Golden Antelope Press
Golden Antelope Press is a literary fiction and poetry press committed to ethical publishing. We work closely with our authors to publish high quality literature, which is often overlooked by larger corporate publishers.
Golden Antelope is one part of a consortium of three imprints, which includes Blazing Sapphire and Naciketas. Blazing Sapphire and Naciketas are submission by invite-only, however we welcome fiction and poetry submissions to Golden Antelope during our Submissions period.
About
Our Story
Golden Antelope Press started in 2004 with a novella by the editor’s mother, Vivian Delmonico: I’ll Be Seeing You. The name of the press, Golden Antelope, is mainly a reference to one of the great Indian epics, the Ramayana. The pursuit of a beautiful golden antelope drew the hero, Rama, away from his lovely wife Sita, and allowed the villain to kidnap her.
Neal and Betsy Delmonico were the original owners and operators of this press and now act as Emeritus Publishers. Neal created Golden Antelope as a sister press to Blazing Sapphire Press which does works from and about India–including bilingual Sanskrit classics–and to Naciketas Press, which does non-fiction and has published scholarly journals such as the Missouri Folklore Society Journal.
When she retired from teaching in 2016, Betsy became the primary editor and proofreader for Golden Antelope. By then, the three presses had a plan, and a history, and something new–manuscripts sent by wonderfully talented strangers.
In September of 2026, Golden Antelope author, George Koors, took over the press in the role of lead publisher and owner. With this, all three imprints have moved to Washington, D.C. and our press begins a new journey on the East Coast.
We have published fifty-five books as a small press, based out of Kirksville, Missouri. We have published, novels, poetry, novellas, collections of short stories, memoirs, and drama. Our wonderful authors range from retirees with a dozen published works under their belts to first time authors, starting their journeys.
Graphic design was admirably accomplished by Russell (Rusty) Nelson, professor–now emeritus–of graphic design at Truman State University. We took on interns, and started getting scholar and writer friends to help us evaluate manuscripts and offer advice.
Now under George Koors' direction, the press maintains the ethos of its founders and Emeritus Publishers, Neal Delmonico and Dr. Betsy Delmonico, while striving to meet authors in a complex era of LLMs and corporate monopolies. Golden Antelope is a testament to the ongoing creation of high quality literature even in strange times.
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Ripple Effects by Lesley Mahoney O'Connell
LESLEY MAHONEY O’CONNELL, author of Ripple Effects and Other Stories (2026) works in communications, marketing, and digital strategy; she has studied at Boston’s GrubStreet and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. Her fiction has appeared in Post Road, Psychopomp, and Solstice, and earned honorable mentions from Glimmer Train and Carve. She lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts with her husband and son. (Click on title for author interview.)
The Four Faces of Eve by Petra Perkins
PETRA PERKINS collaborated with Boyle, Granville, and Waldstein on The Four Faces of Eve (2025). She is a Colorado author of poetry, fiction, memoir, essay, humor, and scripts for screen and stage. After a 25-year career in aerospace engineering and management, she became immersed in more creative pursuits, especially writing. Petra’s work is widely published and has won awards in multiple genres, including the Faulkner-Wisdom Poetry Gold Medal and a Pushcart Prize nomination in Creative Nonfiction.
Your Verdict by Jacqueline St. Joan
JACQUELINE ST. JOAN is the author of a memoir, Your Verdict: A Judge’s Reckoning with Law and Loss (2026), two Pakistan-based novels including The Shawl of Midnight (2022), and scholarly books on law, a poetry collection, and much more. Her writing intersects the fields of law and literature with the voices of contemporary protest and reconciliation. She has a law degree and a Master’s in creative writing. In Your Verdict, she reflects on three decades of her life. Her interracial marriage in 1967 led to a quiet rupture within her family; later, as a judge, her rulings brought her both respect and criticism. She writes of cases that linger long after the gavel falls, of moments when the law offers no clean answer, and of the personal toll which controversial decisions take. Moving between courtroom and home in memoir, novels, and other writing, she explores how gender, sexuality, race, conscience, history and responsibility shape the choices we make and the costs we bear.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick Answers
Explore our FAQs for quick answers to common queries about our publishing work.
Do you really respond to all queries?
Yes! We aim to treat all writers with the respect they deserve. If you send us a submission, will we respond, and not with a template email.
What do Blazing Sapphire and Naciketas publish?
Blazing Sapphire is the original imprint of our press and it publishes translation work, specifically focused on translating works from Sanskrit and Bengali into English. Naciketas is our academic imprint and has historically focused on folklore.
It is not the Golden Antelope submission period, what should I do?
Our submissions will be open soon! When we do open them, please send us your fiction or poetry for consideration.