New Lit Salon Press

01/06/2022

Attention all writers! We have extended the call for until the end of August. Send us your best takes on fashioning or refashioning the male identity. Full details here:

New Lit Salon Press is pleased to announce an open call for Dress Him Up, the follow-up to Dress You Up: A Capsule Collection of Fashionable Fiction.

06/04/2022

One year of the most fashionable fiction there is. Get your copy today. It’s the accessory of the season.

Dress You Up is an anthology like no other. The twelve diverse stories in this collection speak to the multiple ways in which fashion is more than just the clothes we wear. There will be no frivolous yarns about fashion here—those tales can be found in other closets. This Capsule Collection of Fas...

01/04/2022

Submissions are still open for our next anthology: . We are looking for fiction stories about fashion and the male identity. Submit today! https://newlitsalonpress.com/open-call-dress-him-up/

New Lit Salon Press is pleased to announce an open call for Dress Him Up, the follow-up to Dress You Up: A Capsule Collection of Fashionable Fiction.

21/02/2022

Congratulations to Gabriela Denise Frank on being long-listed for the Isele Magazine short story prize! One of Gabriela’s short stories, “Pas de Deux,” is featured in our : New Tales of Madness anthology. It is a stand out story about women and the workplace that must be read! Link to the anthology in the first comment below.

We are delighted to announce the longlists for the inaugural edition of The Isele Prizes. Narrowing down the short stories, poems, and essays for the longlists was challenging because the works tha…

12/02/2022

It’s time to .

12/02/2022

Call alert 🚨 Brian Centrone says it’s time to !

An early 15th century English proverb stated, “clothes make the man.” An earlier classical Greek one claimed, “the man is his clothing.” If both are true, what kind of man is being made? Dress Him Up: A Tailored Collection of Bespoke Fiction seeks submissions of short stories between 1,000 and 3,000 words that explore the connection between menswear and the creation of the male identity.

New Lit Salon Press is pleased to announce an open call for Dress Him Up, the follow-up to Dress You Up: A Capsule Collection of Fashionable Fiction.

31/01/2022

Dress You Up Panel Discussion
February 5, 2022, at 1 PM EST

NLSP is pleased to partner with Fashion Studies Alliance to present What Fiction Reveals About Fashion

Anthology editor Brian Centrone will moderate a discussion with Dress You Up authors Farah Ahamed, Cheney Luttich, and E. I. Webster about how fiction and fashion can work together to reveal truths about who we are and why what we wear matters. The panelists will discuss how this works in their fiction stories in the book as well in literature at large.
Date: Saturday, February 5, 2022, 1 to 2 PM EST
Location: Online
General admission is $5
Free for Fashion Studies Alliance members
Register for the Event:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dress-you-up-a-capsule-collection-of-fashionable-fiction-tickets-258179912067

13/12/2021

Congratulations to : New Tales of the South contributor, Heather Bell Adams!

The North Carolina Writers' Network

04/12/2021

It’s official! makes the perfect Holiday 2021 gift!

Check out this US letter designed by Tiffany Shull.

02/12/2021

New Lit Salon Press is proud to announce that this year’s The Pushcart Prize nominee is Susan Carey, for her remarkable short story, “A Pocket for Secrets,” featured in our latest short story collection, : A Capsule Collection of Fashionable Fiction, edited by Brian Centrone!

14/11/2021

Hear the stories behind Dress You Up.

Dress You Up Author Reading
November 18, 2021, at 7 PM EST
Poets & Writers series at Westchester Community College

Dress You Up is a collection of twelve diverse stories that speak to the multiple ways fashion is more than just the clothes we wear. The writers will read from their respective stories, followed by a discussion with the editor, Brian Centrone, about how their stories help us understand the ways fashion can shape who we are or who we want to be. This fully illustrated anthology highlights how the clothing and accessories we wear or covet often reflect past memories, present challenges, or future hopes and dreams. The stories focus on diverse themes such as trauma and healing, perception and identity, love and loss, hopes and dreams. Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 7 PM EST. Online via Zoom.

*Scheduled to appear: Susan Carey, Cheney Luttich, Gabriella Brand, P. J. Schaefer, Larissa Hikel.

Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Location: Online, attend via Zoom Meeting ID: 818 1580 2635 Passcode: 691328

27/10/2021

It’s season again! That means it’s the perfect time to read our scary collection of short stories: : New Tales of ! Head over to our website to find out more about this anthology, including where to buy it. Ebook and print editions are available from your favorite online retailers. Fully illustrated!

https://newlitsalonpress.com/product/first-came-fear/

10/10/2021

Here at we care about mental health. It’s one of the reasons why we teamed up with Rose Nagle-Yndigoyen and published : to create awareness of the mental health issues women still face in society.

The second book in The NEW Series “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a feminist classic, a haunting critique of the isolation treatment for female hysteria wrapped up in a superb psychological horror story. Over a century later women are still battling gender bias in the treat...

26/09/2021

In case you missed Brian Centrone go Behind-the-Seams with NYU Steinhardt Costume Studies about our latest anthology, , you can catch the replay here.

26/09/2021

Join Brian Centrone on IG Live today at 2pm EST when he goes Behind-the-Seams with NYU Steinhardt Costume Studies about the anthology he edited for us, : A Capsule Collection of Fashionable Fiction!

23/09/2021

You’re Invited: Go Behind-the-Seams Live with Brian Centrone! https://mailchi.mp/4cf65a90fe0a/behind-the-seams-live-with-brian-centrone

I am beyond excited to kick off the first in a series of Instagram Live discussions hosted by the NYU Costume Studies department. Please join me live on Sunday, September 26 at 2 PM EST when I go behind-the-seams of Dress You Up.

18/09/2021

Mark your calendars! Brian Centrone + NYU Steinhardt Costume Studies IG Live. Next Sunday, September 26 at 2pm! Don’t miss it.

15/09/2021

Join Brian Centrone on Sunday, September 26 at 2pm EST on Instagram when he talks with NYU Steinhardt Costume Studies about the Capsule Collection of Fashionable Fiction he edited for us. Follow them both on IG and we’ll see you Live!

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01/09/2021

Writers on the art that matters to them.

01/07/2021

Help us celebrate Brian Centrone Day!

Dress You Up is an anthology like no other. The twelve diverse stories in this collection speak to the multiple ways in which fashion is more than just the clothes we wear. There will be no frivolous yarns about fashion here—those tales can be found in other closets. This Capsule Collection of Fas...

16/06/2021

Attention Target shoppers! You can now order online in a buy 2 get 1 free book sale. Check out the sale below and let us DRESS YOU UP!

Read reviews and buy Dress You Up - by Brian Centrone (Paperback) at Target. Choose from contactless Same Day Delivery, Drive Up and more.

14/06/2021

It’s that time again!

08/06/2021

Another week, another EvaDress Patterns giveaway! This one is based on Blake Jessop’s “Battle Jacket” from !

02/06/2021

Love Princess Diana’s icon wedding dress? Then you will love reading “The Wedding Dress” by Evelyn Forest in . Get a sneak peek in the first comment!

17/05/2021

The next EvaDress Patterns is here and is all about the icon looks inspired by “42nd Street Shuttle” by Linda Welters. Check it out!

11/05/2021

This week’s giveaway is inspired by Farah Ahamed’s story, “This One’s Not for Us.”

This is week 4 of the EvaDress Pattern giveaway based on the book, Dress You Up, an anthology of fictional accounts regarding fashion and how it truly influences us and those in our lives, to put it briefly.

Dress You Up was edited by Brian Centrone, Salon Style: Fiction, Poetry & Art and Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South (and who kindly juried the last two EvaDress Pattern Challenges)!

Details about and to order the book (I got mine on Amazon) are here:

https://newlitsalonpress.com/product/dress-you-up/

There are now 8 weeks left to this giveaway after this week!

I read This One's Not for Us, by Farah Ahamed. This short raises questions such as, is there irony in fashion? Can fashion be denied to us? Is fashion a commodity or an indication of one's spiritual status?
I am giving away any evening pattern from the EvaDress.com collection of this weeks drawing winner's choice.

Just comment on this post and you automatically have a chance at the give away!

04/05/2021

Another EvaDress Patterns + inspired giveaway! This one is all about “A Pocket for Secrets.”

Are pockets more than part of a garment? Are they holders of some dark history or is there some secret to be instilled in a pocket?

I read A Pocket for Secrets, by Susan Carey and the EvaDress Pattern give-away based on the book, Dress You Up continues!

Comment on this post and share it through next Monday to be entered into this week’s drawing for $25 off at EvaDress.com!

Each week’s drawing pick is announced each Tuesday.





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19/04/2021

We absolutely love the Strand Book Store. You can imagine how thrilled we are to know our readers can purchase their copy of from the Strand’s website.

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17/04/2021

Did you know that our sister press bd-studios.com - the art and publishing studio by luke kurtis, published a companion book to : NEW Tales of the Beyond? It’s all about the creation of the art work Stefanie Masciandaro created for each story in the anthology. You can grab a copy through bd-studio’s new online shop. It’s an incredible addition to any collection of books and art.

16/04/2021

Show us your copy of !

Copies of arrived today. Excited to send out a few signed books to special readers. Already have the book? Show me your copy! I’d love to see them out in the world.

12/04/2021

To all our readers who are makers, EvaDress Patterns has created a giveaway inspired by ! See below for details, and don’t forget to “like” EvaDress Patterns page so you can get updates on the giveaway for each story and the inspired entries!

How do YOU dare wear...

your skirt length?

I began reading Dress You Up ( ), an anthology of fictional accounts regarding fashion and how it truly influences us and those in our lives, to put it mildly.
was edited by Brian Centrone, Salon Style: Fiction, Poetry & Art and Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South (and who kindly juried the last two EvaDress Pattern Challenges)!

Details about and to order the book (I got mine on Amazon) are here:
https://newlitsalonpress.com/product/dress-you-up/

I am doing a pattern giveaway each week for each story I read in the book for the next 12 weeks.

I first read Hemlines, the story by P.J. Schaefer addresses the insinuations about raising skirt hems.

This, at a time when I am pending work on a shortened version of the skirt from the Schiparelli ensemble pattern (https://evadress.com/products/1930s-schiparelli-ensemble-se30-1667) for a possible competition entry, I am giving away any skirt pattern or pattern containing a skirt from the EvaDress.com collection of your choice.

Just comment on this post or the post I create on Instagram and you automatically have a chance at the give away!

12/04/2021

Words + Art has always been our approach to creating books. While our eBook editions always feature full color art, our print editions have traditionally presented the artwork in black and white. is our first title to feature full color artwork for both the ebook and the print editions.

06/04/2021

We are so proud! 🥲 Creating an anthology during a pandemic was not easy, but this finally arrived fashionably late, and stylish as ever. Get your copy today. Literary Fiction Never Read So Chic!

It’s publication day!!! Get your copy of DRESS YOU UP: A CAPSULE COLLECTION OF FASHIONABLE FICTION, edited by me and published by today! Fully illustrated and featuring 12 diverse stories from around the globe. Let me !
https://newlitsalonpress.com/product/dress-you-up/

05/04/2021

Who’s ready for Brian Centrone to ?!

Just one more sleep before the official release of : A Capsule Collection of Fashionable Fiction I edited for New Lit Salon Press. Order it today in print and ebook editions wherever you get your books.

https://newlitsalonpress.com/product/dress-you-up/

02/04/2021

In this first interview for , editor Brian Centrone spoke with Christian Bains about writing, editing, and you guessed it, fashion.

This week, in the Flash Friday Q&A hot seat I have Brian Centrone. Brian is a writer, editor, and fashion historian whose literary interests range from Gothic tales of the South, to poetry, to the history of menswear, to men not wearing much at all. Welcome to Friday Flash Q&A, Brian! You've written...

31/03/2021

A real life story!

“I started hearing from people everywhere who said my photos made them smile,” said La Verne Ford Wimberly, 82.

31/03/2021

We’re really excited for the release of !

30/03/2021

Just one more week until the release of ! You can order your copy today though via the link below.
https://newlitsalonpress.com/product/dress-you-up/

25/03/2021

What is the The New York Times talking about? Our editor, Brian Centrone, has been wearing brooches for years.

“These days, better than a tweet,” as one stylist put it.