Press Here
Press Here is a small press for haiku and tanka books, started in 1989 by Michael Dylan Welch. It has won numerous Merit Book Awards from the Haiku Society of America. Press Here has published at least one or two books every year or so for more than thirty years. If you’re interested in proposing a book for us to publish, please note that we no longer consider any unsolicited book proposals. The following is a list of Press Here titles, by category, with our most recent titles featured at the top. Click to view a sortable list of Press Here books. See the Books page for books by Michael Dylan Welch. See also What Makes a Great Chapbook.
“Any book edited by Michael Dylan Welch is vital for any haiku writer’s library.”
—Alan Summers, Bradford-on-Avon, England
New and Featured Titles
ALL Titles
Haiku and Senryu
Abandoned Farmhouse Edward J. Rielly 2000, 2021
Finding the Way paul m. 2002
The Haijin’s Tweed Coat Michael Dylan Welch 1990, 2000
School’s Out Randy M. Brooks 1999
In and Out of Fog Lee Gurga 1997
A Simple Universe Sono Uchida + 1995
The Measure of Emptiness Lee Gurga 1991
Starship Earth Adele Kenny 1990
Tremors Michael Dylan Welch 1990
Tanka
Castles in the Sand Michael Dylan Welch, editor 2002 (anthology)
Turning My Chair Pat Shelley 1997
Footsteps in the Fog Michael Dylan Welch, editor 1994 (anthology)
Haibun
Wedge of Light Cor van den Heuvel, Tom Lynch, and Michael Dylan Welch, editors 1999 (anthology)
Met on the Road William J. Higginson, with Penny Harter 1993
Anthologies
Jumble Box Michael Dylan Welch, editor 2017
With Cherries on Top Michael Dylan Welch, editor 2012
Fifty-Seven Damn Good Haiku Michael Dylan Welch and Alan Summers, editors 2010
Fig Newtons: Senryu to Go Michael Dylan Welch, editor 1993
Essays
Becoming a Haiku Poet Michael Dylan Welch 2015
The Nick of Time Paul O. Williams 2001
Interviews
Berries and Cream Jeanne Emrich, Michael Dylan Welch (on haiga) 2000
Raking Sand Virginia Brady Young, vincent tripi (on haiku) 1993
On My Mind Anita Virgil, vincent tripi (on haiku) 1989, 1993
The first eight Haiku North America conference anthologies, from 1991 to 2005.
Haiku North America Conference Anthologies
Earthworks 2023—Cincinnati, Ohio
Salmon Drum [coming soon] 2021—on Zoom, hosted by Victoria, British Columbia
Sitting in the Sun 2019—Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Earthsigns 2017—Santa Fe, New Mexico
Once Upon a Time 2015 section of the 25th anniversary anthology, Fire in the Treetops
Fire in the Treetops 2015; 25th anniversary anthology—Schenectady, New York
Close to the Wind 2013—Long Beach, California
Standing Still 2011—Seattle
Into Our Words 2009—Ottawa
Dandelion Wind 2007—Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Tracing the Fern 2005—Port Townsend, Washington
Brocade of Leaves 2003—New York
Paperclips 2001—Boston
Too Busy for Spring 1999—Chicago
Shades of Green 1997—Portland, Oregon; see a PDF scan
Northern Lights 1995—Toronto
The Shortest Distance 1993—San Francisco
Harvest 1991—San Francisco
For more information about the biennial Haiku North America conference, which I cofounded in 1991, please visit the conference website. +
Other Books
A Vote for Alice Michael Dylan Welch (political parody) + 1993
To Order
Please note that some Press Here titles are not currently in print. For information about ordering, where Amazon links are not listed for titles on their individual pages, please contact Michael Dylan Welch.
Numerous back issues of my poetry journals Woodnotes and Tundra are also available.