I am the founding editor of Press 53, a small, literary publishing company in Winston-Salem, NC. We publish 6-8 poetry collections and 8-10 short story collections each year, along with 1-2 classic novels (Press 53 Classics). Every odd year we publish Surreal South, an anthology series edited by Laura & Pinckney Benedict. We also operate the Press 53 Open Awards writing contest with five categories, Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Creative Nonfiction, and Novella.