Manic D Press is an American literary press based in San Francisco, California

California

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 publishing fiction (novels and short stories), poetry, cultural studies, art, narrative-oriented comix

Underground comix

Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books which are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality and violence...

, and alternative travel trade paperbacks. It was founded by Jennifer Joseph in 1984 as an alternative outlet for young writers seeking to bring their work into print.

Distributors

Manic D Press books are distributed to the trade throughout the US by Consortium, Last Gasp

Last Gasp

Last Gasp is a book and underground comix publisher and distributor based in San Francisco, California.- History :Founded in 1970 by Ron Turner to publish the ecologically-themed comics magazine Slow Death Funnies, followed by the all-female anthology It Ain't Me Babe, Last Gasp soon became a major...

, and wholesalers including Ingram and Baker & Taylor; in the UK and EU by Turnaround PSL; and in Canada by Publishers Group Canada.

Awards

Awards presented to Manic D Press include:

• 1998 American Institute of Graphic Arts
  American Institute of Graphic Arts
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   juried traveling exhibition 50 Books, 50 Covers
• 1997 Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Art
• 2000 American Library Association
  American Library Association
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   GLBT
  LGBT
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   Award for Literature
• 2002 and 2000 Firecracker Alternative Book Awards for Fiction
• Sept/Oct 2003 and March/April 2004 Booksense 76 lists
• San Francisco Bay Guardian
  San Francisco Bay Guardian
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  's Best of the Bay 2004: 'Best Quintessentially San Franciscan Publisher'.
• 2007 Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award for Poetry ("Gutted" by Justin Chin)
• 2008 Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction ("Dahlia Season" by Myriam Gurba)
• SF Weekly
  SF Weekly
  SF Weekly is a free alternative weekly newspaper in San Francisco, California. The newspaper, distributed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area every Wednesday, is published by Village Voice Media, a 16-paper alt weekly newspaper chain that also includes the New York City Village Voice and the Los...
  
  's Best of San Francisco 2008: "Best Small Press"
• 2009 Lambda Literary Award
  Lambda Literary Award
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   for Transgender Writing ("Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word)" by Thea Hillman)
• 2010 Lambda Literary Award
  Lambda Literary Award
  Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award...
  
   for Transgender Writing ("Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show" by Lynn Breedlove
  Lynn Breedlove
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