Richard “Clay” Reynolds (1949-2022)

TRP would like to honor the life of Clay Reynolds, who passed away on April 14, 2022.

New Release: Deirdre Danklin, Catastrophe

At fourteen, two schoolgirls slit their palms with safety scissors and promised to be in each other’s lives forever.

2021 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize, Winner

Congratulations to Deirdre Danklin who won the 2021 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize for her novella Catastrophe!

New Release: Cecilia Pinto, Imagine the Dog

Ricky Rudolph experiences a revelation that causes him to believe that he has been called by God to imitate Jesus, literally…

2020 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize Winner

Congratulations to Cecilia Pinto for winning the 2020 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize! We look forward to publishing Imagine the Dog in Spring 2021. Established in 2001, The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize seeks to highlight one book a year that excels in the novella format. Since 2019 the Prize comes with a $500 advance, a standard

TRP Q&A: An Interview with Dylan Fisher

“‘Is this gonna be a brain book or a heart book?’ Nonsense! Great books hit both—and hit hard.”

Getting to Know TRP author Theodora Bishop

Contributing writer Elizabeth Evans recently interviewed 2016 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize runner up and author of On the Rocks, Theodora Bishop. 

Weeding Out the Good Reads

My friend has a habit of reading the last page of a book, before ever looking at the first page.

Another friend doesn’t judge a book by its cover, rather they glance at its spine.

Yet another friend does this thing where they looks at a book’s sleeve, reads the author’s biography and pretends to talk to the author by wondering, how did you get from point A to point B? How can I get published?

Clay Reynolds Novella Prize

Submissions are closing soon for the 2017 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize.