Middle West Press

A revealing biography of small-town pride, politics, and community is now re-published in e-book form, with audiobook edition soon to follow. First published in 2019 as a 318-page trade paperback by Nodin Press , Minneapolis, Joy Riggs’s "Crackerjack Bands and Hometown Boosters: The Story of a Minnesota Music Man" tells how Minnesota towns once competed for respect, recognition, and renown by mustering talented bands of youth and other musicians. "We're pleased to extend the potential reach of this important 20th century Midwestern history , told through the life of respected music-educator and community band-organizer G. Oliver Riggs ," says Randy Brown, editor and publisher of Middle West Press LLC. "Now, people can enjoy the original Nodin Press paperback edition, or take the e-book or audiobook on the road." Author Joy Riggs is a freelance essayist and journalist based in Northfield, Minn. She specializes in writing about history, travel, and ...

Middle West Press LLC , an independent micro-publisher based in Central Iowa, has issued a call for human-generated poems and micro-prose (450 words max.) telling fantastic stories of monsters in a 21st century American Midwest. The full title of this project is Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn: Poems and Micro-Stories about Modern Midwest Monsters . This will be the second volume of an on-going series. Published in 2025, the first volume is available for sale via Amazon , Bookshop.org , Barnes & Noble , and other on-line and brick-and-mortar booksellers. Deadline for submissions is Jun. 2, 2026. There is no submissions fee. Contributors will each receive one complimentary digital contributor’s copy. This anthology will published in both print and Kindle e-book formats . Publication is projected for Fall 2026. Submit via Submittable here at this link . This is explicitly a speculative poetry (and related micro-flash-prose) market. We welcome both established artists, and those experime...