publishing founded 1984 founder jennifer joseph headquarters san francisco united states products books website manicdpress.com manic d press is an american literary press based in san francisco california publishing fiction novels and short stories poetry cultural studies art narrative oriented comix children s books and alternative travel trade paperbacks . it was founded by jennifer joseph in 1984 as an alternative outlet for young writers seeking to bring their work into print . contents 1 distributors 2 awards 3 references 4 external links distributors edit manic d press books are distributed to the trade throughout the us by consortium last gasp and wholesalers including ingram and baker & taylor ; in the uk and eu by turnaround psl ; in canada by publishers group canada ; and throughout the world by perseus . 1 awards edit awards presented to manic d press include 1998 american institute of graphic arts juried traveling exhibition 50 books 50 covers 1997 firecracker alternative book award for art 2000 american library association glbt award for literature 2002 and 2000 firecracker alternative book awards for fiction sept oct 2003 and march april 2004 booksense 76 lists san francisco bay guardian s best of the bay 2004 best quintessentially san franciscan publisher . 2007 publishing triangle s thom gunn award for poetry gutted by justin chin 2008 publishing triangle s edmund white award for debut fiction dahlia season by myriam gurba sf weekly s best of san francisco 2008 best small press 2009 lambda literary award for transgender writing intersex for lack of a better word by thea hillman 2010 lambda literary award for transgender writing lynnee breedlove s one freak show by lynn breedlove references edit the ultimate counterculture resource guide . xtvworld . com . july 26 2005 . retrieved march 6 2010 . external links edit official website this article about a united states publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a comics publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title manic d press & oldid 743699227 categories book publishing companies based in the san francisco bay areacomic book publishing companies of the united statescompanies based in san franciscopublishing companies of the united statessmall press publishing companiespublishing companies established in 1984literary publishing companiesunited states publishing company stubscomics company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view