{{Short description|Small American publishing house}} {{Infobox publisher | image = Sibling_Rivalry_Press_Logo.png | parent = Sibling Rivalry Press (Independent Publisher) | status = Inactive | founded = {{Start date and age|2010}} | founder = Bryan Borland<ref>{{cite web|url= https://poets.org/poet/bryan-borland |title= About Bryan Borland |work= Academy of American Poets |access-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231230115731/https://poets.org/poet/bryan-borland |url-status=live}}</ref> | country = United States | headquarters = Little Rock, Arkansas | publications = | topics = Homosexuality | genre = Poetry | url = {{URL|http://siblingrivalrypress.com/|Sibling Rivalry Press}} }}
'''Sibling Rivalry Press''' is a small press publishing house based in Little Rock, Arkansas founded by Bryan Borland in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pw.org/content/small_press_points_sibling_rivalry_press |title= Small Press Points: Sibling Rivalry Press |work= Poets & Writers |access-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231230115627/https://www.pw.org/content/small_press_points_sibling_rivalry_press |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/dec/15/press-forward-20191215/ |title= Press forward: Arkansas publisher gives a voice to LGBTQ authors who might not have been published otherwise |first= Sean |last= Clancy |work= Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |date= December 15, 2019 |access-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231230120636/https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/dec/15/press-forward-20191215/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It features both online and print components as well as the non-profit SRP Foundation, which financially supports the arts.
==History== Bryan Borland originally conceived of Sibling Rivalry Press as a vanity press through which to disseminate his collection of poetry, but decided to expand it to encompass other authors whose work focused on similar themes. Authors since published by Sibling Rivalry Press include Michael Klein,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://lambdaliterary.org/2013/02/the-talking-day-by-michael-klein/ |title= ‘The Talking Day’ by Michael Klein |first= Christopher |last= Soden |work= Lambda Literary Foundation |date= February 27, 2013 |access-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231230123908/https://lambdaliterary.org/2013/02/the-talking-day-by-michael-klein/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Dorothy Allison,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2019/09/20/stonewall-50-five-questions-with-seth-pennington-of-sibling-rivalry-press |title= ‘Stonewall 50’: Five Questions with Seth Pennington of Sibling Rivalry Press |first1= Stephanie |last1= Smittle |first2= Seth |last2= Pennington |work= Arkansas Times |date= September 20, 2019 |access-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231230122835/https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2019/09/20/stonewall-50-five-questions-with-seth-pennington-of-sibling-rivalry-press |url-status=live}}</ref> Raymond Luczak,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://lambdaliterary.org/2013/01/bryan-borland-a-most-fortunate-son/ |title= Bryan Borland: A Most Fortunate Son |first= Philip |last= F. Clark |work= Lambda Literary Foundation |date= January 20, 2013 |access-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231230115805/https://lambdaliterary.org/2013/01/bryan-borland-a-most-fortunate-son/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Bushra Rehman,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/08/20/341443632/to-achieve-diversity-in-publishing-a-difficult-dialogue-beats-silence |title= To Achieve Diversity In Publishing, A Difficult Dialogue Beats Silence |first= Lynn |last= Neary |work= NPR |date= August 20, 2014 |access-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231230112707/https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/08/20/341443632/to-achieve-diversity-in-publishing-a-difficult-dialogue-beats-silence |url-status=live}}</ref> and Stephen S. Mills.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pw.org/small_presses/sibling_rivalry_press |title= Sibling Rivalry Press |work= Poets & Writers |access-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231230114404/https://www.pw.org/small_presses/sibling_rivalry_press |url-status=live}}</ref>
The SRP website describes its purpose as catering to queer writers of poetry, albeit not exclusively.<ref>{{cite web |author=Admin |date=December 3, 2012 |title=Sibling Rivalry Press and LGBT Writing |url=http://www.litbridge.com/2012/12/03/sibling-rivalry-press-and-lgbt-writing/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712115127/http://www.litbridge.com/2012/12/03/sibling-rivalry-press-and-lgbt-writing/ |archive-date=July 12, 2013 |access-date=December 30, 2023 |work=Lit Bridge}}</ref>
===Accolades=== In 2012, Sibling Rivalry Press won the Bisexual Book Awards' Bi Book Publisher of the Year in a three-way tie with Lethe Press and Riptide Publishing.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-24 |title=Finalists & Winners |url=https://www.biwriters.org/finalists-winners/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324183846/https://www.biwriters.org/finalists-winners/ |archive-date=2023-03-24 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Bi Writers Association}}</ref>
In 2013, Sibling Rivalry's ''He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices'', by Stephen S. Mills, won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koon |first=David |date=June 4, 2013 |title=Arkansas's Sibling Rivalry Press beats out big names for Lambda Lit Award |url=https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2013/06/04/arkansass-sibling-rivalry-press-beats-out-big-names-for-lambda-lit-award |access-date=2026-01-11 |website=Arkansas Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2014, The American Library Association honored nine "of SRP's titles...on its annual list of recommended LGBT reading".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.glbtrt.ala.org/overtherainbow/archives/457 |title= 2014 Over the Rainbow List: 71 LGBT Books for Adult Readers |work= American Library Association |access-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231230112824/https://www.glbtrt.ala.org/overtherainbow/archives/457 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://uca.edu/ftcw/sibling-rivalry-press-publishing-assistant/ |title= Sibling Rivalry Press: Publishing Assistant |work= University of Central Arkansas |access-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-date= December 30, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231230115730/https://uca.edu/ftcw/sibling-rivalry-press-publishing-assistant/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2018, Sibling Rivalry's ''Prayers for my 17th Chromosome'', by Amir Rabiyah, was a finalist for the Leslie Feinberg Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/awards/trans-gender-variant-literature/ |access-date=2026-01-11 |website=The Publishing Triangle |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|https://siblingrivalrypress.com}}
Category:Publishing companies established in 2010 Category:LGBTQ book publishing companies of the United States Category:Poetry publishers Category:2010 establishments in Arkansas Category:LGBTQ poetry