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Founded in Minneapolis in 1980, Milkweed Editions is one of the nation’s leading independent, nonprofit literary publishers. Publishing fifteen to twenty books each year, they have some two hundred titles in print, and nearly three million copies of books in circulation.
Founded in Minneapolis in 1980, Milkweed Editions is an independent, nonprofit literary publisher. Publishing fifteen to twenty books each year, they have some three hundred titles in print, and nearly four million copies of books in circulation.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 20:31, 2 April 2014

Milkweed Editions
File:Milkweed Editions.png
Founded1979
FounderEmilie Buchwald and R.W. Scholes
SuccessorDaniel Slager
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationMinneapolis
DistributionPublishers Group West
Publication typesBooks
Official websitewww.milkweed.org

Founded in Minneapolis in 1980, Milkweed Editions is an independent, nonprofit literary publisher. Publishing fifteen to twenty books each year, they have some three hundred titles in print, and nearly four million copies of books in circulation.

History

Milkweed was co-founded in 1979 by Emilie Buchwald and R.W. Scholes. Buchwald initially started Milkweed as a journal called The Milkweed Chronicle as a venue for local writers and artists in Minneapolis. By the mid-1980s the project evolved into Milkweed Editions and gradually grew into a nationally known independent publishing company.

Milkweed combined forces with Minnesota Center for Book Arts and the Loft Literary Center to purchase an old warehouse in downtown Minneapolis to house each organization. They named the warehouse the Open Book. Ruminator, an independent bookstore, also called Open Book home until 2003 when it closed the Open Book store. Open Book has been fondly referred to as a "literary incubator."

In 1993, Milkweed initiated a program for young readers to reach out to elementary school children and encourage reading habits. The program provides books, teachings guides, and writing activities.

Buchwald retired in 2003 and H. Emerson Blake was hired as editor-in-chief to work alongside managing editor Hilary Reeves. Blake stepped down in June 2005 for personal reasons and was succeeded by former Harcourt editor Daniel Slager. Slager was named Publisher and CEO in 2007.[1]

Milkweed publishes between 15-20 books each year. It is estimated that there are currently more than one million Milkweed books in circulation.

The Milkweed Prize Milkweed Editions periodically awards two prizes for fiction writing: the Milkweed National Fiction Prize and the Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature. The prizes are awarded for the best general fiction and for the best fiction for middle-grade readers, ages 8 to 13, by a writer not previously published by Milkweed.

Milkweed National Fiction Prize

Milkweed seeks manuscripts of high literary quality that embody humane values and contribute to cultural understanding for the National Fiction Prize

Winners

Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature

The goal of the Prize for Children's Literature is to encourage both writers of children’s literature and writers of books for adults to turn their attention to creating books for this discriminating and important group of readers. At this age, readers are ready for well-written books that range widely in subject matter, from fantasy, to fiction grounded in history, to books about everyday life.

Winners

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/403965-Slager_Named_Publisher_CEO_at_Milkweed.php

References

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