EastOver Press is an independent literary press with an online journal named Cutleaf.
We specialize in publishing collections of short stories, essays, and poetry in a format that honors both the writing and the writer.
We are excited to promote writing that speaks to our commonalities and our differences.
Keith Pilapil Lesmeister is the author of the forthcoming story collection Ask Me About the Money (Cornerstone Press, Nov. 2026). His work has been supported by the Anderson Center, the Iowa Arts Council, the Midwest Writing Center, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He teaches writing and literature at Northeast Iowa Community College.
Denton Loving’s third collection of poems is Feller, published by Mercer University Press. He is a co-founder and editor at EastOver Press and its literary journal Cutleaf. His fiction, poetry, essays and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including The Kenyon Review, Iron Horse Literary Review and Ecotone.
Kelly March is a writer in North Carolina. A former newspaper reporter and editor, she is currently working on her first collection of essays.
Walter M. Robinson is a writer and physician in Massachusetts. His collection of essays, What Cannot Be Undone, won the 2020 River Teeth Prize for Nonfiction and was published by University of New Mexico Press in 2022. His recent or forthcoming essays appear in wildness, Ruminate, Months To Years, The Sun, The Literary Review, and Harvard Review.
Stephen Hundley
Stephen Hundley is the author of the novel, Bomb Island (Hub City Press), and the story collection, The Aliens Will Come to Georgia First (University of North Georgia Press). His stories, poems, and reviews have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Cream City Review, The Greensboro Review, and elsewhere. His recent works examine protected wilderness areas and animal welfare on the barrier islands of Georgia.
Kylie Ayn Yockey is a literary creative living in Canada. She earned her Master’s in Writing from Spalding University’s Naslund-Mann School of Writing, and she edits for Blood Tree Literature and Chaotic Merge Magazine. Her publication history, marketing portfolio, and further editorial work can be found at her website.
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