Your Story Matters

We are a Chattanooga based independent publisher redefining publishing as community by creating unique spaces for authors and artists to connect with their audience.

We build a bridge for authors and artists to their audience around the world. We do this by creating avenues for talented individuals to publish their work. We believe in working together to help bring stories to life. We specialize in helping new authors find their voice and assist them in the publishing process while also being a solution to experienced authors who want a more personal publisher.

Announcing The Walnut Branch Youth Edition

Walnut Street Publishing believes all stories matter—no matter the medium or age. That is why we are proud to announce the launch of The Walnut Branch Youth Edition, a magazine for K-12th-grade creatives.

Book of the Month

The Walnut Branch is a megaphone for the artists within our community, amplifying the voices and creativity of our neighbors. It’s not just a magazine; The Walnut Branch is a bridge that connects us all.

Author Spotlight

Peggy Douglas, Ph.D. is an oral historian, college professor, playwright, performance poet, and musician with various string bands.

Her poems and plays are borne out of oral history interviews with people from marginalized communities. Douglas is an introspective monologuist and her self-described playwrighting genre is “theater of personality.” Peggy has listened to hundreds of people over the years who persevered through difficult circumstances, and she shapes their disparate voices into a collection of poetic monologues, which she then reproduces onstage.

Peggy learned the art of liberatory oral history and storytelling from mentors at the Highlander Folk School in New Market, TN, where they collected stories from Appalachian voices seldom heard, like former miners, millworkers and unsung heroes in social change movements. In 2022, Peggy received the 2022 Tennessee Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Fellowship Award for Playwrighting.

Her production company, Southern Exposure is the outreach program for Obvious Dad, a professional theater company based in Chattanooga.

 

We Help You Achieve Success

Our passion starts with the art and includes the business strategy needed to succeed. With a blend of experienced artist and business minds, we are able to be passionate about the success of your story and brand. Walnut Street Publishing believes in mentorship as much as brand building.

Our Process

  1. Submit your work or idea, and tell us about yourself.
  2. We review your submission and help form a plan unique to you.
  3. We help you execute that plan to bring your work to life and build your audience.

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