Metatron Press
Metatron Press is an independent book publisher located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Metatron is "devoted to publishing new perspectives in literature that reflect the experiences and sensibilities of our time." Founded in 2013 by Ashley Opheim, who was later joined by Guillaume Morissette and Jay Ritchie. Metatron is currently edited by Ashley Opheim and a team of emerging editors. Publications. Since its conception in 2014, Metatron has published books, chapbooks, and held 50+ readings. According to CBC Arts, Metatron Press wants to "reflect a new generation's sensibilities" and has been "helping overlooked talent break into the  literary world." According to "Quill & Quire", Metatron is forging "a beautiful path for emerging poetry and fiction". Their books are "an archive of the contemporary concerns and sensibilities of the highly misunderstood millennial generation.” In 2021 Lee Suksi's debut novella "The Nerves" (Metatron, 2020) won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Erotica. In Fall 2021, "knot body" (Metatron, 2020) was shortlisted for the Concordia University First Book Prize by the Quebec Writer's Federation. Metatron has published the following books; 2022: "the half-drowned" by Trynne Delaney "New Infinity" by Bára Hladík "Para-Social Butterfly" by Šari Dale "Kim : A Novel Idea" by Frankie Barnet 2020: "The Saddle Hurts, Too" by Breezy "No Problematics" by Viola Chen "The Nerves" by Lena Suksi "knot body" by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch 2019: "CONFIRMATION BIAS" by Ivanna Baranova "Love Speech" by Xiao Xuang/Sherry Huang "ʔbédayine" by Kaitlyn Purcell 2018: "Ambient Technology" by Ashley Obscura "Hum" by Natalia Hero "number one earth" by jasper avery "Static Flux" by Natasha Young "hotwheel" by Aja Moore; 2017: "Our Lady of Perpetual Realness" by Cason Sharpe "How Do I Look?" by Sennah Yee "Tropico" by Marcela Huerta "Baby" by Sara Sutterlin "Sugarblood" by Liz  Bowen "Too Big to Fail" by Georgia Faust "Soft Focus" by Sarah Jean Grimm; 2016: "We Are All Just Animals & Plants" by Alex Manley "The End, by Anna" by Adam Zachary "What My Hair Says About You" by Laura Theobald "I Wanted to Be the Knife" by Sara Sutterlin "An Indoor Kind of Girl" by Frankie Barnet "Ghost in the Club" by Greg Zorko "The Idiot on Fire" by Brad Casey; 2015: "Pony Castle" by Sophia Banzhaf "Teen Surf Goth" by Oscar d'Artois "Looking Good and Having a Good Time" by Fawn Parker "The Title Of This Book Is An  Inside Joke" by Sophia Katz; 2014: "I Am Here" by Ashley Opheim "How to Appear Perfectly Indifferent While Crying on the Inside" by Jay Ritchie "Magnetic Days" by Roland Pemberton "Interviews" by Laura Broadbent "Tampion" by Ali Pinkney ÄLPHÄ/ÖMËGÄ. Along with their physical publications, Metatron ran a literary blog called "ÖMËGÄ" (2014-2018) which was replaced by ÄLPHÄ, which encourages submissions from people of marginalized groups. ÄLPHÄ and ÖMËGÄ has published poetry and short stories from several of their authors as well as countless others. The Metatron Prize for Rising Authors & Past Winners. In 2015, Metatron created "The Metatron  Prize for Rising Authors". The Metatron Prize helps pave the way for new and unique literary voices, placing the spotlight on rising talents in poetry and fiction. The annual winning manuscript receives a publishing contract with Metatron Press, a cash prize and a selection of Metatron titles. In 2021, Jayson Keery won the Poetry category judged by Fariha Roísín, with Casey Bell winning the Fiction category judged by Marlowe Granados. In 2018, C.A. Conrad and Anne Boyer judged the prize and awarded Kaitlyn Purcell first place for her book. Winners of The Metatron Prize include: Jayson Keery's "The Choice  is Real" (2021); Casey Bell's "Little Fury" (2021); Kaitlyn Purcell's "ʔbédayine" (2018); Jasper Avery's "number one earth" (2017); Sarah Jean Grimm's "Soft Focus" (2016); Sofia Banzhaf's "Pony Castle" (2015) Digital Poetry. Metatron publishes digital micropoetry on their Instagram account.