Accents Publishing was launched in 2010 by Katerina Stoykova. Since then, the press has released over 100 books of poetry, anthologies, short story collections, novels and nonfiction.

Accents is a Kentucky-based press whose mission is to promote brilliant voices and to foster an exchange of literature among different world cultures and languages. We strive to feature authors of diverse backgrounds at various stages in their careers. But most of all, we value strong, original work.

Senior Editor:	Katerina Stoykova
Associate Editor:	Sarah Chapman
Staff:	Dan Klemer
Managing Editor, London:	Esti Bragado
Interns:	Carina Grady, Kaia Boyer, Cate Pearson, Aritra Banerjee, Caitlyn Graulau, Hunter Nelson, Hagan Burns, Jessica Neal

Katerina Stoykova is the author of Between a Bird Cage and a Bird House (University Press of Kentucky) and The Poet's Guide to Publishing: How to Conceive, Arrange, Edit, Publish and Market a Book of Poetry (McFarland). She has served as the Director of the Kentucky Book Festival, the Director for the Center on the Book in Kentucky and the President of the Kentucky State Poetry Society. Katerina hosts the Accents podcast on WUKY and NPR.
 
Sarah Chapman has spent years supporting other artists' journeys - from songwriters to poets to novelists and more. She's a writer herself, but would rather be reading your work, offering help, or standing in the back of a packed room beaming while you perform.
 
Dan Klemer is an electrical engineer with an affection for languages and literature who handles technical aspects of the publishing operation.
 
Esti Bragado studied Theatre Studies at the University of Roehampton and she is currently finishing a master's degree in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University, in the UK. She has written plays, poems and theatre reviews.
 
Carina Grady is a fiction writer, poet, dancer, and former engineer. She is a literary activist whose work confronts contemporary societal issues, writing from and for underrepresented voices.
 
Kaia Boyer is a second-year student studying Writing & Literature in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara. She's excited to grow her publishing skills by interning with Accents!
 
Cate Pearson is a novelist pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from Bluegrass Writer's Studio at EKU, is active with Lexington Writer's Room, and works as a therapist at an area high school.