Proverse Hong Kong

Hong Kong-based publisher of prose and verse by local and international authors with local and international content. We offer two annual prizes for writing previously unpublished in English.

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Overview

Proverse Hong Kong is a Hong Kong-based press publishing local and international authors with local and international content, including:

 English-language and translated literary novels, short story and poetry collections, detective stories, mysteries and thrillers, non-fiction (biography, memoirs, travel, china missionary, education and law-court history; source materials including annotated archival transcriptions) ; poetry anthologies; YA fiction; books for students; academic studies (mainly with a Hong Kong and Hong Kong China focus).

Formats: paperback, hardback, POD, e-books, audio.

Publication awards: from local and international cultural bodies.

Events: Spring and Autumn Receptions in Hong Kong with prize announcements and awards, book launches, authors’ brief talks.

Prizes: We offer two annual international prizes for writing previously unpublished in English: 1) the Proverse Prize  for book-length works of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry; 2) the Proverse Poetry Prize  for single poems (max 30 lines). Open to all, 18+ irrespective of residence, nationality or citizenship.  Annual entry periods: 7 May-30 June.

More information: proversepublishing.com

Licensing Information

All rights available for most titles.

Language

  • English

Location

  • Hongkong

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