OUR MISSION

Flying Ketchup Press is an artist-run, woman-owned-and-operated publisher in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 2018 by Alice Hixson and Polly McCann–who come from a long line of publishers, editors, book distributors, and storytellers. We believe that new and diverse work inspires more creativity, encourages artistic communities, and keeps great work from getting "lost" in a drawer. Ketchup stands for helping writers catch up. 

 

How we started: From 2018 to 2023, we produced short fiction and poetry collections as a traditional publisher, emphasizing new voices. In 2024, we are transitioning to hybrid publishing, focusing on our children's and spiritual imprints. Submissions are not yet open. 

 

At Flying Ketchup Press ® we champion new and diverse voices in short fiction and poetry. We publish books, anthologies, podcasts, online magazines, and contemporary media. Our dream: to share worlds of wonder and delight.

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OUR IMPRINTS

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Flying Ketchup Kids: Our mission is to produce books that help kids catch up on reading. From concept books to folk tales, we want to connect young audiences to artful books in audio, print, and digital books. 

 

Light Shine Books invites readers into creative, courageous moments of daily meditation and faith through journals and devotionals. Light Shine exists to share diverse contemporary expressions of spirituality through thoughtful, engaging books and media. 

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Coyote Point Press is the literary fiction imprint of Flying Ketchup Press, publishing short story collections that push the boundaries for exploration of the form.

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Salt & Fig Books folksy, narrative, free verse that is down to earth and strangely satisfying. Our hybrid imprint is Pinch of Salt Press for regional and national solo poetry collections and chapbooks. 

 

Ketchupedia is an outreach of Flying Ketchup Press ® a grassroots network to connect the Kansas City & regional writers community through weekly blogs, a writer's word of the day podcast, a live poetry radio show, poet-in-residences, open mics, classes, and events like the Kansas City Poetry Jam. These tools allow regional artists to explore motivation, creative goals, and advocacy. Our editorial mentorships create an exponential poet-tree effect. Making room for poetry as a space for personal narrative that empowers, heals, and unites diverse audiences. 

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