Bainbridge Island, Washington · Est. 2025

Ink & Ribbon Press

Poetry · Crafted · Collected

A nonprofit publisher devoted to books that carry a life inside them —
works realized with care, bound with craft, and made to endure.

$3,000 LemonLight Prize
250 Limited Edition Copies
501(c)(3) Nonprofit Publisher

Current Titles


Limited editions, carefully made & meant to last.

Sesquipedalian Rain Chant by Brooks Lampe — book and slipcase
Debut Publication
Sesquipedalian Rain Chant
Brooks Lampe

A meditative collection rooted in Oregon’s wet seasons and shaped by spiritual and poetic tradition.

Limited EditionPaperbackSummer 2026
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The LemonLight Prize 2026
Annual Prize Anthology
The LemonLight Prize 2026
Selected by Leila Chatti

Each year, the LemonLight Prize celebrates brilliance and daring in contemporary poetry.

Limited EditionPaperbackSept 2026
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My Name Is Swan by Jan Noble
Forthcoming
My Name Is Swan
Jan Noble

A trilogy of poetry collections tracing identity, transformation, and the lyric self across a life fully lived.

Limited EditionPaperbackOct 2026
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The Object
Ink & Ribbon Press fine editions — hand-bound in Poulsbo, Washington
250 Standard Copies
3 Fine Art Copies
Poulsbo Washington Bound

Every Ink & Ribbon title is produced as a limited edition, hand-bound in the Pacific Northwest, made to last as both a literary and a physical object.


Now Open for Submissions

The LemonLight Prize

$3,000

An annual award celebrating brilliance, originality, and craft in contemporary poetry. The winner receives publication in the prize anthology, a cash award, and featured interviews.

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Collectible Objects

Fine Art Editions

Bound as objects of beauty, meant to be held, kept, and returned to.

Our Fine Art Editions are designed as lasting literary objects — intimate, tactile, and deliberately made. Each edition is bound by McCall Co. Bindery in Poulsbo, Washington, an award-winning artisan whose work brings traditional craftsmanship together with enduring design.

  • Hand-bound archival construction
  • Numbered limited editions
  • Collector-grade archival papers

Every page we print is an act of devotion.


Ink & Ribbon Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit literary publisher on Bainbridge Island, Washington. We advance poetry through craft, collaboration, and community — publishing limited editions made to endure as both literary and physical objects.

Bainbridge Island, WA · 501(c)(3)