coverage in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, magazines like The New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, People, O, The Oprah Magazine, and on NPR and Good Morning America. 

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Gravy Quarterly

Hub City Press is the national distributor of Gravy Quarterly. Published by the Southern Foodways Alliance, the quarterly journal shares original narratives that are fresh, unexpected, and thought-provoking. Gravy tells stories about the changing American South. Each year, Gravy supports the work of over 100 writers, illustrators, and photographers in the South and beyond. Gravy was named the Publication of the Year by the James Beard Foundation and awarded the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award, among many other nominations and honors. 

Cold Mountain Fund Series

This series is a partnership between Hub City Press and National Book Award Winner Charles Frazier, spotlighting extraordinary fiction and nonfiction writers from the American South through the publication of one prose title annually. Hub City Press chooses these titles internally. Literary agents may submit directly to Meg Reid or Kate McMullen for the Cold Mountain Fund Series year-round.

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